Get Involved
There are many opportunities for you to get involved with university, department, and college activities and organizations.
The Math Club
You should participate in the Math Club! The UL Lafayette Math Club provides a venue for students, faculty, and others who are interested in mathematics to meet, interact, and learn. The math club operates more like a seminar (discussion group) than a club. Since the math club is not a formal organization, there is no need to join. Everyone is welcome and you do not need to attend every meeting -- just come when you feel like it.
We typically meet on Fridays at 1:30. Please try to join us. Remember that you do not have to come every week. Come whenever you can.
One of our main activities is problem solving, however, we are open to suggestions for activities.
The Mathematics Colloquium
If you are ready for some more advanced topics you may want to attend the mathematics colloquium. The talks are targeted at a general audience, however, they typically involve advanced topics. Even if you can not follow all the details you will still learn about some interesting subject areas and concepts. In addition, you may be inspired to discuss these topics with your fellow students and your professors.
If you are up for a bigger challenge you may want to join one of our graduate level, subject matter specific seminars.
The Junior Math Club
You may want to volunteer to help conduct the Junior Math Club! The Junior Math Club is for middle and high school students.
For more information about helping at Junior Math Club please contact one of the organizers listed on the junior math club.
Science Day
You should consider helping us on Science Day. This is a very enjoyable, rewarding, and educational activity! Science Day is a college of sciences annual Fall semester event. Roughly one thousand high school students join us to learn about the college and all of our academic units. The mathematics department sets up a large collection of interactive exhibits that demonstrate basic mathematical concepts. Our exhibit activities are manned by our undergraduate and graduate students who explain the mathematics needed to understand in the exhibits. This interaction between our students and the high school students has benefits for everyone involved. The high school students are exposed to some valuable new ideas and gain some useful insights about mathematics. And, in the process of explaining and answering questions our students deepen their understanding of the mathematics, too.
For more information about these exhibits and Science Day please contact Calvin Berry.
Lafayette Science Museum
You may want to volunteer to serve as a museum docent or organize a STEM Saturday event at the museum. The mathematics department has created several interactive exhibits for the UL Lafayette Science Museum. These exhibits are copies of exhibits we use in our Science Day event.
For more information about these museum opportunities please contact Calvin Berry.