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Oct 24, 2021

Pack Assessment Ambassador Applications Open

DASA Assessment is accepting applications for our spring 2022 Pack Assessment Ambassador cohort. Ambassadors will be conducting focus groups about students’ experiences with NC State’s Pack Proficiencies (critical and creative thinking, oral and written communication, quantitative literacy). Ambassadors will be trained to conduct focus groups to learn about student attitudes and experiences developing these competencies. Students will also code,…

Oct 24, 2021

Academic Success Center student employment opportunities – spring 2022

Please share the following opportunity with your students – The Academic Success Center (ASC) is currently recruiting peer tutors and mentors for the spring 2022 semester!  Both positions are on-campus, paid opportunities for students who enjoy helping their peers be academically successful.   The first step in the application process is to view an information session – either watch…

Oct 20, 2021

New Duke Econ Pre-Graduate Fellows Program

I’m emailing to let you know about a new initiative: The Duke Pre-Graduate Fellows Program. The goal of the program is to help advanced undergraduates or recent college graduates with graduate applications to research-oriented Master’s or Ph.D. programs in economics or a related field. The program aims to increase diversity in economics by helping students who — by their background, life experience…

Oct 20, 2021

Upcoming Math Visualization Workshop with WISE

Workshop – Math Visualization with Melinda ThielbarThursday, October 21 5:30-6:30pm To access this workshop, please click on the zoom link provided below (and please register @ https://reporter.ncsu.edu/link/instanceview?courseID=LIB-MAKF&deptName=LIB&instanceID=000001) https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/95792167379?pwd=aVlOcTByaldkRVlvUU9MT0pjbENFQT09 Meeting ID: 957 9216 7379 Passcode: 328278 Dr. Melinda Thielbar, who has a PhD in Statistics, will lead this fun, interactive workshop on art as a way to communicate your ideas.  About…

Oct 20, 2021

GMU Graduate open house: please spread the word

George Mason University Virtual Mathematics Graduate Open House  Saturday October 30, 2021 11am-1pm EST.  Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11R0T51a8cqZmP0CSlDrfnwiKw20Z74d2LWMgvnwXG80/edit Zoom link will be sent to registered participants. Come learn about our program, research and  funding opportunities and interact with faculty and students in an informal setting.  We look forward to seeing you! Why Mason? We are a moderately sized…

Oct 20, 2021

Undergrads could win $5,000 in student video contest

Student Video Contest Do you interact with undergrads? If so, we hope you’ll share the Dana Center’s first student video contest, with a grand prize of $5,000! We are partnering with STEMedia on the Math4 Video Contest to inspire bright futures. This contest focuses on how math is used in the field of manufacturing. To participate, all students need to…

Oct 18, 2021

OUR Fall 21 Student Workshop and Discussion Series

FALL 2021 Student Workshop and Discussion Series Join the Office of Undergraduate Research for a limited-run series of seminars discussing aspects of research. The topics include how to translate your research skills into a resume and recognizing skills that emerge from a research experience, communicating your research and how to “interpret” what you do to others,…

Oct 15, 2021

OUR Upcoming Deadlines and Events

NC STATE EVENTS AND FUNDING o   CONNECT, the event during which researchers from around the university will present their work in relation to the land-grant mission of the university and how undergraduates could play a role in it, will be held each day October 18-22 from 12:00-1:00 pm. This is a virtual event. You can register here (and see themes/presenters).…

Oct 12, 2021

Application now open for 2022 NCUWM

Students and faculty interested in virtually attending the 24th annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics (NCUWM) online January 21-23, 2022, must complete a registration online between October 11 and December 3, 2021. Students interested in presenting (a talk or a poster) at the 2022 conference must complete an application between October 11 and 25,…

Oct 8, 2021

Sneak Peek event 2021, University of Kansas

We are announcing the Sneak Peek event, which aims at bringing prospective graduate applicants to virtually visit Department of Mathematics, University of Kansas. This year’s event will go online (by zoom) on Saturday, Nov 6.  A Flyer is attached. Please feel free to share it to any students who are interested in applying for a…