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## Welcome
For safety reasons, the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) will take place online. It will be on two consecutive Fridays, April 9th and April 16th, 2021. The meeting will be free of charge.
## Registration
[Click here to register for this free conference.](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelmMHZ7Y6QOvp0iSVl9R2ykanOsXpMPpTnGlwR-PXLMOI1xA/viewform?gxids=7628) Registration will be accepted through the Wednesday prior to each Friday meeting. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link and code on Thursday.
## Schedule
Student talks (undergraduate and graduate) will be in the afternoon on Friday, April 9. Faculty talks will be on both Fridays (April 9 and April 16).
- [**Brief schedule of talks and events**](2021_Spring_annual_meeting_schedule.pdf)
- [**Complete list of abstracts**](2021_Spring_annual_meeting_abstracts.pdf)
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The first talk will be at 2:15 pm on Friday, April 5, and the on-site registration table will open one hour before. There is also a pre-conference workshop on "Teaching with Inquiry-Based Learning" facilitated by the Center for Inquiry-Based Learning at the University of Michigan which starts Friday at 8:30am. The opening plenary talk on Saturday, April 6 will be at 8:45 am. Depending on the number of contributed talks, the conference will run until 4 pm or 5 pm on Saturday.
There will be five plenary lectures, each around 50 minutes in length, and three to four local invited addresses, each around 35 minutes in length. The meeting will also feature parallel sessions of 20 minute contributed talks and poster sessions, where faculty and students are invited to present their mathematical research and teaching innovation techniques. Speakers, titles, and abstracts for all talks will be posted shortly before the meeting, and a printed program will be given to each conference attendee.
A special ceremony will take place at the Friday Banquet where the MAA Section awards will be presented.
Students are particularly encouraged to give talks or present posters. Some of the contributed talk breakout rooms will house talks by undergraduate students. There will be a free pizza lunch for undergraduate attendees (free advance registration required). An award will be given to the student with the most outstanding talk.
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## Deadlines
- Friday, March 19: Submit abstracts for contributed talks by undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty
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- Friday, March 1: Submit abstracts for contributed talks
- Friday March 15: Submit abstracts for posters
- Friday, March 15: Submit abstracts for undergraduate talks
- Wednesday, March 27: Register to be included in the meal count
- Wednesday, March 27: Register to be included in the IBL workshop
- Tuesday, April 2: Students register for free pizza luncheon
- Friday-Saturday, April 5-6: Days of the conference and on-site registration
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## Plenary Speakers
- April 9: [MAA Polya lecturer Charlie Hadlock](https://faculty.bentley.edu/details.asp?uname=chadlock), *Fun with Auctions*
- April 16: [William Dunham](https://www.muhlenberg.edu/academics/mathcs/computerscience/facultystaff/williamdunham/), *The Infinitude of Primes: Euclid, Euler, Erdős*
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- [**Roni Ellington**](https://www.morgan.edu/school_of_education_and_urban_studies/departments/advanced_studies_leadership_and_policy/our_faculty/staff/roni_ellington.html) (Morgan State University)
- [**Candice Price**](http://www.sandiego.edu/cas/math/faculty-and-staff/biography.php?profile_id=2175) (University of San Diego)
- [**James Sellers, MAA Secretary**](http://www.personal.psu.edu/jxs23/) (Penn State University)
- [**Amanda Serenevy**](https://riverbendmath.org/about/people/AmandaSerenevy) (Riverbend Community Math Center)
- [**Suzanne Weekes**](https://www.wpi.edu/people/faculty/sweekes) (Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
# Local Invited Speakers
TBA
- [**Garry Johns**](https://webtech.svsu.edu/lookup/bio/glj) (Saginaw Valley State University)
- **Beth Kelch & Myung Pinner** (Delta College)
- [**Jose Perea**](https://math.msu.edu/directory/PersonalPage.aspx?id=111114352) (Michigan State University)
- [**Prasad Venugopal**](https://www.udmercy.edu/about/people/university/ces/chemistry/venugopal-eswara.php) (University of Detroit Mercy)
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## Student presentation score sheet
The [student presentation score sheet](https://forms.gle/c3yj8dCikf6scsvR8) is a google form for faculty who attend student presentations and want to help with choosing awards for students.
## Contributed Talks
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To contribute a talk, please email Amy Shell-Gellasch at [**ashellge@emich.edu**](mailto:ashellge@emich.edu) with "MAA contributed talk" in the subject line and in the body of your email include:
- Full name (as it will appear in the program)
- Affiliation: university, college, high school, etc.
- Contact email (will be included in program unless requested otherwise)
- Title of talk
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- Your Status: College faculty, high school teacher, graduate student, undergraduate student
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All talks will be via Zoom, speakers must be able to use Zoom and share their presentation. Talks will be scheduled for Friday afternoon with priority given to scheduling student talks. Given limited times, not all talks will be accepted. Talks may focus on any subject related to mathematics: mathematical scholarship, expository mathematics, or issues related to curriculum or pedagogy in the collegiate classroom. Talks should be 12 minutes in length, including 2 minutes for questions. Your abstract submission must include the talk title, abstract, your name, affiliation, home or office address, phone number, e-mail address, and any equipment needs for your presentation. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Shell-Gellasch.
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The deadline for abstracts for contributed talks is Friday, March 19, 2021. If you submitted a talk for the canceled 2020 meeting and wish to give your talk this year, please resubmit.
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Student talks (undergraduate and graduate) will be Friday, April 9, and faculty talks will be Friday, April 16 (with some on April 9 depending on the number of student talks). Student talks will be judged and awards presented at the end of the day on April 9.
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To contribute a talk, please send abstracts via e-mail to Nancy Colwell at [**nccolwel@svsu.edu**](mailto:nccolwel@svsu.edu) with "MAA contributed talk" in the subject line. Talks may focus on any subject related to mathematics: mathematical scholarship, expository mathematics, or issues related to curriculum or pedagogy in the collegiate classroom.
Talks should be 20 minutes in length, including a few minutes for questions. Your abstract submission must include the talk title, abstract, your name, affiliation, home or office address, phone number, e-mail address, and any equipment needs for your presentation. If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Colwell.
The deadline for abstracts for contributed talks is Friday, March 1, 2019. Undergraduate abstracts and abstracts for posters may be submitted until Friday, March 15, 2019. Abstracts received after the deadlines will be considered as space permits.
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Please use the **[online registration](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmjtdvCItoihYYnjJpYmPyKDZjHL9ltJu3sARSJGXEvEtmMg/viewform)** to register. Registration is needed by **Wednesday, March 27, 2019** to be included in the meal count. On-site registration is also possible at the conference on Friday-Saturday, April 5-6.
- Everyone who attends the conference must fill out the online registration form or register in person at the conference.
- The registration fee is **$30 per person.** Registration is free for K-12 school faculty and for graduate, undergraduate and high school students.
- Registration for meals are no longer being accepted.
Mail registration fees (checks made out to Department of Mathematics University of Detroit Mercy) to:
> Jeffrey Boats
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> Department of Mathematics
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> University of Detroit Mercy
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> 4001 W. McNichols Road
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> Detroit, MI 48221-3038
Thank you if you have sent a check through the mail to pay for your registration and meals. If not, please bring a check with you to the meeting.
## Driving Directions and Parking
Stay home and leave your car parked where it is!
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## Program Committee
Amy Shell-Gellasch, Eastern Michigan University
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- Nancy Colwell (Saginaw Valley State University), [nccolwel@svsu.edu](mailto:nccolwel@svsu.edu)
- Dawn Archey (University of Detroit Mercy), [archeyde@udmercy.edu](mailto:archeyde@udmercy.edu)
- Amy Hlavacek (Saginaw Valley State University), [ahlavace@svsu.edu](mailto:ahlavace@svsu.edu)
- Natascha Rivet (Delta College), [njrivet@delta.edu](mailto:njrivet@delta.edu)
- Amy Shell-Gellasch (Eastern Michigan University), [ashellge@emich.edu](mailto:ashellge@emich.edu)
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