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.)
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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!
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