My name is Chartese Jones. I am currently a junior majoring in Mathematics at Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU). I chose to attend MVSU because it has always been known to have one of the greatest departments in the field of Mathematics and Computer Science. Since attending, I have learned a lot about the field of Mathematics and I am constantly being motivated to further my studies in the major and enroll in a master’s program.

I am from Belzoni, MS, which is about twenty-five minutes away from my institution. In the future I plan to give back to the Mississippi Delta by becoming an instructor and by doing research. I got started in the field of Computer Science and Mathematics in the summer of 2008 when I was accepted into the National Science Foundation-HBCU Undergraduate Program Summer Science Program held at MVSU.

During the summer of 2010, I completed research at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in the Undergraduate Research Experience program. The title of my project was “Analysis of sequence population in a high performance computing environment”. In this project I studied different types of complex bacteria and created programs to find analysis on these different bio-sequences.
After obtaining a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, I plan to further my education by obtaining a Master’s degree in Mathematics. I also plan to continue to find research opportunities in efforts to expand my knowledge and enable myself to use the degree and research opportunities to build a strong career in a Mathematic oriented field.