With the middle of the semester often comes a retreat from social activities in order to focus on exams, homework, grading, and the like. But, with the end of the semester comes celebration of things accomplished, anticipation of free time with friends and family, and... well... food! Check out these two end-of-semester events occurring this week:
1. The Math Department Holiday Dinner. Great food, great colleagues, a festive atmosphere - what more could you want? This year's Holiday Dinner is Wednesday (December 8) from 11 AM - 3 PM in the Conference Room. You can sign up at Cristin's desk with what type of food you are planning to bring. It's always fun to see what others bring (and get new ideas for your own holiday treats!) and to simply take a break from finals preparation to relax with the entire department.
2. Women in Math Brown-Bag Lunch. This event is NOT limited to females. All who support women in mathematics at OU are welcome! The brown-bag lunch is Thursday (December 9) from 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM in the Conference Room. No need to sign up; just bring your own lunch and enjoy the camaraderie.
Happy Holidays to all from MGSA!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Who Wants to Be a Mathematician?
Next week, Dr. Christine Jerritts will be in the department to give some "crazy career advice" based on her own unique professional path. Dr. Jerritts worked in the finance industry after completing her Ph.D. After that, she started her own consulting company, Imagine Math! You can check out the company here. She also drives race cars - how cool is that?
Her talk will be Wednesday, September 29 at 5:00 PM in PHSC 1105 as a joint meeting of the Graduate Student Seminar and the Math Club. Yes, there will be pizza. More information and an abstract are available on the Math Club blog. Dr. Jerritts will also be meeting with the Women in Math group at lunchtime (11:45-1:30, come and go as needed) on Wednesday in the Math Department Lounge. (The Women in Math group welcomes everyone supportive of women in mathematics at OU. Feel free to bring a lunch or talk to Dr. Kornelson about a lunch order for that day.)
Her talk will be Wednesday, September 29 at 5:00 PM in PHSC 1105 as a joint meeting of the Graduate Student Seminar and the Math Club. Yes, there will be pizza. More information and an abstract are available on the Math Club blog. Dr. Jerritts will also be meeting with the Women in Math group at lunchtime (11:45-1:30, come and go as needed) on Wednesday in the Math Department Lounge. (The Women in Math group welcomes everyone supportive of women in mathematics at OU. Feel free to bring a lunch or talk to Dr. Kornelson about a lunch order for that day.)
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Volleyball Congratulations!
Last night, MGSA sent two volleyball teams to the volleyball tournament at the Huston Huffman Center. Believe it or not, one of our teams won the whole tournament!!! Congratulations to all who participated on both teams (listed below), and a special congratulations to the members of Team A, who won the tournament! Make sure to congratulate these folks if you see them around the building -- and ask to see their impressive volleyball skills! :)
Team A: Dr. Kornelson, Salam, Yoe, Tetsuya, Kumar, Daniel, Keshav
Team B: Cherith, Hong, Nancy, Houssein, Matt, Sean, Thomas
Team A: Dr. Kornelson, Salam, Yoe, Tetsuya, Kumar, Daniel, Keshav
Team B: Cherith, Hong, Nancy, Houssein, Matt, Sean, Thomas
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Special Speaker Next Week!
Abbe Herzig* will be visiting the department on Monday and Tuesday of next week. She will give a talk to the department at 4pm on Tuesday, September 21 in PHSC 1105 entitled "Apprenticeship in Mathematics: Learning to Think, Act, and Feel like a Mathematician".
Abbe will also be available to talk with faculty and students on Monday and in the middle of the day on Tuesday. She will talk about the apprenticeship model of graduate training, whereby a student's training consists of three basic components: learning the knowledge base and skills, performing the actual work of the professional, and becoming a part of the professional community. The buzzwords are learning to think, act, and feel like the professional.
So, come to the talk and find out more about being a mathematician!
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*Don't know who Abbe Herzig is? She is Research Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice, School of Education, University at Albany, State University of New York, as well as Statisticial Program Leader, Health Ratings Center, Consumers Union of U.S. (publisher of Consumer Reports magazine and www.ConsumerReportsHealth.org). You can find some of her publications here. Want to know more? You'll have to come to the talk!
Abbe will also be available to talk with faculty and students on Monday and in the middle of the day on Tuesday. She will talk about the apprenticeship model of graduate training, whereby a student's training consists of three basic components: learning the knowledge base and skills, performing the actual work of the professional, and becoming a part of the professional community. The buzzwords are learning to think, act, and feel like the professional.
So, come to the talk and find out more about being a mathematician!
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*Don't know who Abbe Herzig is? She is Research Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Theory and Practice, School of Education, University at Albany, State University of New York, as well as Statisticial Program Leader, Health Ratings Center, Consumers Union of U.S. (publisher of Consumer Reports magazine and www.ConsumerReportsHealth.org). You can find some of her publications here. Want to know more? You'll have to come to the talk!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Joint Mathematics Meetings, January 6-9
The Joint Mathematics Meetings is an annual, national meeting of mathematicians sponsored by the AMS, the MAA, and many other national, math-related organizations. This year's meeting is January 6-9, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The JMM is a great opportunity to meet other mathematicians, see what research is being done in various areas of mathematics, meet with employers (if you're on the job market this year), and maybe even give a talk! There are a few things related to JMM that we wanted to call your attention to:
1. The Joint Mathematics Meetings website: http://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm/2125_intro.html. This site has information about the meetings, sessions and other talks, housing, transportation, registration, and all other general information about attending JMM.
2. The deadline to submit an abstract of a talk is September 22. More information about submitting an abstract can be found here: http://www.ams.org/cgi-bin/abstracts/abstract.pl.
3. Want to go, but short on funds? Check out the Travel Funds page on our graduate website. Also, JMM organizers have some funds available (under certain restrictions). Information on these grants is available at http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/grad-students/emp-student-JMM.
Those of you who have been before, or have additional information or links that may be helpful, please feel free to share with us in the comments!
1. The Joint Mathematics Meetings website: http://jointmathematicsmeetings.org/meetings/national/jmm/2125_intro.html. This site has information about the meetings, sessions and other talks, housing, transportation, registration, and all other general information about attending JMM.
2. The deadline to submit an abstract of a talk is September 22. More information about submitting an abstract can be found here: http://www.ams.org/cgi-bin/abstracts/abstract.pl.
3. Want to go, but short on funds? Check out the Travel Funds page on our graduate website. Also, JMM organizers have some funds available (under certain restrictions). Information on these grants is available at http://www.ams.org/programs/travel-grants/grad-students/emp-student-JMM.
Those of you who have been before, or have additional information or links that may be helpful, please feel free to share with us in the comments!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Volleyball Team!
MGSA is putting together at least one volleyball team for the volleyball tournament on Tuesday, September 14 from 6 to 10 PM at the Huston Huffman Center. The best part? You don't have to be good at volleyball (or even sports in general) to be a part of the team! You just have to be willing to come out on the 14th and have fun with some of your colleagues from MGSA. It's even free to participate!
Keshav has volunteered to be team captain and to organize the paperwork needed to get us signed up. So, to take part, all you need to do is contact Keshav (kacharya@math.ou.edu), and he will take care of the rest. Simple, right?
So what are you waiting for? Let's show some Math Department spirit!
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Tuesday Tea TODAY at 3:30pm
It's the start of a new semester, and therefore, the start of a new set of Tuesday Teas. For those of you who don't know, Tuesday Tea is a weekly tradition in which a bunch of us math grads get together, drink tea, eat cookies, and normally play some games. If you have any tea questions, you can ask Shayna.
Today's Tea will be featuring ice cream left over from the ice cream social. Also, there will be an MGSA meeting during the tea, so we definitely encourage everyone to come.
Join us for Tuesday Tea at 3:30pm in the conference room on the 4th floor every Tuesday (starting TODAY)!
Today's Tea will be featuring ice cream left over from the ice cream social. Also, there will be an MGSA meeting during the tea, so we definitely encourage everyone to come.
Join us for Tuesday Tea at 3:30pm in the conference room on the 4th floor every Tuesday (starting TODAY)!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Ice Cream Social - Friday!
The ever-industrious Nancy Ho has been working hard to organize an ice cream social to kick off the new school year. You should have seen emails about this over the past couple of weeks. The latest details are as follows:
What: Ice Cream Social
When: Friday, August 20 at 4:00 PM
Where: Mathematics Department Help Center (PHSC 425A)
We need volunteers to sign up to bring ice cream, toppings, ICE, etc. Nancy has created an online sign-up sheet available here. So, if you're coming and planning to bring something, let us know what you're planning to bring. It looks like a good crowd has already started to form, but we all know that more ice cream is always better! :) So, sign up, and join in the fun on Friday afternoon to help us welcome the new grad students (and say hello to each other again after a long, hot summer).
What: Ice Cream Social
When: Friday, August 20 at 4:00 PM
Where: Mathematics Department Help Center (PHSC 425A)
We need volunteers to sign up to bring ice cream, toppings, ICE, etc. Nancy has created an online sign-up sheet available here. So, if you're coming and planning to bring something, let us know what you're planning to bring. It looks like a good crowd has already started to form, but we all know that more ice cream is always better! :) So, sign up, and join in the fun on Friday afternoon to help us welcome the new grad students (and say hello to each other again after a long, hot summer).
Thursday, August 5, 2010
AWM Workshop (deadline soon!)
Attention, Ladies:
If you are a postdoc or are nearing the end of your graduate studies, you are eligible to apply to the AWM workshop. This is a workshop held at the Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, which is in New Orleans this year (January 2011). The workshop provides a great opportunity to get to present your work and to meet lots of other women mathematicians, plus they pay for your expenses to go to the meeting!
The deadline to apply is EARLY! It is coming up on August 15. Dr. Kornelson (our resident AWM expert) has encouraged applications and has generously offered to discuss the workshop with anyone who stops by.
You can find out more by clicking here.
If you are a postdoc or are nearing the end of your graduate studies, you are eligible to apply to the AWM workshop. This is a workshop held at the Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA, which is in New Orleans this year (January 2011). The workshop provides a great opportunity to get to present your work and to meet lots of other women mathematicians, plus they pay for your expenses to go to the meeting!
The deadline to apply is EARLY! It is coming up on August 15. Dr. Kornelson (our resident AWM expert) has encouraged applications and has generously offered to discuss the workshop with anyone who stops by.
You can find out more by clicking here.
Monday, July 26, 2010
FREE Spoken English Classes!
Attention International Students!
Starting in Fall 2010, the English Assessment Program will offer free spoken English classes to international students. There will be two classes on offer in the Fall and one in the Spring. If you want to enroll in a spoken English course in a given semester, you should notify the Graduate Director at least one month before the start of the semester (and earlier, if possible).
We here at the OU MGSA blog have it on good authority that space in these classes is filling up for Fall, so if you're interested, act now!
Starting in Fall 2010, the English Assessment Program will offer free spoken English classes to international students. There will be two classes on offer in the Fall and one in the Spring. If you want to enroll in a spoken English course in a given semester, you should notify the Graduate Director at least one month before the start of the semester (and earlier, if possible).
We here at the OU MGSA blog have it on good authority that space in these classes is filling up for Fall, so if you're interested, act now!
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Greetings!
Welcome to the OU MGSA blog! We hope to use this format to provide our graduate students with up-to-date information about conferences, professional advice, MGSA events, and more! Check back often for the latest information. If you would like to contribute an announcement, link, or other information to the blog, please contact an MGSA officer.
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