Research Scholars Program in Mathematics

数学研究学者计划的目标是吸引、留住和毕业有学术天赋、经济困难的数学学位学生。该计划采用多方面的方法，为学生提供全面的教育环境，特别是传统上代表性不足的群体。该计划将长期建立的校园支持结构和学术活动与新的创新方法相结合，为数学学生提供一个全面的，具有挑战性的，但支持的学术环境。这些服务包括教师指导、学术建议，以及参加以职业和研究生院为重点的特别研讨会。特别研讨会旨在帮助奖学金学生更好地了解职业选择的范围，为这些选择做好学术准备，并与工业界人士建立关系。该计划包括一个增强的课程，结合了新的和创新的课程和研究或实习经验，专门的教师导师和工业合作伙伴，以确保优秀的培训新一代数学家。该项目每年为本科生和研究生提供8个奖学金。智力优势：该项目的一个主要组成部分是通过利用现有课程和旨在引导学生进行研究和/或实习的创新课程，将研究整合到传统数学课程中。通过大学的跨学科研究研讨会以及当地工业合作伙伴和合作机会，促进了课程与研究的整合。教师导师鼓励和协助奖学金获得者建立专业联系，参加行业参观，参加专业会议，并成为专业/学术协会学生分会的成员。更广泛的影响：该计划的影响是多层次的，与当今高科技社会的需求直接相关。有经济需要的天才学生，大部分来自传统上代表性不足的数学群体，通过严格的学术课程指导，及时毕业。该课程的毕业生选择学术生涯，影响数学教学理念和数学系的文化。在高技术劳动力中利用数学学位的学生填补了雇主的技术需求，并有助于劳动力多样化。

The goal of the Research Scholars Program in Mathematics is to attract, retain, and graduate academically talented, financially needy students with degrees in mathematics. The program uses a multi-faced approach to provide a comprehensive educational environment for students in mathematics, especially traditionally underrepresented groups. The program integrates long established in-place campus support structures and academic initiatives with new and innovative approaches to provide a comprehensive, challenging, yet supportive, academic environment for students in mathematics. These include faculty mentoring, academic advising, and enrollment in special seminars focused on careers and graduate school. Special seminars are designed to help scholarship students better understand the range of career options, prepare academically for these options, and develop relationships with industrial people. The program includes an enhanced curriculum that incorporates new and innovative courses and research or internships experiences with dedicated faculty mentors and industrial partners to ensure excellent training of a new generation of mathematicians. Each year the program provides 8 scholarships to undergraduate students and 8 to graduate students. Intellectual Merit: A major component of the project is the integration of research into the traditional mathematics curriculum through the utilization of existing courses augmented with new and innovative courses designed to guide students towards research and/or internships. The curriculum-research integration is boosted through interdisciplinary research seminars at the university as well as from local industrial partners and co-op opportunities. Scholarship recipients are encouraged and assisted by faculty mentors to make professional contacts, participate in tours of industry locations, attend professional conferences, and become members in student chapters of professional/academic societies. Broader Impact: The impacts of the program are multi-layered and directly relevant to the needs of the high technological society of today. Talented students with financial needs who are largely from traditionally underrepresented groups in mathematics are guided through a rigorous academic program toward a timely graduation. Graduates of the program who choose academic careers impact the philosophy of teaching mathematics and the culture of mathematics departments. Students who utilize their mathematics degrees in the high technological workforce fill the technical needs of employers and help diversify the workforce.