Karen Benway, Senior Lecturer, in the Math and Stat Department, spoke to the group about Public Health/Biomedical Opportunities and Graduate School.  Here is an outline of the items discussed:

Public Health/Biomedical Opporutnities

• Biostatistics
• Epidemiology
• Health Policy/Decision Theory
• Might work in:  Academia, Government, Industry, Non-profit, ...

Graduate School

• Now or later?
• Full time or Part time?
• Masters or PhD?
• Many research/teaching assistantships available!
• Type of program:  Theortetical vs Applied
• What kind of research is happening in that department?
• Most important math background:  solid calculus & linear algebra
• Things you might study in graduate school include:  Statistics, Biostatistics, Data Science, Epidemiology, Data Analytics, Actuarial Science, Econometrics, Computational Biology, Operations Research, ...

Thanks Karen for all your sage advice!  Any questions?  Please email kbenway@uvm.edu for more information.

Katherine Merrill provided an internet survey of Post-Bachelor Fellowships links and discussed Teaching Certification for Secondary Education (High School).  Links are provided for two local programs in Burlington.  Here are the slides with the necessary links and information:  

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zWC3SjMQyDbbkH-ZT1h7Az0D_bCCgrqal3isS5l72qw/edit?usp=sharing

Finally, Maeve McDermott gave an informal discussion on the Accelerated Master's Program (AMP), how the application process happened, and to discuss any interest with Dr. Jeff Buzas, Chair and Director of the Statistics Program.  THANKS MAEVE FOR YOUR INSPIRING STORY!!

The meeting adjourned and everyone walked over to the Stat and Data Science Career Panel.