Math Students Win Awards in State Competition


Math Students Win Awards in State Competition Posted on FYI on April 18, 2008 For the second year in a row, the Middlesex County College math team has taken first place honors for community colleges and sixth among all competing colleges at the New Jersey Undergraduate Math Competition held on April 12 at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ. The annual competition, a part of the Mathematics Association of America spring meeting, hosted 36 teams and 97 students in team an individual events pitting the best against the best. The math team, all traditional-age men who will return to MCC next year, consisted of Alex Filakov of New Brunswick, Anthony Leontiev of Monroe Township and Saarth Shah of Edison. In the individual competition, math and physics major Alex Filiakov scored sixth highest among all 97 competitors in this impartial, heavily proctored test. "We are extremely proud of our outstanding students," said Dr. Maria DeLucia, chair of the Mathematics Department at Middlesex. "They are examples of the kind of very bright students who come here to learn and know that they have options. Sometimes community colleges are overlooked when people think of educating the superior student. We know that the New Jersey Stars program will challenge that thinking." Professor Paul Bachmann, who has been the team advisor for the five years that the New Jersey Math Association has been holding the competition, praises the students and their love of math. "I enjoy working with them and hearing how their minds are so absorbed with mathematics," he said. "They are forever asking me to challenge them with new problems and are delighted and excited about what they are learning and what they can do. These are very smart kids who came here specifically for math education." In addition to the satisfaction of superior accomplishment, the students' reward for their test performance is a certificate of achievement from the Mathematical Association of America and a treat to dinner hosted by professor Bachmann.

Math Students Win Awards
in State Competition

Posted on FYI on April 18, 2008

For the second year in a row, the Middlesex County College math team has taken first place honors for community colleges and sixth among all competing colleges at the New Jersey Undergraduate Math Competition held on April 12 at William Paterson University in Wayne, NJ.

The annual competition, a part of the Mathematics Association of America spring meeting, hosted 36 teams and 97 students in team an individual events pitting the best against the best.

The math team, all traditional-age men who will return to MCC next year, consisted of Alex Filakov of New Brunswick, Anthony Leontiev of Monroe Township and Saarth Shah of Edison. In the individual competition, math and physics major Alex Filiakov scored sixth highest among all 97 competitors in this impartial, heavily proctored test.

"We are extremely proud of our outstanding students," said Dr. Maria DeLucia, chair of the Mathematics Department at Middlesex. "They are examples of the kind of very bright students who come here to learn and know that they have options. Sometimes community colleges are overlooked when people think of educating the superior student. We know that the New Jersey Stars program will challenge that thinking."

Professor Paul Bachmann, who has been the team advisor for the five years that the New Jersey Math Association has been holding the competition, praises the students and their love of math. "I enjoy working with them and hearing how their minds are so absorbed with mathematics," he said. "They are forever asking me to challenge them with new problems and are delighted and excited about what they are learning and what they can do. These are very smart kids who came here specifically for math education."

In addition to the satisfaction of superior accomplishment, the students' reward for their test performance is a certificate of achievement from the Mathematical Association of America and a treat to dinner hosted by professor Bachmann.