Winners from 2002
The Somerville Mathematics Fund acknowledges winners of MathCad Software
from Math Soft Engineering & Education, Inc. They are Kathleen Bohan,
Arshan Gailus, Ming Gao, and Jens Stevens. Each of these students is
recognized
for his/her outstanding work in mathematics while students at Somerville
High School. All are planning on pursuing mathematics-related majors
in
college. The selecting committee was disappointed that the Somerville
Mathematics Fund did not have sufficient funds to award scholarships
to
all four of software winners. The Somerville Mathematics Fund's renewable
mathematics scholarship winners were chosen by a selection committee.
The two scholarship winners are Arshan Gailu, who will attend the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and Ming Gao, who will attend Brandeis University.
At the awards ceremony at Somerville High School, Fund President Erica
Voolich commented on how these scholarships are a result of numerous
people
making contributions.
In 1990, eleven of the contributors to these scholarships traveled to
China to meet women in mathematics, and this year they endowed a scholarship
in honor of that trip.
click here for MingGao.
Winners from 2003
The Somerville Mathematics Fund is pleased to announce the winners of their renewable college mathematics scholarships. The selection committee was pleased with the outstanding applicants; the community of Somerville should be proud of the achievements in mathematics of their top students. At the Somerville High School awards night, Erica Voolich, president of The Somerville Mathematics Fund, noted that this year’s winners have done much to celebrate, not only have they done outstanding work in challenging mathematics courses, they have done such things outside of class as representing the school on the mathematics team, independent physics research in Ireland, winning science awards, volunteering at The Math Fund’s family mathematics night to celebrate Pi Day, and/or participating in sports.
The winners of this year’s scholarships are Kyle Baxter, Lisandra Costiner, and Daipan Lee. All three of the scholarship winners are planning to attend MIT in the fall. This year’s finalists were Eric Gaudet and Michael Oshima. MathSoft Engineering & Education, Inc. of Cambridge was pleased to be able to award all five of the scholarship winners and finalists a copy of MathCad software in acknowledgment of their outstanding work in mathematics. All are planning on pursuing mathematics or mathematics-related major in college.
From left to right: Erica Voolich, Daipan Lee, Lia Costiner, Kyle Baxter.
Winners from 2004
The Somerville Mathematics Fund is pleased to announce the winners of their renewable college mathematics scholarships. The selection committee was pleased with the outstanding applicants; the community of Somerville should be proud of the achievements in mathematics of their top students. At the Somerville High School awards night, Erica Voolich, president of The Somerville Mathematics Fund, noted that this year’s winners and finalist have much to celebrate in their classwork and they have belied the stereotypes for mathematics students: for anyone who thinks that women can’t do math or that athletes are “dumb,” should take a look at these outstanding mathematics students who we have been reading about in the sports pages.
The winners of this year’s scholarships are Monica Fernandes, Kathlyn Harris, and Xufang Zou. Fernandes will be attending Suffolk University; Harris, Colby College; and Zou, Brandeis University. This year’s finalist was Kara Rosetti. MathSoft Engineering & Education, Inc. of Cambridge was pleased to be able to award all four of the scholarship winners and finalist a copy of MathCad software in acknowledgment of their outstanding work in mathematics. All are planning on pursuing mathematics or a mathematics-related major in college.
Erica Voolich from the Somerville Mathemathics Fund and Beth Porter from MathSoft, Inc. congratulate the 2004 winners of renewable mathematics scholarships and MathCad software from MathSoft. From left to right: Erica Voolich, Xufang Zou, Monica Fernandes, Kara Rossetti, Kathlyn Harris and Beth Porter
Winners from 2005
The winners of this year’s scholarships are Jeffrey Arredondo, Jessica Tse, Tri Vu, Xueyi Yu. Arredondo and Yu will be attending Northeastern University; Tse, Wellesley College; and Vu, Brandeis University. This year’s finalists were Kara Rosetti of Stonehill College and Ratawon Chaisilwattana of Matignon High School. MathSoft Engineering & Education, Inc. of Cambridge was pleased to be able to award all six of the scholarship winners and finalists a copy of MathCad software in acknowledgment of their outstanding work in mathematics. All are planning on pursuing mathematics or a mathematics-related major in college.Linda Falstein awarded Tri Vu the FALSTEIN-SCHNEIDER--YOU CAN COUNT ON YOURSELF Scholarship, which she and Julie Schneider have decided to sponsor. When giving Vu his scholarship, she said “We are delighted to offer this scholarship to help Somervillian, Tri Vu, continue with his education. We have named this scholarship to honor our families and the philosophy that we believe promotes success in understanding, appreciating, and using mathematics. You Can Count On Yourself, is the sub-title of the text that Linda Falstein authored, which is the curriculum for the program she created at U Mass/Boston. That phrase also describes the theory behind the program, which empowers adults to develop a foundation in understanding basic mathematics. People who understand math notation and expect the lessons of math to make sense to them, are more likely to enjoy and achieve success using the language of quantification.” “We value Somerville, and believe in the potential of our young people to make the world a better and more peaceful place for everyone. We hope this small contribution is helpful to this talented Somerville resident.” “We applaud your terriffic high school performance, appreciate your understanding about math’s beauty and usefullness, and share your enjoyment in solving puzzles and games. You ask wonderful questions. We look forward to following what we know will be a successful future.”
Award Ceremony 2005
The winners (receive scholarship and MathCad software):
The finalists (receive MathCad from MathSoft): ?
(electrical engineering)
The winners (receive scholarship and MathCad software):
of Pharmacy.Parametric Technology of Needham
Picture on the right from left to right: Beth Porter from Parametrics, Bhaumika Shah, Matthew Boyle, and Erica Voolich, President of Somerville Math Fund
Not pictured is Malessa Dias
