Welcome!  My name is Dr. Patrick Costello, however, many students at EKU refer to me as Dr. C.  This was started by the local President of Kappa Mu Epsilon in the 1980s.   Bill Cosby (Dr. C) had just received his doctorate and was on a commercial with Julius Erving (Dr. J).  At the time, I was sharing an office with Bill Janeway and we became the local Dr. J and Dr. C.  When I first arrived at EKU in 1982 after just finishing my Ph.D. at The Ohio State University, I started teaching both mathematics and computer science courses.  I enjoyed teaching both subjects for many years. However, when the computer science program applied for accreditation, I was told to make a choice whether to teach computer science or mathematics full time.  I chose to be a full-time mathematician.  Besides teaching in the classroom, I have enjoyed working with students outside of class as Faculty Advisor to the local chapter of  KME.  For a period of three years I was interim chair and found it satisfying to become familiar with and help lots of different groups of people inside and outside the department.  I hope these pages will give you a little feel for who I am.

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