2016 Field of Dreams Conference

该奖项将部分支持将于2016年11月4日至6日在密苏里州圣路易斯的圣路易斯机场万丽酒店举行的“梦想领域会议”。梦的领域会议是由全国数学科学博士研究联盟（联盟）组织的，该组织的目标是增加来自数学科学背景不足的学生在这些领域获得博士学位的人数。大约有200名学生将参加这次会议，其中约75%是少数族裔。关于会议活动的更多细节可以在会议网站上找到：https://mathalliance.org/2016-field-of-dreams-conference/The会议与联盟的研究生入学便利程序（F-GAP）协调，该程序在过去三年中每年帮助大约70名联盟学者进入研究生项目，到目前为止几乎100%保留。因此，这次会议是培养更多样化的专业数学人才计划的重要组成部分。此外，会议上还有一些活动，帮助教师指导实践，帮助学术部门转变他们的文化，更加支持学生的成功。

This award will partially support the Field of Dreams Conference, to be held at the Renaissance St. Louis Airport Hotel, in St. Louis, MO, from November 4-6, 2016. The Field of Dreams conference is organized by the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in the Mathematical Sciences (the Alliance), an organization whose goal is to increase the number of students from backgrounds underrepresented in the mathematical sciences who earn doctorates in those fields. Approximately 200 students will attend the conference, and about 75% of those will be underrepresented minorities. More details about the conference activities can be found at the conference website: https://mathalliance.org/2016-field-of-dreams-conference/The conference coordinates with the Alliance's Facilitated Graduate Admissions Process (F-GAP), which has helped place approximately 70 Alliance Scholars in graduate programs each of the last three years with almost 100% retention to this point. So, the conference is an essential part of a program to produce a more diverse professional mathematical workforce. In addition, there are events at the conference which assist faculty in mentoring practices and help academic departments transform their cultures to be more supportive of student success.