Students can participate in a variety of competitions in mathematics.   Except for the local problem contests, these are annual contests of regional, national, or international scope.  Davidson regularly participates in all of these and students have been successful in all.

• Local Problem Contests  -- Check the board in the Mathematics Hall for the current challenges!  These problems rotate every few weeks, as solutions and new problems are posted.  The faculty regularly post a the D.H. Hill Problem for the Davidson community and offer a modest prize to the solver.  Depending on student interest and leadership, problems are posted from national organizations such as the MAA and/or ASCM.  See Dr. Davis if you have questions or are interested in being a student leader.

• Virginia Tech Regional Mathematics Competition -- regional problem solving contest administered locally on a mid-fall Saturday.  See Dr. Mossinghoff to participate.

• Putnam Mathematical Competition  -- national problem solving contest administered locally on the first Saturday in December.  See Dr. Mossinghoff to participate.

• Mathematical Contest in Modeling -- international competition in applied mathematics for teams of students over a weekend in February.  Administered locally by the MAT 210 Mathematical Modeling instructor.

• Math Jeopardy -- live competition between teams of four students from each of 16 colleges at the annual MAA Southeastern Section meeting around March.  See the department chair.

• IGEM -- International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition held at MIT is the culmination of undergraduate research by interdisciplinary teams of students.  See Dr. Heyer for information.