New Jersey Nu Chapter Report

Institution: Ramapo College of New Jersey

Reporting Year: 2016-2017

Advisor: Dr. Katarzyna Kowal

Advisor's Email Address: kkowal@ramapo.edu

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

Permanent Faculty Correspondent: 

Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: 

Officers: Angela Taylor - President. Plamena Bletsova - Vice President. Princep Shah - Treasurer. Bishal Regmi - Secretary.

Chapter Website: http://http://http://www.ramapo.edu/tas/math/honor-society/

Number of New Members: 9

Number of Continuing Members: 77

Activities: 1) Chapter members participated as contestants in the New Jersey Undergraduate Mathematics Competition. 2) Chapter members participated in helping out in the set up of the New Jersey Undergraduate Mathematics Competition held as a part of the Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference.

Do any of your chapter members plan to attend or present at the PME National Meeting this year? 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.
1. Nathaniel Kolo will be attending a Ph.D. program in mathematics at Lehigh University. 2. Tomas Carino Bazan will be attending in the following year a Ph.D. program in an area that combines both mathematics and computer science. 3. One of the Ramapo College teams, consisting of Nathaniel Kolo, Tomas Carino Bazan, and Nischal Khatri, won the 1st place in the New Jersey Undergraduate Mathematics Competition, out of approximately 33 teams competing. Moreover, Nathaniel Kolo won the 3rd place in the individual part of this competition and Tomas Carino Bazan won the 4th place, out of approximately 99 students competing.

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