Danielle Jacobson,

Assistant Director Learning Commons-Mathematics

Mathematics Education
As a young student, I will fully admit I did not take an extreme interest in math.  I was more focused on being active, playing volleyball, and enjoying the outdoors.  I am extremely passionate about all of these things still, but oddly enough, I can say math is also included in my list of hobbies! 
In my early collegiate years, I started to notice that math was a fun puzzle for me.  I loved putting all of the little pieces together and enjoyed the challenge of figuring out difficult problems.  As my math courses got more rigorous, they also became more applicable. I began to see the enhanced world of mathematics and loved it even more.  This love for math and several exceptional math professors drove me to pursue my mathematics education even further.
After finishing my undergraduate degree here at CWU, I went straight into my Master’s degree. In order to complete my Master’s degree, I completed research based on developmental education.  When I finally finished writing a torturous 95 page research project (I love math, not the biggest fan of writing, shocker there  ) I not only hoped I would be able to avoid writing for as long as possible, but I also hoped that I would be able to finish my degree.   
I was extremely fortunate in getting a graduate assistantship at CWU while pursuing my Master’s degree.   The assistantships led me into the job I have as the Assistant Director of the Learning Commons with a math focus.  I am still young in my professional career but am excited to be continually developing it! 

Math Tutors:

Adam Brand

I was born in 1981 in Auburn, WA, but I grew up in Kent.  I graduated from Kent-Meridian High School in 1999 and immediately went off to college.  I eventually graduated from WSU with a BA in Business Administration in 2004.  I held various jobs after earning my BA, mostly in sales, that were uninteresting and unfulfilling.  Therefore, I decided that I needed a career change.  Since my original BA wasn’t getting me any different opportunities, I decided to go back to school.  So, here I am at Central, majoring in Mathematics and Actuarial Science, looking forward to starting my career as an actuary (or possibly statistician….or maybe a professor).  I’ve always been good with math and numbers, and the more I learn, the more I feel like I’m finally doing what I want to.  I originally began tutoring at Pierce College in Puyallup, WA, in 2011 as a good way to make extra money while working around my school schedule.  This is still true (tutoring is the best job while in school!), and I have learned that I get more from tutoring than just my hourly wage.  Tutoring helps me review material I haven’t gone over in a long time and keeps me fresh on material I’ve just learned.  I have found that tutoring has probably done as much for my achievement in Mathematics as any one single class.  That said, I would recommend everyone try tutoring someone else in subjects they excel in.  There’s no better way to increase your understanding of something than trying to teach someone else.

Candace Chappelle

Hello! My name is Candace Chappelle, and I am a senior majoring in Mathematics with a minor in Spanish.  I am proficient in both Spanish and American Sign Language.  Tutoring math and writing are passions of mine, and I hope to one day be able to make others love these subjects as much as I do. I plan to obtain my graduate degree in Mathematics Education thanks to the saving grace of the Ronald E. McNair Scholarship Program.  In my free time, I like to tutor along with others things, such as ballroom and ballet dancing, singing, listening to music, doing hot yoga, watching college and professional football, watching the TV show Supernatural, and spending time with my friends and family. Passions of mine include playing the clarinet or the piano.  Francis Poulenc is one of my all-time favorite composers; a few of his works I have accomplished are his quirky Sonata for 2 clarinets, Sonata for piano (four hands), and Sonata for 2 pianos. It is my goal to play all of his works. Although my favorite subject is number theory, I love learning about all topics in mathematics. I really enjoy helping people build more confidence while making math and writing less intimidating.  These are subjects many people struggle with, and helping someone understand them is very fulfilling for me. I understand the work it takes to keep up with the busy life college creates.  I am always willing to help you succeed, so feel free to ask!

John Cox

Let John be defined as below.

John := {(Tutoring experience, 3 years) , (Math major, senior) , (Clothing style, classic) , (Height, 6’7”) , (Music taste, rap/pop/rock) , (Favorite quip, “Keep it pithy”)}

Nathaniel Deardorff

For most college educated people, their freshman year is the year in which the greatest amount of personal growth and change occurs. I am no different. I believed I was born to be a police officer. Thankfully, instead of starting my journey to be a police officer, I discovered my true passion, Math. In the winter quarter of 2012, I became a math tutor. Everyone always mentions how much the tutors help the students, but nobody mentions how much the students help the tutors. Just because of working in the Math Center, I have almost every formula and concept memorized from math 100A to Calculus 2. This has greatly helped me in my other classes, all of which use the concepts from the aforementioned classes. But the best part of tutoring is the great feeling I get whenever I am able to help someone understand a concept that they had been struggling with. Since I loved being a math tutor, I became a writing tutor over the summer of 2012. That opened my eyes to a whole new world of tutoring. Although I love tutoring both math and writing, I primarily tutor math. I feel as though I can better help students and help more students tutoring math than I could tutoring Writing. This is partially because I can help numerous students each hour as a math tutor, but mostly because I have a lot more content knowledge in math. I hope that you come by the ARC, if nothing else but to just say hello.
P.s. If you are in the Math Center and have a question, let us know. We cannot help you if we do not know you need help.

Mark McKnight

Physics, All sciences, and Mathematics
My name is Mark. I am from the very small town called Winlock, which is half way between Centralia/Chehalis and Longview/Kelso. I love math and science. I have always found them to be very interesting subjects. I am a Math tutor for selfish reasons. By tutoring, I am constantly refreshing my mathematical skills which I use constantly in my Physics classes as I am a Physics major. I enjoy solving Rubik’s cubes and Rubik’s dodecahedrons (12 sided “cube”). I am a nerd at heart and look forward to the interesting questions you will ask.