2008 Delegate Assembly

Please note new date!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 5:00-7:00 pm

York College

Room 2H02 (President's Office), Academic Core Building

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Congratulations to Warren Page (left) New York City College of Technology, winner of the section's 2008 Distinguished Service Award, being presented here by Distinguished Service Committee Chair Raymond N. Greenwell! Congratulations to David Seppala-Holtzman (left) of St. Joseph's College, winner of the section's 2008 Distinguished Teaching Award, being presented here by Distinguished Teaching Committee Chair Al Novikoff!

Our 2008 Newsletter in pdf format


o Pictures from the 2008 annual meeting at NYU

For more pictures from past meetings, visit our history page.


Mathematics Speakers Bureau


Untenured Professors:

Please visit our Metro NExT page. Consider joining the national Project NExT.


Other important links:

oMath for America and the Park City Mathematics Institute are proud to offer a new initiative here in New York City, called a Professional Development & Outreach (PDO) Group.The theme of the 2008 NYC PDO is Getting a New Perspective: Geometric and Visual Thinking in Expected and Unexpected Contexts. Facilitated by Kelly Gaddis, Associate Professor of Math Education at Bard College and Joseph Malkevitch, Professor of Mathematics at York College (CUNY), each session will contain a presentation by an invited guest speaker, and the opportunity for participants to engage in interesting problems. The first meeting is on August 13, 2008. For a complete schedule and more information about our PDO Group, please visit www.mathforamerica.org/outreach.

oPREP 2008 workshops, sponsored by the Professional Enhancement Program of the MAA

o A report of the Jan. 5, 2008 Board of Governors meeting from our Section's substitute governor, Raymond N. Greenwell.

o Take a look at section meeting reports from the 1940's through 1970's and other historic information at our history page.

o Section by-laws

o Departmental liaisons

Section demographics (Word format)

oEmployment opportunities

oLong Island Math Fair

o MAA Workshops on Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers

oMAA student chapters. If you would like to start a new student chapter, please contact David Seppala-Holtzman.

o New York Academy of Sciences

o Seminars at mathematics departments in and near New York City

o Nearby MAA sections:

o The American Mathematics Contest

o National MAA Home Page

o Mathematics Awareness Month April 2008

o Disclaimer

oFuture meetings:


Officers of the Section

Governor: Henry Ricardo, Medgar Evers College (CUNY)
Chair: Dan King, Sarah Lawrence College
Chair-Elect: Farley Mawyer, York College (CUNY)
Vice-Chair for 4 Year Colleges: David Seppala-Holtzman, St. Joseph's College
Vice-Chair for 2 Year Colleges: Jerry G. Ianni, La Guardia Community College (CUNY)
Vice-Chair for High Schools: Chris Bergersen, MacArthur High School
Treasurer: Mohammad Javadi, Nassau Community College (SUNY)
Secretary: Henry Ricardo, Medgar Evers College (CUNY)
NYC Math Fair Chairperson: Randy Asher, Brooklyn Technical High School
Long Island Math Fair Chairperson: Joe Quartararo, Northport-East Northport Public Schools
Speakers Bureau Chairperson: Abraham S. Mantell, Nassau Community College (SUNY)
Newsletter Editor: Abraham S. Mantell, Nassau Community College (SUNY)
Liaison Coordinator: Raymond N. Greenwell, Hofstra University
Chair of Public Relations Committee: David Seppala-Holtzman, St. Joseph's College
Other members of Public Relations Committee: Farley Mawyer, York College (CUNY)
Book Exhibit Coordinator: Henry Ricardo, Medgar Evers College (CUNY)
Student Chapter Coordinator: David Seppala-Holtzman, St. Joseph's College
Webmaster: Raymond N. Greenwell, Hofstra University

picture of officers

Elected officers (left to right): Jack Winn (past Governor), Henry Ricardo (Governor and Secretary), Dan King (Chair), Farley Mawyer (Chair-Elect), David Seppala-Holtzman (Vice-Chair for 4 Year Colleges), Jerry Ianni (Vice-Chair for 2 Year Colleges), Chris Bergersen (Vice-Chair for High Schools), Mohammad Javadi (Treasurer)


If you have questions or comments about this web site, please send them to matrng@hofstra.edu.
Last updated: September 29, 2008