2025 Summer Mathematics Camp

The League plans to hold the Summer Mathematics Camp June 22-June 27 in 2025 at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, MN. The application can be found at this link: https://forms.gle/6DNxEctZ1JZdWUAX6 

Cost: Day Camp ($600) and Overnight ($800)

Please fill out the application by March 31, 2025, advance payment will be required to confirm your spot

Overview

• Led by experienced instructors, the Summer Math Institute offers a blend of individual challenges and collaborative problem-solving in a supportive environment.
• Perfect for students of all levels, the camp fosters a deep appreciation for math through hands-on activities, interactive lessons, and engaging puzzles.
• Whether you're looking to prepare for competitions, strengthen your foundation, or simply enjoy the beauty of mathematics, the Summer Math Institute is the place to be.

Topics: 

• String Polyhedra, Creating Puzzles, Ambigrams
• Visualizing Big Data
• Intriguing Number Theory
• The Wonders of Desmos
• Counting and Combinatorics in the AMC 12
• Creating Integer Sequences

Instructors

Scott Kim is a puzzle designer, recreational mathematician, and ambigram artist. His diverse background includes study in music, mathematics, computer science, and graphic design. His creative work has explored the intersection of mathematics with art, music, dance and animation. He designed puzzles for computer games like Tetris and Bejeweled, and has written many books of original puzzles and mathematical art. He now works as a startup coach at his company Game Thinking (gamethinking.io), where he helps startup founders develop and test ideas for innovative new products.

Heather Kolnick is a strategic data leader with over a decade of experience transforming complex health data into actionable insights. They are passionate about advancing health equity and quality initiatives through expertise in analytics, innovative dashboard design, and a deep understanding of informatics and data visualization. With a background in art history and design, Heather combines their coding and analytics skills to create visually compelling reports, dashboards, and applications that drive informed decision-making. Their career spans public health, government, and private-sector healthcare, as well as higher education as an adjunct instructor in the Master of Health Informatics program at St. Catherine University.

Ben Orlin loves math and cannot draw. He is the author of four bestselling books about math, including Math with Bad Drawings and Math Games with Bad Drawings. He has taught middle school, high school, and college math. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The Los Angeles Times, and Popular Science. His chocolate chip cookie recipe has been dubbed "one of the three best cookies in the Twin Cities." He lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota with his wife, their two daughters, and his debilitating sweet tooth.

Annie Perkins is a math educator with a deep love for mathy art. She taught in Minneapolis Public Schools for 9 years before moving to work with the Desmos curriculum team at Amplify in 2022. There she spends her days creating digital interactions for students in the Desmos graphing calculators. Her minor claim to fame is having organized the Math Art Challenge, a collection of 100 math art activities, all of which are available on her blog at arbitrarilyclose.com. She lives in Minneapolis with her husband, a grumpy cat, and twin 2 year old children. 

Email mathleague@augsburg.edu  if you have any questions