Research Scholars Program in Mathematics

数学研究学者计划的目标是吸引、留住和毕业在学术上有天赋、经济上有困难的学生，并获得数学学位。该计划使用多方面的方法，为数学专业的学生，特别是传统上代表性不足的群体提供全面的教育环境。该计划将长期建立的校园支持结构和学术倡议与新的和创新的方法相结合，为数学专业的学生提供一个全面、具有挑战性但又具有支持性的学术环境。这些措施包括教师指导、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，在学术上为这些选择做准备，并发展与产业界人士的关系。该计划包括一个增强的课程，将新的和创新的课程以及研究或实习经验与专职的教师导师和行业合作伙伴结合在一起，以确保对新一代数学家的出色培训。该项目每年向本科生提供8个奖学金，向研究生提供8个。智力价值：该项目的一个主要组成部分是通过利用现有课程并辅以旨在指导学生进行研究和/或实习的新的创新课程，将研究纳入传统的数学课程。通过在大学举办跨学科研究研讨会，以及从当地产业合作伙伴和合作机会中促进课程与研究的整合。奖学金获得者在教师导师的鼓励和帮助下，建立专业联系，参加行业地点之旅，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。有经济需求的有才华的学生大多来自传统上在数学方面代表性较低的群体，他们被引导通过严格的学术计划，及时毕业。该项目的毕业生选择学术职业，影响着数学教学理念和数学系的文化。在高科技劳动力中利用他们的数学学位的学生满足了雇主的技术需求，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.