Regarding the Sonia Kovalevsky Math day on Feb 20 - EGR has an hour time
block, from 1-2 to fill. Last year SWE helped out, mostly the officers.  We
had about 40 girls visit the department. We did the robots and lego car
acivities.  It would probably be more effective with greater SWE
participation and if we had more variety. This is scheduled the week before
the Brownie Science and Engineering Day. With some volunteers we could set
up several stations of activities that we already have developed.  If you
are interested in helping let me know.


Karen Schmahl



At 02:48 PM 1/25/99 PST, you wrote:
>The following is info on Sonia Day, coming up on Saturday, February 20,
>1999.  Does anyone know if SWE or EGR is paricipating in this event?  It
>sounds like a great thing to get involved in.
>
>~Justina
>_____________________________________________________________________
>
>Dear Amy (and other WIMSE folks),
>        Several of us in the Math & Stat Dept are in our annual January
>frenzy of trying to pull together a good program for Sonia Kovalevsky
>Day.  This is a math day for area high school girls and is named in
>honor of of a Russian woman born in the nineneeth century who was the
>first woman to earn a PhD in mathematics. This will be our Eighth Annual
>Sonia Day. We've been hosting about 200 girls and teachers in the last
>several years; most come from the greater Cincinnati area. To encourage
>attendance, we do not charge any fee and
>we provide lunch for everyone.
>        We try to introduce the students to profesional women who use
>math in their work.  We're trying to encourage girls to continue
>studying math so they will be equipped for any of the majors and careers
>which depend on good problem solving skills.  Part of what we're doing
>is showcasing the variety of careers which depend on math skills;  the
>other part is to introduce them to some role models and prove that real
>women DO do math (and science).   I'm trying to line up women in various
>math, statistical, financial, computer science, and chemical areas and
>also to recruit women in architecture and music to make the point that
>there's math in the arts too. We'll also have a lab hour when the
>students can visit various science labs on the Oxford campus. So far, I
>have physics, manufacturing engineering, computer science, and paper
>science labs lined up.
>        This year's Sonia Day will be Saturday, February 20.  I thought
>I should solicit ideas from WIMSE.  Do members know of a particular
>speaker they think could effectively address a high school audience and
>convey what they do in their work, why they enjoy it, and its connection
>to math?  Perhaps some of the students have presentations they'd like to
>make. I'll be glad to listen to any ideas.  I'm hoping we can do
>something to get the students involved in doing some actual problem
>solving themselves.  Do people have any suggestions about how to make
>this work or do they have interesting, tractable problems to suggest?
>What would WIMSE members have liked to have known about college and
>careers back in high school?  Etcetera.
>        Thanks in advance for thinking about this.
>Emily Murphree
>Math/Stat
>210 Bachelor
>529-5826
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