Student Opportunities – Mathematics

Montclair Math Club hosts first Integration Bee

wiesea — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:56:47 +0000

The Montclair Math Club was inspired by the well-known competitions held at MIT. Students competed through four rigorous rounds, tackling challenging integrals for a chance to place among the top finishers. The competition was fierce, with Lenovo laptops awarded to the top three performers and additional prizes for students who advanced to the third round.

Congratulations to our Winners

From left: Nyaisha Green, Vlad Nita, Luis Araujo with their prizes winning the Integration Bee

Third Place: Nyaisha Green

Second Place: Vlad Nita

First Place: Luis Araujo

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make the first Integration Bee a success. We are excited to make this a new tradition!

Learn about our Graduate Programs

wiesea — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:25:04 +0000

Join us for a virtual info session, via Zoom, on Saturday, January 24th at 11am to learn more about our graduate programs in the Mathematics Department, including three fully online programs in Mathematics Education.

Game Night Fun

wiesea — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:55:41 +0000

Students enjoyed food, laughter, and plenty of math & logic challenges. Big thanks to everyone who came out and made it a huge success!

Math and Music – A Follow Up!

wiesea — Mon, 05 May 2025 15:01:31 +0000

Several members of our math community were featured in the choir, including two mathematics majors, Ryan Avallone and RJ Chandler, two mathematics teaching faculty members, Dr. Eliza Leszczynski and Dr. Denis Sheeran, and friend-of-the-department Stefan Nita, Dr. Nita’s son. Check out these pictures from one of the concerts. Included in these photos are our math community members, as well as Seth Velez, the Assistant Conductor/Director of the Chorale and Dr. Heather Buchanan, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at MSU. Congratulations, everyone!

From left: Stefan Nita, Ryan Avallone, RJ Chandler, Seth Velez, Dr. Eliza Leszczynski, and Dr. Denis Sheeran

From left: Dr. Eliza Leszczynski, Dr. Heather Buchanan, and Dr. Denis Sheeran

Mathematics Students at the CSAM Summer Research Program Poster Session

wiesea — Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:15:58 +0000

The activities included the CSAM Summer Research Program Poster Session with presentations by students who conducted scientific research this past summer. The Department of Mathematics was represented by 3 students:

Emmalie Foti mentored by Dr. Deepak Bal who presented the poster titled “Ramsey Theory for Permutation Patterns”
Rocco Julian mentored by Dr. Jonathan Cutler who presented the poster titled “A Nordhaus-Gaddum inequality for the number of dominating sets in a graph”
Miguel Rodriguez Zegarra mentored by Dr. Bogdan Nita who presented the poster titled “Math and Music, mathematical transformations in Bach’s compositions”

If you are majoring in Mathematics or Math Education and are curious about research, please reach out and engage in conversations with the faculty in our Department.

Noyce@Montclair Math Scholarship Package

wiesea — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:16:13 +0000

The Noyce@Montclair Math Scholarship package is better than ever! Students enrolled in the who are accepted into the program will receive $15,000 (to cover tuition and fees) and a $10,000 stipend each year for two years! Additionally funding is available for local conference travel and enriching coursework experiences. In exchange, students agree to work for two years in a high-needs school for each year of funding received.

Check out testimonials from some former Noyce Math Scholars, learn more about the program and find contact information on the website.

Scholarship Opportunity for Prospective Elementary Math Teachers

wiesea — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 15:54:08 +0000

the Noyce@Montclair Mathematics Scholarship Program is open to students who are enrolled in the B.S. Math degree with K-6 certification and who also meet other eligibility requirements. Many of our math majors are planning to teach at the high school level, but you may want to consider teaching at the elementary level where students’ mathematical foundations are built, at least for a few years.

The scholarships cover junior and senior years of tuition plus a small stipend. In exchange for each year of the scholarship you receive, you must agree to work for two years in a high-needs school. In addition to receiving tuition, you’ll be earning a math degree and teaching at the elementary level. Elementary teachers with those credentials are rare, which means you’d be a very attractive candidate when it comes time to looking for teaching positions. And if you’re interested, you’re likely to move up relatively quickly in your career toward leadership positions like being a math coach or a district math supervisor.

Read more about the scholarship program and see video testimonials of past recipients on the website. Faculty advisors Drs. Steven Greenstein and Joseph DiNapoli are happy to meet with anyone with questions about the scholarship. You can contact them via email at mathnoyce@montclair.edu.

Opportunity for Summer Research Internship

wiesea — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 16:14:35 +0000

Dr. Aihua Li recently received a grant from the Mathematical Association of America to engage underrepresented minority undergraduate mathematics students in research experiences. Dr. Li is looking for research interns to work full-time on her project: Interdisciplinary Research in Graph Theory and its Applications in the Sciences. The internship will run from June 13, 2022 through July 29, 2022. Interested students should consult the attached flyer and apply by May 10, 2022. Congratulations to Dr. Li on this wonderful grant and good luck to all the applicants!

About the Internship

Funding: $4400 per person + meal stipend + commuting stipend.
Research Projects: Two participants in each team
Project 1. Zero Divisor Graphs of Certain Matrices Modulo a Prime Number
Project 2. Graph Theory Applications in Modeling Evolution of Chagas Disease Vectors
Student Responsibilities: This is a full-time research internship.; Students are expected to spend at least three hours on campus for group meetings with faculty mentors and other participants during the daily sessions (3-4 weekday mornings per week).; Beyond the regular daily meetings with the faculty mentors, each student is expected to spend 4 hours each day for independent research or work with group partners.; Students will make two oral presentations to the group, one in the middle, the other at the end, and submit a final report at the end of the program.; Students will develop a research paper for publication in the following year.
Student Qualification: Undergraduate minority students majoring in mathematics; GPA of at least 3.2; U. S. citizen or permanent resident; Commitment for full time research during the six weeks; Interested in mathematics research; Completion of Calculus and Linear Algebra is preferred, but not mandatory.

Please send in your application by May 10, 2022 to Dr. Aihua Li by email to lia@montclair.edu. Please put “NREUP Application” in the subject of your email. The application should include:

a short essay of your research background and interests
your resume
an unofficial transcript in your current institution

You will receive notification within two weeks upon receipt of your application.

View the Flyer

An Update on the Noyce Scholarship Program

wiesea — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 21:08:49 +0000

The Noyce Scholarship Program aims to prepare effective elementary mathematics teachers to change the world by teaching elementary-level mathematics in high-need communities. Caitlin recently graduated and just started a teaching position at Ola Edwards Elementary School.

During the convening, scholars discussed their latest experiences including spending time in classrooms during student teaching or Clinical I and II placements, tutoring peers for the Math Praxis Exam, conducting original research as part of their MATH 491: Mathematics Education Research class, and interviewing for teaching jobs. Additionally, the convening was catered by Chipotle, which was fantastic! If you are interested in becoming a Noyce Scholar at MSU, which includes a financial scholarship, stipend, and a promise to work for 2-4 years in a high-needs school upon graduation, please .

Bilingual Sections and Supplemental Instruction for Precalculus, MATH 111

wiesea — Mon, 14 Feb 2022 19:04:56 +0000

Bienvenidos!

This section of Supplemental Instruction is for students of any level of Spanish proficiency who would like the option to interact in Spanish. Information about registering for special sections of bilingual Precalculus to be offered in Fall 2022 will be posted soon. All are welcome!

Learn more about these offerings in the video below.

https://youtu.be/r1n2P2Em5lI