Michigan Math and Science Scholars

Students may choose to attend one or both two-week sessions. Students may participate in the Michigan Math and Science Scholars summer program as commuters or as residential participants. Residential students will stay in a dormitory on the University of Michigan campus where they will be supervised by program staff and residential counselors. Both residential and commuter students will have the opportunity to participate in various activities on and off campus during each session.

Tuition and Fees

Commuter: $750 per two week session or $1500/4 weeks

Residential: $1350 per two week session or $2675/4 weeks

Residential Participants will reside in Mary Markley Hall. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be provided in the hall's dining room. Financial aid is available to qualified applicants.

Who can attend

The MMSS program is open to any student interested in Math and/or the Sciences. However, we've learned that our program works best when students are all of a similar age.

Therefore, we prefer to admit students already in high school. Your child will find intellectual and social peers at MMSS in a few years when s/he is a high school freshman, sophomore or junior.

Admission

Applications will be accepted and considered on a rolling basis.

Applications recieved early will recieve first consideration for course assignments.

Course Offerings (see above for courses still open)

Session I: June 29 - July 12, 2003

Session II: July 13 - July 26, 2003

Faculty

We our proud to announce the outstanding faculty participating in the Michigan Math & Science Scholars Summer Program 2003. These members of the University of Michigan faculty have experience teaching high school students and several faculty have received the prestigious Excellence in Teaching Award.

Martha Aliaga, Associate Professor of Statistics
Ken Balazovich, Department of Biology
Frederick Becchetti, Professor of Physics
Brian P. Coppola, Professor of Chemistry
Carolyn Dean, Lecturer of Mathematics
Ronald Ellis, Assistant Professor of Biology
David Gerdes, Associate Professor of Physics
Mel Hochster, Professor of Mathematics
Trachette Jackson, Assistant Professor Mathematics
Kyger "K.C." Lohmann, Professor of Geological Sciences
Bryan Mosher, Department of Mathematics
Patrick Nelson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Georg Raithel, Department of Physics
Ed Rothman , Professor of Statistics
Sheila Schueller, Lecturer, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Carrie Swift, Lecturer, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan - Dearborn
Kathryn Tosney, Professor of Biology
Alejandro Uribe, Professor of Mathematics
Bruce Wilkinson, Professor of Geological Sciences

Administration

Dan Burns is the Director of the Michigan Math & Science Scholars and a Professor in the Mathematics Department. Dan is originally from New York City. His undergraduate degree is from Notre Dame University and his Ph.D. from MIT. He works in complex analysis and geometry, but is pursuing mathematical applications in biology these days. He has taught a program on "Math and DNA" in the past summers. Dan is an amateur singer with Ann Arbor choral groups, and enjoys mushroom hunting and working with the local Habitat for Humanity.

Further Information

Upon admission, students will receive a detailed information packet including directions, contact information and consent forms. Michigan Math and Science Scholars administrative staff can arrange to meet participants at the Detroit Metro Airport and accompany them to campus. This option is explained fully in the information package, which can also be viewed and downloaded from our website. We encourage you to explore this website at http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/mmss for more information about the Michigan Math and Science Scholars Summer Program.

Welcoming Receptions

On the first Sunday afternoon of each session, students and parents are invited to a welcoming Reception in East Hall. You will have the opportunity to meet the faculty, graduate students and staff who will be working with student participants over the next two weeks and view the facilities. The dates for the welcoming reception are Sunday, June 29 and/or Sunday, July 13, 2003. The hours for these receptions will be 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. If you need to be accommodated at an earlier or later time, please contact the program coordinator with your requests.

The City of Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor is one of the nation's premiere university towns. It is safe, clean, green and beautiful, and abounds in cultural and recreational opportunities. Michigan Math and Science Scholars summer program offers participants many chances to enjoy Ann Arbor's bounty, including the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and Summer Art Fair. Ann Arbor is a city that is truly accessible by foot, with the University, State Street and downtown areas all within a ten-minute walk. Bus transportation is readily accessible from the University of Michigan to outlying areas of Ann Arbor as well as Chelsea, Dexter, Saline and Ypsilanti.

A Day in the Life of a Michigan Math & Science Scholar

The day starts early for MMSS participants. Breakfast is served and students take a short walk to their classrooms. There they meet with the faculty member teaching the course that they chose, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. After a one-hour lunch break, classes meet with specialist graduate student instructors for laboratory research, field trips, computer projects and problem solving in the afternoons. Evening activities include group dinners at the residence hall along with planned and supervised social and/or sports events. Activities include softball, basketball, and swimming, plus cultural events and live entertainment. Some students prefer to work on their math and science projects or get in more computer time during the evenings and that’s just fine. On weekends, studying is again an option, but most of the students prefer to spend this time unwinding with the activities listed above. On each of the overnight Saturdays an optional trip to Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio is planned. Organized outdoor activities to the University of Michigan’s Botanical Garden and Arboretum will be offered during the weekends as well.

What Alumni Have to Say

...I have never learned so much information in such a short period of time!...Dr. Tosney (Embryology) was awesome!

...Dr. Mosher (Geometry and the Imagination) is the best math teacher I've had the privilege of learning from...

Dr. Schueller (Field Biology) was the most enthusiastic teacher I've ever had...she taught us to do things for ourselves, instead of telling us what to do...

Dr. Ellis (Genome Sequences) was amazing...He couldn't have done a better job!!

"I've always had a great interest in math and science. This only enhanced it."

"She [Dr. Kathryn Tosney] is excellent!"

"I used to like math but now I might consider a career in math."

"I really enjoyed learning more about fractals …Andreas Blass was a great instructor."

"This program expanded my thinking…the instructors were great."

"Dr. Nelson and Dr. Jackson did a great job!"

Michigan Math & Science Scholars Program
Department of Mathematics
525 E. University; 2082 East Hall
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1109
mmss@umich.edu
(734) 647-4466

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