2008-2009 Honors Day
TALENT SEARCH HONORS DAY
May 1, 2009
The following students were winners of the 2008-2009 Talent Search for Wisconsin high school students and were invited to an Honors Day program in Madison on May 1, 2009. A copy of the program follows the list of honorees.
STUDENTS HONORED FOR ACHIEVEMENT
ON TALENT SEARCH PROBLEMS
| Walter Cai | Madison Memorial High School |
| Ritankar Das | New Berlin High School |
| Albert Gnadt | Wisconsin Dells High School |
| Edward Hou | Appleton North High School |
| Amy Hua | Hamilton Middle School |
| Anthony Kirckof | Stanley-Boyd High School |
| Alex Knoespel | Southwest High School |
| Suhas Kodali | Madison West High School |
| Gergo Kovacs | Newman Catholic High School |
| Killian Kvalvik | Appleton North High School |
| Thomas Morgan | Eau Claire Memorial High School |
| Honkai Pan | Madison West High School |
| Benjamin Seeger | Madison Memorial High School |
| Abraham Shin | Madison West High School |
| Kyle Stankowski | Mosinee High School |
| Minh-Tam Trinh | Whitefish Bay High School |
| Lucy Wang | Menomonie Middle School |
| Peter Wear | Madison West High School |
| Iris Xu | Madison Memorial High School |
| Yang Yu | Madison West High School |
| Xiaoqin Zhou | Eau Clair Regis High School |
PROGRAM
| 9:00 – 9:45 | Registration and Refreshments | 911 Van Vleck Hall |
| 9:55 – 10:45 | “Packing Spheres and Correcting Errors” | |
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Prof. Jordan Ellenberg, UW-Mathematics Dept | B231 Van Vleck Hall | |
| 11:00 – 11:50 | “A New (Old) Perspective on Financial Planning for Retirement” | |
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Prof. John Karl Scholz, UW-Economics Dept | B231 Van Vleck Hall | |
| 12:00 – 1:30 | Luncheon and Presentation of Awards | 911 Van Vleck Hall |
| 2:00 – 3:00 | Tour: Geology Museum | Weeks Hall |