About

Pi Mu Epsilon is a national mathematics honor society.  It was founded at Syracuse University and incorporated on May 25, 1914.  The purpose of Pi Mu Epsilon is the promotion and recognition of mathematical scholarship among students in post-secondary institutions.  It aims to do this by electing members on an honorary basis according to their proficiency in mathematics and by engaging in activities designed to promote the mathematical and scholarly development of its members.

  Pi Mu Epsilon is an academic society consisting of chapters located throughout the United States.  This chapter, Oregon Beta, was founded  May 2, 1938 and was the 36th chapter of PME nationally and the second in Oregon (thus called Beta). We have framed in the Mathematics Department, on campus, the original charter granted to the Oregon Beta chapter at Oregon State College (renamed Oregon State University in 1961). The chapter was re-installed in 2008 after a break of 40 years. There are now over 300 chapters at colleges and universities throughout the United States.  

PME Members receive a one-year subscription to the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal.  This Journal features articles for students, by students. Each year, the top three student papers to appear in the PME Journal receive cash awards.  The Journal also features a Problem Section and publishes the names of students who correctly solve those problems.

  Students are also encouraged to present papers both locally and at the regional and national meetings of the Mathematical Association of America.  In particular, Pi Mu Epsilon holds its annual meeting in conjunction with the MAA's MathFest each summer.  Each year the National Office of Pi Mu Epsilon will pay up to $600 of the expenses for one student member from each chapter who presents a 15 minute paper at the summer mathematics meeting.