Carleton College - Summer Math Program

Summer Mathematics Program for Women Undergraduates

Carleton College

The Carleton College Summer Mathematics Program for Women
is an NSF-funded program to encourage and support women in their study of mathematics. The goals of the program include:

		introducing students to new areas of mathematics;
		honing students' mathematical reasoning, proof writing, problem solving, and presentation skills;
		building self-confidence, encouraging enthusiasm for mathematics, and increasing awareness of careers in the mathematical sciences;
		connecting students into a supportive network of other female college math majors, graduates and professionals.

Admission into this program is highly selective and is limited to female mathematics students who are currently completing their first or second year of college. Students are expected to have had Calculus and Linear Algebra. Participants must be U.S. citizens.

Participants in past programs reported:

"This experience has revived my mathematical soul and charged me up."

"The program has given me the confidence that I can succeed in math, both as a student and as a woman."

"I feel like a future in math was opened for me through the program."

"My confidence, interest and goals in mathematics soared to new heights with the information presented to me through the program."

Photo Courtesy Tom Roster

Program directors:: Deanna Haunsperger, Steve Kennedy, Laura Chihara, Gail Nelson, and Jill Dietz.

Yes! We're running in 2008!
Information and application materials for the 2008 program:: Poster for the 2008 program.; Information about the program.; Application forms.
Highlights and photos from previous summers
(We will be updating this soon to highlight all eleven past programs.): Celebrating our Tenth Year in 2005; Summer `95; Summer `96; Summer `97; Summer `98; Summer `99; Summer `00; Summer `01
Links to mathematical topics: Mathematical Association of America; Research Experiences for Undergraduates; Career Information; Graduate School Survival Information; Budapest Semesters in Mathematics; Edge Program for Women headed to graduate school; Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters at Penn State; SIAM's (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Undergraduate Page; Biographies of women mathematicians (Agnes Scott College; Atlanta, Georgia); Women In Math website at University of Oregon; Readings on Women and Mathematics Education

The program is being held on the Carleton College campus in Northfield, Minnesota, which is located approximately forty miles south of Minneapolis.

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