The CSU math department has a very active role in sharing mathematics with the Fort Collins community, and I have enjoyed getting to be a part of some of these great out reach opportunities.
Greenslopes
Greenslopes is CSU's math department graduate student seminar - for graduate students, by graduate students. This seminar is meant to provide a relaxed and encouraging atmosphere for students to discuss and present their research or a topic of interest. As co-organizer my duties include recruiting speakers and obtaining abstracts, maintaining the seminar webpage, and running the seminar each week.
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Math Day
Each fall the CSU math department hosts Math Day, a mathematics competition between high school math students from Colorado, and the surrounding areas. The students participate in two main activities: the PROBE (Problems Requiring Original and Brilliant Efforts) exam, where the high scores win a CSU mathematics scholarship, and the Team Competition, which is a college-bowl-style, double-elimination tournament. I have had the opportunity to help with the Team Competition as both a reader and a timer/scorer for the speed rounds. Math Day is a terrific and exciting experience for the students, teachers and the CSU math department, where we all come together to promote interest and enthusiasm in mathematics.
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Math Circles
Every summer the CSU math department hosts Math Circles as a week-long camp for middle school students. During the week students have the opportunity to explore problems and topics not typically covered in school curricula. As a volunteer for Math Circles, I was involved in assisting the students in their activities throughout the day. It is wonderful to be a part of the interactions between the students and instructors and the excitement we all share for mathematics.
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