Thanks for taking the time to fill out an interest form to volunteer for Girls Talk Math at the University of Maryland (UMD). This a program that promotes high school girls interested in mathematics by providing introductory college-level math lessons and affirming representation of women in math. In 2020 there are two activities: a 1 day Saturday event and a 2-week camp. The Saturday event is a one-time event on February 8th 9:30am-3:30pm. The 2-week day camp occurs during weekdays July 13-24, 2020 from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Mathematics Department of UMD - College Park.

During the program, attendees will be learning about a specific area of interest (such as scientific computing, networks, knot theory, surface classification, RSA cryptography, elliptic cryptography, and epidemiology modeling (SIR)) by working on a packet in a group of five. These packets are designed to be fairly self-guided with an undergraduate/graduate student mentor assigned for each topic so that the girls can have some guidance if needed. While they work on their math packet, they will also research and publish a podcast about a famous female mathematician with research related to their program studies.

We will need many volunteers to participate as mentors during the camp. Priority will be given to underrepresented groups in the mathematical fields.

If you have any other questions, feel free to email us at girlstalkmath@umd.edu.