2012 Leardership Team:

  • NDSU Faculty:

    • Doğan Çömez

      Doğan Çömez is a Professor of Mathematics who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1983. He has been in NDSU since 1985. He is currently the department chair of the Mathematics department. He has given mathematical talks for the 4-H Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the North Dakota Governor’s School. He is a leading advocate for departmental programs aimed to attract students to Science and Mathematics. He is currently the Director of the GraSUS Program, that places graduate students in local high schools.

    • William Martin

      Bill Martin is a professor of mathematics education and currently heads the NDSU School of Education. A former high school math and geography teacher, he has been a faculty member at NDSU in the Department of Mathematics and the School of Education since 1995. His research interests are in the teaching and learning of high school and undergraduate mathematics and assessment of the lasting effects of mathematics instruction. Bill has been active in a number of grants focused on STEM education and is an active member of mathematics organizations including the NDCTM, where he served as newsletter editor for 12 years, NCTM, MAA and AMS.

    • Mohamed Baghzali

      Mohamed Baghzali came to the United States in 1989 from Morocco and went to Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, where he graduated 1993 with a Bachelors degree in both Math and Physics. He received his Master of Science degree (mathematics) from North Dakota State University in 2001, where he studied delay differential equations. He has been a lecturer in the math department at NDSU since 2001, where his teaching load has covered College Algebra, Finite Math, Trigonometry, Applied Calculus I and II, and Basic Linear Algebra.

    • Maxx Kureczko

      Maxx Kureczko is a lecturer in mathematics department at North Dakota State University, having just moved to Fargo from Albuquerque, New Mexico in August 2010. In 2007, he received a Bachelors degree in mathematics with a minor in biology, and in 2010, a Master of Science degree in Industrial and Applied mathematics, both from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro, New Mexico. As a lecturer, graduate student, teacher, and tutor, Maxx has enjoyed teaching and has been interested in math education at the secondary and post-secondary levels.

  • Lead Teachers:

    • Andy Braaten- Carrington High School

      Andy is a graduate of Mayville State University with majors in Math and Chemistry. He has taught in Carrington for 27 years, the first 17 being only science with the last 10 being half math and half science. Classes taught include Physics, Chemistry, Physical Science, Earth Science, College Algebra, Algebra II, Advanced Math, Senior Math and Pre Calculus. The College Algebra and Pre Calculus classes are offered as a dual credit course from Lake Region State College. Andy has worn many coaching hats as well at Carrington including baseball, track, football and basketball along with advising math track meet and science olympiad teams. Helping students enjoy the learning of math is important to him. Andy is married to his wife Ruth, and they have 2 daughters, Noelle and Nikki.

    • Fiona Brendemuhl- Cheney Middle School

      • Fiona Brendemuhl is from Moorhead, MN. She graduated from Moorhead High School in 1994, and then attended Moorhead State University earning B.S. and B.A. degrees in Mathematics and Mathematics Education. She completed her master's degree in Mathematics Education at St. Cloud State University. She has taught math for thirteen years: six years at Litchfield (MN) High School, one year at Moorhead High School, and the past six years at Cheney Middle School in West Fargo (8th grade).

      In addition to teaching, Fiona is the Student Council Advisor at Cheney and the coach of the MathCounts team.

      She resides in Moorhead with her husband and two children, ages five and three. She enjoys the teaching middle school mathematics, and incorporating problem solving on a regular basis with her students.

    • Jon Labrensz- Shanley High School

      • Jon Labrensz is from Glyndon, MN. He graduated from DGF in 2002 and attended Concordia College where he earned his B.A. in Mathematics Education with a minor in Classical Studies. He is currently working on his master’s in Mathematics Education. He has taught math for 5 years, all at Shanley High School in Fargo. He has taught Pre-Calculus, Consumer Math, Probability and Statistics, and currently teaches Algebra 2 and AP Calculus. In addition to teaching he coaches the Chess Club, the High School Challenge team, the Tri-College Math team, and also is the building chair for the school accreditation team.
      He lives in Moorhead, MN with his wife, Erin, and 7 month old daughter Whitney. He enjoys teaching mathematics because math is what ties everything else together.

    • Patsy Schlosser- Edgeley High School

      • Patsy graduated from North Dakota State University in 1987 with a degree in Mathematics education and a minor in physical science and has been teaching for 25 years with the past 20 years in Edgeley High School. Patsy has taught Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II, precalculus, and physics most of her career. She received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching in 2003. In 2011 she became a National Board Certified Teacher for Mathematics/Adolescence and Young Adulthood. Helping students to see the beauty and usefulness of mathematics has been a joy. Patsy is married to Neal and has three daughters.
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