Distinguished Visiting Professor for Spring 2008
Jayaram Sethuraman will be Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department for Spring semester 2008.

"Current and Future Trends in Nonparametrics" Conference 2007
see Conference website (regularly updated)

University Award for Edsel Peña
Professor Edsel Peña received the University of South Carolina's Michael J. Mungo Graduate Teaching Award for 2007

University Award for John Spurrier
Professor John Spurrier received the University of South Carolina's John N. Gardner Inspirational Faculty Award for 2007

University Award for Roumen Vesselinov
Dr. Roumen Vesselinov, StatLab Manager, received the College of Arts and Sciences Award for Staff Excellence for 2007

Melanie Autin received JSM presentation award
Melanie Autin received the 2006 ASA Section on Statistics and the Environment (ENVR) JSM Presentation award for her talk "Nonparametric Harmonic Regression for Estuarine Water Quality Data".

Brian Fomby receives SEAC Scholarship
Brian Fomby has received the 2006 Southeastern Actuaries Conference Scholarship, an award given to students pursuing careers in actuarial science. Brian is currently a senior majoring in statistics and mathematics. Brian was also recently named the Student of the Month in the College of Arts and Sciences.

About the Applied Statistics Actuarial Exam
The Society of Actuaries will now give credit for the Applied Statistics Exam based on educational experience at the University of South Carolina. Credit will be given for those who made at least a B in all courses in one of the following options:

1. STAT 516 and STAT 520 (=MGSC 520)
2. STAT 704,705 and STAT 520 (=MGSC 520)
3. STAT 704,705 and STAT 720
   

Credit for the courses must have been received between 1986 and 2007. This credit is only available to students who have passed two actuarial exams. For more info, go to the Society of Actuaries web site http://www.soa.org.