Wisconsin Emerging Scholars (WES)

A Great Way to Learn Calculus


 

Fall 2004 Events
Taco Party / Study Skills Workshop
Biotechnology Center Lecture and Workshop
T-Shirt Design Contest
End of Semester Party!!

 

Spring 2005 Events

Feb. 12: Day Trip to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry!

May 3: End of the Year Party!

Fall 2005 Events
Film: Proof
Taco Party / Lecture by Dr. David Camacho
Uri Treisman Lecture
WES Study Jam!!

 

Spring 2006 Events

WES Study Jam and Award Ceremony!!

 

 

 

 


Taco Party


chromosomes

Exclusive WES Event:
“Mathematics in Structural Biology and Computational Chemistry,"
Lecture by Professor Julie Mitchell
(Departments of Mathematics and Biochemistry)

Join us for Dinner, DNA, and a hands-on workshop and tour of
UW-Madison’s new Biotech Center!
4:30–6:30PM Wednesday November 10
in Room 1360 Biotechnology Center (425 Henry Mall)

 


 

Tuesday December 14, 5:00 - 7:00 PM in the Math Department Lounge (room 911 Van Vleck): End of Semester Party and "How I Spent My Summer Vacation" Do you really want to paint houses again next summer? Want to find out if graduate school is for you? Students who have participated in summer research programs and other exciting summer opportunities share their experiences. It's never too early to start planning your summer vacation. Refreshments will be served.

 

Tuesday, May 3, 6:00-7:00 PM in Room 277 Bascom Hall: End of the Year Party and Award Ceremony Come say goodbye to your TAs, SAs, and Tutors! Find out what your classmates did to get recognition! Eat Jimmy John's subs and Cold Stone Creamery cake and listen closely to advice offered by Marco Loskamp in his talk on "Games, Math, and Money!"

WES Field Trip
4:30PM Sunday, October 23 at the Westgate Cinema
Proof, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins, and Jake Gyllenhaal
TAs are arranging transportation with their sections. Meet outside the theater at 4PM.

 

 




 

Professor Uri Treisman
Department of Mathematics, UT Austin

Powerful New Ways to Teach Mathematics
Keynote address at the UW-Madison School of Education's annual American Education Week
Thursday, November 17 at 7:30PM
in room 204 Educational Sciences (1025 W. Johnson St.)

Professor Treisman is the founder of the original Emerging Scholars Program at UC Berkeley in the 1970s.
He won a MacArthur "Genius Award" in 1992 for his work with talented minority mathematics undergraduates. For more information on Professor Treisman and his keynote address, click here.

 

 

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