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A Day in the Life of a Michigan Tech Math Student: Solving Problems, Building Community—and Eating Soup!

Published February 4, 2025

By Windy Veker

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Discrete mathematics student McCoy Ziehl gestures to a math problem on a white board in the Math Learning Center while talking to another student. — Michigan Tech math students explore everything from discrete mathematics and ice skating to statistics and soup parties.

Discrete mathematics student McCoy Ziehl and fellow Michigan Tech Class of 2025 member Emily Ruf, who is double-majoring in statistics and discrete mathematics, share an inside look at what MTU math majors do in and out of the classroom.