ATTENTION MAA LIAISONS:
Please share the following
information with your
colleagues.
*Women Count: A Conference
for Directors of Mathematics Outreach Programs
for Young Women*
Applications are invited for participation in a conference in
Boulder, Colorado
on July 29,
2003 preceding
Mathfest 2003. This conference is
organized by
the Women
and Mathematics Network under the auspices of the MAA Committee on the
Participation of Women. The purpose of this conference will be to
disseminate
information about current successful
outreach programs
for young women and to encourage the
establishment of more
programs
throughout the nation. By associating this
effort
with the Mathfest scheduling, it is hoped
this
conference will be professionally beneficial to the Women Count
participants as
well as provide an opportunity to
better
publicize outreach efforts to the
broader
mathematical community.
Support for this conference is being provided by the Association
for Women in
Mathematics,
National Security Agency, and the Tensor Foundation.
The
participants in the Women Count Conference will be
selected
from the applications of experienced and prospective program
directors. Team entries
that pair
an experienced direct
or with a prospective direct
or from the same geographic region are encouraged because this
enhances
the opportunities f
or continued ment
oring following the conference. Partial travel
support (approximately
$350) will be provided
for participants.
This
conference will include a w
orkshop on grant writing, and breakout sessions
for
programs
for high school
students
versus those with a middle school focus. Guest speakers will lead
sessions on
such issues as selection of program
format, recruitment
of young
women, types of hands-on activities, possible funding sources, and
assessment
procedures. Representatives from the National Security Agency,
Mathematical
Association of America-Tens
or Foundation, and the National Science Foundation will
be invited to speak on their
programs that assist and supp
ort mathematics outreach activities
Information about this
conference and an application f
orm may be found on the Women and
Mathematics
Network website: http://www.mystery.com/WAM/events/Women_Count.html
http://www.mystery.com/WAM/events/Women_Count_application.html
Elizabeth
(Betsy) Yanik
Department
of Mathematics and Computer Science
Emporia State University
Emporia, KS 66801
Phone:
(620)
341-5630
E-mail:
yanikeli@emporia.edu
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