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Karen E. Spike

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

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Mrs. Karen Spike
Department of Mathematics 
and Statistics -- UNCW
Bear Hall, room 121
(910) 962-3823
email
 
Please come by during my office hours if you would like to talk with me.  
No appointment required:   Spring 2010
                                                             2:00 - 3:15 Monday through Friday
                                                             Please make an appointment if you would like to see me at another time. 

During Spring 2010,  I am teaching MAT 112 Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon - 12:50 and 1:00-1:50.
                                 I am also teaching MAT 141 Monday and Wednesday from 9:30 - 10:45
                                                       and MAT 142 Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 - 4:45. 


Free Tutoring:  The "Math Lab" is available in the University Learning Center on the first floor of Westside Hall.  No appointment is needed during open lab hours.  More about the Learning Center ( hours of operation, information on tutors, etc.) can be found on the website:  http://www.uncw.edu/ulc .  This is a great place to go to do your homework or study for tests.  [When you have a question, you can get an answer and continue working rather than "getting stuck" and giving up.] 
Travis Parker is my "teaching assistant" this semester and is a tutor who will be familiar with what you are learning in MAT 111, 112, 141 and 142. 
There are also many other excellent tutors in the Learning Center.  Use the above website to "meet" them and then pick a regular time to do your homework in the Learning Center.  You may use a computer in the Learning Center if you don't have easy access to a computer of your own.

It is also very helpful if you form a small "study group" with others in your class to meet on a regular basis to do the assigned homework and study for quizzes and tests. 
Math 141 & 142 has online course materials which can be accessed thru SeaPort or through http://ncvista.blackboard.com.  Please go to the Discussion Board in the online course website to post a message to join a study group.  The course website will be available during the semester you are registered for MAT 141 or 142.
  


Check out these websites for information about careers associated with a degree in mathematics!
These sites also have links to other websites of general interest related to mathematics!
http://www.uncw.edu/math  and  http://www.uncw.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/math.htm 

Why Study Math?  http://www.uncw.edu/math/students-why.html
 


If you are a student new to this area you might like to check out the following websites.
Local links:
Wilmington:  http://www.ci.wilmington.nc.us/
See Wilmington: http://www.seewilmington.com/
Cape Fear: http://www.cape-fear.nc.us/
 

Interesting article:  "What Teachers Make"
 Picture of me at Grandfather Mountain in western North Carolina.
 
 Photos from Scotland - March 2008:  The "Scottish Ell" - a unit of measure.   Family photos.
Pictures of my new grandson, Nathaniel David Turner, February 2007!!     Photos from June 2007.     Photos January 2008
Click here for link to pictures of Preston, my first grandson (born Nov 7, 2004) and family.    
Click here for link to pictures from my daughter's wedding in Scotland, October 2003.
Click here for link to pictures of my trip to Scotland for my nephew's wedding, October 2004.
Click here and here for links to articles about The Da Vinci Code written by or including comments by Robert Westin (you may need to wait a minute while the article comes up).  These articles were in the Gainesville, FL newspaper in May 2006.  Dr. Westin is a professor of art history at the University of Florida in Gainesville (and is my sister's husband).  He worked in Rome, Italy when doing his doctorial thesis and frequently teaches in Rome during their summer study abroad program.   http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/Personality/Faculty/bio.asp?PID=47