EMSW21-VIGRE at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

摘要：威斯康星大学维格雷分校数学专业的美国学生和教师严重短缺，这是学术界和产业界共同关注的一个主要问题。威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的维格雷项目寻求通过以数学系为中心的各种综合活动来解决这种情况下的一些关键的管道问题。我们将提供学年协作本科生研究实验室(CURL)，以及本科生暑期研究体验(REUS)。Vigre奖学金将提供给有前途的国内研究生，我们将组织暑期强化项目，以培养初学研究生。我们还将提供Vigre博士后奖学金，这将加强我们的常规教学职位，减少教学和大量的教师指导。我们的Vigre计划还将为工业和国家实验室的研究生设立实习机会。我们建议利用Vigre支持扩大威斯康星州人才搜索计划，在其过去成功的基础上，吸引有才华的高中生进入数学和科学领域。此外，我们还将组织各种互动活动，包括扩大的Brown Bag研讨会、数学俱乐部、研究生参与研讨会、数学主要趋势系列讲座等。我们的Vigre计划将使本科生和研究生享受到更好的学习体验，包括研究项目、实习、研讨会和许多其他活动。更广泛地说，Vigre项目将培养威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的综合奖学金意识，涉及学生、博士后和教职员工。Vigre奖学金将显著增强我们吸引和留住有才华的学生和博士后的能力，特别是来自女性和代表性不足群体的学生和博士后。它也将是进一步建立在教学和研究中指导年轻同事的永久传统以及深化我们与其他学科的互动的根本催化剂。通过我们的REUS，全国的本科生将从我们的研究活动中受益。威斯康星州的科学、工程和数学专业的学生将从Vigre活动带来的课程变化中受益。我们在当地高中扩大的人才搜索和其他外展计划将有助于吸引新一代人进入我们的学科。

Abstract: University of Wisconsin VIGRE Program There is a critical shortage of US students and faculty in mathematics.This has been identified as a major source of concern by both academiaand industry. The UW-Madison VIGRE Program seeks to address a number ofcritical pipeline issues which underlie this situation, via a variety of integrated activities centered in the Department of Mathematics. We will offer academic year collaborative undergraduate research labs (CURLs), as well as summer research experiences for undergraduates (REUs). VIGRE fellowships will be offered to promising domestic graduate students, and we will organize summer enhancement programs for training beginning graduate students. We will also offer VIGRE Posdoctoral Fellowships, which enhance our regular teaching positions with reduced teaching and substantial faculty mentoring. Our VIGRE program will also establish internships for graduate students in industry and in national labs.We propose to use VIGRE support to expand the Wisconsin Talent Search,building on its past success, to attract talented high school studentsinto mathematics and science. In addition we will organize a variety ofinteractive activities, including an expanded Brown Bag Seminar, MathClub, Graduate Participation Seminars, Major Trends in Mathematics lecture series, etc. Our VIGRE program will enable undergraduate and graduate students to enjoy an enhanced learning experience, including research projects, internships, seminars and many other activities. More generally the VIGRE program will foster a sense of integrated scholarship at UW-Madison, involving students, postdocs and faculty. The VIGRE grant will significantly enhance our ability to attract and retain talented students and postdocs, especially from women and underrepresented groups. It will also be a fundamental catalyst towards further establishing a permanent tradition of mentoring young colleagues in teaching and research, as well as deepening our interactions with other disciplines. Through our REUs, undergraduates nation-wide will benefit from our research activities. Science, engineering and math students at Wisconsin will benefit from curricular changes arising from VIGRE activities. Our expanded talent search and other outreach plans at local high schools will help attract new generations into our discipline.