Alum Gatherings

PROMYS alumni have always had a very strong record of returning repeatedly to the program as students, counselors, instructors, or visitors.  Informal reunions have been ongoing, and many of our alums stay in touch with a large number of their fellow alums. Before 2009, the program rarely organized reunions. Starting with the very successful 20 Years of PROMYS Celebration in July 2009, PROMYS has started to hold regular reunions and to ensure that all alumni are made aware of how much the program wants them to stay involved regardless of whether they are now a math professor, are in an obviously math-related field such as physics or computer science, or are in a field seemingly unrelated to math.   Alumni are formally invited to every guest lecture over the summer and to other events, such as the annual PROMYS/RSI Frisbee game. We are always delighted to see our alums!

There are now at least three annual alum gatherings:

  1. At least one alum reunion is held during each summer session. These gatherings always include two or more math talks given by alums and generally also involve Tosci's ice cream.  New traditions at these events are people scavenger hunts and pizza serving order being determined by which tables solve tough math problems first.
  2. An alum gathering is held in January to coincide with the Joint Math Meetings (JMM) which bring many of our alums from all over the country and beyond.  The alums come to the JMM to present their research, to learn of the research of others, to socialize with fellow mathematicians, and to broaden and deepen their mathematical outlook.  This is a perfect time for old PROMYS friends to gather.
  3. As part of its mission to empower high school students to experience the world of adult mathematicians, PROMYS offers young alums guidance on their first participation in the otherwise potentially overwhelming Joint Math Meetings via a PROMYS-sponsored mentoring lunch with an experienced alum mathematician.

Recent Alum Gatherings Include: 

20 Years of PROMYS Celebration July 24 - 26, 2009 – the schedule is here.

July 23, 2010 Alum/Student Dinner to enable current students and alumni to meet and talk

July 30, 2011 PROMYS Foundation Kick-off - to celebrate the establishment by the alumni of the PROMYS Foundation to support PROMYS and its financial aid program

January 6, 2012 Alum Gathering in Boston to coincide with the Joint Math Meetings being held that year in Boston.

January 7, 2012 JMM Mentoring Lunch for High-school-aged Alums 

July 27,  2012 Gathering for Alumni and Current Students 

January 11, 2013 JMM Mentoring Lunch for High-school-aged Alums

January 11, 2013  Alum Gathering in San Diego, California, to coincide with the Joint Math Meetings there
 
March 21, 2013 Alum Dinner in London, England
 
April 20, 2013 Alum Gathering in Los Angeles, California
 
April 22, 2013 Inaugural New York City Alum Gathering 
May 28, 2013 2nd New York City Alum Gathering.  NYC alum gatherings will now take place on a regular basis
 
We look forward to seeing many alumni and friends at the following milestone PROMYS event:

25th Summer Celebration - July 5 - 7, 2013.  Details are here 

Details will also be available soon of an alum gathering at Oxford University August 16-18, 2013. 

 

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