Three BMCC Students Win Math Scholarships from NYSMATYC

NEW YORK, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This semester, two BMCC students and one recent graduate received Math scholarships from NYSMATYC, the New York State Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges.

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The 2011-2012 BMCC scholars are Omari-Khalid Rahman, Goran Milic and Salif Kabore.

Omari-Khalid Rahman, who grew up in Jamaica, received a $600 scholarship. He plans to study economics at Hunter College this fall.

"Economics is the study of how people make decisions; how society as a whole makes decisions," he says. "It's not necessarily about numbers. That's what I like about it."

Goran Milic received $600 from NYSMATYC. Milic, who tutors fellow students, grew up in Serbia where he competed against other students in Physics before moving to New York.

"I honestly believe some of my BMCC courses have been Ivy League caliber," he says. Milic hopes to eventually become a math professor.

Salif Kabore, a BMCC alumn currently enrolled at Hunter College; grew up in Africa's Ivory Coast. He received $400 from NYSMATYC.

Kabore believes that math can be tedious, but "just like real life, it's not just going to come to you—you've got to work hard for it."

Rahman agrees with Kabore, and shares an inspirational quote by American mathematician and educator Sheldon Axler:

"You cannot expect to read mathematics the way you read a novel. If you zip through a page in less than an hour, you are probably going too fast."

Founded in Syracuse in 1967, NYSMATYC is the first two-year college mathematics organization in the United States, and is a recognized leader in the two-year college movement.

Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) of the City University of New York (CUNY) enrolls over 24,000 degree-seeking and 10,000 Continuing Ed. students a year, awarding Associate Degrees in 31 fields.

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SOURCE Borough of Manhattan Community College