Department Awards Banquet, 2019

The 2019 Department of Mathematical Sciences Awards Banquet was held on April 25 at the Clarion Hotel and Conference Center in Dunkirk, NY.  Over 60 people attended. 

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The following scholarship recipients were recognized:

  • Emma Booth, a major in Mathematics/Adolescence Education from Hamburg - Kenneth and Mary Boynton Scholarship
  • Kaitlin Patt, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Spencerport - Mark Buckenmeyer Scholarship
  • Amanda Zablonski, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg - Buckenmeyer Scholarship
  • Allison Buskey, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Livonia - Santa A. B. DiPasquale Scholarship
  • LeeArden Neamon, Mathematics, Gowanda - DiPasquale Scholarship
  • Alexis Wydysh, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Elma - Mathewson Scholarship
  • Lindsey Aldrich, Applied Mathematics and Accounting, Dunkirk - Frank R. Olson Scholarship
  • Anna Chiacchia, Applied Mathematics, Hamburg - Olson Scholarship
  • Michael Eusanio, Applied Mathematics, Orchard Park - Olson Scholarship
  • Erin Pratt, Applied Mathematics, Schenectady - Olson Scholarship
  • Rebecca Ferer, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Orchard Park - Nelson and Louise Wood Scholarship
  • Megan Little, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Caledonia - Wood Scholarship
  • Gabrielle Cartwright, Business Administration and Mathematics, Hunt - Marvin C. Zastrow Scholarship
  • Kevin Morali, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Staten Island, Zastrow Scholarship

The following students were presented awards:

  • Haley Valentine-Kuziora, a Sociology major with a minor in Statistics - American Statistical Association Award
  • Nelson Cruz, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Buffalo - Dr. Fred Byham (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics) Award
  • Jordan Link, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Johnson City - Dr. Fred Byham (NCTM) Award
  • Jani Barney, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Westfied - Professor Dennis Cecala (NCTM) Award
  • Matthew Caldwell, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Jamestown - Professor Dennis Cecala (NCTM) Award
  • Madeline Haney, Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education, Fairport - Professor Janet Meissner (NCTM) Award
  • Aurora Buscaglia, Applied Mathematics, Buffalo - Dr. James McKenna (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Award
  • Dominic Magistro, Applied Mathematics and English, Horseheads - Dr. James McKenna (SIAM) Award
  • Jonathan Pulver, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Irving - Dr. Fawzi Yaqub (Mathematical Association of America) Award
  • Emily Moyer, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Camillus - Professor Arlon Georger Teaching with Technology Award
  • Sarah Wood, Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education, Schenectady - Professor Arlon Georger Teaching with Technology Award
  • Mary DiCioccio, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Buffalo - Sherry Dole Excellence in Student Teaching Award
  • Roberto Gonzalez, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Binghamton - Sherry Dole Excellence in Student Teaching Award
  • Megan Ott, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Lake View - Sherry Dole Excellence in Student Teaching Award
  • Erin Pratt, Applied Mathematics, Schenectady - Paula Culhane Prize

Founding member Dennis Cecala, along with current members Lindsey Aldrich, Anna Chiacchia, Mary Di Cioccio, Michael Eusanio, Rebecca Ferer, Megan Little, Megan Ott, Kaitlin Patt, and Alexis Wydysh, helped induct ten new members into Pi Mu Epsilon, the national honorary mathematics society.  The following students were honored:

  • Jani Barney, a Mathematics/Adolescence Education major, from Westfield, NY
  • Emma Booth, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg
  • Gabrielle Cartwright, Business Administration and Mathematics, Hunt
  • Sara Davis, Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education, Ashville
  • Erin Gawlak, Childhood Education with Mathematics Concentration, Hamburg
  • Sarah McCann, MSED - Mathematics, Hamburg
  • LeeArden Neamon, Mathematics, Gowanda
  • Erin Pratt, Applied Mathematics, Schenectady
  • Sarah Wood, Mathematics/Middle Childhood Education, Schenectady
  • Amanda Zablonski, Mathematics/Adolescence Education, Hamburg

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