PNW Project NExT Meeting Schedule University of Southern Oregon June 21-22, 2006

Wednesday, June 21

7:00 pm Dinner at Great American Pizza

8:30-9:30 pm     Discussion – Topic: What’s Happening in Your Department

Organizer:  John Thurber (Eastern Oregon University)

Thursday, June 22

8:00 am             Registration/Coffee

8:10 am             Greeting and Introduction of New Fellows

8:20 am            Session 1: Research Opportunities for Undergraduate Students

Shannon Overbay (Gonzaga University)

Chuck Dunn  (Linfield College)

Organizer: Shannon Overbay (Gonzaga University)

9:20 am             Session 2:  Teaching Abstract Algebra through the Dihedral Group on a        Square

Chris Black (Central Washington University, Lynwood Campus)

9:40 am             Coffee Social

10:10 am           Session 3: Academic Life Beyond Teaching and Mathematics

Jenny Laveglia (Belleview Community College)

10:30 pm           Session 4: Course and Curriculum Swap Meet

                                    A: Below Calculus Emphasis

                                    B: Multivariate Calculus and Above

Organizer:  Stuart Boersma (Central Washington University)

11:30 am           Lunch

1:00 pm             Session 5: Preparing Future Teachers

                        Klay Kruczek (Western Oregon University)

                        Maria Fung (Western Oregon University)

Organizer: Klay Kruczek (Western Oregon University)

2:00 pm Session 6: What's NExT?

Moderator:  Jenny McNulty (The University of Montana)

2:15 pm             Project NExT Meeting Adjourns. MAA Minicourses begin at 2:30pm

5:30-7:00 pm     Dinner at Standing Stone Brewery