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Faculty Member

Violeta Vasilevska

Biography

Dr. Vasilevska was born and raised in Republic of Macedonia (SFRYugoslavia) (today Republic of North Macedonia). She has been in US since 2000 and been teaching at UVU since 2010.


Teaching Philosophy:

- maintaining engaged & inclusive classroom by using various active-learning methods
- using diverse assignments to accommodate diverse learners
- supporting equitable and comfortable class environment by empowering students to be successful critical thinkers and achieve their goals
- showing sincere care and respect for students while guiding them to reach their potential


Research Interests:

- Graph Theory
- Geometric/Algebraic Topology
- (Geometric) Group Theory
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
- Math Education


Undergraduate Research Projects:

- Investigating Coperfectly Hopfian Groups
- Math and Art Designs (given 5 national & regional presentations; one paper in preparation)
- Counting Points in Scaled Polytopes (given 5 national & regional presentations)
- Investigating Properties of the Cayley Graph of the Group of Integers with respect to Infinite Generating Sets (given 11 national & regional presentations; one published paper; received national award for outstanding presentation)
- Outreach and Mentoring through Math Girls Rock! program (given 6 national & regional presentations)


Selected Awards:

- Faculty Senate Excellence Award, Spring 2020, Spring 2015
- Outstanding Teaching Award, Spring 2017 (the Intermountain MAA Section)
- 2016 Champion of Inclusion Award for a Faculty Member, Spring 2016
- 2nd Place Faculty Poster, UVU Engaged Learning Week, Spring 2016
- Wolverine Achievement (Distinguished Volunteer Service), UVU, Spring 2014


Outreach Activities:

Founder and Project Director of "Math Girls Rock!" outreach program for high school girls, 2011-present
Co-organizer of Math-Science (Forensics; Cyber-Security) Conferences for students, 2015-2018

Education

PhD, The University of Tennessee, 2004

Major: Mathematics

MS, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, 1998

Major: Mathematics

BS, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, 1992

Major: Mathematics

Teaching

MATH 1210

Calculus I, Fall 2025

MATH 1050

College Algebra, Fall 2025

MATH 4310

Introduction to Modern Algebra I, Fall 2025

MATH 1000R

Math Leap, Fall 2025

MATH 1220

Calculus II, Spring 2025

MATH 1050

College Algebra QL, Spring 2025

MATH 100R

Math Leap, Spring 2025

MATH 6310

Modern Algebra, Spring 2025

Presentations

Vasilevska, Violeta (Co-Presenter), NCTM, "Array", Atlanta, GA. (October 17, 2025)
Vasilevska, Violeta , MathFest (Math & Art Exhibit), "Truncated Platonic Solids", MAA, Sacramento, CA. (August, 2025)
Vasilevska, Violeta , MathFest, "Attempting Objective Re-testing - Lessons Learned and Shared", MAA, Sacramento, CA. (August 9, 2025)
Vasilevska, Violeta , MathFest (Project NExT), "Project NExT Panel_ Outreach and Inreach: Building Robust Mathematical Communities", MAA, Sacramento, CA. (August 6, 2025)
Vasilevska, Violeta (Other), Bridges (Math + Fashion), "Truncated Tetrahedron Earrings and a Pendant (Crystal beads and a beading thread 2025)", Eindhoven, The Netherlands. (July 16, 2025)
Vasilevska, Violeta (Presenter Only), UVU PREP, "Beautiful Mathematics and Amazing Origami", UVU, Orem, UT. (June 11, 2025)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Elran, Yossi , Yumi Lemos Ferreira Graciolli, Carolina , Vasilevska, Violeta , "Recreational mathematics_ The Joy of Exploration" .
Bjorkman, Beth , Cao, Leo , Kenter, Franklin , Moruzzi, Ryan , Reinhart, Carolyn , Vasilevska, Violeta , "Leaky Forcing_ Extending Zero Forcing Results to a Fault-Tolerant Setting" .
Vasilevska, Violeta , (2023) "Connecting Modern Algebra with Secondary Math Content" . SIMAAA RUMW, Omaha, NE: Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, S. Cook, B. Katz, D. Moore-Russo (Eds). http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/RUME25_Proceedings.pdf
Marr, A , Nelsen, L. L. , Nelsen, L. M. , Osborne, C. , Vasilevska, Violeta , "Domino Antimagic Squares and Rectangles" . Recreational Mathematics Magazine .
Vasilevska, Violeta , (2022) "Personal Tips and Trips from the Livestream Classroom" . 2022 ICTCM Conference Proceedings .
Debnath, J. , Posta, F. , Vasilevska, Violeta , "Simplex Introduction to Optimization from Theory to Data" .

Awards

SheTech Impact award

Women Tech Council - October 3, 2025

MAA Meritorious Award

MAA - August 7, 2025

Flexible Teaching Award_ Best Design, 3rd Place

OTL, UVU - April, 2024

For designing the hybrid College Algebra class with OER textbook and low cost online HW system.

Global Spotlight Fellow

Office for Global Engagement - April, 2024

Recognition form the Office for Global Engagement for organizing event with Dr. Su on Math for Human Flourishing

UVU Women’s Award_ Outstanding Faculty Service Award

WSC - April, 2024

Awarded by the Women’s Success Center for recognition of the embodiment of the WSC mission through my scholarship, teaching, and service.

2024 UWHEN Mentorship Award (nominated)

State UWHEN - March, 2024