Student Seminar

12:00 - 12:45 PM, Wednesday, November 30, Gild155

What Baseball Statistics Factor Most into Wins Above Replacement (WAR) Sam Wooden
In this talk, I give my take on what baseball statistics are most important in contributing to a player’s WAR (Wins Above Replacement). I took basic and advanced statistics of MLB players over the past 20 years and used R code, Tableau visualizations, and statistical analysis to summarize the impact of these numbers.
Internship Experience at Three Links Care Center Zachary Barron
	This talk will provide an overview of an internship I completed as a data science intern at Three Links Care Center. The various tasks completed with Human Resources and the Accounting departments will be discussed. This presentation will give the audience insight into the field of older adult services and a look at the challenges following the impact of the COVID – 19 pandemic.

Grad School Panel

Graduate Student Panel “The Day and the Life of Being a Graduate Student”

Wednesday, Nov 16 12:00 – 12:45PM in Gild 155

Math Education Panel

Math Teaching Panel

Wednesday, November 9th 12:00- 12:50 PM

SLC 120; Pizza served at 11:30

Mary Morem	Cory Hanson	Connie Sikkink
Superintendent at Houston Public Schools	Principal at Lewiston-Altura High School	Math Teacher at Lewiston-Altura High School
Bachelor WSU Elementary Ed and Coaching Masters in Ed St. Mary's Educational Specialist Walden University Superintendent Licensure St. Mary's 28 years in education Hobbies: Being with grandkids; hiking, boating, swimming, and skiing	5-12 Social Studies - Bachelor's Master of Arts in Literacy Doctorate in Educational Leadership 20 years in education Hobbies: fishing and hunting	Bachelor of Science in Teaching (Math Education) from Winona State University Master’s in Ed (Teaching and Learning) from Saint Mary’s University 16+ years in education Hobbies: Read, watch TV, do things with family and friends

Come ask questions about the teaching field!

Student Seminar

12:00 - 12:45 PM, Wednesday, November 2, Gild155

Predicting NSIC Conference Wins and Rankings for Baseball and Softball Amberly Langer & Noah Johnson

This talk will discuss our capstone project that investigates predicting win percentage for the NSIC Conference. We investigated different regression strategies for modeling win percentage. We also investigated rankings within the conference using the Bradley Terry Model. This presentation will compare the rankings based on the Bradley Terry Model to the actual NSIC standings for the 2021 season.