St. Mary's College of Maryland

Program Highlights

SMCM Putnam Rally 2010 Rally Video

Dave giving Math-Music talk

Dave Kung giving the 2010 MAA Undergraduate Lecture in Mathematics at the San Francisco Joint Meetings. The talk, which features musical excerpts that illustrate mathematical ideas, drew a standing-room-only crowd of 400 people.

Student Spotlight

2009 Graduates

The two rows of mathematics graduates during the 2009 graduation ceremony.

Annual Math & CS Awards

  • Awarded at the College Awards Convocation
    • Funded by the College
      • Award for Distinguished Achievement and Excellence in the Division, $300, selected by the division (traditionally for a student who is excels in at least two NSM majors)2003-2004 recipient: Gwyneth Whieldon (Math&Physics major)
      • Mattie M. Key Award in Mathematics, $200, selected by department (traditionally for a student who plans on teaching mathematics)
      • 2011: Taren Parsens and Carla Bacon
        2010: Katie Mast and Brent Tomchik
        2009: Lauren Gill and David Yost
        2008: Rachel Johns
        2007: Kendra Hildreth and Melissa Puzak
        2006: Peter Lo
        2005: Anne Metzenbower
        2004: Rebecca Talbot
        2003: Kristen T. Arrildt
        2002: Jennifer Baker
        2001: Jaime Leigh Cheng
      • Boone Award for best SMP in Mathematics, $75, selected by department
        2002-2003 recipient: Kevin T. Smith
      • Boone Award for best SMP in Computer Science $75, selected by department
        2002-2003 recipient: Michael R. Keeling

    • Funded by the Department
      • Department Award in Mathematics, $150, selected by department
      • 2011: Brian Tennyson
        2010: Amelia Tebbe
        2009: John Ross
        2008: Liz Hargraves
        2007: Josh Ballew
        2006: Lisa Byrne
        2005: Sara LaRocca
        2004: Jan Hilmar
        2003: Amber Wagner
        2002: Stephanie Jarvis
        2001: Theresea Loeffler
      • Department Award in Computer Science, $150, selected by department
        2011: Caleb Redman
        2010: Virginia Nearing
        2009: James (Ryan) McGreevy
        2008: James Marshall
        2007: David Hickman
        2006: Bryan Fennell
        2005: Elizabeth Brennan
        2004: Brian Lapato
        2003: Kevin Smith
        2002: Laura Pianka & Blair Kitchen
        2001: Jaime Morningstar
  • Awarded at the last MathCS club meeting
    • Funded by the Math Foundation
      • Senior Award in Mathematics, $200, selected by department; must be a senior
        2011: Lydia Garcia
        2010: Adam Zimmerman and Sara DeSavage
        2009: Kathy Brady and Drew Mooney
        2008: Dan Tanner
        2007: Kenny Salau and Karen Farrell
        2006: David Clewell
        2005: Geoff Sanzenbacher
        2004: Kristine Roinestad
        2003: Jamie M. Smith
        2002: Jason Summers ($100)
        2001: Jason James Hart, Aimee Jewell Vignati ($100 each)
      • Senior Award in Computer Science, $200, selected by department; must be a senior
        2011: Adam Shenk
        2010: Ian Becker
        2009: Steven Turner
        2008: Brooks Whiteford
        2007: Mary Huang
        2006: Jason Catterton
        2005: Craig Baker, Bryan Neumann ($100 each)
        2004: Jason Bryant, John Banks ($100 each)
        2003: Michael R. Keeling
        2002: Omotola Awofolu
        2001: Alicia Parker, Amy Jean Pollard ($100 each)
      • Putnam Prize, $10 times Score (for high scorer)
        2010: Demetre Kazaras ($120)
        2009: Brian Tennyson ($220)
        2008: John Ross ($280)
        2007: Liz Hargraves and Kathy Brady ($50 each)
        2006: Liz Hargraves and Rachel Johns ($10 each)
        2005: Lisa Byrne, Brian Rayburn, Josh Ballew ($100 each)
        2004: Peter Lo ($220)
        2004: Gwyneth Whieldon ($80)
        2003: Kristen T. Arrildt ($200)
        2002: Kevin Beanland ($110)
        2001: Jason Summers ($20)
      • Calculus Prizes, $50 each, one student selected by each Calculus II faculty member; must be in that faculty member's Calculus II course
        2011: Brooke Kafami, Jennifer Taub, Dayana (Treva) Rowley, Laura Rodriguez, Jacqueline Reymann, Jonathan Kwolek
        2010: Elise Valkanas, Lucas Carneiro, Jonathan Espinoza, Charles Fiertz, and Daniel Savelle
        2009: Anna Davis, Alexandra Payton, Andrew VanDeusen, Kristi Mitchell, Rebecca Prasher 2008: William Hasek, Diana Abells, TBA
        2007: Elina Snyder, Maggie Zhu, Neil Hawbaker, Michael Damiano
        2006: James McSaveney, Colby Long, Laura Hoffmaster
        2005: Lisa Daciek, Jeff Faith, Nicole Carlozo
        2004: Eric Hiller, Laurie Hofmann, Emily Cramer, Karina Karakulov
        2003: Louise Lusby, Kwok Lo, Lisa Byrne, Natalie Haddad, Sasha Beyer, Alexander Tsikerdanos
        2002: Aaron Taylor, David Whitesell, Zara Nunziata, Jan Hilmar, Geoff Sanzenbacher
        2001: Laura Cline, Matthew Dumas, Katharina Richard and Kristina Roinestad
      • CS130 Prize, $50, one student selected by CS130 faculty member; must be in CS130
        2011: Ashok Chandwaney
        2010: Greg Sweeney
        2009: Charlotte Radomski
        2008: Malcom Fearey
        2007: Ian Becker
        2006:
        2005: Joshua Booth
        2004: Angela Fao, Anne Burgess ($25 each)
        2003: Bryan C. Fennell
        2002: Christopher Shotwell
      • High School Hilbert Prizes, $50 each, one student selected by a representative of each local high school
        2011: Molly Tracy, Paige M Junge, Courtney Maines
        2010: Missy Lucas
        2009:
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        2007:
        2006:
        2005: Tony Miller, Robert Christie, Jason Beaudwin, Colon Won
        2004: Nicholas D'Amore, Heather Kincaid, Lydia R. Von Gohren
        2003: Hillary Hartenstein, Niket Patel, Jessica Morgan, John Dearmey, Matthew Downs
        2001-2002 recipients: Pamela C. Pang, Colin Won, Jeff Cote, Karlynn Holland
      • Jeanne Brocavich Scholarship, $500, selected by department; must be sophomore or junior (when appropriate, divided between a math major and a cs major)
        2011: Ariel Webster, Emma Decker, Jennifer Kunze
        2010: Brian Tennyson (Math) & Caleb Redman (CS)
        2009: Gina Nearing (CS) & Amelia Tebbe
        2008: John Ross
        2007: Elizabeth Hargraves, Julia Burton, Jeff Faith, Dan Tanner
        2006: Josh Ballew, Karen Farrell, Brittany Edison
        2005: Lisa Byrne (Math) & Brian Fennell (CS)
        2004: Sara LaRocca (Math) & Craig Baker (CS)
        2003: Jan L. Hilmar (Math) & Kristine A. Roinestad (Math)
        2002: Brian Lapato (CS) & Amber Wagner (Math)
        2001: Jason Summers
      • Service Prize, a book, selected by the department
        2011: Matt Miller
        2010: Darren McCutchen
        2009: Lauren Blount
        2008: Julia Burton
        2007: Katie Toman, James Marshall
        2006: Kenny Salau, Heather Langdon
        2005: David Hickman
        2004: Zara Nunziata
        2003: Blair Kitchen
      • TA Awards, $50 given to the best, most helpful, most dedicted teaching assistants in the department
        2011: Christiana Sabett, Chris Parish
        2010: Blair Lusby (Math) & Yuri Soussov (CS)
                   2009: Andrew MacLaughlin (Math) & Kevin Micciche (CS)
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