Math and the Mouse

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For the past decade, Math and the Mouse has been a Furman May Experience program for students to explore ways that mathematics and related disciplines help make The Happiest Place on Earth, Walt Disney World, run efficiently.

Applications for the 2024 Math and the Mouse May Experience program are now closed.

Contact Dr. Liz Bouzarth, Dr. John Harris, or Dr. Kevin Hutson for more information.

 

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Students Learn

Students Learn

Students explore ways to find solutions to real-world problems using techniques from mathematics, statistics, operations research, and data analytics.

Students Communicate

Students Communicate

The project-based course provides opportunities for students to work collaboratively as a team and communicate results to a professional audience.

Students reflect about their experiences regularly and write a course blog to share their experiences with others.

Read the 2024 Math and the Mouse Blog
Students Explore Careers

Students Explore Careers

Students have opportunities to interact with professionals working in careers using math and quantitative skills, including Math and the Mouse alumni, as guest speakers.

This TFA slider describes the students journey, a year per slide.

Students Experience The Furman Advantage

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Study Away Becomes Summer Research Project

Rahul Isaac '15 and Danny Rivers '17 participated in the 2014 Math and the Mouse program and continued their curiosity about the Traveling Salesman Problem into a collaborative summer research project. Watch the video to hear Rahul talk about his experience.

Math and the Mouse Alumni Work for Disney

Jamey McDowell '17 (MatM '14) and Molly Petersen '18 (MatM '16) both separately participated in Math and the Mouse, pursued a graduate degree in Business Analytics at Wake Forest, and secured employment with The Walt Disney Company after grad school. Both Jamey and Molly spoke to various Math and the Mouse cohorts as alumni guest speakers working as data analysts. They ran into the professors at the Disney Data Analytics Conference in 2019.

Study Away Becomes Summer Research Project

Louisa Brown '24 and Lily Feingold '25 participated in the 2022 Math and the Mouse program. They worked on a data-centric summer research project studying the impact of attraction downtime on crowd distribution and wait times.

Math and the Mouse Through the Years

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Math and the Mouse

Math and the Mouse

By the Numbers
  • 80+
    Participants since 2014
  • 78%
    Pursue careers in related fields
  • 11
    courses represented

Support Math and the Mouse

To ensure the future success of the Math and the Mouse program, our goal is to raise $25,000 for the Math and the Mouse May X Annual Fund. Your support will provide Furman students access to a one-of-a-kind immersive educational experience for years to come.