NATCHITOCHES –Northwestern State University students Masen Starks of Many, Shannon Boone of Pitkin and Natalie Sutton of Bossier City, from left, competed in Integration Bee and the Student Team Competition at the Louisiana/Mississippi section of the Mathematical Association of America meeting last week.  The math majors qualified in the first round of the Integration Bee with Starks coming in second of 59 students during qualifiers.  All three competed in the student team competition against 20 teams from 13 colleges.  The Mathematics Association of America is the world’s largest community of mathematicians, students and enthusiasts. The organization furthers understanding of the world through mathematics.  Information on NSU’s Division of Mathematics is available at https://www.nsula.edu/mathematics/.