The Center
for Women in Mathematics at Smith College is offering two new
programs: The Junior Year Program, which is for undergraduate
mathematics majors and has need-based financial aid available, and The
Post-Baccalaureate Program, which is for women with bachelors degrees
who didn't major in mathematics or whose major was light. Selected
candidates for this program will be given full scholarships and a
stipend.
Trinity
College's Rome Program is offering an opportunity to study abroad
in Rome, Italy for the Fall 2007 semester. Courses include a general,
Math Distribution General Ed course, and a mathematics course -
discrete geometry that can be taken either at the second year or
junior-senior level.
The
Math
Forum
Student Center has problems, Internet activities, discussion
groups,
and links to many other Web sites.
Ask Dr. Math
is a favorite feature of the Math Forum.
The ACM offers some good
advice on how to find an internship.
The
Budapest Semesters in Mathematics: Spend part of
your junior or senior year in Budapest. Learn mathematics (in English)
from leading Hungarian scholars.
MASS: the
Mathematics Advanced Study Semesters allows undergraduates to spend a
semester at Penn State, taking courses and participating in a research
project.
The
National
Security Agency offers summer programs for college students.
Math for America appoints
40
Newton
Fellows a year. Fellows are highly knowledgeable in mathematics,
and once in the program, receive pedagogical training with full
scholarship to a Master’s in education program and five years of
stipends worth $90,000 in addition to their salaries as New York City
public
high school teachers.
The
Knowles Science Teaching Foundation
offers fellowships to support
young men and
women who have received a
bachelor's or advanced degree in science, engineering or mathematics
and are committed to teaching high school science and/or mathematics in
United States schools. The Fellowship supports them professionally and
financially for up to five years through a teacher preparation program
to eligibility for tenure.
Teach For America
is a national corps of recent college graduates of all academic majors
who commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and
become leaders in the effort to expand educational opportunity.