High School and College Students Win at University of Scranton’s Integration Bee

Connor McGowan, Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School, won the high school division competition at The University of Scranton’s 2015 Math Integration Bee. University of Scranton student Daniel Clark of Scranton won the Integration Bee’s college division. The University’s Mathematics Department hosted the Integration Bee recently on campus.

Five participants in both the high school and college categories moved on to the final round of the competition. In addition to McGowan, finalists in the high school division were Devon Holze of Hazleton Area Academy of Sciences; Jonnathan Schillinger of Pleasant Valley High School; and Renee Taylor and Jeremy Budgeon, both from Hazleton Area High School.

Other finalists in the college division were University of Scranton students Rob McCloskey of Peckville; Zachary Fiscus of Scranton; and Noah Riggenbach of Pocono Lake; and Ivan Rivera, from Lehigh University.

The format for the Integration Bee is similar to a spelling bee, however, participants find antiderivatives of functions of a single real variable. The competition can help high school students improve their skills for Advanced Placement mathematics tests.

Pictured (above) with the finalists in the high school division of The University of Scranton’s Integration Bee are, from left, Stacey Muir, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics at The University of Scranton; Connor McGowan, High School Integration Bee Champion, Wyoming Seminary Preparatory School; Devon Holze, Hazleton Area Academy of Sciences; Renee Taylor, Hazleton Area High School; Jeremy Budgeon, Hazleton Area High School; and Jonnathan Schillinger, Pleasant Valley High School.

Pictured (above) with the finalists in the college division competition of The University of Scranton’s Integration Bee are, from left, Stacey Muir, Ph.D., associate professor of mathematics at The University of Scranton; Rob McCloskey, Zachary Fiscus, Danny Clark, College Integration Bee Champion, and Noah Riggenbach, all from The University of Scranton; and Ivan Rivera, Lehigh University.