by Associate Director of Mathematics Jeffrey Forrester
1. Members of our team hosted virtual events in three cities each. Can you determine the missing city?
NORA STRAUSS ’20, Admissions Counselor
CAROLINE SMIEGAL ’18, Admissions Counselor
RYLAN GOOD, Admissions Associate Director
PHILLIP MORENO, Director of West Coast Recruitment
SHARON KLEINDIENST, Admissions Counselor
Possible Answers:
a. Dover
b. Erie
c. Memphis
d. Richmond
2. Use logic to discover the relationship between the starting and ending city of each team member to help find the missing destination.
NORA STRAUSS ’20
CAROLINE SMIEGAL ’18
RYLAN GOOD
PHILLIP MORENO
SHARON KLEINDIENST
Possible Answers:
a. Philadelphia
b. Austin
c. Boise
d. Indianapolis
Submit your answers to dsonmag@dickinson.edu by March 20. All readers who submit both correct answers will be entered into a drawing, and five names will be randomly selected to receive a Dickinson Bookstore gift card! The solution and prizewinners will be printed in the spring issue of Dickinson Magazine.
Associate Professor of Mathematics Jeffrey Forrester focuses on mathematical biology but loves to take time out for logic puzzles, statistical oddities and other brain teasers. He also provides puzzles for Dickinson’s monthly podcast, The Good.
(Note: This is purely a hypothetical exercise and not reflective of admissions actual travel. However, admissions staff members are connecting with prospective students around the world all the time, so if you have a student who might be interested in Dickinson, find your regional counselor at dickinson.edu/connect.)
Read more from the winter 2021 issue of Dickinson Magazine.
Published February 15, 2021