Late last week, Fitchburg State University Mathematics Department hosted its 45th Elizabeth Haskins Mathematics Contest, welcoming 150 students from nine regional high schools. The annual event is named for Elizabeth Haskins, a Fitchburg State mathematics professor who retired in 1978 and passed away in 2004.
The contest is a 90-minute fifty question multiple choice test that only needs high-school level mathematics generally using algebra, geometry, probability and other general mathematics skills to solve. Sophomores, juniors and seniors from high schools around the region are invited to attended.
The students also enjoyed lunch on campus, an award session hosted by Mathematics Professors Gerald Higdon, and Peter Staab with a welcome from President Hodge, followed by a solution session in which Dr. Jessie Oehrlein showed in-depth solutions to about 10 of the contest problems.
Awards are given to the top three students in each grade (10-12). 
The award winners (first to third) and their schools were:
Grade 10: Nicholas Carroll (Quabbin), Benjamin Thompson (Quabbin), Warren Walters (Leominster).
Grade 11: Daniel Hendrickson (Parker), Nate Bixby (Auburn), Andrew Roberdeau (Parker).
Grade 12: Brian Jiang (Leominster), Ty Goodrich (Auburn). Zhenyu Liu (Leominster)
