Special Programs State Certification in Teaching Mathematics
Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Mathematical Association of America
Association for Computing Machinery
Pi Mu Epsilon State Certification in Teaching Mathematics The mathematics and computer science department offers a program that enables math majors to acquire certification in teaching. Through this program, graduates meet secondary-level certification requirements for Maryland and many other states. With one exception, students who elect this program must fulfill the same requirements as any other math major: secondary education majors may substitute student teaching for Seminar II. For required education courses, please refer to the education department. Mathematical Contest in Modeling Mount math majors participate annually in the international Mathematical Contest in Modeling, sponsored by the Consortium for Mathematics, www.comap.com. Mathematical Association of America The Mount’s MAA student chapter recently toured NIST, attended a symposium on the History of Cryptology and attended the MAA regional meeting in Charlottesville, Va. It also offered math review sessions for all 100-level math classes. The advisor is Fred Portier. Association for Computing Machinery The Mount’s ACM student chapter has sponsored LAN parties, movie nights, gaming competitions and a “fastest computer” competition. The chapter also runs a community service project in which members build and over-clock computers for members of the Mount community. In fact, the group built five of the six Linux workstations in the department. Along with MAA, the chapter also sponsors a lecture series. The advisor is Davorin Dujmovic. Pi Mu Epsilon In 2005, the Mount inducted a new chapter of Pi Mu Epsilon, a national mathematics honor society, and installed its first members. Pi Mu Epsilon was founded in 1914 at Syracuse University and now has more than 300 chapters in the United States. The Maryland Eta Chapter’s advisor is Luca Petrelli. | 
