Math Club
- Socialize with other math majors and minors.
- Participate in monthly activities and events with free pizza. Recent group activities have included origami, Sudoku, candy sharing, math and music, Rubik’s cube, Zometool, Sophie Germain play and more.
- Attend math conferences.
Math Team
Meets for weekly practice sessions and sponsors the “Math Problem of the Week.” The club runs an annual E = mc2, the Merrimack College Math Contest, and competes in regional and national problem-solving competitions.
The Tutoring and Math Center
- Provides free tutoring 37 hours per week.
- Opportunities for students to work as paid peer tutors and to receive tutor training leading to nationally recognized certification by the CLRA.
- A gathering space for math majors and minors.
- Learn more about the Tutoring and Math Center.
SIAM and Pi Mu Epsilon
We also are involved with the student chapters of SIAM, the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, and Pi Mu Epsilon, the national mathematics honor society.
Helpful Links
- American Mathematical Society
News, videos, brainteasers and other items of interest for college math students, including advice on graduate studies, careers and internships. - BeAnActuary.org
Sponsored by the Society of Actuaries and Casualty Actuarial Society. A great resource for planning your career as an actuary. - Careers in Math
Useful links, descriptions of career paths for math majors and advice on job hunting. Stop by the department office, too, for more information on careers in mathematics. - Mathematical Association of America
Based in Washington, DC, the MAA is a professional society for teachers and students of math, pure mathematicians and anyone who is interested in the mathematical sciences. - Research Experience for Undergraduates
An REU is a great way for you to gain experience doing original research in mathematics. REU programs take place over the summer at universities across the country. The American Mathematical Society offers a full, updated list of programs. - Texas Instruments
Here you’ll find manuals for some of the TI graphing calculators we use in our precalculus and calculus classes. - Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Download a brochure that contains information on nonacademic careers for applied math majors.
Scholarships
Dr. Donald A. Kearns Memorial Award
This cash award of $500 is given annually to a junior math major who is a person of character and integrity, demonstrates leadership qualities and has a good sense of applied study. The award recognizes the contributions of Dr. Kearns, who founded the Department of Mathematics and mathematics major in 1959. In addition to serving as the first chair of the department, he enriched our community through his teaching for almost four decades. Dr. Kearns’s family established this award after his death in 2006. Applications are available in March of each year in the department office.
Contact: Dr. Michael J. Bradley [email protected]
