Sonia Math Day is a free, day-long female-focused outreach event for 8th-12th graders, ages 13-18, hosted by the University of Illinois Graduate Student Chapter of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). Our goal is to encourage students from traditionally underrepresented genders to consider pursuing higher education in math and science by connecting them to peers interested in math, providing them with role models in the department, and introducing them to exciting math content outside of their regular school curriculum. For Sonia Math Day, the students engage in hands-on math activities and are provided with lunch and mathematical take-homes for each participant! Applicants of all genders are welcome to apply, and gender is not considered in admitting applicants.

It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.

- Sonia Kovalevsky

SPONSORS

We would like to thank our sponsors:

• Office of Public Engagement, University of Illinois for a Public Engagement Grant
• Association for Women in Mathematics, University of Illinois
• Department of Mathematics, University of Illinois
• Illinois Geometry Lab
• National Science Foundation