2020 Field of Dreams Conference

November 06 - 07, 2020

Content

Overview

Advisory:

Please register for the conference using the following link: https://z.umn.edu/FoDRegistration.

Note that the times shown on the schedule below are in Central Standard Time.

Poster:

FieldOfDreams_Poster.pdf

Organizers:

David Goldberg	Purdue University
Daniel Spirn	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

The Field of Dreams Conference introduces potential graduate students to graduate programs in the mathematical sciences at Alliance schools as well as professional opportunities in these fields. Scholars spend time with faculty mentors from the Alliance schools, get advice on graduate school applications, and attend seminars on graduate school preparation and expectations as well as career seminars.

Schedule

Friday, November 06, 2020

9:45 am - 10:00 am	Welcome Remarks David Goldberg (Purdue University), Roderick Holmes (Texas Southern University), Daniel Spirn (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)	Zoom
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Panel 2: Maximizing Productivity in Graduate School (graduate students) Ayo Adeniran (Pomona College), Syvillia Averett (College of Coastal Georgia), Julianne Vega (Kennesaw State College)	Webcast
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Panel 1: The Value of Undergraduate Research Experiences (undergraduate students) Alexander Barrios (Carleton College), Melissa Gonzalez (Occidental College), Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo (Valparaiso University)	Webcast
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Guided Conversation 2: Best Practices for Mentoring Graduate Students (faculty) Edray Goins (Pomona College)	Webcast
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Guided Conversation 1: Best Practices for Mentoring Undergraduate Students (faculty) William Vélez (University of Arizona)	Webcast
11:00 am - 11:15 am	Break
11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Guided Conversation 3: Mentoring Across the Continuum (faculty) Edray Goins (Pomona College), William Vélez (University of Arizona)	Webcast
11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Panel 3: Careers in Government and Industry Edray Goins (Pomona College), Roosevelt Johnson (Math Alliance), Calandra Moore (Department of Defense), David Murillo (American Express), Venkat Sethuraman (Bristol-Myers Squibb), William Vélez (University of Arizona)	Webcast
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm	Plenary Conversation 1 Ranthony Edmonds (The Ohio State University), Phil Kutzko (The University of Iowa), Victoria Uribe (Arizona State University)	Webcast
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm	Social Tea/Networking	Webcast
2:15 pm - 3:30 pm	Information Fairs	Zoom
3:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Evening Social Activities	Zoom

Saturday, November 07, 2020

10:15 am - 10:30 am	Morning Remarks Kyndra Middleton (Howard University)
10:30 am - 11:30 am	Panel 5: Preparing for Graduate School Joe Omojola (Southern University at New Orleans), Vanessa Quiñonez (Sagrado Global), Isaac Wright (Pennsylvania State University)	Webcast
10:30 am - 11:30 am	Panel 4: Preparing for your First Professional Position (graduate students) Ariel Leslie (Lockheed Martin), Leslie McClure (Drexel University), Reginald McGee (College of the Holy Cross)	Webcast
11:30 am - 11:40 am	Break
11:40 am - 12:30 pm	Report of the Math Alliance Leadership David Goldberg (Purdue University), Phil Kutzko (The University of Iowa), Kyndra Middleton (Howard University)	Zoom
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Lunch Break
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm	Fields of Success - Stories from Math Alliance Alumni Julia Anderson-Lee (The Boeing Company), Alexander Diaz-Lopez (Villanova University), April Harry (Rover.com), Anarina Murillo (Brown University), Roberto Soto (California State University), Oscar Vega (California State University)	Webcast
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm	Social Tea/Networking	Webcast
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm	Plenary Conversation II Donald Cole (University of Mississippi), David Goldberg (Purdue University), Fabrice Ulysse (University of Notre Dame), Oscar Vega (California State University)	Webcast
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm	Concluding Remarks David Goldberg (Purdue University), Phil Kutzko (The University of Iowa), Oscar Vega (California State University)	Webcast

Participants

Name	Department	Affiliation
Ayo Adeniran		Pomona College
Julia Anderson-Lee		The Boeing Company
Syvillia Averett	Department of Mathematics	College of Coastal Georgia
Ankit Bansal	Institute for Mathematics and its Applications	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Alexander Barrios	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	Carleton College
Donald Cole		University of Mississippi
Alexander Diaz-Lopez		Villanova University
Ranthony Edmonds		The Ohio State University
Edray Goins		Pomona College
David Goldberg	Department of Mathematics	Purdue University
Melissa Gonzalez		Occidental College
Aric Hagberg	Computer, Computational, and Statistical Sciences Division	Los Alamos National Laboratory
April Harry		Rover.com
Leslie Hogben	Department of Mathematics	Iowa State University
Roderick Holmes		Texas Southern University
Roosevelt Johnson	Department of Mathematics	Math Alliance
Phil Kutzko	Department of Mathematics	The University of Iowa
Ariel Leslie	Engineering Operations Division	Lockheed Martin
Gregory Lyng	UHG Research & Development	UnitedHealth Group
Leslie McClure	Dornsife School of Public Health	Drexel University
Reginald McGee		College of the Holy Cross
Kyndra Middleton		Howard University
Calandra Moore		Department of Defense
Anarina Murillo	Department of Pediatrics	Brown University
David Murillo		American Express
Nitsan Nguyen	Corporate Research Systems Lab (CRSL)	3M
Joe Omojola	Department of Natural Sciences	Southern University at New Orleans
Vanessa Quiñonez		Sagrado Global
Venkat Sethuraman		Bristol-Myers Squibb
Natalie Sheils		UnitedHealth Group
Roberto Soto		California State University
Daniel Spirn	University of Minnesota	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Zsuzsanna Szaniszlo	Department of Mathematics and Statistics	Valparaiso University
Fabrice Ulysse		University of Notre Dame
Victoria Uribe		Arizona State University
Julianne Vega		Kennesaw State College
Oscar Vega		California State University
William Vélez	Department of Mathematics	University of Arizona
Isaac Wright		Pennsylvania State University