CONWAY, Ark. (March 13, 2013) - For the eighth consecutive year, Hendrix math students
won top honors at the 2013 Arkansas Undergraduate Mathematics Competition this spring
at the University of the Ozarks. There were 13 teams representing seven colleges
in Arkansas at the competition.
Hendrix student teams placed first, second, and seventh.
- 1st - Gary DeClerk '15, Quan Nguyen '15, Trang Nguyen '16
- 2nd - Jeremiah Bill '14, Shuyin Hua '16, Xuanhua Wang '15
- 7th - Rene Nsanzineza '14, Aline Umuhire-Juru '15, and Rachel Zweig '16
The first place team had a perfect score on the exam. This is the second year
in a row that one of our teams achieved a perfect score.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts
and sciences education. For the fifth consecutive year, Hendrix was named one of
the country's "Up and Coming" liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report.
Hendrix is featured in the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country's
best 377 colleges, the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools
That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges, Forbes magazine's
annual list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 edition of the Fiske Guide
to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since
1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.