Read the section chair's report on upcoming section activities, the section representative's report, reports from section officers, read about how to nominate people for teaching and service awards, and get the latest news from individual member institutions in the Fall 2025 newsletter or browse the newsletter archive.
Nominations for the 2027 Michigan MAA Distinguished Teaching Award will be accepted until February 28, 2027. Please send an electronic copy of the completed nomination form, which is available at the Section's website, to Victor Piercy <piercev1@ferris.edu> with "Michigan DTA Nomination" in the subject line.
Nominations for the 2027 Michigan MAA Distinguished Service Award will be accepted until February 28, 2027. Please send nominations to Amy Shell-Gellasch <ashellge@emich.edu> with "Michigan DSA Nomination" in the subject line.
Congratulations to Stephen DeBacker (University of Michigan) for winning the Michigan MAA Distinguished Service Award, and to Denise Lee (University of Michigan) for receiving the Michigan MAA Distinguished Teaching Award! The Ronald Moser Awards for outstanding student presentations at the annual section meeting were given to Micah Dykhuis and Sydney Lipton from Grand Valley State University for their talk Hypercups: What if cups had more than three sides? and to Simran Adnani from The Roeper Upper School for her talk No Odd Perfect Squares are Perfect Numbers.
The Michigan MAA supports Black Lives Matter and dismantling systems of racism and oppression. The Michigan MAA Statement on Black Lives affirms our support of the broader movement to end racial injustice and suggests ways that Michigan MAA members can foster justice and equity within their mathematical communities. This statement offers suggestions for making classrooms inclusive and equitable, learning about race and ethnicity in mathematics, and supporting organizations dedicated to racial justice and equity within the mathematics community.
The Annual Meeting of the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) will be at cohosted by Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan on April 9-10, 2027.
The annual MichMATYC Conference at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, Michigan is October 9-10, 2026.
The annual Conversations Among Colleagues conference of the Michigan Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators will be held at Saginaw Valley State University in March (date TBD).