Department Awards Banquet, 2018
The 2018 Department of Mathematical Sciences Awards Banquet was held on April 19 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Dunkirk, NY. Nearly 80 people attended. Click here to view photos from the event.
The following scholarship recipients were recognized:
- Kevin Morali, a major in Mathematics/Adolescence Education from Staten Island - Kenneth and Mary Boynton Scholarship
- Emily Moyer, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Camillus - Boynton Scholarship
- Anna Chiacchia, Applied Mathematics, Hamburg - Mark Buckenmeyer Scholarship
- Michael Eusanio, Mathematics, Orchard Park - Buckenmeyer Scholarship
- Sarah Wood, Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education, Buffalo - Santa A. B. DiPasquale Scholarship
- Megan Little, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Caledonia - Earl G. Mathewson Scholarship
- Alexis Wydysh, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Elma - Mathewson Scholarship
- Mary DiCioccio, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Buffalo - Frank R. Olson Scholarship
- Roberto Gonzalez, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Binghamton - Olson Scholarship
- Robert Moore, Mathematics, Honeoye Falls - Olson Scholarship
- Megan Ott, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Lake View - Nelson and Louise Wood Scholarship
- Kristina Green, Applied Mathematics, Dunkirk - Marvin C. Zastrow Scholarship
The following students were presented awards:
- Eric Knop, a Business Administration - Finance major with a minor in Statistics - American Statistical Association Award
- William Snell, Mathematics, Fredonia - American Statistical Association Award
- Emma Booth, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg - Dr. Fred Byham (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Award
- Rebecca Ferer, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Orchard Park - Dr. Fred Byham (NCTM) Award
- Kaitlin Patt, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Spencerport - Professor Dennis Cecala (NCTM) Award
- Amanda Zablonsky, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg - Professor Dennis Cecala (NCTM) Award
- Nelson Clarke, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Buffalo - Professor Janet Meissner (NCTM) Award
- Lindsey Aldrich, Applied Mathematics, Dunkirk - Dr. James McKenna (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Award
- Erin Pratt, Applied Mathematics, Schenectady - Dr. Arthur Danese (Mathematical Association of America) Award
- Gabrielle Cartwright, Business Administration - Marketing and Mathematics, Hunt - Dr. Richard Dowds (MAA) Award
- Jason Opferbeck, Mathematics, Cattaraugus - Professor Jean Harper (MAA) Award
- Christopher Kelley, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Westfield - Dr. Albert Polimeni (MAA) Award
- Aurora Buscaglia, Applied Mathematics, Buffalo - Dr. Albert Polimeni (MAA) Award
- Michael Khaimraj, Mathematics, Ozone Park - Dr. Fawzi Yaqub (MAA) Award
- Samantha Woughter, Mathematics and Computer Science, Andover - Dr. Fawzi Yaqub (MAA) Award
- Valerie Andryshak, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Middletown - Professor Arlon Georger Teaching with Technology Award
- Samantha Nickerson, MSED - Mathematics - Professor Arlon Georger Teaching with Technology Award
- Sarah Mannion, MSED - Mathematics, Montague, NJ - Sherry Dole Excellence in Student Teaching Award
- Emily Marsh, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Sinclairville - Sherry Dole Excellence in Student Teaching Award
- Michelle Persaud, MSED - Mathematics, Ozone Park - Sherry Dole Excellence in Student Teaching Award
Founding member Dennis Cecala, along with current members Valerie Andryshak, Chad Berggren, Mary Di Cioccio, Kellie Halladay, Sarah Mannion, Emily Marsh, Samantha Nickerson, Michelle Persaud, William Snell, Raymond Tarnowski, and Samantha Woughter, helped induct sixteen new members into Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society. The following students were honored:
- Lindsey Aldrich, an Applied Mathematics major, from Dunkirk, NY
- Jamison Bunge, Computer Science with Applied Math minor, Fredonia
- Anna Chiacchia, Applied Mathematics, Hamburg
- Sean Dempsey-Gregory, Physics with Applied Math minor, Fredonia
- Michael Eusanio, Mathematics, Orchard Park
- Rebecca Ferer, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Orchard Park
- Kristina Greene, Applied Mathematics, Dunkirk
- Michael Khaimraj, Mathematics, Ozone Park
- Florence LaPlaca, Earth Science with Math minor, Hicksville
- Megan Little, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Caledonia
- Dakota Morano, MSED-Mathematics, Sinclairville
- Megan Ott, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Lake View
- Kaitlin Patt, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Spencerport
- Tina Santucci, Childhood Education with Mathematics Middle School Extension, Honeoye Falls
- Sydney Sweet, Physics with Applied Math minor, Hamburg
- Alexis Wydysh, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Elma