Institution: Marist College
Reporting Year: Chapter Reports
Advisor: Matthew Glomski
Advisor's Email Address: matthew.glomski@marist.edu
Has There Been a Change in Chapter Advisor During the Past Year?: no
Permanent Faculty Correspondent: Joe Kirtland
Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: joe.kirtland@marist.edu
Officers: President/Secretary--Kristen Lawler Vice President/Treasurer--Emma Talis
Chapter Website: http://
Number of New Members: 9
Number of Continuing Members: 4
Activities: On September 25, 2016 New York Alpha Pi chapter co-organized an alumni career panel of recent graduates, including those with positions in industry, teaching and academia. Dr. Amir Barghi, Bard College, delivered the 2016 induction ceremony invited address: “A Combinatorial Variation of Fermat's Last Theorem,” on Thursday, March 31, 2016.
Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present at the PME National Meeting this year?
Do you have any news about current students or recent graduations? For example, scholarships or other awards, acceptances to graduate school, paper presentations at conferences, etc.
2016-2017 Vice President Emma Talis was awarded an Honorable Mention for the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program. Three graduating chapter members will continue their academic careers in graduate programs. Outgoing President Kristen Sandberg will begin the Applied Financial Mathematics program at the University of Connecticut in the fall; outgoing Vice President Nicholas Russell will begin the PhD program in mathematics at the University of Delaware in the fall; and Kate Lovely has just begun her Teacher Education Fellowship at Merrimack College.
If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results.