Institution: SUNY Geneseo

Reporting Year: 2018-2019

Advisor: Aaron Heap

Advisor's Email Address: heap@geneseo.edu

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

Permanent Faculty Correspondent: 

Permanent Faculty Correspondent's Email Address: 

Officers: 

Chapter Website: http://www.geneseo.edu/math/honorary_society

Number of New Members: 12

Number of Continuing Members: 

Activities: Our induction ceremony was held in September, with chapter adviser Aaron Heap serving as Master of Ceremonies, and for the eighth straight year, we invited an alumni guest speaker and Pi Mu Epsilon member to speak to our newest inductees. These guest speakers talk about their favorite memories of being a math major at SUNY Geneseo and their mathematical experiences after leaving Geneseo. This year, our alumni speaker was Tom Fisher, who works at a high school math teacher.

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.
As usual, we have several students beginning Ph.D. programs in mathematics or masters programs in education, receiving competitive job offers in industry, and beginning teaching careers. We view our students highly! At our college's annual GREAT Day (Geneseo Recognizing Excellence, Achievement & Talent) undergraduate symposium, many students gave talks and presented posters. In addition, student presentations have been given at JMM and the MAA Seaway section conference and other regional mathematics conferences.

If you were awarded a PME Lectureship, Conference, or Prize Grant within the past year, please briefly describe the results.
For the tenth consecutive year, we have offered math competition prizes, known to us as the Pi Mu Epsilon Prizes, to encourage student participation in the Putnam Exam and other mathematical competitions. For the Putnam Exam, the Pi Mu Epsilon Putnam Prize was $75 for first place (awarded to Matthew Ficarra) and $50 for second place (awarded to Abraham Hauser). We also awarded a $75 first place prize to Matthew Ficarra as our top performer on the Rochester Math Olympiad. Previous results can be found at www.geneseo.edu/math/scholarships#pme