This is a preliminary announcement that the Distinguished Teaching Award Committee will be seeking nominations for the thirteenth annual (2005) MAA Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. The committee will choose one of the nominees for the Michigan Section Award, and he or she will be honored at the Spring 2005 meeting of the Section. The awardee will also become the Section’s candidate for the national MAA’s Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award.
This year’s committee recently selected Brian McCartin (Kettering U) to receive the 2004 award. In addition to being a superb teacher who has made a major impact on the lives of numerous Kettering students, Brian has also had a profound effect on the mathematics research of many students around the world. He is a master at making mathematics useful; his use of applications makes mathematics come alive, helping students understand the theory by basing it in contexts with which they have some familiarity. Further details about his award will appear in the Fall 2004 Newsletter.
Dr. McCartin joins the continuing members of the committee, John Fink (Kalamazoo C), chair, and Steven Kahn, the previous recipients, for next year’s selection process.
Anyone, other than the candidate him/herself, is entitled to make a nomination. To be eligible, a candidate must be a college or university teacher teaching a mathematical science at least halftime during the academic year in a two- or four-year college or university, have at least five years teaching experience, and be a member of the MAA. Nominations are due by December 31, 2004. More information will be available in the Fall Newsletter. Please start thinking now about nominating your department’s best teacher.
On a related note, Past Chair John Mooningham (SVSU) reports that Tom Miles (CMU) was selected to receive the Section’s 2003–2004 Distinguished Service Award. Details will appear in the Fall Newsletter.
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