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万丽圣路易斯机场酒店举行的梦想大会。 梦想的领域会议由全国数学科学博士研究联盟（联盟）组织，该组织的目标是增加在数学科学中获得博士学位的学生人数。 大约200名学生将参加会议，其中约75%将是代表性不足的少数民族。 有关会议活动的更多详细信息，请访问会议网站：https://mathalliance.org/2016-field-of-dreams-conference/The会议与联盟的促进研究生入学流程（F-GAP）协调，该流程在过去三年中每年帮助约70名联盟学者进入研究生课程，迄今为止几乎100%保留。因此，会议是一个计划，以产生一个更多样化的专业数学劳动力的重要组成部分。 此外，会议上还有一些活动，帮助教师指导实践，并帮助学术部门转变他们的文化，以更好地支持学生的成功。

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.