Annual Meeting in May

The next meeting of the Michigan Section of the MAA and MichMATYC will take place May 4 and 5, 2007 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn in Dearborn, Michigan. The Program Committee is planning a variety of talks and discussions on mathematics, the teaching of mathematics, applications of mathematics, and other issues of interest to members of the section. Confirmed speakers include Joe Gallian (President-Elect of the MAA and Professor, University of Minnesota-Duluth), Doris Schattschneider (Author and Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Moravian College), and Ron Solomon (The Ohio State University). More details about the program will appear in the Spring Newsletter.

In addition to the plenary addresses and the 30-minute talks by invited speakers, the Program Committee is planning sessions for contributed papers. Speaking at a contributed paper session is an excellent way to share the results of your work and to become better acquainted with your colleagues in Michigan. All members of the section are encouraged to submit abstracts of papers to be presented in these sessions. Contributed papers may be on mathematical topics or may discuss curriculum or pedagogy. Students are also encouraged to present talks at the meeting. Instructions for contributing abstracts for one of the sessions are included in the “Call for Papers” in this Newsletter on page 30.

The meeting is scheduled to run all day Friday and through the noon hour on Saturday. There will be luncheons both days and a banquet Friday evening. As is our custom, the section will present both a teaching award and a service award at the Friday banquet.

The Program Committee for this year consists of co-chairs Tom Zerger (SVSU) and David Redman (Delta C), along with John Clifford (UM- Dearborn), and Amy Hlavacek (SVSU). Please notify one of us if you have a suggestion regarding the program. Margret Höft (UM-Dearborn) is the chair of the local arrangements committee. Contact information for all of us may be found on page 34 in this Newsletter.

Tom Zerger, Four-Year College Vice Chair

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