AcSc Courses For Winter 2103

Registration is now open, and I see that I have one keen student registered in both of the courses that I am scheduled to teach next term  The full slate of ACSC courses is as follows.

• ACSC216 with Larry Miller TR 11:30-12:45
• ACSC217 with Larry Miller TR 8:30-9:45
• ACSC316 with Peter Douglas TR 1:00-2:15
• ACSC318 with Taehan Bae TR 8:30-9:45
• ACSC419 with Peter Douglas TR 10:00-11:15
• ACSC456 with Michael Kozdron MWF 1:30-2:20

A Perfect Logarithmic Spiral

Hurricane Sandy.  Photo taken from Milky Way Scientists

SOA Exam Updates

We have 4 Candidates writing MFE on November 7th.  The exam will be written in LI215 (that's in the language institute).

Two Events for Current Students

Tuesday Internship Information Session
Thursday October 11, 2:30-3:30 pm in the Math Lounge CW 307.
Primarily aimed at third year students who are eligible for internships following the Winter 2013 term, this will also be of interest to second year students who want to find out about the internship program.

Volunteer Fair
Tuesday October 23 10am-2pm in the RIC Atrium.
Volunteering is a great way to bulk up your resume for job searches.  Every bit of extra experience helps.

SOA Exam Info for Fall 2012

I've updated the exam listing to show the rooms for the next two exams.  Locations for future exams depend on the number of candidates registered.  Also note that the date for exam FM has been changed from October 8th (Thanksgiving Monday) to October 9th.

Saskatchewan Actuaries' Club Meeting 2012

After a hiatus of several years, the Saskatchewan actuarial community met at the University Club for dinner on Tuesday September 25, 2012.  Gust of honour was Simon Curtis, President of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries as part of his cross Canada tour of actuarial communities.

There were over 50 registered for the dinner, including current U of R students alumni and faculty as well as members from the Cooperators, SGI, Greystone and GMS.  Simon gave a short presentation which looked at recent CIA activities and initiatives (copies of the slides are available to the right). The University Accreditation was a hot topic of discussion.  Photos from the reception and dinner are shown below.

Simon Curtis chats with John Dark and Michael Ah-fat

Bryan Siggurdson with Taehan Bae and Joey Tieffenbach

Two current students Daniel Roberts and Melody penny

Alec Blundell shows off his CIA data stick bracelet.

John Dark, our MC for the night.

Bryan S with Megan Orr and Paul Gobeil (both U of R grads and FCIAs)

Simon Curtis

It was a great event.  Thanks to John Dark and Larry Miller for handling the arrangements and the University Club for a great dinner and meeting space.

CIA President Visits U of R

On Tuesday September 25, CIA President Simon Curtis spoke with students from the U of R ActSci program in the Math Department Lounge (following a last minute change in venue due to scheduling issues).  There was good turn out and Simon's presentation generated quite a discussion with our students.  A copy of Simon's presentation can be found under files of interest to the right.