Communities in Action highlights statisticians who’ve volunteered their skills for local organizations—counting cars for a church, guiding an opera company’s data strategy, spotting supply gaps at a food bank—and is building toolkits to help others get involved.
Twin Cities
Amelia McNamara
Amelia McNamara went to design school during her first year in college but learned working with data allowed her to cultivate her broad interests. When she saw people struggling to understand histograms, she collaborated with Aran Lunzer to write an essay titled “What’s So Hard About Histograms?” This essay has become a popular, interactive, and educational tool.
Twin Cities Chapter Members Represent Statistics at Career Fair
Several members of the Twin Cities Chapter volunteered their time on February 27 to talk with high-school students about potential careers in statistics at a career fair in Elk River, Minnesota.
Twin Cities Chapter Attends First Career Exploration Fair
Four members of the Twin Cities Chapter recently represented the statistics profession at a career exploration fair for local high-school students. More than 100 students from area schools attended the inaugural event.
Twin Cities Chapter Hosts Meetings, Career Days
The Twin Cities (TC) Chapter was established in 1957 and currently has more than 200 members. Chapter membership includes professionals from the academic, public, and private industrial sectors.