MU ALPHA THETA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC
3200 MARSHALL AVE SUITE 190, NORMAN, OK 73019 www.mualphatheta.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS ITS MEMBERS, SPONSORS, AND CHAPTERS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS. EACH SUMMER, THE FOUNDATION HOLDS A NATIONAL CONVENTION DURING WHICH MEMBERS SPEND FOUR DAYS COMPETING FOR THE HIGHEST SCORES ON MATH TESTS, PRACTICING THEIR PUBLIC SPEAKING AND TEACHING SKILLS VIA MATH "CHALK TALKS", ATTENDING MATH SPEAKER SESSIONS, NETWORKING WITH OTHER MEMBERS AND MATHEMATICIANS, AND TAKING A FIELD TRIP TO A LOCAL ATTRACTION.

ANNUAL CONVENTION - IN JULY, 798 MU ALPHA THETA MEMBERS, SPONSORS, AND CHAPERONES ATTENDED THE 2019 NATIONAL CONVENTION IN LAS VEGAS, NV. MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN THREE ROUNDS OF MATHEMATICS TOPIC TESTS INCLUDING: ANALYTIC GEOMETRY, LIMITS/DERIVATIVES, STATISTICS, NUMBER THEORY, AND MANY OTHERS. STUDENTS ALSO TOOK INDIVIDUAL TESTS OVER MULTIPLE MATH TOPICS. THERE WERE TEAM MATH CONTESTS, SPEED AND MENTAL MATH TESTS, AND A MATH- THEMED POSTER DESIGN CONTEST. SOME STUDENTS PREPARED A MATH CHALK TALK TO PRESENT TO AN AUDIENCE ON A SELECTED MATH TOPIC. STUDENTS ATTENDED SPEAKER SESSIONS PRESENTED BY MATHEMATICIANS. AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION IS THAT IT ALLOWS STUDENTS WHO LOVE MATH TO INTERACT WITH LIKE-MINDED PEERS. MANY OF THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION CONTINUE TO STUDY MATHEMATICS IN COLLEGE DUE TO AN ENJOYMENT OF MATH FOSTERED IN PART BY PARTICIPATING IN MU ALPHA THETA COMPETITIONS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.

SUPPORT THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL & TWO-YEAR COLLEGE MATHEMATICS HONOR SOCIETYS MISSION - THE MU ALPHA THETA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION HELPED TO FURTHER THE GOALS OF MU ALPHA THETA BY FUNDING GRANTS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS TO ITS MEMBERS, SPONSORS (TEACHERS), AND CHAPTERS. THESE GRANTS, AWARDS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS RELIEVED SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF ATTENDING COLLEGE FOR MEMBERS, HELPED NEW TEACHERS PURCHASE MATH SUPPLIES FOR THEIR CLASSROOMS SO THEY COULD CONFER THE ENJOYMENT OF MATHEMATICS ON THEIR STUDENTS, AND FUNDED RECOGNITION AWARDS TO SUPERIOR SPONSORS AND THEIR SCHOOLS. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOUNDATIONS FUNDS WERE USED TO PURCHASE HONOR CORDS AND TASSELS THAT IN TURN GENERATE INCOME FOR THE FOUNDATION AND SUPPORT ITS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. SUPPLIES THAT WERE DONATED TO THE FOUNDATION WERE PROVIDED TO MU ALPHA THETA CHAPTERS AND MEMBERS.

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS & PRIZES - ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS - THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AWARDED 49 SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING MU ALPHA THETA GRADUATING SENIORS IN 2019. SCHOLARSHIPS WERE AWARDED TO ACTIVE MEMBERS WHO WERE JUDGED TO BE OUTSTANDING MATHEMATICS STUDENTS AND WHO HAVE SHOWN LOYALTY AND ENTHUSIASTIC DEDICATION TO THEIR MU ALPHA THETA CHAPTERS WITH EVIDENCE OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN MATHEMATICS. THE TOP AWARDEES RECEIVED 5,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. ALL OTHER RECIPIENTS RECEIVED 4,000 SCHOLARSHIPS. SCHOLARSHIPS WERE PAID DIRECTLY TO THE STUDENTS COLLEGES TO HELP PAY FOR TUITION AND FEES OR WERE AWARDED AS CASH STIPENDS TO THE STUDENTS. CONVENTION GRANTS FIVE CHAPTERS OF MU ALPHA THETA WERE AWARDED CONVENTION GRANTS BY THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION IN 2019. THESE GRANTS WERE AWARDED TO SCHOOLS THAT HAD NEVER ATTENDED THE NATIONAL CONVENTION. EACH CONVENTION GRANT PROVIDED FREE REGISTRATION FOR THREE MEMBERS AND A TEACHER TO ATTEND THE LAS VEGAS, NV NATIONAL CONVENTION, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS REMAINING FOR TRAVEL REIMBURSEMENT. MANY SCHOOLS ATTENDING THE NATIONAL CONVENTION ON A CONVENTION GRANT WILL RETURN IN FUTURE YEARS WITH MORE STUDENTS DUE TO THEIR ENJOYMENT OF THE CONVENTION AND THE AVAILABILITY OF 1,000 MINI-GRANTS FOR PAST CONVENTION GRANT-WINNING SCHOOLS. AWARDS - THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION GAVE AWARDS TO OUTSTANDING CHAPTERS, SPONSORS, AND STUDENTS. ONE SCHOOL WAS AWARDED 5,000 FOR MATHEMATICS SERVICE TO STUDENTS IN ITS COMMUNITY. THREE SPONSORS RECEIVED A 1,000 CASH AWARD FOR THEIR EXEMPLARY SERVICE AND THEIR CHAPTERS RECEIVED A 1,000 GRANT, WHILE TWO MORE SPONSORS RECEIVED A 2,000 CASH AWARD AND A 1,000 GRANT FOR THEIR CHAPTERS IN HONOR OF THEIR DEDICATION TO MU ALPHA THETA AND THEIR STUDENTS. TWO OUTSTANDING MEMBERS EACH RECEIVED A 4,000 CASH AWARD AND TWO AWARDS OF 2,500 EACH WERE PRESENTED TO MEMBERS WHO WERE STUDYING TO BECOME MATHEMATICS EDUCATORS. PRIZES - DURING THE YEAR, AN OUTSIDE ORGANIZATION DONATED BOOKS FOR THE FOUNDATION TO GIVE AWAY AS PRIZES AT OUR NATIONAL CONVENTION.

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