Math Graduate Wins Prestigious Fellowship
05/09/2008
Jacob Prairie is graduating this month with a BS in Mathematics. He has been accepted as a Newton Fellow by the Math for America organization. The fellowship comes with a full scholarship and generous stipend to obtain a Master's degree in Education and New York State Teaching Certification. Fellows commit to a five-year program that includes one year of full-time graduate study and four years of teaching mathematics in New York City secondary schools.
Jacob will be attending The Teacher's College at Columbia University. Congratulations!
(For more information on Math for America, go to http://www.mathforamerica.org.)
Jacob Prairie with his advisor, Professor Sankappanavar
Integration Bee
04/23/2008
Put on your pocket protector, sharpen your pencils, and come to the Integration Bee!
The SIAM Student Chapter is hosting an Integration Bee on Thursday, May 1 at 6:30 pm in CSB Auditorium.
All students are welcome and are encouraged to either compete, participate or spectate.
If you have had or are currently enrolled in Calculus II, you can do this!
Winners will receive prizes! And the prizes are fabulous!
- The winner receives an IPod nano
- Second prize receives a $50 gift certificate to a local restaurant.
Refreshments will be available.
Failure Analysis @ IBM
04/05/2008
Students of SUNY New Paltz are given a tour of the Failure Analysis division of the IBM plant in Fishkill, NY. Here the group is shown the Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscope or FTIR by senior chemist Nancy Klymko. This tool is used to study the infrared vibrational spectrum of complex unknown substances. The group tour was organized by the SIAM Student Chapter at SUNY New Paltz. Thanks to Benjamin Briggs for organizing the tour.
How to Contact the Department:
Department of Mathematics
Faculty Office Building (FOB) E 2
State University of New York at New Paltz
1 Hawk Dr.
New Paltz, NY 12561-2443
Phone: (845) 257-3532
Fax: (845) 257-3571
Department Chair: David Hobby (For appointments, call (845) 257-3532)
Department Secretary: Lisa Lupini
