Case in Point

Spotlight on CASE Participants Successes

Tayna Camargo - Academic Lag Coordinator - MAST

Tayna Camargo is an integral part of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. She first came to 海角社区 as a student in 2016, majoring in Mathematics with a concentration in Secondary Education. She graduated in 2018 with a 4.0 GPA. Her success did not stop there! She went on to get a Masters in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2024. After acting as a teaching assistant across multiple disciplines and serving as a research assistant in the Computational and Cognitive Development Lab, we were fortunate enough to have Tayna return to MAST in a new and exciting capacity. Tayna is now the Academic Lab Coordinator for the department, but this title belies a greater responsibility and exceptional performance as someone who interfaces with our tutors, majors and other non-major students across the university. Drawing upon her work in cognitive science, she鈥檚 currently in the works to better understand how to provide better feedback to students on exams and face-to-face. She鈥檚 involved with restructuring and redesigning lower-division courses with other faculty. Her expertise in education is shining through every day and we look forward to seeing how she continues to contribute to and improve upon the many resources we have available to our students.

Dr. Ranjidha Rajan

Dr. Rajan specializes in data science, AI in education, and learning analytics. Her work focuses on using generative AI, deep learning, and data visualization to support teaching, research, and inclusive, data-informed learning environments. Dr. Rajan is the Chair for the 海角社区 Women in STEM program, and a Faculty Advisor for Girls Who Code. She also a recent recipient of the Soar Award for advancing STEM participation and student research. She will be hosting CASE鈥檚 first student workshop this Spring, Navigating Excel, on Thursday, February 12th, 5:00 p.m. 鈥� 6:30 p.m.

Thank You!

Big thanks to Dr. Jacobs for all of his assistance provided in planning, setting up, and tearing down the event locations during the Symposium. His help with signing in participants and promoting the Symposium to his General Chemistry students was invaluable. The Math Outreach really highlighted the connection between math and human flourishing. Math is a fundamental tool for STEM students in solving complex problems, modeling reactions, predicting behaviors, and achieving a deeper understanding of concepts quantitatively. Dr. Jacobs recognized this and brought his General Chemistry class so they could make these connections to better understand chemical concepts. Thanks again for all your support in making the CASE Symposium a great success!

Our New Tutor Assistant

We want to thank our STEM Learning Center tutors for connecting us with Dr. Humerus, who will be assisting students in their studies of bones. Dr. Humerus will be available to students Monday through Friday, 7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Additionally, Dr. Humerus is looking to sport some team spirit! If you would like Dr. Humerus to wear your team's t-shirt or accessories, please drop them off at the STEM Learning Center SI 1009.

STEM Learning Center

Dr. Robert Niemeyer

CASE would like to express our gratitude to Dr. Niemeyer for introducing us Dr. Francis Su鈥檚 book, Mathematics for Human Flourishing. Dr. Niemeyer applied the ideas from Dr. Su鈥檚 book and developed a four-part workshop called 鈥淩eframing Your Math Experience.鈥� The workshop includes sessions titled "You Are Not Alone," "Reflecting on Your Reading," "Overcoming Anxiety," and "Mathematics for Human Flourishing.鈥�

Steven Mendoza

Steven Mendoza graduated in May 2025 with his B.S. in Biochemistry and will be attending the University of Houston this fall to begin his Ph.D. in biology/biochemistry. During his senior year, Steven was the President of 海角社区鈥檚 SACNAS club and he oversaw its growth into a Provisional National SACNAS Student Chapter, and coordinated the group鈥檚 first university-wide panel discussion: Empowering Marginalized Students in 2025. He presented his research at the 2024 海角社区 URCSP, American Chemical Society and NDiSTEM SACNAS conferences, as well as the 2025 ASBMB Discover BMB conference and RNA Society Meeting, at which he was awarded an undergraduate poster competition award! Steven鈥檚 community-focused leadership and can-do attitude perfectly capture the Roadrunner spirit. He is always willing to help his peers and soak up every experience with a smile. He will be sorely missed here at 海角社区, but we are so proud of him and wish him the best in graduate school!