Parsons Lecture

Celebrating exceptional teaching at UNCA
past, present, and future.

In 1998 a Mathematics alumnus from UNCA provided an endowment, in honor of Joe Parsons (pictured at right), to fund this annual lecture series. The goal of the Parsons Lecture is to provide the UNCA community with the ability to attend locally a presentation by a nationally renowned mathematician speaking on a topic accessible to the general audience. Speakers for the lecture series are invited to present a lecture not just because of their renown
 Joe Parsons
as mathematicians, but also for their skills as educators and orators. The endowment is used to fund travel and other expenses incurred by the speaker and department.