Outreach

In summer 2017, the mathematics department of Dixie State University (DSU) hold a math summer camp for a group of students who had just completed the 5th grade. The goal of this MAA funded program was to encourage students’ math confidence and interests, build a math community for young students and increase community awareness of the importance of mathematics.

R²MC meets on DSU's campus once a week throughout the school year from September to April. Students will be engaged with mathematical problem solving, experience mathematics in deeper and broader views, read, talk and share mathematics in fun and challenge way and develop mathematical habits of thinking and interests. Through the program, we will prepare the students for the Math Olympiad Contests. We will also invite campus, local and out of state speakers to present various math related topics to show how math is widely applied in different areas.

The Dixie Tensor Scholar Program is a year-long mentoring program for female students to increase retention rates among math majors by highlighting the advantages and benefits of studying mathematics through the lens of their future career. Students in the Dixie Tensor Scholars Program will attend monthly talks, have monthly lunch meetings, maintain a portfolio and participate as mentors and facilitators to high school girls during the “Maryam Mirzakhani” Day held during Women’s History Month.

At the 2021 Adventures in Modeling & Simulation Summer Camp, participants will be exposed to open ended problems such as predicting trends of population and diseases, sports analytics, optimal marketing strategies, and much more!