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		Welcome to the Mathematics Department Welcome to the Mathematics Department at Cal State Fullerton! We are an enthusiastic group of people who love doing mathematics, teaching mathematics, and recruiting mathematicians of all ages and levels. We are very proud of our mathematics majors and faculty here at Cal State Fullerton. If you have ever thought about majoring in mathematics or graduate study in mathematics, we invite you to become part of the Fullerton family of mathematicians.

This Week’s Events

Geometry Seminar
Monday, May 5, 2008, 2:00–2:40 pm, MH-480
Alfonso Carriazo , University of Seville, Spain
New Examples of Generalized Sasakian-Space-Forms

Department News

Dean's Award Winner
One mathematics faculty is among the six 2007–08 College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Dean's Awards recipients. Ms. Kathy Lewis was chosen to receive the Dean’s Award for Outstanding Lecturer. Congratulations Kathy!

Kathleen Dische Wins the Titan Excellence Award
Kathleen Dische, the department's Administrative Support Assistant, won the Titan Excellence Award for 2008, for outstanding service provided to students, faculty, and staff. Kathleen is a dedicated employee whose work reflects breadth of knowledge, efficiency, and expertise. Kathleen's work and her character are both of high quality. Congratulations Kathleen!

· Dr. Scott Annin Wins Carol Barnes Excellence in Teaching Award
The Carol Barnes Excellence in Teaching Award is given annually to one faculty member across campus, and the 2007-08 recipient belongs to the Department of Mathematics. Dr. Scott Annin was surprised with the announcement by Cal State Fullerton President Gordon, the Dean, the President of the Academic Senate, many other campus people, reporters, and balloons in his Number Theory class on April 24, 2008. Congratulations to Scott on winning this prestigious award---he is most deserving.

· Dr. Scott Annin Gives NSM Colleagues' Breakfast Briefing
The Mathematics of Cryptography was the subject of Dr. Scott Annin's presentation at the September 20 College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Colleague's Breakfast. The Daily Titan, the university student newspaper, featured a nice article about the talk. Video of the Talk

Dr. Armando Martinez-Cruz featured in article on TASEL-M
The July 2, 2007 issue of Inside Online includes an article describing Dr. Armando Martinez-Cruz' work with five Buena Park High School teachers as part of the NSF-funded Teachers Assisting Students to Excel in Learning Mathematics (TASEL-M), a five-year $6,483,054 grant awarded to Dr. David Pagni.

· IMPaCT Project to Provide Scholarships for Credential Students

The Improving Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry Teaching (IMPaCT) project was funded for four years by the National Science Foundation under the Robert Noyce Scholarship program. IMPaCT is designed to support talented, low-income, prospective secondary school mathematics, physics, and chemistry teachers during the year they work towards their teaching credential. Each year, the program will award stipends to 10 students. IMPaCT will operate within the current Secondary Credential program to actively recruit and fund minority candidates, especially Hispanics, to enter the fields of mathematics, physics, and chemistry teaching. Dr. Margaret Kidd is PI for the program and directs the program along with co-PI's Dr. David Pagni and Mr. Richard Lodyga. Applications will be ready by November 2006 for students beginning their credential year in spring 2007.

Mailing Address

Department of Mathematics
California State University, Fullerton
McCarthy Hall 154
Fullerton CA 92834

(714) 278-3631

(714) 278-3972 (Fax)

Last updated May 5, 2008

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Dr. David Pagni Honored for Educational Leadership
Mathematics Professor David Pagni was awarded an Apple of Gold Award for Educational Leadership from the Orange County Hispanic Education Endowment Fund (HEEF). The Apple of Gold Awards are given to those educators who help Latino students prepare for and succeed in college. This is the 13th year of the awards program. HEEF officials lauded Pagni’s work for “closing the gap for disadvantaged students, improving student academic performance and training teachers.” For more information on the award, see the university press release.

Department Partners with Fullerton School District on Algebra Grant
Dr. Martin Bonsangue is lead investigator on a $1 million California Math Science Partnership Grant, in partinership with the Fullerton School District. The project is devoted to improving how math is taught in the middle schools and targets both professional development for teachers and algebraic readiness for pupils. The project was featured in an August 12, 2006 article in the Orange County Register.

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