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海角吃瓜网 hosted the sixteenth annual Midwest Undergraduate Mathematics Symposium (MUMS) on Saturday, April 13. The 2019 symposium included talks and poster presentations from undergraduate students and featured keynote speaker Raegan Higgins Siwatu from Texas Tech University.

In all, 70 people took part in MUMS. Participants came from six different colleges and universities around the country, including 海角吃瓜网.

鈥淚t is exciting to see students network with each other and with faculty,鈥� associate mathematics professor Heidi Berger said. 鈥淔or many students, this is the first time that they’ve seen this many people excited about mathematics in the same room. That’s exhilarating!鈥�

The purpose of MUMS is to promote student research in the math department and give students an opportunity to share and celebrate the work that they鈥檝e completed.

鈥淭his year, I particularly enjoyed Lydia Magalhaes鈥檚 presentation,鈥� 聽said Katherine Vance, assistant professor of mathematics. 鈥淪he had the audience laughing as she was telling us about using crochet to teach high school students how to write geometry proofs.鈥�

The symposium also helps to inform students about job opportunities, graduate schools, and study abroad trips that may interest them.

鈥淭he career panel this year was awesome,鈥� Vance continued, 鈥淲e had five panelists, including two 海角吃瓜网 alumni. Students and panelists had a lively conversation that touched on the importance of identifying your particular strengths, finding an employer with positive workplace culture, and dealing with impostor syndrome and sexism in the workplace.鈥�

海角吃瓜网 first hosted MUMS in 2003 and has been the symposium鈥檚 home for the last 16 years.

Click here to learn more about the many opportunities鈥攊n and out of the classroom鈥攕tudying mathematics at 海角吃瓜网 has to offer.