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Math Department Awards

The K. Brooks and Marion Reid Student Achievement Awards

The CSUSM Department of Mathematics is excited to announce awards for CSUSM students for academic performance in the academic year 2025-26. Thanks to a generous donation by the Founding Librarian Dean and Librarian Emerita Marion Reid and Founding Faculty Member and Professor Emeritus K. Brooks Reid, the department is able to give awards to students at the end of the fall and spring semesters. The awards distinguish students that have shown exceptional accomplishments in Algebra/Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, and graduate-level coursework.

We are excited to announce the new Fall 2025 Reid Graduating Student Achievement award.  The awardee will receive $600 and students do not need to be nominated to receive the award. Faculty members who teach these courses will form an award committee to determine the awardees of the year.  Spring awards include Algebra/Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, and a Graduate Student Achievement Award.

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  • Fall 2025 Reid Graduating Student Achievement Award

    The K. Brooks and Marion Reid Fall-graduate Student Achievement Award will be awarded to undergraduate students, based on academic performance (exams, presentations, papers, or final grade) in mathematics course(s) in the Fall of 2025. The awardee will be announced at the end of the Fall 2025 semester and will receive a $600 award.

    The purpose of this award is to recognize an undergraduate student graduating in Fall 2025 who would normally be eligible for a 2025-26 Reid Awards (in Discrete
    Mathematics, Algebra, Analysis, or Probability/Statistics) but will not be eligible if they graduate in Fall 2025.

    2025 Awardee: Stella Muehlhausen

  • Reid Algebra Student Achievement Award

    The purpose of this award is to recognize undergraduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in Algebra upper division or graduate course(s).

    2026 Awardees: Kristy Franco Niebles

    *Prior to Spring 2026, this award given to a student in Algebra or Analysis.
    2025 Awardee: Mackenzie Cox
    2024 Awardee: Carmen Gutierrez
    2023 Awardee: Cameron Ginn

  • Reid Analysis Student Achievement Award

    The purpose of this award is to recognize undergraduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in Algebra or Analysis upper division or graduate course(s).  

    2026 Awardee: Diana Gracia and Daniel Villanueva

    *Prior to Spring 2026, this award given to a student in Algebra or Analysis.
    2025 Awardee: Mackenzie Cox
    2024 Awardee: Carmen Gutierrez
    2023 Awardee: Cameron Ginn

  • Reid Discrete Mathematics Student Achievement Award

    The purpose of this award is to recognize undergraduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in Discrete Mathematics upper division or graduate course(s).  

    2026 Awardees: Michael Guzman and Cipriana Rodriguez

    2025 Awardee: Renton McGregor
    2024 Awardee: Thomas Cameron
    2023 Awardee: Tyler Weaver

  • Reid Graduate Student Achievement Award

    The purpose of this award is to recognize graduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in their graduate course(s). A student cannot receive this award twice.

    2026 Awardee: Elizabeth Goehe

    2025 Awardee: Ian Tullis
    2024 Awardee: Trevor Ryback
    2023 Awardee: Haoyang Lu

  • Reid Probability/Statistics Student Achievement Award

    The purpose of this award is to recognize undergraduate students with the most outstanding academic performance in a Probability or Statistics upper division or graduate course(s).

    2026 Awardee: Kayla Barrett



Outstanding Faculty-Student Collaboration

The Outstanding Faculty-Student Collaboration Award honors a tenure-track faculty member and a student from each department in the College of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics for achievement in the area of collaboration on a project related to research and/or teaching.  CSTEM prides itself on active student research and the teacher-scholar model. This award will showcase how closely our faculty work together with our students on innovative projects, while helping our students learn and grow from the experience.  

2026 Awardees: Dr. Shahed Sharif and Jacob Mendenhall

2025 Awardees: Dr. Hanson Smith and Dylan Scofield
2024 Awardees: Dr. Wayne Aitken and Jesse Stevenson

Wolfram Award

The Wolfram Award is given to an undergraduate student for achievements in computational science. Students incorporating computation into their undergraduate research projects or as part of advanced coursework are eligible for nomination.

2026 Awardee: Eric Nardi

2025 Awardee: Noah Lowery

Outstanding Graduate Awards

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