{"id":21824,"date":"2026-03-28T13:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/?p=21824"},"modified":"2026-06-23T13:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:36:09","slug":"university-faculty-and-students-at-undergraduate-math-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/2026\/03\/28\/university-faculty-and-students-at-undergraduate-math-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"University Faculty and Students Present at Math Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congrats to everyone who participated in the MAA NJ Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on March 28.\u00a0 It was held at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah and the Monmouth University Department of Mathematics is proud to have had both student and faculty representation!<br><br>Will Ahlfeld (mathematics\/statistics major) and John Caufield (business major\/statistics minor) presented their research on prey susceptibility to capture by the purple pitcher plant.<br><br>Kara Teehan, Ph.D., ran a session on productive struggle specifically in Calculus II.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"21827\" style=\"object-position: 12.955% 36.13%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/K.Teehan-771x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Woman standing near NJEA schedule board.\" class=\"wp-image-21827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/K.Teehan-771x1024.jpeg 771w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/K.Teehan-226x300.jpeg 226w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/K.Teehan-768x1020.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/K.Teehan.jpeg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" data-id=\"21829\" style=\"object-position: 46.9725% 24.4675%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/processed-2FCC8CAC-549A-4728-A35E-01D522F932F9.jpeg\" alt=\"Two men standing near poster presentation\" class=\"wp-image-21829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/processed-2FCC8CAC-549A-4728-A35E-01D522F932F9.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/processed-2FCC8CAC-549A-4728-A35E-01D522F932F9-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/school-of-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/401\/2026\/06\/processed-2FCC8CAC-549A-4728-A35E-01D522F932F9-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2rem\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congrats to everyone who participated in the MAA NJ Garden State Undergraduate Mathematics Conference on March 28.\u00a0 It was held at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah and the Monmouth University Department of Mathematics is proud to have had both student and faculty representation! 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