Section NExT
Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional development program of the MAA. This program is designed to support new college faculty in their teaching, scholarly, and professional activities and to help these new faculty members to get involved in the mathematical community beyond their own institutions. The success of Project NExT on the national level has prompted some MAA sections, including the Illinois section, to organize their own local versions of this program, called Section NExT.
The annual ISMAA Section NExT Program will be held in conjunction with the ISMAA Annual Meeting, this year held at the University of St. Francis in Joliet on March 28 - 29, 2025. Anyone within their first four years of teaching mathematics (after finishing a master's or doctoral degree) at any two or four-year college or university in Illinois is eligible, as well as any graduate students at universities in Illinois who are completing their PhD this year and have a position in Illinois for the upcoming academic year. Newly selected ISMAA Section NExT Fellows will have their meeting registration, pre-conference workshop registration, banquet fees, and Friday lunch paid for by the ISMAA for the 2025 and 2026 ISMAA Annual Meetings.
The Section NExT Program will begin on Friday morning (March 28, 2025), with the pre-conference workshop. The ISMAA Section NExT program will conclude on the morning of Saturday, March 29, 2025, preceding the closing address of the ISMAA meeting. The topic for the Saturday morning round table discussion will be determined by interest of the Fellows.
Please send your application to Christina Jamroz at cjamroz@stfrancis.edu Application materials for ISMAA Section NExT Fellows can be accessed via the links below.
ISMAA
Section NExT Application (MS Word)
ISMAA
Section NExT Application (pdf)
For further information, please contact the Coordinator for the ISMAA Section NExT Program:
Christina Jamroz
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
University of St. Francis, Joliet, IL
Email: cjamroz@stfrancis.edu
The application deadline for the 2025 ISMAA Section NExT Fellows is Friday, March 7, 2025.