Super Pi Day Celebration
The Super Pi Day event was for young math students from surrounding schools. It occurred at PVCC on 3/14/15. This date corresponds with the first digits of it number represented by pi.
This event was a “geek math time,” said Diane Valade, assistant professor of mathematics. The math club sponsored Super Pi Day as a fun time for creativity and imagination.
Super Pi Day was special because students got a chance to show off and find another side of themselves in applying math. According to Valade, the objective was for students to think outside the box, to explore, and to challenge themselves to use math as a fun and creative skill. PVCC’s math club hosted Super Pi Day to involve students creatively and draw them in a new direction.
The chance to use math skills in problem solving is exciting and provides students with a real world challenge.
The event showed math can be fun. But more importantly, it presented math as something more than an interest or skill. Events like Super Pi Day open avenues to discover and explore ways to utilize math outside of the classroom.
