DR. BOB'S SPORADIC ALGEBRA AWARD
An Unofficial, Unrecognized, Unprestigious Award
Granted by Robert "Dr. Bob" Gardner
to ETSU Math Students Who Complete
His Introduction to Modern Algebra Sequence
The "Dr. Bob's Sporadic Analysis Award" was started in Spring 2014 to acknowledge those diligent students who stuck through an entire academic year of modern algebra classes with Robert "Dr. Bob" Gardner. It is hoped that this recognition encourages other students to complete this sequence in a time when the ETSU administration is very conscious of class size.
The first "Dr. Bob's Algebra Award" was granted to the members of the spring 2014 Introduction to Modern Algebra 2 class.
The honories were: John Blackburn, Amanda Elks, Zachary Gable, Russell Harper, Christian Moore, Kyle Murphy, Brookly Younce, Rebekah White, Cory Ball, and Stephen Barker.
The spring 2014 Introduction to Modern Algebra 2 class (MATH 4137/5137)
The online syllabi for the classes completed by these students as follows:
- Introduction to Modern Algebra
MATH 4127/
MATH 5127, Fall 2013.
- Introduction to Modern Algebra 2
MATH 4137/
MATH 5137, Spring 2014.
The second "Dr. Bob's Algebra Award" was granted to the members of the spring 2015 Introduction to Modern Algebra 2 class.
The honories were: Andrew Boghozian, Dustin Chandler, Nicole Fox, Ty Frazier, Samuel Green, Miranda Hilton, Jennifer Houser, John Lagergren, Joseph McNeil, Brittany Munro, Jessica Osborne, Alex John Quijano.
The spring 2015 Introduction to Modern Algebra 2 class (MATH 4137/5137)
The online syllabi for the classes completed by these students as follows:
- Introduction to Modern Algebra
MATH 4127/
MATH 5127, Fall 2014.
- Introduction to Modern Algebra 2
MATH 4137/
MATH 5137, Spring 2015.
The third "Dr. Bob's Algebra Award" was granted to the members of the spring 2016 Modern Algebra 2 class. This generation inspired the introduction of the silver and gold versions of the award. The silver version is given to those who complete the graduate Modern Algebra sequence, along with one undergraduate Introduction to Modern Algebra class with Dr. Bob. The gold version is given to those who complete the both the undergraduate and graduate sequence with Dr. Bob.
The honories were: Kyle Murphy, Samuel Green, Cecilia Ashlie Dorado, William Ty Frazier, and James Dustin Chandler.
The spring 2016 Modern Algebra 2 class (MATH 5420)
The online syllabi for the graduate classes completed by these students as follows:
- Modern Algebra 1
MATH 5410, Fall 2015.
- Modern Algebra 2
MATH 5420, Spring 2016.
The fourth "Dr. Bob's Algebra Award" was granted to the members of the spring 2018 Modern Algebra 2 class. This class of 9 students was the largest Modern Algebra 2 class in several years (if not ever).
The honories were: Christine Padden, Nicholas Carney, Nathan Molder (silver version), Jennifer French, Andrew Sweeney, Angela Powers, Kaeli Gardner, Jennifer Kiser (gold version), and Jack Hartsell (silver version).
The spring 2018 Modern Algebra 2 class (MATH 5420)
The online syllabi for the graduate classes completed by these students as follows:
- Modern Algebra 1
MATH 5410, Fall 2017.
- Modern Algebra 2
MATH 5420, Spring 2018.
The certificate for this unprestigious award bears the classic ETSU logo in the lower left and Dr. Bob's personal logo (the VW Rabbit emblem) in the lower right. It is printed on photo paper and "is suitable for framing."