MCTP: The Center for Women in Mathematics at Smith College

这笔赠款将为史密斯大学女性数学中心提供资金。该中心的总体目标是通过帮助女性从临时数学学生转变为坚定的数学女性，增加获得数学科学博士学位的美国公民女性的数量。该中心的主要活动是提供美国第一个由美国国家科学基金会奖0602110设立的数学学士学位后课程。毕业后课程使大学毕业但没有必要的数学课程的女性能够继续读研究生。该中心的次要活动是通过其年度WIMIN会议以及额外的外展和社区建设项目来丰富东北部数学女性的生活和职业生涯。这个毕业后的项目利用了美国最大的未得到充分利用的数学人才来源：美国女性。女性获得了43%的数学学士学位，但仍只占数学研究生的29%，占终身教职研究生的17%。这笔助学金资助了一个在关键时刻进行干预的项目，即向研究生的过渡。该计划帮助那些大学毕业但没有完成学业、没有在研究生院取得成功所需的自信的女性。中心为学生、教职员工和校友提供了一个激励和支持的环境。除了全面的指导和丰富的课程外，该中心还为学生提供全年与教师一起进行研究的机会。这笔赠款还将为各级数学妇女提供社区和支持。史密斯学院是一个地区女性数学家中心。每年，数学中的女性中心都会主办东北数学女性(WIMIN)，展示研究成果，并为该地区的女性提供重新建立联系、建立网络以及寻求和提供指导和建议的机会。该中心还开展了越来越多的外展项目，并每周举办一次以东北女性数学家为特色的研讨会。

This grant will fund the Center for Women in Mathematics at Smith. The overall goal of the Center is to increase the number of U.S. citizen women earning doctorates in the mathematical sciences by helping women make the transition from casual mathematics student to committed woman in mathematics. The main activity of the Center is to offer the nation's first post-baccalaureate program in mathematics previously established by NSF award 0602110. The post-baccalaureate program enables women who have graduated college without the necessary course work in mathematics to continue to graduate school. A secondary activity of the Center is to enrich the lives and careers of women in mathematics in the northeast through its annual WIMIN conference and additional outreach and community-building programs.The post-baccalaureate program taps into the largest underutilized source of mathematical talent in the country: American women. Women earn 43% of bachelors degrees in mathematics, and yet still make up only 29% of mathematics graduate students and 17% of tenured graduate faculty. This grant funds a program that intervenes at a critical point, the transition to graduate student. The program helps women who graduated from college without the coursework and confidence necessary to succeed in graduate school. The Center maintains a stimulating and supportive environment of students, faculty and alumnae. In addition to comprehensive mentoring and a rich curriculum, the Center gives students the opportunity to do research with faculty throughout the year. The grant will also provide community and support for mathematical women at all levels. Smith College is a regional center for women mathematicians. Each year, the Center for Women in Mathematics hosts Women In Mathematics In the Northeast (WIMIN), showcasing research and offering women in the area a chance to renew ties, to network, and to seek and offer mentoring and advice. The Center also runs a growing number of outreach programs and a weekly seminar featuring northeast women mathematicians.