Parsons Lecture

Celebrating exceptional teaching at UNC Asheville - past, present, and future.

In 1998 a Mathematics alumnus from UNC Asheville 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 UNC Asheville 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 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.

Information on the Parsons scholarship

Parsons Lecture Archive