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Winter 2002 Newsletter
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From the ChairOur next section meeting will be held April 5 - 6, 2002 at Georgetown College. Soon there will be a webpage for the meeting with information on proposal deadlines, registration, hotels, and directions to the Georgetown College. Bill Fenton, our chair-elect, from Bellarmine University, has more about the meeting below at: The Annual KYMAA Meeting. Please think about presenting a paper at the meeting - March 2nd is the deadline for submitting an abstract.I look forward to seeing you in April at Georgetown College. David Shannon
The Annual KYMAA MeetingThe 2002 Annual Meeting for KYMAA will be be held April 5-6, 2002 at Georgetown College in Georgetown, just north of Lexington. This should be an outstanding meeting and we strongly encourage you to join the fun. Perhaps you can give a talk, or just come and listen to what your fellow mathematicians are up to these days.More information is provided below, including a description of the invited talks, a call for papers, information for students, and the various meeting forms. We are presently assembling information to facilitate your attendence of the meeting, including directions, and lodging and meal information. This information will be available on the 2002 Annual Meeting webpage, and will also appear in the next newsletter in early March.
The Invited TalksThe short course on Friday afternoon will be conducted by Professor Bonnie Gold of Monmouth University and the SAUM Project. "Supporting Assessment in Undergraduate Mathematics" is a three-year project of the MAA and funded by the NSF. The objective of the project is to support faculty members and departments in their efforts to assess student learning, by producing a workshop series, a volume of case studies and syntheses of case studies on assessment, and a web site for information about assessment.Rather than a typical workshop, this session will be a forum aimed at stimulating thought and discussion on assessment. Of particular interest are experiences with assessment of:
On Friday evening, the invited talk will be given by Professor Roger Nelsen of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Prof. Nelsen is well known as the author of the best-selling Proofs Without Words volumes from the MAA. His talk will feature a selection of these proofs and should appeal to students and faculty alike. The Saturday morning speaker has not yet been confirmed. Updated information will appear soon on these webpages...
Call for PapersOne of the main activities of our annual meetings is the presentation of papers by faculty and students. Please consider giving a talk at this year's meeting. Use this opportunity to share mathematical ideas and insights, an interesting mathematical application, or an effective teaching innovation with your colleagues from across the state. For students, consider reporting on an honor's project or a summer research project. A panel presentation on current mathematical issues is always interesting.For both faculty and students, if you wish to make a presentation, fill out the Presentation Abstract Form and submit by March 1, 2002. A copy of the form can be obtained below under Forms for the Meeting. In general, talks are scheduled for 20-minute intervals. (Special presentations can be allocated if a longer time is necessary.) It is important to note any special needs and a time preference on this form. Submit the Presentation Abstract Form by either regular mail, e-mail, or fax to:
Department of Mathematics Bellarmine University Louisville, KY 40205 e-mail: wfenton@bellarmine.edu fax: 502-452-8074 ![]()
Hey StudentsWe have some fun things planned for the meeting for students and we'd love to have you join as at the meeting! Pizza will probably be involved and we'd love to have any of you present a paper or talk at the meeting. Students also have reduced rates - check out the registration forms via the links below...
Dates and Forms for the MeetingPlease note the following dates for the KYMAA Annual Meeting:
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Future KYMAA MeetingsOur schedule of hosts for future section meetings is:
Please contact any officer of KYMAA if you would interested in hosting a future meeting; we're always on the look out for a good meeting site!
The Governor's CornerThe Joint Mathematics Meeting was held in San Diego January 6-9, 2002. The Board of Governor's met on Saturday, January 5th, and as usual had a long agenda of routine business, committee reports, and action items that required Board approval.The MAA continues to grow in size, in services, and in its influence with national mathematical concerns. As of December 31, 2001, MAA's total membership was 32,558 which is an increase of 10.70% over last year's total membership. Moreover, there were 57 new Institutional memberships. The MAA has added its fourth SIGMAA (Special Interest Group). The SIGMAA on the History of Mathematics is now open for membership. The previous three special interest groups are the SIGMAA on Business, Industry and Government (BIG), SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME), and the SIGMAA on Statistics Education. Each SIGMAA sets its own dues and the members are billed as part of the general dues notice. There are several other groups that have applied to become SIGMAAs and are awaiting the approval of the Committee on SIGMAAs. The MAA continues to publish great books at a very reasonable cost to its members. There were 12 new books published during the past year and I encourage you to add them to your personal and departmental libraries. Note that MAA books will be available at our Section meeting at a discounted price. The Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences (CBMS) is composed of members from various mathematical societies including members from the MAA's Committee on the Mathematical Education of Teachers (COMET). The Board has published a new CBMS volume The Mathematical Education of Teachers. The document is recommended reading and is available on the web at www.maa.org.cbms or may be purchased from the MAA. Speaking of reading, if you have not already done so you may want to check out Read This! the highly acclaimed MAA Online book review column. Go to MAA Online and click on "New Reviews," or go directly to http://www.maa.org/reviews/reviews.html. These reviews are written by Fernando Gouvea (editor of both MAA Online and the Focus) and others. The MAA is involved with many initiatives. While too numerous to mention in totality, two that will potentially have strong impacts are:
Since my term on the Board of Governors ends this spring, this is my last newsletter report to you as Governor of the Kentucky Section of the MAA. I want to thank the members of the section for allowing me to serve these past three years as your Governor. It has been an enjoyable and educational experience.
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