{"id":26041,"date":"2017-03-02T11:55:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T18:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=26041"},"modified":"2017-03-02T11:55:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T18:55:25","slug":"math-olympiad-seeks-volunteers-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=26041","title":{"rendered":"Math Olympiad seeks volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EOTiA4YWU-k?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=182&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad will return for its 34<sup>th<\/sup> year April 28.<\/p>\n<p>An estimated 400 middle and high school students from around the state will meet in Berger Hall at 8 a.m. and move to Gallogly Events Center at 9 a.m. to begin the competition. Participants get four hours to complete five essay-style problems.<\/p>\n<p>The event needs volunteers to assist with registration, check-in, and to serve as proctors from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., according to Valerie Quarles, administrative assistant, Interdepartmental Studies. Faculty, staff and students interested in assisting should contact Quarles, 255-3007 or <a href=\"mailto:vquarles@uccs.edu\">vquarles@uccs.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On May 5, Alexander Soifer, CMO chair and professor, Interdepartmental Studies, will review solutions to the problems and present awards. The award ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. in Berger Hall with a reception to follow.<\/p>\n<p>The CMO is a chance for middle and high school students to test their talents and ingenuity while competing for medals, scholarships and other prizes.<\/p>\n<p>The CMO is the largest essay-type mathematical competition in the United States with participants competing against one another. Suggested participation levels are grades 6 through 12, though no student is excluded. Wolfram Research, Springer Publishing and the UCCS Chancellor\u2019s Office provide prizes and scholarships. UCCS will offer gold, silver and bronze medalists a scholarship. Other prizes include Casio calculators, math software, and books written by Alexander Soifer.<\/p>\n<p>Student participation is free and open to all middle and high school students. There is no limit on the number of schools or students who may participate.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Math Olympiad is supported by Wolfram Research, Mu Alpha Theta, Springer Publishing, the Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Provost, College of Letters, Arts, &amp; Sciences, Dining and Hospitality Services, Parking and Transportation, School District 20 and School District 11, Greg Hoffman, Bob Ewell and Alexander Soifer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Math Olympiad, and to view problems from previous years, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/olympiad.uccs.edu\/\">http:\/\/olympiad.uccs.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad will return for its 34th year April 28. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=26041\" title=\"Math Olympiad seeks volunteers\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,12,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-events","category-upcoming-events"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/0.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-6M1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26041"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26044,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26041\/revisions\/26044"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}