External Opportunities for Women in the Field of Mathematics
Wolverine Pathways:
This is a program for high school students in Southfield and Ypsilanti. They will meet for eight Saturdays starting on October 1st, and they’re looking for undergrads to come and help out with their version of Math Circle - where an instructor gives a lecture or teaches a lesson in math, and we help students with group work. Please contact Stephen DeBacker (smdbackr@umich.edu) for more information or visit their website at wolverinepathways.umich.edu.
Tutoring:
A few years ago, our former President Heather Price was student teaching at Pioneer High School, and she reached out to WIM for anyone interested in tutoring any of the students. If anyone is interested, please contact the board (women.in.math.board@umich.edu) with your name, contact info, year and major, any relevant experience, and some idea of hourly rate.
Resume Book:
Starting this semester, WIM will maintain a club resume book to send to recruiters, who contact us because they are interested in hiring Michigan math majors and WIM members in particular! Whether you’re interested in internships or a career, this is a great way to get your foot in the door with companies even before recruiters come to campus. If you are interested in having your resume included, please send it as a pdf to Tali Khain (talikh@umich.edu), who will update the book periodically.
Conferences:
This is a list we are compiling of conferences targeted specifically to women in math and related fields. New ones will be added as we hear about them! Please feel free to share any you know of that here by emailing the board. We really encourage our members to attend at least one conference! Several WIM members have attended them in the past, and found them to be encouraging and insightful experiences.
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Volunteer Opportunity to benefit children
March 22nd from 9:15-1:30
Annual Kids’ Fair from Student Groups for K-Grams
Theme for this year is “Around the World"
Here is the link to the registration form. There is a more comprehensive explanation of our event in the form’s description.
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Outreach opportunity
Program/event for Mathematical and Statistical Awareness Month at Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum.
If you would be interested in collaborating in some way on math or stats themed public events or programs, please reach out to Cristina Tamer and we can arrange a time to talk or meet.
Email: ctamer@aahom.org, Museum Phone Number: 734-995-5439
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Shatter: A Girl Up Gala
Saturday, March 23 from 6-9 PM in the Michigan League Ballroom
Girl Up is a United Nations Campaign that was launched in 2010 to ensure that girls in developing countries are educated, healthy, safe, counted, and positioned to be the next generation of leaders. Through fundraising and advocacy, Girl Up Michigan aims to empower others to get involved and to teach that girls around the world matter.
There will be six prominent industry professionals who will be sharing the journeys that got them to where they are today! There will be speakers from tech, medical, entrepreneurship, business, and public policy fields! Listen to them recount their stories and learn how to land your dream job, while also getting a chance to see two stunning performance groups from the University of Michigan (IMPACT and The Sirens). Lastly, there will be an opportunity to win several gift cards from Downtown Ann Arbor businesses such as Comet Coffee, MDen, and Verbena through a silent auction!
Tickets are $15 each for 1, $14 each for 2, and $13 each for 3+. Included in the ticket price is an Italian-style Dinner. Doors open and Dinner starts at 6 PM.
Check out our Facebook event HERE for more details and to purchase tickets.
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Missive Central: Professor Stephen DeBacker also includes a plethora of additional external opportunities in his Math Missives. Here is a link to all the archived Math Missives: http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/missive/tie_dye/tie_dye.html
