Dr. Schmahl, I am interested in helping out.  Let me know what I need to do.
Stephanie


At 02:26 PM 1/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>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
>
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>
>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
>>_____________________________________________________________________
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>>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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