AWM Seminars
AWM Graduate Student Colloquium
The goal of the Graduate Student Colloquium is to encourage interaction and community among graduate students at all stages of the program and with varying research interests by gathering to hear about research currently being done by other graduate students in the department. The speakers will be current Illinois graduate students. The talks will be given for a general mathematical audience and discuss either the speaker’s current research, or a related introductory topic. Talks will be followed by time to chat and eat cookies. Although this colloquium is organized by the AWM chapter with graduate students in mind, all members of the department including faculty are welcome to attend regardless of gender.
If you would like to speak in the Graduate Student Colloquium next semester or would like to get involved in some other way, please email our academic chairs: Praveen Chhikara, Yansy Perez, and/or Abbie Price.
Teaching and Diversity Seminars
The goal of the Teaching and Diversity seminar is to promote discussion within our mathematics community about diversity and inclusion, and our shared responsibility as teachers to be critical and intentional in our interactions with students and colleagues. The seminar is a space where we can reflect on how issues of equity and justice impact mathematics teaching, learning, and research. We invite speakers from within the university as well as external speakers. All members of the department, including faculty and staff, as well as members of the campus community are welcome.
For more information about the seminar or to get involved, please email our academic chairs: Praveen Chhikara, Yansy Perez, and/or Abbie Price.
Travel Funding
Travel Funding for Graduate Students
Travel funding from our AWM student chapter is designed to supplement support from the Department of Mathematics for students speaking at conferences or workshops. Additionally, travel funding may be sought from the AWM student chapter for workshops or conferences at which the student will not present his or her original work.
You are encouraged to apply to multiple funding sources for travel support. Of course, it would be wrong to claim reimbursement from two sources for the same expense. So when you apply for travel funding, you are implicitly promising that any funds you receive will be used for the purpose for which they were approved, and that you will not be reimbursed from any other source for the covered expenses.
Purpose: For travel to conferences or workshops.
Amount of funding: At most $250.
Eligibility requirements: You must be a current graduate student in good standing in the Department of Mathematics. Preference will be given to female graduate students and to students of all genders active in our AWM chapter.
Application procedure: Click here to apply.
Application deadline: Apply as early as possible before your trip. Retroactive applications will not be considered.
After funding is approved: Please check with the Business Office about procedures for paying directly for transportation and conference registration, getting receipts, and claiming for accommodation and other expenses. If you do not follow the rules, then we may not be able to reimburse you.
After the trip: Fill out part 1 (only) of the graduate student travel reimbursement form and email a copy to Maddy Ritter at mritter5@illinois.edu, along with a copy of your conference name badge.
Travel funding for speakers
Our AWM chapter also has funding available to help split the cost of bringing in speakers for seminar talks. The goal of this funding is to bring in visitors of particular interest to our AWM chapter. We are most interested in University of Illinois alumnae who are recently tenured at smaller institutions, although a proposed speaker does not need to fit all of these criteria. Speakers who are funded will be expected to participate in an informal chat or lunch with AWM members so that we can learn from their experiences. Please contact Praveen Chhikara, Yansy Perez, and/or Abbie Price if you have a speaker to suggest.