“The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking” by Edward B. Burger, President, Southwestern University

12:15 this Thursday SBA Lounge, preceded by folk music by student Russell Ford at 11:30 am

 

For more on Burger, see e.g. Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Burger, which cites some of his distinctions:

 

2014 President, Southwestern University

2012 “Global Hero in Education”, named by Microsoft Corporation

2010 Telly Award, for the “Mathletes” episode of the NBC-Universal Emmy Award winning TV series “The Science of the Olympic Winter Games”

2010 Game Changer by The Huffington Post

2010 $250,000 Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching from Baylor University

2006 “100 Best of America”, Listed in Reader’s Digest Annual Special Issue as Best Math Teacher

2001 Robert W. Hamilton Book Award, for “The Heart of Mathematics” with Michael Starbird