Department Awards Banquet, 2015
The 2015 Department of Mathematical Sciences Awards Banquet was held on April 23 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Dunkirk, NY. Approximately 85 people attended. Click here to view photos from the event.
The following scholarship recipients were recognized:
- Sara Marszalkowski, major in Applied Mathematics from Williamsville, NY - Boynton Scholarship
- Holly Richardson, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Lake View - Buckenmeyer Scholarship
- Ellia Brunacini, Applied Mathematics, Jamestown - DiPasquale Scholarship
- Thomas Mellen, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Depew - Mathewson Scholarship
- Nicole Sottilaro, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Monroe - Mathewson Scholarship
- Dylan Castro, Applied Mathematics, Jamestown - Olson Scholarship
- Sarah Chamberlain, Applied Mathematics and Physics, Grand Island - Olson Scholarship
- Alexander Crise, Applied Mathematics, Fredonia, Olson Scholarship
- Danielle Czerwinski, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg - Wood Scholarship
The following students were presented awards:
- Brigid Edwards, Applied Mathematics, Rome - American Statistical Association Award
- Sarah Mannion, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Montague, NJ - Dr. Fred Byham (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Award
- Rachel Schank, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Little Valley - Dr. Fred Byham (NCTM) Award
- Jacob Brostrom, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Portland - Professor Dennis Cecala (NCTM) Award
- Mark Soderberg, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Jamestown - Professor Dennis Cecala (NCTM) Award
- Danielle Dembrow, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Lockport - Professor Janet Meissner (NCTM) Award
- Alexander Crise, Applied Mathematics, Fredonia - Dr. James McKenna (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Award
- Taylor Bourne, Mathematics, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - Institute for Operations Research and Management Science Award
- Marleah Roseman, Mathematics, Canastota - Dr. Bruce Chilton (Mathematical Association of America) Award
- Jonah Farnham, Music Education with a Mathematics Minor, North Chili - Dr. Arthur Danese (MAA) Award
- Sara Marszalkowski, Applied Mathematics, Williamsville - Dr. Richard Dowds (MAA) Award
- Michelle Persaud, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Ozone Park - Professor Jean Harper (MAA) Award
- Myungsun "Sunny" Kim, Chemistry and Mathematics, Mapo-Gu, Korea - Dr. Albert Polimeni (MAA) Award
- Sarah Chamberlain, Applied Mathematics/Physics, Grand Island - Dr. Fawzi Yaqub (MAA) Award
- Nicholas Liberatore, Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education, Angola - Professor Arlon Georger Teaching with Technology Award
- Leigh Gates, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg - Excellence in Student Teaching Award
- Amanda Mikiciuk, Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education, Webster - Excellence in Student Teaching Award
- Emily Prenatt, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Lackawanna - Excellence in Student Teaching Award
- Collene Sikora, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, South Dayton - Excellence in Student Teaching Award
- Emily Tronolone, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Orchard Park - Excellence in Student Teaching Award
Danielle Long, principal of Northern Chautauqua Catholic School, was presented with the Sherry Dole Excellence in Mentorship Award. This award recognizes an area mathematics teacher/administrator who has provided outstanding support to our student teachers.
Founding members Dr. Fred Byham and Dennis Cecala, along with current members Dillon Castro, Leah Kleiman, Travis Mirabella, and Rosalie Siciliano, helped induct 22 new members into Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society. The following students were honored:
- Taylor Bourne, a major in Mathematics, from Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- Natalie Buck, Childhood Education, Mathematics Middle School Extension, Spencerport
- Sarah Chamberlain, Applied Mathematics/Physics, Grand Island
- Danielle Consaul, Childhood Education, Mathematics Middle School Extension, North Chili
- Alexander Crise, Applied Mathematics, Fredonia
- Danielle Czerwinski, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg
- Kelly Edinger, Childhood Education, Mathematics Middle School Extension, Rochester
- Brigid Edwards, Applied Mathematics, Rome
- Briana Garland, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Fredonia
- Leigh Gates, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg
- Heidi Gunio, Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education, Fairport
- Myungsun "Sunny" Kim, Chemistry and Mathematics, Mapo-Gu, Korea
- Jeremy Koslowski, Applied Mathematics, Dunkirk
- Kimberly Lotocki, Childhood Education, Mathematics Middle School Extension, Hamburg
- Callen Lange, Music and Mathematics, Wolcott
- Thomas Mellen, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Depew
- Heather Pandich, Business Administration/Finance and Mathematics Minor, Endicott
- Jolene Stoffle, Sound Recording Technology and Applied Mathematics Minor, Lowville
- Erin Thompson, MSED - Mathematics, Palmyra
- Kyle Tobin, Applied Mathematics, East Amherst
- Nicole Wehner, Mathematics, Walworth