This is a preliminary announcement that the Distinguished Teaching Award Committee will be seeking nominations for the fourteenth annual (2006) 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 2006 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 Ted Sundstrom (GVSU) to receive the 2005 award. One of Ted’s acclaimed strengths is his ability to teach students how to communicate their results, especially in writing. Ted’s interest in cultivating writing among students ultimately led to his latest work, Mathematical Reasoning, Writing, and Proof, published by Prentice-Hall in 2003. This book is now being used at over 25 colleges and universities around the country. Further details about his award will appear in the Fall 2005 Newsletter.
Dr. Sundstrom joins the continuing members of the committee, Steven Kahn (WSU), chair, and Brian McCartin (KU), 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, 2005. 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 Steve Schlicker (GVSU) reports that Jerry Grossman (OU) was selected to receive the Section’s 2004–2005 Distinguished Service Award. Details will appear in the Fall Newsletter.
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