New York Pi Chapter Report

Institution: State University of New York at Fredonia

Reporting Year: 2013-2014

Advisor: H. Joseph Straight

Advisor's Email Address: joseph.straight@fredonia.edu

Has There Been a Change in Chapter Advisor During the Past Year?: no

Permanent Faculty Correspondent: 

Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: 

Officers: Math Club Officers, Spring 2014: Danielle Cerwinski, President (dczerwinski@fredonia.edu) Kyle Brown, Vice President (kbrown7@fredonia.edu) Rosalie Siciliano, Secretary, PME member (rsiciliano@fredonia.edu) Madison Cole, Treasurer, PME member (mmcole@fredonia.edu) Sarah Chamberlain, Social Chair, (schamberlain@fredonia.edu) John Tucker, Problem Solving Chancellor, PME member (jgtucker@fredonia.edu) Note: We don't elect separate officers for PME.

Chapter Website: http://

Number of New Members: 15

Number of Continuing Members: 24

Activities: We held our induction ceremony as part of the department Awards Banquet on April 23. Close to 100 people attended, including most of the new members.

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present at the PME National Meeting this year? Unfortunately, no.

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.
Elyssa Adams, '12 (year of induction), served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ghana. Abigail Brennan, '12, is in a mathematics Ph.D. program at the University at Bufffalo. Caitlin Coyle, '13, won a scholarship from the Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State. Ryan Edens, '13, served as co-captain of the men's ice hockey team, and has accepted an actuarial position with Harbridge Consulting Group. Rebecca Hebert, '13, set a new career scoring record for the Fredonia women's basketball team, Brittanny Lennon, '13, has accepted a graduate assistantship at the University at Buffalo.

If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results.