MathFest Graduate Student Activities
GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER SESSION
James Freeman, Cornell College
Thursday July 31, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Graduate students are invited by MAA Committee on Graduate Students and The Young Mathematicians Network to submit abstracts for the session. The poster size will be 48" (length) by 36" (height). Posters and materials for posting pages on the posters will be provided on-site. Some funding to cover transportation costs (up to $600) for poster authors is available. At most one graduate student will be funded per poster and funded presenters are expected to take full part in the meeting. Up to 3 posters will receive an award ($150) for excellence. You may submit your Poster Session Abstract at Abstracts submitted by Friday, May 16, will be given precedence in considering applications for travel support. Abstracts must be submitted by Friday, June 13, 2008. Application for travel grants is part of the abstract submission process. Questions on this session can be directed to James Freedman jfreeman@cornellcollege.edu.
www.maa.org/abstracts.
GRADUATE STUDENT RECEPTION
David Manderscheid, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
James Freeman, Cornell College
Thursday, July 31, 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Graduate students are invited for some refreshments and to meet several of the invited speakers.
HOW TO APPLY FOR JOBS
David Manderscheid, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Friday, August 1, 3:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Primarily for Ph.D. students and recent Ph.D.s., this session will provide an overview of the employment process with ample opportunity for participants to ask questions. Questions that will be addressed include: How do you find which jobs are available? How do you choose which jobs you want to apply for? What are academic and other employers looking for in the materials that you send? What should you be doing now? How do schools conduct interviews? How can you best prepare for these interviews? How do employers choose to whom they will make offers? How do you negotiate once you have an offer? Panelists will include: Sharon Clarke, Pepperdine University; James Freeman, Cornell College; Sarah Ann Stewart, Belmont University, and David Manderscheid. The session is co-sponsored by the MAA Committee on Graduate Students and the Young Mathematicians Network.
GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER SESSION
James Freeman, Cornell College
Saturday, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
This session is aimed at graduate students who are ready to enter the job market within the year. The majority of academic jobs available to mathematicians involve teaching undergraduate students. Many of the interviews for these jobs require a presentation to be made to undergraduates, yet most graduate students have not had the opportunity to give these types of presentations. This session gives graduate students the opportunity to give a 20 minute expository talk aimed at post calculus undergraduate students. These talks should excite undergraduates about mathematics. At the end of the session, there will be a short discussion about how to give an effective expository talk to undergraduates. In addition, an experienced faculty member will meet with each presenter privately after the session to give further feedback to the presenter. Abstracts and requests for travel support can be submitted by using the MAA abstract submission site at www.maa.org/abstracts. Application for travel funding is part of the abstract submission process. Abstracts submitted by Friday, May 16, will be given precedence in considering applications for travel support. Final deadline for student abstracts submission is Friday, June 13. The session is sponsored by the MAA Committee on Graduate Students, co-sponsored by The Young Mathematicians Network.
