Department of Mathematics

The Goldwater is the premier scholarship competition for math, science, and engineering undergraduates in the United States. During the last 18 years, 24 K-State math majors have won Goldwater scholarships.

"Congratulations to our newest Goldwater Scholars," said K-State President Jon Wefald. "Our students have won 57 Goldwater Scholarships, making K-State first in the nation among state universities. Only Princeton with 64, Harvard with 60, and Duke with 58, have had more Goldwater scholars."

Deines plans to earn a Ph.D. in number theory or mathematical ecology and conduct research and teach at the university level. She is currently working on undergraduate research at K-State, "Modifying the Lucas-Lehmer Primality Test to Accomodate Non-Marlene Numbers," under the supervision of math professor Todd Cochrane. She also did an NSF REU project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on "Examining the Principles of Robustness and Transients as Applied to a Population Projection Matrix Constructed in Regards to the Peregrine Falcon Population." She also studied abroad in Budapest, Hungary, in the Budapest Semesters in Math program.

Deines is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Golden Key National Honor Society, and Phi Kappa Phi honor society. She has been awarded both the Clare Booth Luce and Putnam scholarships. She has served as secretary of Math Club. A musician, she has been active in several bands including K-State Big Bands -- Jazz combos on saxophone, and Latin Jazz Ensemble on piano. Other activities include the bands Combo Mambo and Squib Cakes, and volunteering as a 4-H dog show judge. A 2002 graduate of Chapman High School, she is the daughter of Ruth and Alan Deines, Woodbine.

Sources: Jim Hohenbary and Cheryl May