Opportunities for students

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES

Coursework Plus

  • The Carleton College Summer Mathematics Program for Women: www.math.carleton.edu/smp/ must be U.S. citizen; rising sophomores and juniors; applications due February 17, 2012
  • The George Washington University Summer Program for Women in Mathematics: see www.gwu.edu/~spwm/ must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident; rising seniors; applications due March 1, 2012

Internships

  • Actuarial

-       Aetna: see www.aetna.com/about-aetna-insurance/aetna-careers/student-programs/student_undergraduate_intern.html rising juniors and seniors

-       Towers Perrin: actuarial internships; information available through Bucknell's CDC

-       U.S. Government: see www.usajobs.gov

-       Listing of New York actuarial firms offering summer internships at www79.homepage.villanova.edu/charles.ashley/actuary.htm

  • Statistics and Biostatistics

-       Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics: see www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/sibsweb.htm  six to seven week training programs at a choice of eight host universities

-       Mayo Clinic: see www.mayoclinic.org/jobs/internships.html options include biostatistics

-       U.S. Census Bureau: see www.census.gov, click on Jobs@Census, and go to Student and Research Opportunities

-       U.S. Government: see www.usajobs.gov

  • Teaching

-       Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth: instructor and teaching/residential assistant positions; see cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment/index.html

-       Breakthrough Collaborative: Breakthrough Summer Teaching Internship: see www.breakthroughcollaborative.org

-       Aim High: Teaching Intern; see www.aimhigh.org/faculty/apply_teach_aim_high.html

  • Other

-       The Aerospace Corporation: see www.aero.org/careers/intern.html

-       Intel Corporation: see www.intel.com/jobs and click on Intern/Grad opportunities

-       Lockheed Martin: see www.lockheedmartinjobs.com/college_internships.asp

-       Wolfram: see www.wolfram.com/company/opportunities/intern.html

-       U.S. Government: see www.usajobs.gov

Research Opportunities

  • NASA Undergraduate Student Research Project: see usrp.usra.edu/ rising sophomores and above
  • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): see www.nist.gov/surfgaithersburg/ deadline February 15, 2012
  • U.S. Department of Energy Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI); applications due January 10, 2012; see science.energy.gov/wdts/suli
  • Dordt College in Sioux City, Iowa summer research program in statistical genetics and biostatistics; undergraduate students with prior coursework in statistics are invited to apply; application deadline; January 31, 2012; see www.dordt.edu/statgen

 

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Bucknell's math graduates go on to work as consultants, actuaries, teachers and software developers. Employers include investment banks, engineering firms, insurance companies and the military.

Graduate school is also an option. Many of our students go on to study mathematics and statistics law, medicine, music, economics, business, French and architecture, among other fields.

Working in Math

Graduate School

Actuarial Information