Mathematics Convening Group

 

Math Club 

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2008/2009

           Math Club Constitution

           More detail on the responsibilities of the club's officer positions.

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.

          Mtg#5:  Tuesday, Nov. 10.     View the ad. View minutes.

          Math Club Trip to Liberty Science Center: Saturday, Nov. 22.

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://www.maa-nj.org/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://www.maa-nj.org/Main/index.html

___  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)

Mathematics Help Sessions, Fall 2008

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:

____ Calculus IV / Fadi Haso /  Wednesdays 3:00-3:30pm.

____ Introduction to Analysis/ James Caldera, Jessica Thalman, Ashley Fischer, Jacklyn Kedzierski / Mondays 3:40-4:10pm.

An opportunity to tutor mathematics, Fall 2008 and Spring 2009

In Fall 2008 you may participate in tutoring mathematics to middle school students at a local community center. Starting date: To Be Announced. Click here for details.

Note: In Spring 2008 the community center was only open on Mondays and Wednesdays.

Visit the Math Club web pages from the previous years: 2005/2006,    2006/2007,     2007/2008

Club Advisors & contact information

Dr. Ken McMurdy,  Math Club Advisor  (kmcmurdy@ramapo.edu)

Dr. Katarzyna Potocka, Math Club Advisor (kpotocka@ramapo.edu)