Each spring the CMC³ Foundation honors one full time California community college student who has investigated a topic or application in mathematics. The selected student gives a 20-minute presentation on their work at the Spring Conference. That student also receives a $500 scholarship, made possible by generous donations from members like you!

We will forever be extremely greatful to Debra Landre for providing the funds for this scholarship for many, many years. Despite the fact that we were not able to hold the conference, Debra made it possible for us to award the 2020 speaker scholarship. Please help us continue to offer this fantastic opportunity in the future to our students.

Please consider donating to the CMC³ foundation.

Submitting a Proposal

Submissions will be accepted through April 15, 2024.

The selection committee will review the proposals and make the final decision as quickly as possible.

Selection criteria will be:

• The applicant must be currently attending a CMC³ Community College.
• The applicant intends to go on to study Mathematics or some other STEM field at a 4 year university.
• The applicant has chosen to present a topic that goes beyond the level of the usual community college curriculum.
• The proposal is presented in an organized, clear, and professional fashion.

The selected speaker will work with their Faculty Mentor to put together their final presentation, and will be rewarded with a scholarship. We look forward to receiving your proposal!

The conference registration is free for all students.

If you would like to be the speaker at the Spring Conference please submit a proposal. Submissions will be accepted until April 15, 2024.

2023 Student Speaker

Forrest Day, of College was Spring 2023 Conference student speaker. He spoke on "Optimizing Solar Panel Energy Production with Python". His faculty mentor was Yolande Petersen, and he was from Modesto Junior College.

We will forever be extremely greatful to Debra Landre for providing the funds for this scholarship for many, many years. Despite the fact that we were not able to hold the conference, we awarded the 2020 speaker scholarship to Sarah Redden, a student at College of the Sequoias, who was preparing a talk on Music Generation with Markov Chains. Sarah Redden is a sophomore at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California. She is an electrical engineering major who hopes to work in the Aerospace Industry. She was the CMC³ student poster winner in Monterrey this past fall and was selected to be a NASA Community College Aerospace student last year.

In the future, the Student Speaker Scholarship will be funded by donations from members like you. Please consider donating to the CMC³ Foundation.

Past Student Speakers