Mathematics Convening Group

 

Math Club 

Math Club Officers for the Academic Year 2009/2010

           Math Club Constitution

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

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).

Tentative Meeting dates:

          Mtg#1:  Thursday, Sept. 24.    View the ad. View the minutes.  "Welcome Meeting"

          Mtg#2:  Tuesday, Oct. 6.        View the ad.  View the minutes.  Guest speaker: "Did the Greeks know real numbers?"

          Mtg#3:  Thursday, Oct. 22.     View the ad.  View the minutes.  "General Meeting"

          Mtg#4:  Thursday, Nov. 12.     

          Mtg#5:  Thursday, Nov. 19.    

         

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.

___  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.

___  Spring 2010. Induction ceremony of qualified mathematics majors to the Pi Mu Epsilon Mathematics Honor Society. Contact the Pi Mu Epsilon Ramapo College chapter advisor, Dr. Potocka, for more details.

___  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://www.maa-nj.org/Main/bottom.html      http://www.maa-nj.org/GSUMC.html 

___  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.

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

                       course: History of Mathematics / Mihail Velikov, Michael Morici, Michele Jastrzembski, Jason Jasinski, Patrick Wall / Mondays 1-2

                       course: Linear Algebra / Scott Edenbaum / Tuesdays 2:30-3:30

____ Spring 2010: TBA

Off-Campus Community Service: TBA

Visit the Math Club web pages from the previous years: 2005/2006,    2006/2007,     2007/2008,   2008/2009

Club Advisors & contact information

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

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