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Clubs and Campus Activities
Mathematics Club
This club participates in the Middle States Mathematics Competition by sponsoring lectures on mathematical subjects given by OCC faculty and outside speakers. Dr. Yuan Xu, Professor Ted Gordon, and Professor Mike Pezzimenti serve as advisors of the Math Club.

Math Counts
the Math Counts competition is a national event sponsored in Ocean County by the Engineering Society of New Jersey. The competition is designed for middle school students and consists of several testing sessions during the course of the day.

OCC has provided a location for the event as well as volunteers from the Mathematics Department faculty who serve as proctors and test graders. The late Judith Lenk was the original liaison from the department. Since her death, Professor Maryann Birdsall has taken on her responsibilities.

Phi Theta Kappa
Two members of the Mathematics Department, Dr. William Rickert, and Professor Carolyn Showalter, serve as advisors for Ocean County College's Phi Theta Kappa chapter, Tau Iota. Visit Tau Iota's web page for more information about the Phi Theta Kappa honor society.

Cardboard canoe raceThe Engineering faculties hold a yearly robotics competition for local high school students.

Professor Paul Butler and Neil Schiller conduct this competition. The Cardboard Canoe races and Wearable Electronics are another competition sponsored by the Engineering division of the School of Mathematics, Science and Technology.