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from the issue of October 27, 2005
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Math Day to attract students from across the Cornhusker state
BY TOM HANCOCK, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS
The 16th annual UNL Math Day will be Nov. 10 at the Nebraska Union Opening ceremonies will begin at 8 a.m. at the Lied Center for the Performing Arts.
Last year the conference played host to 1,303 students from 103 Nebraska high schools. Schools more than 150 miles from Lincoln receive financial assistance to attend.
The purpose of Math Day is to stimulate interest in mathematics among Nebraska high school students, to encourage them to pursue mathematics or mathematics-based science careers, and to recognize mathematical ability by awarding scholarships, certificates and trophies.
Math Day consists of one individual and two team mathematics competitions, information about majors and departments, career information and recreational mathematical activities.
The Department of Mathematics and the College of Arts and Sciences provide support.
All students start with a multiple-choice, preliminary exam called PROBE I. The top three males and females will receive trophies. The first team competition winners are determined by adding top scores in PROBE I based on a school's size. The top 50 move on to take PROBE II.
The top 10 students in the PROBE II competition are awarded 4-year scholarships to UNL paid out of a total of $34,000, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of Mathematics and The Gallup Organization.
The second team competition result is determined by a double-elimination tournament pitting three-member teams against each other.
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