The MAA/NCS competition will take place on November 12, 2011.
The competition itself is three hours for ten problems. Students are organized into teams of three or two students, and work collaboratively. The competition consists of other teams from the Midwest and Canada.
The Putnam competition will take place on December 3, 2011.
The Putnam competition consists of a morning session and an afternoon session, each three hours for six problems. Students work individually. The competition is nationwide.
Practice sessions for these competitions run weekly; students can come and go as is convenient. The location is in Ford Hall 60, and the practice sessions will be held from 11:00 to 3:00.
There is a mailing list with information about these competitions, and students need to register in order to compete. If you are interested, please contact Tyler Lawson; any of the organizers listed below can answer questions about the exams. (email addresses are @math.umn.edu)
Anar Akhmedov (akhmedov)
Tyler Lawson (tlawson)
Pavlo Pylyavskyy (ppylyavs)
Interested students might also be interested in the Mathematical Competition in Modeling.
The Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Winona State University is hosting the Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition (MUDAC) on April 21-22, 2012.