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The<span style="margin:0px"> </span><b>Washington Directed Reading Program (<span style="border:0px none;margin:0px">WDRP</span>)</b><span style="margin:0px"> </span>is an initiative from the Mathematics Department which launched in Fall 2018. The<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="border:0px none;margin:0px">WDRP</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span>is
modeled after successful Directed Reading Programs (DRPs) at other universities around the country. This program pairs interested<span> </span><span class="x_gmail-il" style="margin:0px">undergraduate</span><span> </span>students with graduate student mentors
to embark on a quarter-long independent mathematics reading project. We expect to have around 11 projects in Fall 2022.<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="border:0px none;margin:0px"><span class="x_gmail-il" style="margin:0px">Application</span></span>s
will be open until<span style="margin:0px"><span> </span><b>September<span> </span></b></span><b>23rd at 5:00 pm PDT</b>, and applicants will be notified by October 3rd at the latest. To learn more about upcoming reading projects and apply, go to<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="http://sites.uw.edu/wdrp/applications" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" style="border:0px none;margin:0px">sites.uw.edu/<span style="border:0px none;margin:0px">wdrp</span>/<span style="border:0px none;margin:0px">application</span>s</a>.</div>
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The main components of the program are:</div>
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<li><b>Start-of-quarter kickoff event</b>, including an introduction to the program and time to mingle with other<span> </span><span class="x_gmail-il" style="margin:0px">undergraduate</span><span> </span>and graduate students</li><li><b>One-on-one weekly meetings</b><span style="margin:0px"> </span>between<span> </span><span class="x_gmail-il" style="margin:0px">undergraduate</span><span> </span>student mentees and graduate student mentors to discuss weekly readings</li><li><b>Mid-quarter social event</b><span style="margin:0px"> </span>for<span> </span><span class="x_gmail-il" style="margin:0px">undergraduates</span><span> </span>only</li><li><b>End-of-quarter presentations</b><span style="margin:0px"> </span>by<span> </span><span class="x_gmail-il" style="margin:0px">undergraduate</span><span> </span>students on topics selected from their readings</li></ul>
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In addition,<span style="margin:0px"> </span><b>1 credit (CR/NC)</b><span style="margin:0px"> </span>for Math 398 is available to<span> </span><span class="x_gmail-il" style="margin:0px">undergraduate</span><span> </span>students participating in and successfully
completing the program. Note that you will not be able to sign up for this credit until after you have applied for and been accepted into the program, at which time we will provide further information about enrolling.<br>
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For more information and some sample projects, please see our website<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="http://sites.uw.edu/wdrp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="3" style="border:0px none;margin:0px">sites.uw.edu/<span style="border:0px none;margin:0px">wdrp</span></a>.
Feel free to ask any other questions by sending an email to<span style="margin:0px"> </span><a href="mailto:wdrp@uw.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="4" style="border:0px none;margin:0px"><span style="border:0px none;margin:0px">wdrp</span>@uw.edu</a>.</div>
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The<span style="margin:0px"> </span><span style="border:0px none;margin:0px">WDRP</span><span style="margin:0px"> </span>Organizers</div>
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Artiles, Alex Waugh, and Juan Salinas</span><br>
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<pre cols="72" style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Best Regards,
</span></font><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>Math & ACMS Advising<br>Department of Mathematics<br>University of Washington<br></font><font size="2"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Drop-in Advising Hours: <a href="https://math.washington.edu/advising-academic-support#ZoomDrop-in" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204)">click here</a>
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