Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2015/2016

• President: Alexander Cardazzi
• Vice President:  Nathaniel Birrer
  
• Treasurer: Michael Lingle and Kimberly Simunovich
  
• Publicist:  TBA
  
• Secretary: Jordan Elam
  

Math Club Constitution (PDF)

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcomed to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location, and agenda is sent out to math club email/members list a few days before each meeting, and in addition to that it is sometimes sent to all math majors.

If you would like to be included in the email/members list, please contact the club secretary.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Your help with our On-Campus and Off-Campus Community Service is expected and is greatly appreciated.

For some additional information you may also visit our club page at www.orgsync.com.

Math Club Meetings

Meetings take place during the fall and spring semesters approximately every two weeks. Date, time, room and agenda: to be announced – watch for email announcements sent to the math club email list and/or to all math majors.

Fall meetings:

• Mtg#1: General meeting with solving logic word problems
• Mtg#2: A presentation on 3-D printing by Prof. Anne LePore from RCNJ
• Mtg#3
• Mtg#4
• Mtg#5

Spring meetings:

• Mtg#1
• Mtg#2
• Mtg#3
• Mtg#4
• Mtg#5: Kickball game – faculty vs. students

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• Fall & Spring: Invited Speakers at the math club meetings. Some of the invited speakers from the recent past include: Jessica Crane and Kevin Olson, recent RCNJ graduates currently employed in industry (“The Work of Math Majors at Prudential”);  three high school math teachers (“Advice from high school math teachers”); Atanas Frengov, recent RCNJ graduate currently employed by Google (“The use of mathematics at Google”); Dr. Ken McMurdy (“Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”); a senior actuarial analyst Rob Curry (“Becoming an Actuary”); Wall Street’s financial mathematician Aridam Kundu (“The Wizards of Wall Street”).
• Future suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting topics in mathematics.
• November: A possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Fall Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html
• First Saturday of December: Putnam Mathematics Competition, the RCNJ section of this prestigious national competition will be held on campus. It is organized at RCNJ by Dr. McFeron. Sign up by contacting him by a designated by him deadline in September. See the official website of this competition at http://math.scu.edu/putnam/
• January: Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) is held world-wide. It is organized at RCNJ campus by Dr. Beecher. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information preferrably at least two months in advance before the event.Contest website: http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/
• February: A possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://www.moravian.edu/mathcs/student-opportunities/events
• March: Induction ceremony of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Contact the Pi Mu Epsilon Ramapo College chapter advisor, Dr. Kowal, for more details. In the fall semester of each academic year all math majors receive an email inviting qualified students to sign up for the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Anyone who is not a mathematics major, but is interested in being inducted to Pi Mu Epsilon, should contact Dr. Kowal directly. For more general info, visit the website of the national Pi Mu Epsilon office at http://www.pme-math.org/
• April: A trip to the MAA-NJ Spring Meeting, a mathematics conference for faculty and for students held jointly with Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits. For more information, contact Dr. Kowal or Dr. McMurdy at least two months in advance. The trip to this conference is organized by the RCNJ chapter of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Conference website: http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/GSUMC.html
• April: A possible trip to Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. Undergraduate students from neighboring colleges and universities from New Jersey and neighboring states will attend. Its location varies from year to year. Click here to see the 2012 conference website. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information at least two months in advance.

Community Service Opportunities

TBA. Two “on-campus community service” activities and two “off-campus community service” activities are required to be fulfilled by each RCNJ club in some academic years.

Club Advisors & Contact information

• Dr. Donovan McFeron, Math Club Advisor (dmcferon@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. James Gillespie, Math Club Advisor (jgillesp@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Amanda Beecher, Math Club Advisor (abeecher@ramapo.edu)

For questions about this website contact Dr. Katarzyna Kowal (kkowal@ramapo.edu).

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2014/2015

• President: Nathaniel Birrer
• Vice President: Mathias Schulien
  
• Treasurer: Nathaniel Birrer
• Publicist:  Dobromir Yordanov
  
• Secretary: Mathias Schulien
  

Math Club Constitution (PDF)

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcomed to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location, and agenda is sent out to math club email/members list a few days before each meeting, and in addition to that it is sometimes sent to all math majors.

If you would like to be included in the email/members list, please contact the club secretary.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Your help with our On-Campus and Off-Campus Community Service is expected and is greatly appreciated.

For some additional information you may also visit our club page at www.orgsync.com.

Math Club Meetings

Meetings take place during the fall and spring semesters approximately every two weeks. Date, time, room and agenda: to be announced – watch for email announcements sent to the math club email list and/or to all math majors.

Fall meetings:

• Mtg#1: General meeting.
• Mtg#2: Movie night: “A Beautiful Mind”.
• Mtg#3
• Mtg#4
• Mtg#5

Spring meetings:

• Mtg#1: General meeting.
• Mtg#2: A talk by Dr. Chris Arney “The Mathematics and applications of network science and math modeling”. Dr. Arney is a professor of mathematics at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
• Mtg#3: Three RCNJ students share their experiences about their participation in the Mathematics Contest in Modeling (MCM).
• Mtg#4: General meeting with eboard elections for the next academic year.
• Mtg#5: Kickball game: faculty vs. students.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• Fall & Spring: Invited Speakers at the math club meetings. Some of the invited speakers from the recent past include: Jessica Crane and Kevin Olson, recent RCNJ graduates currently employed in industry (“The Work of Math Majors at Prudential”);  three high school math teachers (“Advice from high school math teachers”); Atanas Frengov, recent RCNJ graduate currently employed by Google (“The use of mathematics at Google”); Dr. Ken McMurdy (“Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”); a senior actuarial analyst Rob Curry (“Becoming an Actuary”); Wall Street’s financial mathematician Aridam Kundu (“The Wizards of Wall Street”).
• Future suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting topics in mathematics.
• November: A possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Fall Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html
• First Saturday of December: Putnam Mathematics Competition, the RCNJ section of this prestigious national competition will be held on campus. It is organized at RCNJ by Dr. McFeron. Sign up by contacting him by a designated by him deadline in September. See the official website of this competition at http://math.scu.edu/putnam/
• January: Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) is held world-wide. It is organized at RCNJ campus by Dr. Beecher. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information preferrably at least two months in advance before the event.Contest website: http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/
• February: A possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://www.moravian.edu/mathcs/student-opportunities/events
• March: Induction ceremony of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Contact the Pi Mu Epsilon Ramapo College chapter advisor, Dr. Kowal, for more details. In the fall semester of each academic year all math majors receive an email inviting qualified students to sign up for the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Anyone who is not a mathematics major, but is interested in being inducted to Pi Mu Epsilon, should contact Dr. Kowal directly. For more general info, visit the website of the national Pi Mu Epsilon office at http://www.pme-math.org/
• April: A trip to the MAA-NJ Spring Meeting, a mathematics conference for faculty and for students held jointly with Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits. For more information, contact Dr. Kowal or Dr. McMurdy at least two months in advance. The trip to this conference is organized by the RCNJ chapter of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Conference website: http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/GSUMC.html
• April: A possible trip to Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. Undergraduate students from neighboring colleges and universities from New Jersey and neighboring states will attend. Its location varies from year to year. Click here to see the 2012 conference website. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information at least two months in advance.

Community Service Opportunities

TBA. Two “on-campus community service” activities and two “off-campus community service” activities are required to be fulfilled by each RCNJ club in some academic years.

Club Advisors & Contact information

• Dr. Donovan McFeron, Math Club Advisor (dmcferon@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. James Gillespie, Math Club Advisor (jgillesp@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Amanda Beecher, Math Club Advisor (abeecher@ramapo.edu)

For questions about this website contact Dr. Katarzyna Kowal (kkowal@ramapo.edu).

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2013/2014

• President: Dobromir Yordanov
  
• Vice President: Joseph NItti
  
• Treasurer: Kaitlyn Reilly
• Publicist:  Mathias Schulien
  
• Secretary: Jessica Valentino
  

Math Club Constitution (PDF)

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcomed to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location, and agenda is sent out to math club email/members list a few days before each meeting, and in addition to that it is sometimes sent to all math majors.

If you would like to be included in the email/members list, please contact the club secretary.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Your help with our On-Campus and Off-Campus Community Service is expected and is greatly appreciated.

For some additional information you may also visit our club page at www.orgsync.com.

Math Club Meetings

Meetings take place during the fall and spring semesters approximately every two weeks. Date, time, room and agenda: to be announced – watch for email announcements sent to the math club email list and/or to all math majors.

Fall meetings:

• Mtg#1: General meeting
• Mtg#2: Hike at Ramapo  Reservation
• Mtg#3: Movie night
• Mtg#4
• Mtg#5: General meeting

Spring meetings:

• Mtg#1: General meeting
• Mtg#2: Mathematics Conference at Moravian College in Bethlehem, P.A.
• Mtg#3: Game night
• Mtg#4: A talk by an actuary
• Mtg#5: A talk on non-Euclidean Geometries
• Mtg#6: Cahill Center presentation
• Mtg#7: Kickball game: faculty vs. students

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• Fall & Spring: Invited Speakers at the math club meetings. Some of the invited speakers from the recent past include: Jessica Crane and Kevin Olson, recent RCNJ graduates currently employed in industry (“The Work of Math Majors at Prudential”);  three high school math teachers (“Advice from high school math teachers”); Atanas Frengov, recent RCNJ graduate currently employed by Google (“The use of mathematics at Google”); Dr. Ken McMurdy (“Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”); a senior actuarial analyst Rob Curry (“Becoming an Actuary”); Wall Street’s financial mathematician Aridam Kundu (“The Wizards of Wall Street”).
• Future suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting topics in mathematics.
• November: A possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Fall Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html
• First Saturday of December: Putnam Mathematics Competition, the RCNJ section of this prestigious national competition will be held on campus. It is organized at RCNJ by Dr. McFeron. Sign up by contacting him by a designated by him deadline in September. See the official website of this competition at http://math.scu.edu/putnam/
• January: Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) is held world-wide. It is organized at RCNJ campus by Dr. Beecher. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information preferrably at least two months in advance before the event.Contest website: http://www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/
• February: A possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://www.moravian.edu/mathcs/student-opportunities/events
• March: Induction ceremony of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Contact the Pi Mu Epsilon Ramapo College chapter advisor, Dr. Kowal, for more details. In the fall semester of each academic year all math majors receive an email inviting qualified students to sign up for the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Anyone who is not a mathematics major, but is interested in being inducted to Pi Mu Epsilon, should contact Dr. Kowal directly. For more general info, visit the website of the national Pi Mu Epsilon office at http://www.pme-math.org/
• April: A trip to the MAA-NJ Spring Meeting, a mathematics conference for faculty and for students held jointly with Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits. For more information, contact Dr. Kowal or Dr. McMurdy at least two months in advance. The trip to this conference is organized by the RCNJ chapter of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Conference website: http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/GSUMC.html
• April: A possible trip to Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. Undergraduate students from neighboring colleges and universities from New Jersey and neighboring states will attend. Its location varies from year to year. Click here to see the 2012 conference website. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information at least two months in advance.

Community Service Opportunities

TBA. Two “on-campus community service” activities and two “off-campus community service” activities are required to be fulfilled by each RCNJ club in some academic years.

Club Advisors & Contact information

• Dr. Donovan McFeron, Math Club Advisor (dmcferon@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. James Gillespie, Math Club Advisor (jgillesp@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Amanda Beecher, Math Club Advisor (abeecher@ramapo.edu)

For questions about this website contact Dr. Katarzyna Kowal (kkowal@ramapo.edu).

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2012/2013

• President: Meghan Mulharin Contact: mmulhari@ramapo.edu
• Vice President: Joe Nitti Contact: jnitti1@ramapo.edu
• Treasurer: Kaitlyn Reilly Contact: kreilly5@ramapo.edu
• Publicist: Geena Cockcroft Contact: gcockcro@ramapo.edu
• Secretary: Rebecca Fiorillo Contact: rfiorill@ramapo.edu

Math Club Constitution (PDF) Responsibilities of the Officer Positions (PDF)

Math Club Meetings

Fall 2012

Meetings during the Fall 2012 semester are every two weeks.

Date, Time and Room: to be announced (Watch for email announcements sent to all math majors and to the math club email list).

• Mtg#1: “Meet the Math Club”
• Mtg#2: Cumberland Valley Math Modeling Challenge at Shippensburg University
• Mtg#3: Movie night: “Good Will Hunting”
• Mtg#4: “Study session”
• Mtg#5: Math Hike

Spring 2013

Meetings during the Spring 2013 semester are every two weeks.

Date, Time and Room: TBA (Watch for email announcements sent to all math majors and to the math club email list).

• Mtg#1: A spring kick-off meeting
• Mtg#2: T-shirts sale on Pi Day (3/14) (and throughout the semester)
• Mtg#3: Student vs. Faculty kickball game on Reading Day in May
• Mtg#4: Moravian College Mathematics Conference
• An RCNJ student, Andrew Belmont, presents his math research
• Math Encounters trip to NYC to see “Laundry Math” at the Museum of Math
• Museum of Math trip

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcome to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location and agenda is sent out to all math majors and possibly some related majors (computer science, physics, bioinformatics) a few days before each meeting, as well as to the Math Club email/members list. If you would like to be included on the email/members list, please contact the club secretary.

Your help with our On-Campus and Off-Campus Community Service is expected and is greatly appreciated.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• Fall & Spring: Invited Speakers at the math club meetings. Some of the invited speakers from the recent past include: Jessica Crane and Kevin Olson, recent RCNJ graduates currently employed in industry (“The Work of Math Majors at Prudential”) , three high school math teachers (“Advice from high school math teachers”), Atanas Frengov, recent RCNJ graduate currently employed by Google (“The use of mathematics at Google”), Dr. Ken McMurdy (“Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”), a senior actuarial analyst Rob Curry (“Becoming an Actuary”), Wall Street’s financial mathematician Aridam Kundu (“The Wizards of Wall Street”).
• Future suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting topics in mathematics.
• November 2012 (Saturday): Possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Fall Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html
• First Saturday of December, 2012: Putnam Mathematics Competition, the RCNJ section of this prestigious national competition will be held on campus. Organized at RCNJ by Dr. McFeron. Sign up by contacting him at mailto:dmcferon@ramapo.edu by a designated by him deadline in September. Problem practice sessions for the competition are organized by Dr. Gillespie. See the official website of this competition at http://math.scu.edu/putnam/
• Fall 2012. Ramapo College Mathematics Problem-Solving Competition. Contact Dr. Gillespie for more information.
• February 2013 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://math.moravian.edu/conference/
• March 2013 (Sunday). Induction ceremony of thePi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor SocietyContact the Pi Mu Epsilon Ramapo College chapter advisor, Dr. Kowal, for more details. In the fall semester of each academic year all math majors receive an email inviting qualified students to sign up for the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Anyone who is not a mathematics major, but is interested in being inducted to Pi Mu Epsilon, should contact Dr. Kowal directly. For more general info, visit the website of the national Pi Mu Epsilon office at http://www.pme-math.org/
• April 13, 2013 (Saturday) Trip to the MAA-NJ Spring Meeting, a mathematics conference for faculty and for students held jointly with Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, which this year is held at the Felician College, NJ. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits. For more information, contact Dr. Kowal or Dr. McMurdy. The trip to this conference is organized by the Pi Mu Epsilon. Conference website: http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/GSUMC.html
• April 2013: A possible trip to 8th annual Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. Undergraduate students from neighboring colleges and universities from New Jersey and neighboring states will attend. Its location varies from year to year. Click here to see the 2012 conference website. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information.

On-Campus Community Service:

TBA

Off-Campus Community Service

TBA

Club Advisors & Contact information

• Dr. Donovan McFeron, Math Club Advisor (dmcferon@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. James Gillespie, Math Club Advisor (jgillesp@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Amanda Beecher, Math Club Advisor (abeecher@ramapo.edu)

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2011/2012

• President: Meghan Mulharin Contact: mmulhari@ramapo.edu
• Vice President: Joe Nitti Contact: jnitti1@ramapo.edu
• Treasurer: Kaitlyn Reilly Contact: kreilly5@ramapo.edu
• Publicist: Geena Cockcroft Contact: gcockcro@ramapo.edu
• Secretary: Rebecca Fiorillo Contact: rfiorill@ramapo.edu

Math Club Constitution (PDF) Responsibilities of the Officer Positions (PDF)

Math Club Meetings

Fall 2011:

Meetings during the Fall 2011 semester are approximately every two weeks.

Date, Time and Room: to be announced (Watch for email announcements sent to all math majors and to the math club email list).

Meeting dates:

• Mtg#1: View the ad. View the minutes. “Welcome Meeting and a Student Research Talk”
• Mtg#2: View the ad. View the minutes. “Math Club Hike: A ‘step’ outside the classroom” “
• Mtg#3: View the ad. View the minutes. Movie: Hypercube
• Mtg#4: View the ad. View the poster. “Doodle with math”
• Mtg#5: View the ad. View the minutes. Study session

Spring 2012:

Meetings during the Spring 2012 semester are approximately every two weeks.

Date, Time and Room: TBA (Watch for email announcements sent to all math majors and to the math club email list).

Meeting dates:

• Mtg#1: View the ad. View the minutes. General meeting
• Mtg#2: View the ad. View the minutes. Movie: Proof
• Mtg#3: View the ad. View the minutes. Math Teachers Panel Discussion
• Mtg#4: View the ad. View the minutes. Elections meeting
• Mtg#5: View the ad. View the minutes. Students vs. Faculty Kickball game

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcome to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location and agenda is sent out to all math majors a few days before each meeting, as well as to the Math Club email members list. If you would like to be included on the email/members list, please contact the club secretary.

Your help with our On-Campus and Off-Campus Community Service is expected and is greatly appreciated.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• Fall & Spring: Invited Speakers at the math club meetings. Some of the invited speakers from the recent past include: Jessica Crane and Kevin Olson, recent RCNJ graduates currently employed in industry (“The Work of Math Majors at Prudential”) , three high school math teachers (“Advice from high school math teachers”), Atanas Frengov, recent RCNJ graduate currently employed by Google (“The use of mathematics at Google”), Dr. Ken McMurdy (“Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”), a senior actuarial analyst Rob Curry (“Becoming an Actuary”), Wall Street’s financial mathematician Aridam Kundu (“The Wizards of Wall Street”).
• Future suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting topics in mathematics.
• November 2012 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Fall Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes.http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html*
• First Saturday of December: Putnam Mathematics Competition, the RCNJ section of this prestigious national competition will be held on campus. Organized at RCNJ by Dr. McFeron. Sign up by contacting him at dmcferon@ramapo.edu by a designated by him deadline in September. Problem practice sessions for the competition are organized by Dr. Gillespie. See the official website of this competition at http://math.scu.edu/putnam/*
• Fall 2012. Ramapo College Mathematics Problem-Solving Competition. Contact Dr. Gillespie for more information.
• February 2012 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://math.moravian.edu/conference/*
• March 2012 (Sunday). Induction ceremony of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Contact the Pi Mu Epsilon Ramapo College chapter advisor, Dr. Kowal, for more details. In the fall semester of each academic year all math majors receive an email inviting qualified students to sign up for the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Anyone who is not a mathematics major, but is interested in being inducted to Pi Mu Epsilon, should contact Dr. Kowal directly. For more general info, visit the website of the national Pi Mu Epsilon office at http://www.pme-math.org/ *
• March 31, 2012 (Saturday) Trip to the MAA-NJ Spring Meeting, a mathematics conference for faculty and for students held jointly with Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, which this year is held at Raritan Valley County College, NJ. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits. For more information, contact Dr. Kowal or Dr. McMurdy. The trip to this conference is organized by the Pi Mu Epsilon. Conference website: http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/GSUMC.html*
• April 4, 2012: Math Club, among its activities, is organizing a trip to NYC see a talk by a famous author Dr. Gunter Ziegler titled “Proofs from the BOOK: Putting pieces together”. The talk is held in New York City and it is an international event co-sponsored by the German Mathematical Society. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information.
• April 14, 2012: 7th annual Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference takes place at Ramapo College. Undergraduate students from neighboring colleges and universities from New Jersey and neighboring states will attend. Math Club members are encouraged to attend. Its location varies from year to year. Click here to see this year’s conference website. Contact Dr. Beecher for more information.

* see disclaimer below

Other Mathematics Conferences and events for the Math Club members to attend.

• Fall 2011 / Spring 2012. Off-Campus Community Service opportunities – see below for details.
• Fall 2011 / Spring 2012. On-Campus Community Service opportunities: Mathematics Help Sessions – see below for details.

On-Campus Community Service: Mathematics Help Sessions

During the fall meeting called “Study session” the math club members tutored those in need with the help of the math faculty.

Off-Campus Community Service:

Math club members volunteered with setting up the Spuyten Duyvil Undergraduate Mathematics Conference.

Club Advisors & contact information

• Dr. Donovan McFeron,  Math Club Advisor  ( dmcferon@ramapo.edu )
• Dr. James Gillespie, Math Club Advisor ( jgillesp@ramapo.edu )
• Dr. Amanda Beecher,  Math Club Advisor ( abeecher@ramapo.edu )

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2010/2011

• President: Zhasmina Baramova Contact: zbaramov@ramapo.edu
• Vice President: Keith Veenhuizen Contact: kveenhui@ramapo.edu
• Treasurer: Delina Agnosteva Contact: dagnoste@ramapo.edu
• Publicist: Geena Cockcroft Contact: gcockcro@ramapo.edu
• Secretary: Megan Mulharin Contact: mmulhari@ramapo.edu

Math Club Constitution (PDF) Responsibilities of the Officer Positions (PDF)

Math Club Meetings

Fall 2010:

Meetings during the Fall 2010 semester are approximately every two weeks.

Date, Time and Room: to be announced (Watch for email announcements sent to all math majors and to the math club email list).

Meeting dates:

• Mtg#1: View the ad. View the minutes. “Welcome Meeting”
• Mtg#2: View the ad. View the minutes. “Math Club Hike: A ‘step’ outside the classroom”
• Mtg#3: View the ad. View the minutes. Film: High Anxieties: The Mathematics of Chaos, Part 1
• Mtg#4: View the ad. View the minutes. Film: High Anxieties: The Mathematics of Chaos, Part 2
• Mtg#5: View the ad. View the minutes. Movie: The Cube
• Mtg#6: View the ad. View the minutes. Invited speaker: Dr. Brian Winkel, West Point Military Academy. “On Cryptology”
• End of semester event: Skate Party at IceHouse ice skating rink.

Spring 2011:

Meetings during the Spring 2011 semester are approximately every two weeks.

Date, Time and Room: TBA (Watch for email announcements sent to all math majors and to the math club email list).

Meeting dates:

• Mtg#1: View the ad. View the minutes. Film: Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension
• Mtg#2: View the ad. View the minutes.
• Mtg#3: View the ad. View the minutes. Math Teachers Panel Discussion.
• Mtg#4: View the ad. View the minutes. Elections meeting. Undergraduate student research talks by Samantha Pezzimenti and Keith Veenhuizen
• Mtg#5: View the ad. View the minutes. End of the year picnic (next to Laurel Hall)

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcome to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location and agenda is sent out to all math majors and possibly some related majors (computer science, physics, bioinformatics) a few days before each meeting, as well as to the Math Club mailing/members list. If you would like to be included on the mailing/members list, please contact the club secretary.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• Fall & Spring: Invited Speakers at the math club meetings. Some of the invited speakers from the recent past include: Jessica Crane and Kevin Olson, recent RCNJ graduates currently employed in industry (“The Work of Math Majors at Prudential”) , three high school math teachers (“Advice from high school math teachers”), Atanas Frengov, recent RCNJ graduate currently employed by Google (“The use of mathematics at Google”), Dr. Ken McMurdy (“Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”), a senior actuarial analyst Rob Curry (“Becoming an Actuary”), Wall Street’s financial mathematician Aridam Kundu (“The Wizards of Wall Street”).
• Future suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting topics in mathematics.
• 12/04/10 (Saturday) Putnam Mathematics Competition, the RCNJ section of the competition will be held on campus. Organized by Dr. McFeron. Sign up by contacting him at dmcferon@ramapo.edu by a designated deadline in September. Problem practice sessions for the competition are organized by Dr. McMurdy and Dr. Gillespie.
• March 2011. Induction ceremony of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Contact the Pi Mu Epsilon Ramapo College chapter advisor, Dr. Potocka, for more details. In the fall semester of each academic year all math majors receive an email inviting qualified students to sign up for the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Anyone who is not a mathematics major, but is interested in being inducted to Pi Mu Epsilon, should contact Dr. Potocka directly. For more general info, visit the website of the national Pi Mu Epsilon office at http://www.pme-math.org/*
• 11/6/2010 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Fall Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students, held at La Salle University in Philadelphia. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html*
• February 2011 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://math.moravian.edu/conference/*
• 4/9/2011 (Saturday) Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Spring Meeting, a mathematics conference for faculty and for students held jointly with GSUMC, which is a mathematics conference for students, this year held at Essex County College, NJ. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/GSUMC.html*

* see disclaimer below

Other Mathematics Conferences and events for the Math Club members to attend.

• Fall 2010 / Spring 2011. Off-Campus Community Service opportunities – see below for details.
• Fall 2010 / Spring 2011. On-Campus Community Service opportunities: Mathematics Help Sessions – see below for details.

On-Campus Community Service: Mathematics Help Sessions

Math club members offer INFORMAL help sessions for students taking a variety of upper level mathematics courses. You are welcome to drop by if you need help or let us know you’d like to become one of our tutors. Disclaimer: The tutors are volunteer math club members and have not been designated nor tested by the faculty to participate at these help sessions.

Room: G119.

Note: the tutor will leave after 30 minutes from the beginning of the session if there are no students asking for help.

Subjects tutored /names / hours:

• ____ Fall 2010: course: ________ / __names___________ / __days & times_________________

Off-Campus Community Service:

Mentoring Mahwah High School student Math Leagueabout “Majoring in Mathematics” and mentoring about majoring in mathematics at Ramapo College.

Club Advisors & contact information

• Dr. Ken McMurdy,  Math Club Advisor  ( kmcmurdy@ramapo.edu )
• Dr. Katarzyna Kowal, Math Club Advisor ( kkowal@ramapo.edu )

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2009/2010

• President: Mihail Velikov Contact: mvelikov@ramapo.edu
• Vice President: Victoriya Staneva Contact: vstameva@ramapo.edu
• Vice President: Zhasmina Baramova Contact: zbaramov@ramapo.edu
• Treasurer: Mariya Bistrina Contact: mbistrin@ramapo.edu
• Publicist: Lynea Craig Contact: lcraig@ramapo.edu – replaced by Zhasmina Baramova
• Secretary: Christina Bartley Contact: cbartley@ramapo.edu – replaced by Geena Cockcroft and Megan Mulharin

Math Club Constitution (PDF) Responsibilities of the Officer Positions (PDF)

Math Club Meetings

Fall 2009:

Meetings during the Fall 2009 semester are every two weeks and will take place on Thursdays, unless indicated otherwise.

Time: 1-2pm, unless indicated otherwise.

Room: G219 or G220 (Watch email announcements about the club meetings for finalized location in case of any changes of room, time, or date).

Meeting dates:

• Mtg#1: Thursday, Sept. 24. View the ad.. View minutes. “Welcome Meeting”
• Mtg#2: Tuesday, Oct. 6. View the ad. View minutes.. Guest speakers: “Did the Greeks know real numbers?”
• Mtg#3: Thursday, Oct. 22. View the ad View minutes “General Meeting”
• Mtg#4: Thursday, Nov. 12. View the ad. View minutes. Guest speaker: “Becoming an actuary”
• Mtg#5: Thursday, Nov. 19. View the ad. Movie: “The Pursuit of Happyness”

Spring 2010:

Meetings during the Spring 2010 semester are every two weeks and will take place on Wednesdays, unless indicated otherwise.

Time: 7:30-8:30pm, unless indicated otherwise.

Room: G220 (Watch email announcements about the club meetings for finalized location in case of any changes of room, time, or date).

Meeting dates:

• Mtg#1: Wednesday, Feb. 3. View the ad View minutes “Welcome Meeting”
• Mtg#2: Wednesday, Feb. 17. View the ad. View minutes. Guest speakers: “Applying for and attending graduate schools”
• Mtg#3: Wednesday, March 3. View the ad . View minutes . “General Meeting”
• Mtg#4: Thursday, March 12. View the ad View minutes Guest speaker: “Math Finance and Quantitative Trading Strategies”
• Mtg#5: Wednesday, April 7. View the ad. Movie: “Proof”

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcome to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location and agenda is sent out to all math majors and possibly some related majors (computer science, physics, bioinformatics) a few days before each meeting, as well as to the Math Club mailing/members list. If you would like to be included on the mailing/members list, please contact the club secretary.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• Fall & Spring: Invited Speakers at the math club meetings. Some of the invited speakers from the recent past include: Jessica Crane and Kevin Olson, recent RCNJ graduates currently employed in industry (“The Work of Math Majors at Prudential”) , three high school math teachers (“Advice from high school math teachers”), Atanas Frengov, recent RCNJ graduate currently employed by Google (“The use of mathematics at Google”), Dr. Ken McMurdy (“Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”), a senior actuarial analyst Rob Curry (“Becoming an Actuary”), Wall Street’s financial mathematician Aridam Kundu (“The Wizards of Wall Street”).
• Future suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting topics in mathematics.
• 12/05/09 (Saturday) Putnam Mathematics Competition, the RCNJ section of the competition will be held on campus. Organized by Dr. Potocka and Dr. McFeron. Sign up by contacting Dr. Potocka by a designated deadline in September. Problem practice sessions for the competition are organized by Dr. McMurdy and Dr. Gillespie.
• March 2010. Induction ceremony of the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Contact the Pi Mu Epsilon Ramapo College chapter advisor, Dr. Potocka, for more details. In the fall semester of each academic year all math majors receive an email inviting qualified students to sign up for the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Anyone who is not a mathematics major, but is interested in being inducted to Pi Mu Epsilon, should contact Dr. Potocka directly. For more general info, visit the website of the national Pi Mu Epsilon office at http://www.pme-math.org/*
• 11/07/2009 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Fall Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students, held at the College of Saint Elizabeth, NJ. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes. http://www.maa-nj.org/Main/bottom.html*
• February 2010 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://math.moravian.edu/conference/*
• 4/10/2010 (Saturday) Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Spring Meeting, a mathematics conference for faculty and for students held jointly with GSUMC, which is a mathematics conference for students, this year held at Middlesex County College, NJ. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/GSUMC.html*

* see disclaimer below

Other Mathematics Conferences and events for the Math Club members to attend.

• Fall 2009 / Spring 2010. Off-Campus Community Service opportunities – see below for details.
• Fall 2009 / Spring 2010. On-Campus Community Service opportunities: Mathematics Help Sessions – see below for details.

On-Campus Community Service: Mathematics Help Sessions

Math club members offer INFORMAL help sessions for students taking a variety of upper level mathematics courses. You are welcome to drop by if you need help or let us know you’d like to become one of our tutors. Disclaimer: The tutors are volunteer math club members and have not been designated nor tested by the faculty to participate at these help sessions.

Room: G119.

Note: the tutor will leave after 30 minutes from the beginning of the session if there are no students asking for help.

Subjects tutored /names / hours:

• Fall 2009: course: Calculus III / Jason Jasinski / Mondays 1-2
• Fall 2009: course: History of Mathematics / Mihail Velikov, Michael Morici, Michele Jastrzembski, Jason Jasinski, Patrick Wall / Mondays 1-2
• Fall 2009: course: Linear Algebra / Scott Edenbaum / Tuesdays 2:30-3:30

Off-Campus Community Service:

Mentoring Mahwah High School student Math Leagueabout “Majoring in Mathematics” and mentoring about majoring in mathematics at Ramapo College.

Club Advisors & contact information

• Dr. Ken McMurdy,  Math Club Advisor  (kmcmurdy@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Katarzyna Potocka, Math Club Advisor (kkowal@ramapo.edu)

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2008/2009

• President: Mihail Velikov Contact: mvelikov@ramapo.edu
• Vice President: Corinne Bronder Contact: cbronder@ramapo.edu
• Treasurer: Mariya Bistrina Contact: mbistrin@ramapo.edu
• Publicist: Lynea Craig Contact: lcraig@ramapo.edu
• Secretary: Bonnie Chen Contact: bchen1@ramapo.edu

Math Club Constitution (PDF) Responsibilities of the Officer Positions (PDF)

Math Club Meetings

Fall 2008:

Meetings during the Fall 2008 semester are every two weeks and will take place on Mondays.

Time: from 8 pm to 9 pm.

Room: G220 (Watch email announcements about the club meetings for finalized location in case of any changes of room or date).

Meeting dates:

• Mtg#1: Monday, Sept. 15. View the ad. View minutes. “Welcome Meeting”
• Mtg#2: Monday, Sept. 29. View the ad. View minutes. “Guest speakers: The Work of Math Majors at Prudential”
• Mtg#3: Monday, Oct. 13. View the ad. View minutes. “General Meeting”
• Mtg#4: Monday, Oct. 27. View the ad. View minutes. “Guest speakers: Advice from high school math teachers”
• Mtg#5: Tuesday, Nov. 10. View the ad. “Movie: Good Will Hunting”
• Math Club Trip to Liberty Science Center: Saturday, Nov. 22.

Spring 2009:

Meetings during the Spring 2009 semester are every two weeks and will take place on Thursdays.

Time: from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

Room: G220 (Watch email announcements about the club meetings for finalized location in case of any changes of room or date).

Meeting dates:

• Mtg#1: Thursday, Jan. 29. View the ad. View minutes. “Welcome Meeting”
• Mtg#2: Thursday, Feb. 12. View the ad. View minutes. “Guest speaker: “Sensitivity analysis”
• Mtg#3: Thursday, Feb. 26. View the ad. View minutes. “General Meeting”
• Mtg#4: Thursday, March 12. View the ad. View minutes. “Guest speaker: “The use of mathematics at Google”
• Mtg#5: Thursday, April 2. View the ad. View minutes. “Guest speaker: “Can’t solve it? Perturbe it!”

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcome to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location and agenda is sent out to all math majors and possibly some related majors (computer science, physics, bioinformatics) a few days before each meeting, as well as to the Math Club mailing/members list. If you would like to be included on the mailing/members list, please contact the club secretary.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• Fall & Spring: Invited Speakers at the math club meetings. Last year’s invited speakers were: Dr. Ken McMurdy (“Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”), a senior actuarial analyst Rob Curry (“Becoming an Actuary”), Dr. Pangyen Weng (“Making Presentations”), Wall Street’s financial mathematician Aridam Kundu (“The Wizards of Wall Street”).
• Future suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting topics in mathematics.
• 11/01/2008 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Fall Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students, held at Farleigh Dickinson University. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html*
• February 2009 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://math.moravian.edu/conference/*
• 3/29/2009 (Sunday) Math Club trip to MAA-NJ Spring Meeting, a mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students, held at Monmouth University. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html*

* see disclaimer below

Other Mathematics Conferences and events for the Math Club members to attend.

• Fall 2008 / Spring 2009. Opportunities of tutoring mathematics at local schools and community centers – see below for details (outside of campus community service)
• Fall 2008 / Spring 2009. Mathematics Help Sessions – see below for details (on-campus community service)

On-Campus Community Service: Mathematics Help Sessions

Math club members offer INFORMAL help sessions for students taking a variety of upper level mathematics courses. You are welcome to drop by if you need help or let us know you’d like to become one of our tutors. Disclaimer: The tutors are volunteer math club members and have not been designated nor tested by the faculty to participate at these help sessions.

Room: G119.

Note: the tutor will leave after 30 minutes if there are no students asking for help.

Subjects tutored /names / hours:

• Fall 2008: Calculus IV / Fadi Haso / Wednesdays 3:00-3:30pm.
• Fall 2008: Introduction to Analysis/ James Caldera, Jessica Thalman, Ashley Fischer, Jacklyn Kedzierski / Mondays 3:40-4:10pm.
• Spring 2008: Abstract Algebra/Jacklyn Kedzierski, Michele Jastrzembski, Mihail Velikov/Fridays 3:15-3:45pm.

Off-Campus Community Service:

Mentoring Mahwah High School student Math Leagueabout “Majoring in Mathematics” and mentoring about majoring in mathematics at Ramapo College.

Club Advisors & contact information

• Dr. Ken McMurdy,  Math Club Advisor  (kmcmurdy@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Katarzyna Potocka, Math Club Advisor (kkowal@ramapo.edu)

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2007/2008

• President: Mihail Velikov Contact: mvelikov@ramapo.edu (formerly held by Ivana Nikolic (inikolic@ramapo.edu)
• Vice President: Barak Malkin Contact: bmalkin@ramapo.edu
• Secretary: Milka Dimitrov Contact: mdimitro@ramapo.edu
• Treasurer: Pauline Joshua Contact: pjoshua@ramapo.edu
• Publicist: Jenna Hart Contact: jhart@ramapo.edu

Math Club Constitution (PDF) Responsibilities of the Officer Positions (PDF)

Math Club Meetings

Fall 2007:

Meetings during the Fall 2007 semester are every two weeks and will take place on Mondays

Time: from 1pm to 2 pm (1:05pm-1:55pm)

Room: G220 (Watch email announcements about the club meetings for finalized location in case of any changes of room or date).

Meetings dates:

• Mtg#1: Monday, Sept. 24. View the ad. View the minutes. “Weclome Meeting”
• Mtg#2: Monday, Oct. 8. View the ad. View the presentation. “Invited speaker: Curve Sketching in the Projective Plane”
• Mtg#3: Monday, Oct. 22. View the ad. View the minutes. “General Meeting”
• Mtg#4: Monday, Nov. 5. View the ad. View the presentation. “Invited speaker: Becoming an Actuary”
• Mtg#5: Tuesday, Nov. 13. View the ad. View the minutes. “Movie: A Beautiful Mind”
• Math Club Party: Friday, Nov. 30. 5:30pm. In J.Lee’s room at the Student Center.

Spring 2008:

Meetings during the Spring 2008 semester are every two weeks and will take place on Tuesdays

Time: from 1pm to 2 pm (1:05pm-1:55pm)

Room: G220 (Watch email announcements about the club meetings for finalized location in case of any changes of room or date).

Meetings dates:

• Mtg#1: Tuesday, Feb. 5. View the ad. View the minutes. “Welcome Back Meeting
• Mtg#2: Tuesday, Feb. 19. View the ad. View the minutes. “Invited speaker: Making Presentations”
• Mtg#3: Tuesday, March 4. View the ad. View the minutes. “Flatland, the movie”
• Mtg#4: Tuesday, March 25. View the ad. View the minutes. “Elections Meeting”
• Mtg#5: Tuesday, April 8. View the ad. View the Presentation Part I, Part II. “Invited Speaker: The Wizards of Wall Street”
• Math Club’s Math Awareness Night: Friday, April 18. 5:30pm. In J.Lee’s room at the Student Center.

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcome to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location and agenda is sent out to all math majors and possibly some related majors (computer science, physics, bioinformatics) a few days before each meeting, as well as to the Math Club mailing/members list. If you would like to be included on the mailing/members list, please contact the club secretary.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events

• 10/08/07 Dr. Ken McMurdy gives a Math Club talk on “Curve Sketching in Projective Plane”
• 11/05/07 A senior actuarial analyst from ISO gives a talk on “Becoming an Actuary”.
• 11/03/07 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to MAA-NJ mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students. http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html*. Activities: interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, information tables, silent auction, door prizes.
• Guest speakers at the Math Club meetings. Suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics, interesting areas of mathematics.
• February 2008 (Saturday) Possible Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: interesting talk by a famous mathematician guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://math.moravian.edu/conference/*
• March 2008 (Saturday) Math Club trip to MAA-NJ mathematics conference for mathematics faculty and students. Activities: individual and team math competition, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, interesting talks by famous mathematician guest speakers, mathematics book exhibits.http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html* .

* see disclaimer below

Other Mathematics Conferences for the Math Club to Attend

• Fall 2007 / Spring 2008. Opportunities of tutoring mathematics at local schools and community centers (outside of campus community service)
• Fall 2007 / Spring 2008. Mathematics Help Sessions – see details below (on-campus community service)

Mathematics Help Sessions, Fall 2007

Math club members offer INFORMAL help sessions for students taking a variety of upper level mathematics courses. You are welcome to drop by if you need help or let us know you’d like to become one of our tutors. Disclaimer: The tutors are volunteer math club members and have not been designated nor tested by the faculty to participate at these help sessions.

Room: G119.

Note: the tutor will leave after 30 minutes if there are no students asking for help.

Tutors/ subjects tutored /hours:

Ivana Nikolic, Jenna Hart, Emily Migliore, Jennifer West, Christine Caradonio: Real Analysis (Group Study/Tutoring). Tuesdays 12:30-1:00.

An opportunity to tutor mathematics, Fall 2007 and Spring 2008

Beginning October 15th, 2007 you may participate in tutoring mathematics to middle school students at a local community center. Click here for details.

In Spring 2008 the tutoring center runs on Mondays and Wednesdays only.

Club Advisors & contact information

• Dr. Ken McMurdy,  Math Club Advisor  (kmcmurdy@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Katarzyna Potocka, Math Club Advisor (kkowal@ramapo.edu)

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2006/2007

• President- Ivana Nikolic Contact: inikolic@ramapo.edu
• Vice President- Peter Tsakkos Contact: ptsakkos@ramapo.edu
• Secretary- Jessica DeSclafani Contact: jdesclaf@ramapo.edu, in S07 replaced by Michael Vascak, mvascak@ramapo.edu
• Treasurer- Jackie Thibault Contact: jthibaul@ramapo.edu, in S07 replaced by Pauline Joshua, pjoshua@ramapo.edu

Responsibilities of the Officer Positions (PDF)

Math Club Meetings

Meetings during the academic year 2006/2007 are every two weeks. The meetings will alternate between Fridays and Wednesdays during Spring semester.

Time: from 1pm to 2 pm.

Room: G202 (Watch email announcements about the club meetings for finalized location in case of any changes).

Meetings dates:

Fall 2006:

• Friday, October 6, 2006. View the ad. View the minutes.
• Thursday, October 19, 2006 (this meeting is rescheduled for Thursday, October 26,2006) View the ad. View the minutes.
• Friday, November 3, 2006. View the ad. View the minutes.
• Thursday, November 16, 2006. View the ad. View the minutes.
• Friday, December 1, 2006
• Thursday, December 14, 2006

Spring 2007:

• Friday, February 9, 2007.
• Wednesday, February 21, 2007. (Rescheduled for Friday, February 23) View the minutes.
• Friday, March 9, 2007.
• Wednesday, Wednesday 21, 2007.
• Friday, April 6, 2007.
• Wednesday, April 18, 2007.

For Prospective Members

You’re most welcome to join our meetings at any point in the semester, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A mass email about the club’s meeting date, time, location and agenda is sent out to all math majors and some related majors (computer science, physics, bioinformatics) a few days before each meeting, as well as to the Math Club mailing/members list. If you would like to be included on this list, please contact the club secretary.

At every meeting we welcome new ideas for discussion and new ideas for the club activities that would enhance the club and the quality of the Ramapo College Mathematics Major.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events:

• Guest speakers at the Math Club meetings. Suggested speaker topics: careers in mathematics, graduate schools in mathematics.
• 11/04/2006 (Saturday) Math Club trip to MAA-NJ mathematics conference at Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. Guest speaker: Dr. Guershon Harel and Dr. Carl Pomerance (one of the world’s famous number theorists). http://sections.maa.org/newjersey/Main/index.html* . Other conference activities: Lunch discussion tables, book exhibits, Math in Industry information table, silent auction, door prizes.
• 11/16/2006 (Thursday) Math Club Metting: Dr. Potocka gives a talk on “Careers in Mathematics”.
• 2/17/2007 (Saturday) Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference activities: talk by the conference guest speaker, undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://math.moravian.edu/conference/*
• 3/31/2007 (Saturday) Math Club trip to MAA-NJ mathematics conference at Rowan University in Southern N.J. Activities: individual and team math contest, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, mathematics book exhibits.
• April 2007. North Jersey Regional Science Fair. Math Club members to be student judges of high school students posters at the fair.

* see disclaimer below

Other Mathematics Conferences for the Math Club to Attend.

• Fall 2006 / Spring 2007. Possibilities of tutoring mathematics at a local high school (outside of campus community service)
• Fall 2006 / Spring 2007. Mathematics Help Sessions – see details below (on-campus community service)

Mathematics Help Sessions, Fall 2006

Math club members offer INFORMAL help sessions for students taking a variety of upper level mathematics courses. You are welcome to drop by if you need help or if you’d like to become one of our tutors. Disclaimer: The tutors are volunteer math club members and have not been designated nor tested by the faculty to participate at these help sessions.

Room: G119.

Note: the tutor will leave after 30 minutes if there are no students asking for help.

Tutors/ subjects tutored /hours:

• Viktor Vasilev / all upper level courses except statistics / Thursdays 10 -11 am
• Detelina Stoyanova / Discrete structures *, Multivariable calculus / Wednesdays 8-9 pm
• Ivana Nikolic / Multivariable Calculus, Statistics / Mondays 5-6 pm
• Atanas Mihov / Multivariable Calculus, Statistics/ Wednesdays 8-9 pm

*by a special permission of the mathematics department as his course is also being tutored in the CAS tutoring center.

Club Advisors & contact information

• Dr. Maxim Goldberg-Rugalev,  Math Club Advisor  (mgoldber@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Katarzyna Potocka, Math Club Advisor (kkowal@ramapo.edu)

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2005/2006

• President- Ken Bellottie
• Vice President- Dimo Dimitrov
• Secretary- Jessica Crane
• Treasurer- Hilton Seibert

Responsibilities of the Officer Positions (PDF)

Meetings

• Meetings during Spring 2006 are every other Friday with an exception of the Pi Day week and Easter/Passover week, namely:
• Friday Feb. 10, Friday Feb. 24, Tuesday March 14 (3.14 Pi Day), Friday March 31, Tuesday April 11, Friday April 28. Other exceptions will be announced in mass e-mail to all math majors and club members.
• Time: 1:15pm-2pm in G220

You’re most welcome to join our meetings, whether you are a math major or not, with no obligation to attend every meeting.

A letter from the President

To all students, future students, faculty, and future faculty the math club of Ramapo College would like to extend an open invitation to join us. We provide group study sessions for advanced level math courses and attend conferences to enhance students’ math skills. Throughout the academic year we invite guest speakers to provide valuable information regarding careers in the mathematics field. The more participation we have, the more beneficial the organization will become to the Ramapo community.

Yours Truly,
President, Ken Bellottie

More Information

For this year we plan to continue the study sessions for advanced math courses. Meetings will be held every other week to discuss potential guest speakers, schedule for study sessions, any other topics or activities that would enhance the club. All majors are welcomed to attend. First meeting date is still to be determined. We will be inviting 2-3 guest speakers per semester.

There will a mathematics conference each semester that the club will attend. The conference may include, but will not be limited to, group and individual competitions, guest speaker talks, students talks, student poster sessions, and mathematics book exhibits.

Recent / Current / Upcoming events:

• 2/10/06 Math Club Meeting. Dr. Edward Saiff, Professor of Biology and an Advisor of the Biology Club at RCNJ will talk about how to develop and run an active academic club. A brainstorming session about planning the Math Club activities for Spring 2006 will follow.
• 2/18/06 ( Saturday) Math Club trip to Moravian College Student Mathematics Conference in Bethlehem, PA. Conference guest speaker: famous number theorist, Carl Pomerance. Conference activities: undergraduate student talks on their research projects. http://math.moravian.edu/conference/*
• 2/24/06 Math Club Meeting. Dr. Katarzyna Potocka, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at RCNJ, will talk about graduate schools.
• 4/8/06 (Saturday) Math Club trip to MAA-NJ mathematics conference at Georgian Court College, NJ. Guest speaker: Robert Devaney from Boston University. Activities: math contest, undergraduate student talks about their research projects, student poster sessions, mathematics book exhibits. http://csam.montclair.edu/mathsci/maa-nj/maa-nj.html*
• 4/12/06 Math Club Meeting. Dr. Pangyen Weng, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at RCNJ, will talk about actuarial science.
• Fall 2005 / Spring 2006. Tutoring mathematics at a local high school.

* see disclaimer below

Mathematics Help Sessions

Math club members offer informal help sessions for students taking a variety of upper level mathematics courses. You are welcome to drop by if you need help or if you’d like to become one of our tutors. Hours and location:

• Mondays 8:30 pm by Ken Bellottie
• Tuesdays 9 pm by Dimo Dimitrov
• Wednesdays 2:30 pm by Jessica Crane

Room G119.

Note: the tutor will leave after 30 minutes if there are no students asking for help.

Club Advisors & contact information

• Dr. Maxim Goldberg-Rugalev,  Math Club Advisor  (mgoldber@ramapo.edu)
• Dr. Katarzyna Potocka, Math Club Advisor (kkowal@ramapo.edu)