Section
Executive Committee Officers for 2012 – 2013
Chair
William Cherowitzo william.cherowitzo@ucdenver.edu
University of Colorado
Denver 303-556-8381
Denver,
CO 80217
Past Chair Daluss Siewert daluss.siewert@bhsu.edu
Black Hills State
University 605-642-6209
Spearfish, SD 57799
Vice-Chair
Sue
Norris sue.norris@northwestcollege.edu
Northwest
College Wyoming 307-754-6283
Powell,
WY 82435
Secretary/ Heidi Keck hkeck@western.edu
Treasurer Western State Colorado University 970-943-3167
Gunnison, CO 81231
Governor Mike Brilleslyper mike.brilleslyper@usafa.edu
USAFA 719-333-9514
Colorado
Springs, CO 80840
Program Matt Ikle moikle@adams.edu, 719-587-7791
Co-Chairs Stephen
Aldrich saldrich@adams.edu
Adams
State University
Alamosa,
CO 81101
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Other Committee Members and
Representatives
Section Nominating Committee
Cathy Bonan-Hamada (Chair), Colorado Mesa University cbonan@coloradomesa.edu
Lynne Ipina, University of Wyoming ipina@wyo.edu
Jeff Berg, ACC jeff.berg@arapahoe.edu
Awards Selection Committee
Daluss Siewert, (Chair), BHSU daluss.siewert@bhsu.edu
Sue
Norris, Northwest College Wyoming sue.noris@northwestcollege.edu
Janet
Nichols, CSU-Pueblo janet.nichols@colostate-pueblo.edu
Stan Payne, UCD stan.payne@ucdenver.edu
Section NExT
Committee
Diane Davis (Co-Chair), MSU Denver ddavi102@msudenver.edu
Bob
Cohen (Co-Chair), Western State Colorado University rcohen@western.edu
Dan
Swenson, BHSU daniel.swenson@bhsu.edu
Kim Fix, Western State
Colorado University kfix@western.edu
John Carter, MSU Denver jcarte11@msudenver.edu
Section
Book Sales Coordinator
Janet Heine Barnett,
CSU - Pueblo janet.barnett@colostate-pueblo.edu
Section
Student Activity Coordinator
Carl Lienert, Fort Lewis College lienert_c@fortlewis.edu
Beth
Schaubroeck, USAFA beth.schaubroeck@usafa.edu
Higher Education Representative on
CCTM Governing Board
Gulden
Karakok, University of Northern Colorado gulden.karakok@unco.edu
Public
Information Officer and Section Liaison Coordinator
Heidi Keck, Western
State Colorado University hkeck@western.edu
Website Editor
Bill
Briggs william.briggs@ucdenver.edu
University
of Colorado Denver
Newsletter Editor
Linda Sundbye sundbyel@msudenver.edu
Metropolitan State University
of Denver 303-556-8437
Department of
Mathematical and Computer Sciences
P.
O. Box 173362, Campus Box 38 FAX:
303-556-5381
Denver,
CO 80217-3362
“Through her actions,
words, and dedication, Janet Nichols shows on a daily basis what it means to be
an exceptional mathematics teacher” opines one of her former students, while
another states that, “Her love of teaching math and passion for students
separate her from most in her field. She continues to make a difference today
…” It comes then as no surprise that the 2012 Burton W. Jones Distinguished
Teaching Award was presented to Professor Janet Nichols of Colorado State
University - Pueblo at the MAA Rocky Mountain Section meeting in April 2012 on
the Auraria campus (CCD-Metro-UCD).
In 1991,
the MAA Board of Governors established Section Awards for Distinguished College
or University Teaching to recognize excellence in mathematics teaching at the
post-secondary level. The Rocky Mountain Section Award is named in honor of
Burton W. Jones, a lifelong advocate of excellence in teaching and supporter of
the members and programs of the MAA. In addition to receiving a certificate and
a check, award recipients deliver the opening address at the following year’s
spring meeting and become eligible to be the Section Nominee for the Deborah and Franklin Haimo
Awards for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics (a
national MAA award).
Criteria for the
award require far more than effective teaching. Awardees are expected to be
outstanding teachers, widely recognized both within and beyond their
institution for extraordinary success in teaching mathematics. Professor
Nichols comfortably satisfies these criteria.
The evidence of
Professor Nichol’s teaching effectiveness is manifold. Her course teaching
evaluations are exemplary with many scores among the best in the school,
including those for making good use of class time, encouraging critical
thinking, maintaining high standards and facilitating class participation. She
has consistently attracted large numbers of students to her classes despite, or
perhaps because of, her high expectations. Outside of the classroom she advises
students, especially those math majors seeking a
secondary teaching license and represents the program on the University Teacher
Education Board. She leads the remedial mathematics instructors group and
mentors junior (and senior) faculty. She was awarded the 2011 University
Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.
For 34 years, MATH
DAY has been a highly successful staple event at CSU-Pueblo. Professor Nichols
created the event and has organized it continuously since its inception. High
schools from across southeastern Colorado attend on a yearly basis. In 2010
almost 300 students attended the event. Many of the attending high school math
club sponsors are high school mathematics teachers that had Professor Nichols
as an instructor. To a person, they credit Professor Nichols for making a
difference in their own mathematics programs.
Her other activities
at the regional level would necessitate a lengthy list that we shall forgo, but
to sample just one: During 2004-2006, Professor Nichols was a co-principal
investigator for the Colorado State
University – Pueblo: the Education of Teachers for Elementary Teachers
project, funded by the NSF and the MAA Preparing Mathematicians to Educate
Teachers Grant program. Activities included the development and implementation
of a new problem solving capstone course. As part of the project, she
co-authored a problem solving collection with Drs. Janet Barnett (CSU-Pueblo) and Hortensia Soto-Johnson (UNC) that is now used as the textbook in the course:
Problem Solving for K-6 Teachers. In recent years, she has led presentations
about this course at national and regional meetings of the MAA.
In summary, Janet
Nichols is an extraordinary individual whose contributions as a teacher of
post-secondary mathematics and lifelong advocacy of excellence in teaching
fully deserve the recognition of the Burton W. Jones Teaching Excellence Award.
Our special thanks go
to Frank Zizza
(CSU-Pueblo) for the time and effort he put into preparing the dossier for
Professor Nichols upon which we have heavily relied in preparing this report.
Bill Cherowitzo
University of
Colorado Denver
Chair DTA Selection
Committee
1992
John H. “Jack” Hodges
University
of Colorado at Boulder
1993
Gerald Diaz
United States Air
Force Academy
1994
A. Duane Porter
University of Wyoming
1995
William D. Emerson
Metropolitan State College of Denver
1996
Zenas Hartvigson
University of
Colorado Denver
1997
Thomas Kelley
Metropolitan State
College of Denver
1998
Monte Zerger
Adams State College
1999
Bill Briggs
University of
Colorado Denver
2000
Barbara Bath
Colorado School of
Mines
2001
Jim Loats
Metropolitan State
College of Denver
2002
Gene Abrams
University of
Colorado at Colorado
Springs
2003
Hugh King
Colorado School of
Mines
2004 Don
Teets
South Dakota School
of Mines and Technology
2005 Bryan
Shader
University of
Wyoming
2006 Barbara Moskal
Colorado School of
Mines
2007 Lynne Ipińa
University of Wyoming
2008 Steven Janke
Colorado College
2009 Richard Grassl
University of Northern Colorado
2010 Eric Stade
University of Colorado at Boulder
2011 Rich Bogdanovich
Community College of Aurora
2012 Janet Nichols
Colorado State University - Pueblo
Each
year, the section recognizes one outstanding teacher of collegiate mathematics
with an award named in honor of Burton W. Jones, a lifelong advocate of excellence
in teaching at all levels. In addition to an honorarium, a certificate and an
invitation to deliver the opening lecture at the next Section Meeting, the
recipient becomes the section’s nominee for the Deborah and Franklin Haimo Awards for Distinguished College or University
Teaching of Mathematics. These national awardees (at most three) are honored at
the MAA winter meeting with a certificate and $1000 check. All nominators also
receive a certificate of in recognition of their efforts to support the section
mission of promoting excellence in teaching; nominators and nominees both
receive free meeting registration at the next section meeting. To begin the
nomination process for an outstanding teacher that you know, simply submit the one-page
nomination form
(available at our website:
http://sections.maa.org/rockymt and
in this newsletter) by 1 December 2012. Complete
nomination materials (described on the website) are due 15 January 2013.
Putnam coordinators
at the participating schools please send Dick Gibbs at gibbs_d@fortlewis.edu the top three scores and their team score. No
names are requested at this time. When we know the top three scores and the top
team score we will contact the schools for the names.
Participate
As any other
organization, we need to grow. This means reaching out to non-members and
making our activities more attractive to different stake holders while keeping
our core programs vital and rewarding for our current membership. Economic
trends indicate that more and more college students will be pipelined through
the community college system before landing in the math classrooms of the four
year colleges. First contact with a college math instructor, an important
inspiration for so many of us, is becoming the bailiwick of our two-year
institutions. While we have a number of faculty at
community colleges in our ranks, there are many more who find that the
combination of heavy workloads and low pay make the MAA a luxury item in their
lives. We need to change that. We need to foster stronger ties with the
community college faculty. We need to provide programs which are both
interesting and useful to these faculty and this
should be done in situ, we go to them
rather than having them come to us. Some efforts in this direction have already
been started. Sue Norris of
Northwest College (Powell, WY), the new vice-chairperson of our section, has
sent a newsletter with lots of MAA information out to her WYMATC mailing list.
I will visit any community college in our region and discuss possibilities with
the local faculty (just let me know that you are interested: William.Cherowitzo@ucdenver.edu).
Other ideas are
needed, please send them to me.
Investigate
We do a good job
encouraging students to present their work at conferences around the section
(in fact, much better than some other, larger sections). But due to the large
geographic region of our section this involves much travel and expense. To
encourage more of this we need to develop very regional mini-conferences, aimed
mostly at students and not competing with our other programs. Perhaps devoted
to “how to” topics with speakers from our own section such as: “How to start an
REU program”, “How to develop a strong math competition team”, “How to get a
math club going”, or “How to give a good math talk”. If you are interested in
developing this idea please contact a member of the Executive Committee.
Educate
Do you want to know
how to get a roomful of math minded folks hot under the collar? Just write a
New York Times opinion piece titled “Is Algebra Necessary?” a couple of days
before MathFest. Andrew
Hacker, an emeritus professor of political science and co-author of the
book “Higher Education? How colleges are wasting our money and failing our kids
– and what we can do about it” did just that on July 28 this year. Rebuttals to
Hacker’s piece flew hot and heavy at the MAA-AMS special session on “What
Mathematics should Every Citizen
Know – and How Does K-16 Get Us There? at MathFest
on August 3rd. This session, organized by David Mumford (Brown University) and Solomon Garfunkel (COMAP), well before Hacker’s article appeared,
was centered around the Common Core State Standards
and featured talks by William McCallum,
Lynn Steen, Hyman Bass, Joseph Malkevitch and Solomon Garfunkel. Everyone seemed to
have a need to express their disapproval of Hacker’s pronouncements.
Politicians who are shaping the nature of the academic endeavor with their
insistence on high stakes testing fared no better than Hacker. A positive theme
that did develop in this session was a call for more emphasis on modeling (real
modeling and not just textbook style modeling as is called for in the Common
Core) as the basis on which to build a mathematical curriculum for everyone.
“Participate,
Investigate, Educate” ( p,
i, e) is the new focus (slogan) of the MAA and you will be seeing that
in several forms on all new MAA communications. I decided to try it out as the
outline of this, my first report to the members of the Rocky Mountain Section
of the MAA. I hope it worked.
Bill
Cherowitzo, UCD
Chair,
Rocky Mountain Section
I recently returned
from Mathfest in Madison, WI. It was an outstanding
meeting with a diverse mathematical program and city full of interesting
restaurants (the combination Turkish-Italian was delicious). The day before Mathfest kicked off, the Board of Governors (BoG) gathered to discuss the business and the future of the
MAA. The BoG agenda cut a wide swath across issues
ranging from the very practical budgetary considerations to the far-reaching
ethical issue of doubly blind review for print journals. I will summarize the
main themes and directions from the meeting, but first a very important announcement:
In an almost
non-existent campaign, highlighted by no negative ads, no scandals, and no
speeches, our own Hortensia Soto-Johnson (University of Northern
Colorado) won election as the MAA’s next associate treasurer and chair of the
budget committee. Congratulations Tensia! She will
officially take over the job on Feb 1st, but will spend the next few
months getting up to speed. We know that Tensia will
do great work for the MAA, just as she has for many years in the section.
Michael Pearson, MAA Executive Director since January,
kicked of the BoG meeting by introducing the new
Associate Executive Director, Linda Braddy. Dr. Braddy is the
Dean of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Tarrant County College in Ft. Worth
TX. She brings a wealth of educational and administrative experience to the
job. She has a long history of working with the NSF and in administering large
grants. She will be a valuable addition to the MAA staff as the organization
seeks to secure and better use multiple funding resources.
Among the many staff
changes that have occurred recently, the MAA welcomed the new director of
meetings, Mr. Peter Smith. As a
welcome to the job, Mr. Smith took the reins for Mathfest
and pulled together a wonderful meeting on short notice. It is clear he will do
a great job. The MAA also welcomed Mr. John
Wyatt as the new Chief Operating Officer on July 1st.
Among many other
changes, one that will be very obvious to the members is the redesign of the
MAA webpage. The new page promises to have sleeker, more polished look, while
also providing quicker access to the vast resources of the MAA. Members have
often complained about the difficulty in navigating the MAA website. The new
design is a comprehensive effort to address those concerns. The new page will launch in April, 2013.
The MAA continues to
search for the optimal position with regard to publishing. Journals, books, and
e-books will always to be an important part of the MAA. The landscape is
changing and the MAA wants to find new markets and niches where the
mathematical expertise of the editors and staff can truly be leveraged. While
the primary mission of the MAA is to focus on the undergraduate level, the
secondary school market presents a possibly lucrative area for MAA published
materials.
Related to this is
the new way in which the MAA will market books to its members. Beginning in January, the MAA will email a
discount code to members that will change each month. Using the discount code
will allow members to receive special rates and opportunities. The discount
prices and other specials will not appear on the website, but will only be
known to the members after they enter their code. Watch your inbox for a
special message from the MAA regarding these changes.
In my previous
Governor’s report, I commented on the MAA task force report on implicit
bias. At this meeting, the BoG voted to endorse the guidelines for avoiding implicit
bias in the determining awards and prizes. The MAA is now on record as
endorsing these guidelines and other professional societies are now using these
guidelines. The guidelines focus on items such as having a diverse selection
committee, generating a large and diverse pool of nominees, publicizing the
award among underrepresented groups, and periodically reviewing the process and
procedures for advertising and giving the award.
Along these same
lines, there was a lengthy and very thoughtful discussion about the use of
doubly blind review of papers submitted to MAA print journals. The issue is
subtle and more complex than is obvious. While doubly blind review is the norm
in some fields, it is a mixed bag in the mathematical disciplines.
Nevertheless, the BoG voted to have MAA print
journals move towards a system of doubly blind review. The actual statement
that was voted on would exempt current editors and would still give future
editors wide latitude to work for the best interest of the journal. However, in
the issue of creating a level playing field and judging work solely on its
merit, the BoG felt that doubly blind review should
be the standard.
As most of you know,
the MAA has been wrestling with financial issues for the past several years.
While the situation is not dire, we are still running operating deficits and
this cannot continue. Cost cutting measures and revenue generating plans are in
the works. Michael Pearson spoke at
length about “investing for the future.” Of course there is some risk in
entering new markets and making substantial staff and organizational changes,
but the Executive Committee is well-informed and believes the risks are worth
the potential future financial security that would come from these successful
ventures. The MAA is well-positioned to impact collegiate mathematics and to
provide valuable resources for its members for many years to come.
On a couple of
unrelated number-intensive items from the meeting, Paul Zorn reported the Putnam Exam (an MAA program) was taken by a
record 4400 students. As usual, the median score was 0 and the average this
year was 4.3. A score of greater than 13 was needed to crack the top 500 and
the high score was 91 out of 120. Also, a new attendance record for Mathfest was set with over 1550 attendees.
Finally, MAA
President, Paul Zorn, reminded the Governors that Board meetings are open to
the general membership of the MAA. The BoG meetings
provide a unique insight into how and why the MAA operates the way it does. So,
if you arrive in San Diego for the Joint Meetings a day early skip Sea World
and the Wild Animal Park and join us for a daylong meeting of policy statements
and votes. Admission is free!
Respectfully
submitted,
Mike Brilleslyper, USAFA
Governor,
Rocky Mountain Section
The 17th
annual Colorado Mathematics Awards (CMA) Reception/Ceremony was held on
Tuesday, May 22 at the Grant-Humphreys Mansion in Denver. Organized by Dick Gibbs, Emeritus Professor of
Mathematics at Fort Lewis College, and David
Carlson of the Colorado Department of Agriculture (retired), this event
recognized 51 Colorado students and 31 teachers from junior and senior high schools,
and colleges and universities in Colorado for outstanding
performances on six national mathematics competitions: MATHCOUNTS, the American
Mathematics Contests 8, 10 and 12, the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical
Competition, and the Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
The AMC 8, AMC
10, AMC 12, and Putnam Competitions are sponsored programs of the national MAA,
which also provides support for the other two competitions. Mr. Jeff Abbate, Manager of
Engineering, CH2M HILL, spoke to the gathering before awards were given.
The Rocky
Mountain Section of the MAA is an educational sponsor of the Colorado
Mathematics Awards. Other MAA members on the CMA Steering Committee include David
Larue (Mines) and Lou Talman (MSU Denver).
Special thanks to Silva Chang from
Boulder for maintaining CMA information on her website: cma.coloradomath.org. Pictures of this year’s event (and of prior
years) can be found there.
Two teams from
University of Colorado-Boulder excelled in the Mathematical Contest in
Modeling. This
year nearly 3,700 teams from 16 countries submitted solutions. Only ten teams
worldwide received a rating of Outstanding, including two from the University
of Colorado-Boulder! Members of these two teams, both coached by Prof. Anne Dougherty, Dept. of Applied
Mathematics, are: Christopher Corey,
Stephen Kissler,
and Sean Wiese; and Christopher Aicher,
Tracy Babb, and Daniel Sutton.
The top Colorado
student in the Putnam Mathematical Competition was Marshall Carpenter from the University of Colorado Boulder, coached
by Profs. Alexander Gorokhovsky, Keith
Kearnes, and Sergei
Kuznetzov. Three other CU-Boulder
students—Christopher Aicher,
Keegan Boyle, and Alec Jenkins, coached by the same
professors—tied for 2nd place, along with Max Roschke, University of Denver,
coached by Prof. Ronnie Pavlov, and Steven Wray, Metropolitan State
University of Denver, coached by Prof. Bill
Emerson.
Also
recognized at the ceremony was Prof. Janet
Nichols from Colorado State University-Pueblo as the recipient of the 2012 Burton W. Jones Distinguished Teaching
Award.
Special thanks
to the CMA Steering Committee for identifying and recognizing these outstanding
young mathematicians and faculty.
Plans are
already under way for the 18th Colorado Mathematics Awards Reception/
Ceremony to be held again at the Grant-Humphreys Mansion on Thursday, May 16,
2013.
Dick Gibbs
Emeritus Professor of Mathematics
Fort Lewis College
Professor Willy Hereman
starts his 24th year at the Colorado School of Mines as the Head of the
Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics (AMS).
Teaching Professor Gus Greivel
continues to serve as Assistant Department Head and Professor Barbara Moskal (Director of the Trefny Institute for Educational
Innovation) continues as liaison with the MAA.
This
fall, Steve Pankavich
joined the department as an Assistant Professor. Steve received his
B.S. (2000), M.S. (2001), and Ph.D. (2005) degrees
in
Mathematical Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University.
Steve
held positions at both Indiana University and the United States
Naval
Academy. His work is on differential equations with
applications to plasma dynamics, virology, and multiscale problems in biophysics and chemistry.
With
previous funding from NSF, Steve is supporting Postdoctoral Fellow
Nicholas Michalowski who was Visiting
Assistant Professor at Oregon State University.
The department also
welcomes Deb Carney, Mike Nicholas, and Rebecca Swanson as Teaching Associate Professors.
They bring
the department to a total of 19 faculty members.
Deb Carney received her B.S. in mathematics from the
University of Vermont. In 1998, she received her Ph.D. in
Mathematics in the area of mathematical logic from the
University of Maryland in College Park. Deb was most recently
at the University of Denver where she was recognized
as for
her innovation in the classroom, including the use of technology
and
teaching in online/hybrid learning environments. Deb is looking
forward to expanding upon these skills at Mines.
Mike Nicholas received bachelor's degrees in mathematics
and physics from the University of Utah.
He
received a Ph.D. in applied mathematics from Duke University in 2007.
Mike was
a post-doc at Tulane University and comes to Mines
most
recently from Carthage College where he was an assistant professor.
Mike has
research interests in numerical boundary integral equations,
and is
working in curriculum development for calculus and scientific computing.
Rebecca Swanson received her Ph.D. in Mathematics from
Indiana University in 2010. Her thesis work was in Combinatorics but her research interests include
Topological
and Algebraic Combinatorics as well as Graph Theory.
Before
joining Mines, Rebecca was an Assistant Professor at Nebraska
Wesleyan
University where she taught a variety of mathematics courses and
advised
the Math Club. Rebecca looks forward to continued involvement with the
MAA, as
she is a Project NExT Blue10 Dot and begins service
on the MAA's Council for Outreach in January.
In other faculty
news, Professor Mahadevan Ganesh was awarded a $210,000 grant
from NSF
for research on parameterized systems and Assistant Professor
Assistant
Professor Steve Pankavich
received a $100,000 NSF award for a study of kinetic equations.
Professor Barbara Moskal secured
$130,000 in matching funding for a Bechtel Educational
Excellence Grant.
Assistant Professor Jon Collis received a $101,000 grant
from the Office of Naval Research to study ocean acoustics.
Assistant
Professor Amanda Hering
received
$50,000 in research support from Northrop Grumman. Both faculty members
also secured financial support for graduate students
from NREL.
Teaching Assistant
Professor Holly Eklund
received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Multi-cultural
Engineering Program. Teaching Associate Professor Terry Bridgman received the Alumni
Teaching Award.
Teaching Professor Gus Greivel
received the campus-wide Afred E. Jenni
Award to
support the development of interactive materials that connect topics
from the
calculus curriculum to applications in upper-division course work
and
research across the campus. Professor Paul
Martin was named the AMS Faculty of the Year and was elected
as a
Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (U.K.)
In student news,
doctoral student Ashley Bell
(supervised by Assistant Professor Amanda
Hering) was awarded a 3-year NSF Graduate
Research Fellowship. Michael
Kasberg was the Outstanding Graduating Senior in
December 2011. Michael Firmin received the Professor Everett Award and
Sara Clifton was the Outstanding
Graduation Senior in May 2012 and also recipient of the Ryan
Sayers Memorial Award.
Our
college name change to Metropolitan State University of Denver is now official.
All MSU Denver email now ends with @msudenver.edu. Please update your contact
lists!
Diane Davis was granted early tenure
and promoted to associate professor of mathematics. Computer science professor Noel LeJeune retired
in May 2012 and named Professor Emeritus.
Our 25th
annual Math Day was held in April 2012. High school students from twelve Denver
area high schools participated in the event.
This is an exciting time at the South Dakota
School of Mines & Technology. Enrollment is up and the campus has worked
very hard to increase research activity across all the departments. Our
graduates continue to enjoy strong placement and competitive salaries. We have
revised our Masters program to be an M.S. in the
Computational Sciences and Robotics, which should be easier to market and
provides a better focus and mission of the program. We dedicated a new
research laboratory, the L-3
Communications Embedded Systems and Robotics Laboratory. This new lab is the recognition
of the strong support our new program has received from L-3 Communication
Systems West (based in Salt Lake City).
We have a couple of retirements
to announce: Laura Geary and John Lofberg have both joined the growing
list of friends and colleagues that are retired. We also have several new
hires: Dr. Martha Garlick
Grieve is a new Assistant Professor in Mathematics from Utah State
University; Dr. Larry Pyeatt is a new Associate Professor in Computer Science
from Texas Tech University; Michelle Richard
is a new Mathematics Instructor that graduated from Montana State University
(and comes to us from a position in Texas); Peter Grieve is a new Mathematics Instructor from Utah State
University; and Christer Karlsson
will be a new Assistant Professor in Computer Science who will be coming to us in January from the
Colorado School of Mines.
The Department of
Mathematical Sciences is pleased to welcome Dr. Jeff Leader (Rose-Hulman University) as
our Distinguished Visiting Professor for the 2012-13 academic year. Dr. Leader brings a wealth of teaching and research
experience to our department and we look forward to his contributions. We also
said goodbye to Dr. Jim Rolf after
12 years of service to the Air Force Academy. Jim accepted a position at Yale
University and we wish him and his family well in their new endeavors. Jim’s
departure means that we are hiring a fulltime civilian at the assistant
professor level. The job notice can be found on Mathjobs.org, the EIMS site,
and on USAJobs.gov (deadline to apply is Nov 30, 2012). We are also working on
introducing a new major in applied mathematics that will have an
interdisciplinary component as the center-piece of the program of study. The
new degree strongly supports the STEM requirements of our modern Air Force.
Finally, several of our 2012 mathematics majors have gone on directly to
graduate school and are now working on Master’s degrees at MIT, Rice
University, and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT).
We
have two new tenure-track faculty members who joined us this past summer, Dr. Katherine Stange
and Dr. Jonathan Wise.
Dr.
Stange is a number theorist who received her Ph.D. at
Brown University under the direction of Joseph
Silverman in 2008.
After
spending a year at Harvard University as a NSF postdoctoral fellow, she moved
to the Pacific Northwest to continue her NSF
Fellowship as well as enjoying the support of a NSERC/PIMS fellowship at Simon
Fraser University during the period 2009--2011. She then joined Stanford University
for her final year of NSF postdoctoral support in 2011--2012
before joining our Department this past July.
Dr.
Wise is an algebraic geometer who also received his Ph.D. at Brown University
in 2008, under the direction of Dan Abramovich. He also received a NSF
postdoctoral fellowship, which he spent at Stanford University and then the
University of British Columbia from 2008-2011. He then was a postdoctoral
fellow at Stanford University once again during 2011-2012 before joining us
this past July.
In
early 2012, the autobiography of Dr. Karl
Gustafson, entitled The Crossing of Heaven: Memoirs of a Mathematician,
was published by Springer. Dr. Gustafson gave a reading from his book at
Boulder Book Store on June 20, 2012.
We
are very pleased to announce that colleagues Su-Ion Ih and Nathaniel Thiem were promoted to
associate professor, and that Markus Pflaum was promoted to full professor in the
Department, effective for the 2012-2013 academic year.
In
Fall 2012, Dr. Jeanne
Clelland was awarded a 3-year NSF research grant
for her project entitled “Isometric
Embedding and other Problems in Geometry and Differential Equations.”
First and foremost, the department
would like to thank and honor Dr.
Rich Lundgren, who retired in May 2012 after 31 years of
contributions to CU Denver. After receiving his Ph.D. from Ohio State
University in 1971, Rich taught at Allegany College for ten years before
joining the CU Denver faculty in 1981. He served as chair of the
department on two separate occasions for a total of nine years, and, perhaps
most notably, he led the department effort to develop its Ph.D. program, which
began in 1986. Rich supervised 13 Ph.D. students and wrote over 80 research
papers in the areas of finite simple groups, graph theory, and combinatorial
matrix theory. We deeply thank Rich for his dedication to the department,
college, and university, and wish him a wonderful retirement.
In
other faculty news, Dr. Jan
Mandel is our new department chair, while our former chair, Dr. Mike Jacobson, is in
residence for the year at the National Science Foundation as a Program Director
in the Division of Undergraduate Education. Drs. Mike Ferrara and Julien
Langou received the teaching and research
excellence awards, respectively, within the College of Liberal Arts and
Sciences in May 2012. Gary Olson has returned from spending, and Dr. Alex Engau
has departed to spend, a year teaching in China as part of the CU Denver
International College of Beijing (ICB) program.
In
addition to many ongoing grants and contracts in the department Dr. Jan Mandel, Dr. Loren Cobb, and
former postdoc Dr. Jon Beezley received an NSF grant to study data
assimilation for tracking wildfires.
Dr. Stephanie
Santorico was asked to serve as a Member of the
Genomics, Computational Biology and Technology Study Section for the National
Institutes of Health, while Dr.
Diana White is on the advisory committee of the National
Association of Math Circles and president of the Rocky Mountain Association of
Mathematics Teacher Educators.
The department eagerly welcomes
several new faculty:
Dr. Florian Pfender,
specializing in graph theory and extremal combinatorics, joins the faculty as an assistant professor.
He earned his Ph.D. from Emory University in 2002, and has recently been
working as a junior professor at the University of Rostock in Germany.
Dr. Martin Vejmelka,
is a postdoc working with Dr. Jan
Mandel in the area of data assimilation for wildfire models. He joins
the department from the Institute of Computer Science in the Academy of
Sciences of the Czech Republic.
Dr. Baha Alzalg is a postdoc working with the operations
research group. He received his PhD in Mathematics from Washington State
University in 2011, and then spent a year as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in
the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of
California Davis. His research interests include Continuous Conic Optimization
(Applications and Algorithms).
The department will miss the following
faculty: Dr. Leo Franca
is now in a research staff position at IBM Research in Brazil, Dr. Steven Culpepper is now an
assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Andrew Knyazev
is now a Distinguished Member of the Research Staff at Mitsubishi Electric
Research Laboratories in Massachusetts, and Joe Bilello
has resumed teaching high school. Additionally, former postdoc Dr. Jonathan Beezley
is now a researcher with Meteo France and CERFACS.
In
student news, Tim Morris is teaching in Beijing this fall as part of the
aforementioned ICB program and Jennifer Diemunsch
received the outstanding Master of Science award from the College of Liberal
Arts and Science in May 2012.
The
department congratulates its four new Ph.D. recipients: Morgan Rodgers,
advised by Dr. Stan Payne,
Kannanut Chamsri,
advised by Dr. Lynn Bennethum; Shilpa
Das Gupta, advised by Dr. Rich
Lundgren; and Jeff Larson, advised by Dr. Steve Billups, who was
awarded a postdoctoral research position at the Royal Institute of Technology
in Sweden.
UCCS hired full time
Math Instructor James Parmenter. James graduated with honors in the B.S.
Mathematics program at University of California, Davis, and recently completed
the M.S. in Applied Mathematics at UCCS. James has a strong interest in Algebra
and is a contributor to the Rings and Wings seminar in the Math dept. Also this
year Dr. Barbara Prinari
was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
We have
some faculty transitions to report. Richard Grassl
retired this summer. We are very pleased to announce two new hires. Katie
Morrison is a new tenure-track faculty member in mathematics. She received
her Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her research area is
coding theory. Nathan Lindzey is in a lecturer
position in computer science this year. He has an M.S. in computer science from
Colorado State University. In other faculty news, Anton Dzhamay
is on sabbatical leave for the academic year with a visiting appointment at
Columbia University where he is working on his research in discrete integrable systems. Michael
Oehrtman was promoted to associate professor with
tenure and Nat Miller was promoted
to professor.
The
Northern Colorado Math Teachers’ Circle, an organization of middle school math
teacher and professional mathematicians, is planning to launch its 2012-13 program with the inaugural dinner problem solving session on
October 8th. Las Chicas de Matematicas, a residential summer math camp for
mathematically-talented young women successfully ran again in June. We are
gearing up for the 21st Annual UNC Math Contest for students in
grades 7-12 throughout the state.
Hortensia Soto-Johnson was elected as the MAA’s next
associate treasurer and chair of the budget committee. She will officially take
over the job on the national MAA Executive Committee in
February.
Last year, we hired
Drs. Nathan Clements and Zhuang Niu in the
Math Department at the University of Wyoming.
Dr. Niu is a C*-algebraist who graduated from U. of Toronto,
Canada, in 2006, under the supervision of Professor George Elliot. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of
Oregon from 2006-2008, and held an Assistant Professorship at the Memorial
University of Newfoundland in St. John for the past four years. Dr. Niu is the husband of Dr. Rongsong Liu, a Mathematical Biologist, who has been on our faculty since
2009.
Dr. Clements is an
analyst who just finished his DA (Doctor of Arts) at Idaho State University. He
was hired as our Calculus Coordinator. We are hoping that Nathan will put our
Calculus program on the map, by not only developing optimal ways of delivering
our 22 sections of calculus, and mentoring instructors, but by organizing
workshops and conferences on Calculus in the Front Range and developing common
cores.
The Summer 2013 RMMC has been scheduled. The topic for the
upcoming summer will be Algebraic Graph Theory and Combinatorics.
Professors Chris Godsil
(Waterloo) and Bill Martin
(Delaware) will be among the lecturers. Dr. Jason Williford (jwillif1@uwyo.edu) will be our local
organizer.
This
past summer, Western State Colorado University welcomed eleven junior high school
students to participate in its first annual summer camp.
The camp was held from July 23 -27, 2012
and lead
by Professors Kimberly Fix and Jeremy Muskat with assistance from four
undergraduates:
Marc Ditmore,
Hanna Ensley, Emily Jackson, and Mike
Stoner. Students explored topics on
cryptography, proportions, spherical geometry, the Golden Ratio, and fractals.
In addition to their academic explorations, students enjoyed
several outdoor activities that the Gunnison country
provides.
Through Western's Wilderness Pursuits program, students were able to
participate in rafting, hiking, climbing, and mountain biking, just
to name a few.
Western
State Colorado University will be holding it second annual
math camp July 22 -26,
2013.
Anyone entering grades 6 through 9 are welcome to apply. For more information,
applications, and scholarships please see our website:
http://www.western.edu/academics/math/math-camp
Is news
from your school missing?
Send
your news to your department liaison now with a request to forward it to the Linda
Sundbye, Newsletter Editor for inclusion in the next issue.
Please
mark your calendars for the next PPRUMC! The focus of this one-day conference
is to give undergraduate mathematics students an opportunity to present their
work in a professional, supportive setting. It is also an occasion for students
to become acquainted with other students from the region, and to learn more
about the mathematics profession, including graduate school and career
opportunities.
The
conference program will feature talks by students, a keynote speaker, and a
panel discussion on careers and graduate school. Based on recent
attendance, we expect several dozen student presenters and over one hundred attendees
from Colorado, Wyoming and other neighboring states. There are no registration
fees, lunch will be provided, and some financial reimbursement for student travel
expenses will be available. A free pre-conference social event featuring pizza
and games is also planned for Friday evening prior to Saturday’s full-day
conference.
Please
begin now to encourage your students both to attend and to make a presentation.
Presentation topics could include the results of classroom or independent
study, as well as REU or other research projects. Both research and expository
topics are welcome. Each student presenter will give a 20-minute talk. The
deadline for submitting an abstract will be approximately February 1, 2013.
Further details and
registration information will be available later this fall through a conference
website. Information is also available by contacting Prof. Janet Barnett,
janet.barnett@colostate-pueblo.edu or
(719) 549 - 2540.
Funding for the PPRUMC is provided by NSF
grant DMS-0846477 through the MAA Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conference
program, www.maa.org/RUMC
Are you
interested in what is being discovered through cutting-edge research on
teaching and learning mathematics at the collegiate level? Do you conduct
research in undergraduate mathematics education? The Special Interest Group of
the Mathematical Association of American on Research in Undergraduate
Mathematics Education (SIGMAA on RUME) will hold its sixteenth Conference on
Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education in Denver, CO February 21-23,
2013.
The
SIGMAA on RUME hosts an annual conference as part of its on-going activities to
foster high-quality research in undergraduate mathematics education and the
dissemination of such research. This conference is a forum for participants to
share results of current research, contemporary theoretical perspectives and
research paradigms, and innovative methodologies and analytic approaches as
they pertain to the study of undergraduate mathematics education. The program
will include plenary addresses by current leaders in the field, and we invite
individuals and collaborative research projects to submit proposals to present
completed research as contributed papers.
The
SIGMAA on RUME also seeks to support the development of new researchers and new
research ideas and foster an interconnected research community. We encourage
graduate students, new PhDs, undergraduate mathematics educators and
experienced researchers to present preliminary reports on ongoing research
projects in early stages of analysis. To strengthen specific areas of interest,
encourage collaboration among researchers and provide further opportunities for
networking and mentoring, we solicit proposals for working groups. These
special research groups will meet at the start of the conference to provide
opportunities for collaboration not available during the regular conference
program.
Proposals
for contributed and preliminary reports are due on October 8, 2012. Proposals
for working groups are due on November 5, 2012. Please visit the conference
website for more extensive and updated information at http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/crume2013.
The
University of Northern Colorado is serving as the host institution for this
year's conference.
The SIAM student
chapters of Colorado (CU Boulder, CU Denver, UCCS, Mines, CSU) will host their
ninth annual regional student conference on applied mathematics on Saturday,
March 2, 2013. This event will allow students from Front Range colleges and
universities to present their research and learn what is being done by their
peers. There will also be a special session for teams from the Mathematical
Contest in Modeling to present their results. All undergraduate and graduate
students are welcome.
FRAMSC will be held
at the University of Colorado Denver. The keynote address will be given by
Professor Loren Cobb, also from CU
Denver. Additional information will be posted online (http://amath.colorado.edu/cmsms/index.php?page=conference ) and sent to area
universities later in the year.
Project
NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a national
faculty development program of the MAA for new or recent Ph.D.s
in the mathematical sciences. It addresses all aspects of an academic career:
improving the teaching and learning of mathematics, engaging in research and
scholarship, and participating in professional activities. It also provides the
participants with a network of peers and mentors as they assume these responsibilities. Section NExT-RM is a smaller scale,
regional, version of the national Project NExT
program, specifically serving the members of the Rocky Mountain Section of the
Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The goals
of Section NExT-RM are similar to those of the
national program, but Section NExT-RM has the
additional focus of establishing links between the different types of
institutions in the Section. This program also has a broader eligibility than
the national program and provides activities which incorporate issues specific
to the Section.
Section NExT-RM is open to non-tenured faculty members who are
within their first five years of teaching at a two-year college, four-year
college, or university within the Rocky Mountain Section of the MAA. We
encourage all interested and eligible faculty members to apply!
Our
next meeting for the Section NExT-RM Fellows will be
part of the MAA section meeting that will be held April 26-27, 2013 and hosted
by Adams State University in Alamosa, CO. The Section NExT-RM
sessions will occur both just prior to and just following the annual section
meeting. At this workshop, participants will discuss topics suggested by, and of special relevance to beginning faculty. Section NExT-RM Fellows will remain in contact with one another via
an electronic network and will continue to strengthen new ties through future
annual section meetings.
Section
NExT-RM is a wonderful way for new faculty to become
involved in the mathematical community at a regional level by building strong
connections with peers and institutions throughout the Rocky Mountain Section.
Further
information on the program will be available at
http://faculty1.coloradocollege.edu/~ataylor/SectionNextHomePage.html
Look
for the application for 2013 Section NExT-RM Fellows
posted at this website later in the semester.
For
more information, please contact members of the steering committee:
Bob
Cohen (rcohen@western.edu),
Kim
Fix (kfix@western.edu),
John Carter (jcarte11@msudenver.edu),
Diane Davis (ddavi102@msudenver.edu),
or Dan Swenson (Daniel.Swenson@bhsu.edu).
Diane
Davis and Bob Cohen
Section
NExT Co-Chairs
Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics
(CCTM) continues to provide great opportunities for both pre- and in-service
teachers! Here are some important headlines from CCTM:
1)
There
will be no CCTM annual meeting this year, and the next CCTM meeting will be in
October 2013.
2)
CCTM
is helping to host the NCTM national conference, which will be in Denver on
April 17-20, 2013. The focus of the NCTM national conference is Reasoning and Proof: Is it true? Convince
me! CCTM needs volunteers to help with
this great event. This is a great
opportunity for pre-service teachers to volunteer and learn more about CCTM and
NCTM. Volunteers are able to register for the entire conference at the
member rate, which could save you up to $76, and will get free t-shirt! Student
volunteers will have an opportunity to get one free day at the conference (on
the day that they volunteer). Volunteers will ask to devote a 4-hour block of
their time to oversee meeting rooms or direct conference attendees around the
convention center. For more information
on volunteering contact Diane Weaver (weavcctm@aol.com)
or check NCTM website
(http://www.nctm.org/conferences/forms.aspx?ekfrm=33382)
3) Colorado Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (CCTM) in cooperation with Colorado Department of Education continues
to present regional workshops to support teachers adapting the new Colorado
Academic Standards (CAS). The fall regional workshops will be held on October
6, 2012 across the state. The focus of the workshop will be on algebra and the
following key question will be addressed: What Does Algebra (ECE-12) Look
Like in the Colorado Academic Standards? The workshop registration information and locations can be found
at CCTM website: www.cctmath.org.
Walk-ins
are welcome, however for food ordering purposes it would be better to register
in advance.
Gulden Karakok, CCTM
Liaison
The
2012 Rocky Mountain Section MAA meeting was certainly a rousing success. Students were well-represented at the conference,
with 25 undergraduate talks and 19 graduate student talks. That accounts for
more than half of the content of the parallel sessions! Students also gathered for games and lunch to
kick off the conference.
Fifteen students and faculty members also
attended the Rockies baseball game, though few stayed till the bitter end to
see the Rockies make a late comeback against the Diamondbacks. It was cold but we had fun!
Come join the fun next April 26-27, 2013 at
the section meeting at Adams State University in Alamosa - start thinking now
about your presentation topic!
Beth Schaubroeck, USAFA
Carl Lienert, Fort Lewis College
Section
Student Activity Coordinators
The 2013 Rocky
Mountain Section Meeting will be held at Adams State University on April 26 and
27, 2013. Alamosa is at 7544 ft and spring weather is
extremely unpredictable, be prepared for both warm and cold weather!
Details of the meeting will be forthcoming.
SESSION
PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS
An
invitation to attend the meeting and contribute is extended to all
mathematicians and anyone interested in mathematics, particularly mathematics
teachers at all levels including middle school, high school and college, as well
as undergraduate and graduate students.
We
are currently inviting proposals for organizing parallel sessions and/or panel
discussion topics in all areas of Mathematics. A typical session will consist
of 4-9 talks of 20-25 minutes each.
Anyone
interested, please submit session and panel discussion topic proposals to Stephen Aldrich at saldrich@adams.edu
REGISTRATION
AND ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS
Registration information will be forthcoming.
For full consideration, talk titles and abstracts should be
submitted by April 5, 2013. Please submit by e-mail to Stephen Aldrich at saldrich@adams.edu
INVITED
SPEAKERS
1)
Janet Nichols, Colorado
State University - Pueblo
The 2012 Burton W. Jones Distinguished
Teaching Award Recipient.
2) Michael
Pearson, Executive Director of the MAA
For any questions or requests, please contact
one of the Program Co-Chairs:
Stephen Aldrich at saldrich@adams.edu
Matt Ikle at moikle@adams.edu
The 2012 Annual
Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Section of the MAA was held on April 13 and 14,
2012, at the Auraria Campus in Denver. The meeting
was hosted jointly by the three institution of the Auraria
campus - Metropolitan State College of Denver (MSCD) (now Metropolitan State
University of Denver), University of Colorado Denver (UCD), and the Community
College of Denver (CCD). The meeting organizers were Shahar Boneh and John Ethier (MSCD), William Cherowitzo (UCD), and Jean
Hindie (CCD). Nearly 200 people attended the
meeting, including more than 80 graduate and undergraduate students. Other
participants included academic faculty members, K-12 teachers, and several
members of the business and industry sector.
The meeting
officially opened on Friday at 1:00 PM, with a welcome message from Mr. Cliff Richardson, president of CCD. The
program then started with a lecture by the 2011 Burton W. Jones Distinguished
Teacher Award Recipient, Richard Bogdanovic (Community College of Aurora), entitled ‘That Will Be the Day’. Later on Friday
afternoon, Dr. Robin Wilson (Open
University, UK) gave the Zenas Hartvigson Memorial Lecture entitled ‘The Great Mathematicians’. On Friday
evening, the meeting participants enjoyed a fabulous dinner banquet at the
Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver, while many of the student participants enjoyed
a baseball game in Coors Field. After dinner, Dr. Douglas Ensley (Shippensburg University), Second Vice President of
MAA gave an entertaining talk entitled ‘Invariants under Group Actions to Amaze Your
Friends.’
The meeting resumed on Saturday morning
with a sectional business meeting, followed by an invited talk by Walter Stromquist,
Editor of Mathematics Magazine
on ‘The Mathematics of Three-Candidate Elections.’ The meeting
concluded with another invited talk by Michael
Dorff (Brigham Young University) entitled ‘Black-Scholes, the Iron Man Suit and an
Advisor to the President of the United States’.
The contributed paper sessions on Friday
afternoon and Saturday morning included more than 70 talks, many of which were
given by undergraduate and graduate students. Besides the general sessions
which encompassed a variety of topics, there were several specialized sessions
on topics such as Combinatorics, Mathematics
Education, History of Mathematics, Graduate Student Research, Undergraduate
Research, Probability and its Applications, and Math Club Activities.
Other meeting activities included a
workshop on Friday morning, conducted by Dr.’s William Emerson and Louis Talman (MSCD) on Using WebWork
in Mathematics Courses, a Chair’s
and MAA Liasion’s Luncheon, and a student social event which included lunch for students and mathematical games.
A book and software exhibit has operated throughout the meeting. We would like to
acknowledge and thank the exhibitors who participated:
Jennifer Jaenicke from Cengage
Donna DePaulis from Pearson (Note:
a different rep came to the conference)
Barbara Aaker, a math teacher from
CCD
Oliver Tillman from McGraw-Hill
Zim Olson from Zim
Mathematics
Janet Barnett, representing MAA
MSCD’s Women in Math
Club
Finally, this meeting
could not have been as successful as it was without the massive help of the
faculty, staff and students of MSCD, UCD and CCD. Many thanks to all those who
helped organize this event.
We also want to thank
Mr. David Romero of the 5th
Street Café for the excellent catering throughout the meeting.
Π = Graduate Student
Ω
= Undergraduate Student
Α = High
School Student
Combinatorics
Phil
DeOrsey π, University
of Colorado Denver
What
is a Bent Function?
Jennifer
Diemunsch π, University of Colorado Denver
Rainbow
Matchings in Properly Edge-Colored Graphs
Emily
Hill Ω,
Metropolitan State College of Denver
Sudoku
Hypercubes: Construction and Bounds
Michael
Melcher π, University of Colorado Denver
Monochromatic
Sinks in Arc-Colored Tournaments
David
Brown, Utah State University
Regularity
and Biclique Cover Number of Tournaments
Rodney
James, University of Colorado Denver
Riemann-Roch Theory on Finite Sets
Sarah
Mousley π,
Utah State University
Estimates
on the Size of the Cycle Spectra of Hamiltonian Graphs
Michael
Barrus, Black Hills State
University
Two-Switches and Isomorphism Classes
Tim Morris π, University of Colorado Denver
Forbidden Subgraphs
for Disjoint Matching
Sudipta Mallik π,
University of Wyoming
On
Characterization of Graphs of Minimum Skew Rank Four
Catherine
Erbes π,
University of Colorado Denver
A Generalization of
Ramsey Numbers to Degree Sequences of Graphs
Oscar Levin, University of Northern Colorado
How (Not) to Compute Domatic Partitions of Graphs
Jason Hill π,
University of
Colorado at Boulder
Group Theory of the Rubik's Cube
Camilo
Mesa π,
University of
Colorado at Boulder
Getzler
Symbol Calculus via Deformation Quantization
Eric Quade π,
University of
Wyoming
New Construction of Detonation Profiles
for the Reactive Navier-Stokes Equations
Colin Day, Denver School of Nursing
Geometric Integration
Travis Kowalski, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
The Only Multivariable Counterexample
You Ever Need to Know
Mahadevan
Ganesh, Colorado
School of Mines
A Model Reduction Algorithm for
Computational Electromagnetics
Richard Krantz,
Metropolitan State
College of Denver, Physics Dept.
Continued Fractions and Musical Scales
Saroj
Aryal π,
University of
Wyoming
Sparse Moment Sequences
Ricardo Diaz, University of Northern Colorado
The Inverse Function Theorem: A
Shocking Proof
Ivan Raykov, CSU – Pueblo
Necessary Conditions for a Fixed Point
of Maps in Non-Metric Spaces
Yang Zou π,
Colorado State
University
Spatiotemporal Chaos Induced by In-Out
Intermittency
Bradley Warner, United
States Air Force Academy
Integer Sequences: Ideas about Growth Functions and Growth
Limits
Cara Wiblemo π, University of Wyoming
Mathematics
Outreach Activities with Middle School and High School Students
Laura Stone, Front Range Community
College
How to Flip Your Classroom
Travis Kowalski, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
A
Mobile-Learning Experience in the Calculus Classroom
Mona Mocanasu, Metropolitan State
College of Denver
Using
Clickers in Your Classroom - A Beginner's Guide
Thomas Boushell, United States Air Force Academy
Results
of a Novel Approach to Building Fundamental Calculus Skills
Jerry Dwyer, Texas Tech
University
Self-Determination and
Perceptions of Teaching in Noyce Scholars
John Carter, Clark
Dollard, Mark Koester, Patricia McKenna, James Loats,
Don Gilmore
and
Brooke Evans, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Using Lesson Analysis to Improve
Teaching
Stephanie Anderson π, University of Northern Colorado
In-Service High School Mathematics
Teachers' Understandings & Representations of the Complex Number System
Soofia
Malik π, University of Northern Colorado
Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of
Statistics Anxiety in an Introductory Statistics Course
Gulden Karakok, University
of Northern Colorado
Evaluation of an
Introduction to Proofs Course
Melissa Goss π, University of Northern Colorado
Mathematical Experts' Tools and
Reasoning Techniques in Constructing Proofs
Dale Peterson, United
States Air Force Academy
Oral
Exams: Eight Years of Experience and Evidence of Additional Learning
Robert Raish, University of Northern Colorado
Guided
Reinvention of the Formal Definition of Convergence of a Sequence
Rebecca-Anne Dibbs π, University of Northern Colorado
Metacognition in Statistics
after a Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Study
Kristel
Ehrhardt, Black Hills State University
How Can We Make Mathematics
Accessible to Remedial Math Students?
Steven Benoit, Colorado State University
David Anton, University of Wyoming
Proctored and Unproctored Placement Testing Tailored to Curriculum
Curtis Card and Daluss Siewert, Black Hills State University
Multi-Tiered Systems of
Support in Developmental Math
Ralph Boedigheimer, United States Air Force Academy
My
Biggest Bang Theory
|
Janet Heine-Barnett, Colorado State University – Pueblo
A Brief History of Quotient Groups
George Heine, Math and Maps
Euler and the Figure of the Earth
|
|
Robin Wilson, Open University
Euler’s Combinatorics
Mike Siddoway, Colorado College
Ibn
al-Haytham, Lunes and the
Quadrature of the Circle
William Cherowitzo, University of Colorado Denver
What is Written over
the Door of Plato's Academy?
Kyla Caudle, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
Searching Algorithms Using Bayesian
Updates
Ben Dyhr, Metropolitan State College of
Denver
Variations of the Simple Random Walk
on Z2 and Questions about Scaling Limits
Kevin Lenth
π, University of Wyoming
Application of a Perturbation Method
to Nonlinear Parabolic Stochastic PDEs
Roger Johnson, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
"Toss Up" Strategies
Dan Swenson, Black Hills State University
Best Stategies
in the Price is Right Showcase Showdown (and a Related Game)
Christianna
Brown, Susannah Coates, Emily Hill, Fulton Jackson, Jennifer Maxwell and
Nathan Nicklas, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Metro Women in Mathematics: Empowering
Women in Math
Levi Johnson π, Texas Tech University
From Grass Roots to World Wide: The
Texas Tech Math & Science Club
|
Travis Myers Ω, United
States Air Force Academy
Calculating Mean Positions on the
Surface of the Earth
Michael MacAndrew Ω, United
States Air Force Academy
Applications of Mathematics to the
Stock Market
William Fulton Ω, Regis College
Elephants: Too Few and Too Many?
Modeling Population Growth and Management for Sustainability
Michael Snyder Ω, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
Probabilities in Yahtzee
Taylor Ramsey Ω, Regis College
Symmetrical Summations Involving Nim Piles of Four
Tyler Wendell Ω, Black Hills State University
The Easy Strategy for the Lights Out!
Game
James Keisel Ω, Black Hills State University
The BCS Debate
Dennis Garcia Ω, Fort Lewis College
Predicting Baseball Outcomes using
Neural Networks
Zachary Ahlers
Ω, Regis College
An Improbable Fish Tale: Assumptions in
Statistical Modeling
Mary Rose Paiz Ω, Fort Lewis College
The Geometry and Statistical Analysis
of Music
William Fey Ω, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Surfaces in Cages
Christopher Pierce Ω, Fort Lewis College
Understanding a Falling Cat: An
Exploration into Higher Dimensional Geometry and Physics
Sarah Terrill Ω, Fort Lewis College
Jamison's Conjecture over Convex Hulls
Susannah Coates and Alees
Seehausen Ω, Metropolitan State College of Denver
Investigation and Classification of
7-Edge Polygonal Chains, Stuck Unknots and Stuck Trivial Chains
Stephen Wakefield Ω, United
States Air Force Academy
The Feasibility of Determining
Satellite Composition and Orientation using Slitless
Spectroscopy, Part I
Shannon Young Ω, United
States Air Force Academy
The Feasibility of Determining
Satellite Composition and Orientation using Slitless
Spectroscopy, Part II
Tyler Bongers
Ω, CSU - Pueblo
Optimal Transfer Orbits in 3-D
Astronomical Systems
Keith Wyman Ω, United
States Air Force Academy
Modeling of Phase Conjugation by
Degenerate 4-Wave Mixing in Phase Conjugate Materials
Nels
Leonard Ω, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
Object Recognition using Tensor linear
Discriminant Analysis
Casey Horgan Ω, United
States Air Force Academy
Using Greek Ladders to Approximate
Roots of Monic Quadratic Polynomials
Tristan Lehmann Ω, South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology
A Strange Least Square Phenomenon
Jennifer Johnson Ω, Black Hills State University
Generating Cwatsets
from Multiple Graphs
Gerri Roberts A, Poudre Valley High School, University
of Northern Colorado
Counting Liars and Truth-Tellers
Minutes:
MAA Business Meeting
Date: April 14, 2012; 8:00-8:50 am
Location:
Metropolitan State College of Denver, Science
Building, Room 1011
- Daluss Siewert called the meeting to order. He requested that
the agenda be rearranged slightly, as paper copies of the minutes had not
been distributed yet. There were no objections.
- Heidi Keck gave
the Student Math competitions announcement for Dick Gibbs. Lynne Ipina added the Wyoming AMC competition results.
- Daluss gave the
Chair's Report. The executive committee decided to keep meeting fees the
same for next year. He explained the new process for nominating someone
for the national Haimo teaching award. The
intent is to give nominees a longer opportunity to put together a packet.
Doug Ensley clarified that not all nominees need to come from the section.
- Beth Schaubroeck gave the student activities report. The
lunch and social on Friday were well attended, although it was hard to
anticipate attendance. The baseball game was also a successful outing.
- Mike Brilleslyper reported that the newsletter was entirely
electronic now and that Linda is doing a great job.
- Doug Ensley
reported the main news from the national level was a new executive
director Michael Pearson. His first goal is to figure out how to not have
a budget deficit. There will be staff and reorganization issues. They are
currently advertising for a Deputy Director to run programs, grants and
budget. There is also a search for an Associate Treasurer, which is a five
year term. This person chairs the budget committee and is a “regular”
person, not someone in D.C. The year 2013 is the Year of Mathematics for
Planet Earth. There will be thematic sessions and events throughout the
year. Sections are encouraged to consider this for local meetings. He also
reported that it is as yet unknown what impact the MAA/NCTM joint
statement on calculus will have. Mike Brilleslyper
asked about budget issues for section officer travel. Doug explained the
issue and its history. He said national believes it is important, but that
it is not required in the by-laws. Michael Pearson wanted to have it
reinstated but it is unknown what happened. He suggested Mike should ask
someone higher in the organization.
- Lynne Ipina led the election for the Vice Chair position.
She introduced Sue Norris and directed people to the bio and statement in
the packet. Sue thanked people for the opportunity to serve. She hopes to
get more involvement at the community college level and believes that if
people know about the organization they will join. Daluss
thanked Sarah Pauley for her work as outgoing Vice-Chair. Lynne reported
that the election was a unanimous vote for Sue. Daluss
reminded people that next year the Chair-Elect position will be open and
that Bill Cherowitzo is taking over as chair.
- Sarah Pauley
made a motion to approve the minutes from last year, Bill Cherowitzo
seconded, all approved.
- Linda Sundbye
reported that the newsletter deadlines are September 15 and February 15.
Only 4 paper copies are sent out, the rest are electronic.
- Mike Brilleslyper gave the governor's report. Budget issues
at the national level affect the sections, especially the lack of travel
support for officers. Any ideas about how to deal with these issues can be
directed to him to send to national. Doug reminded us that sections can
send officers using their own funds. Mike would like a clearer picture of
the national budget before using our own money.
- Announcements:
·
Daluss announced Janet Nicholls as the 2012
DTA winner
·
Michael
Barrus explained that there were no applicants for
Section NExT this year. At the Friday meeting, the
leaders decided to have a two-year fellow cycle. The original grant is over and
they are looking for new funding sources.
·
Next
year's meeting will be at Adams State College in Alamosa.
·
Gulden
Karakok spoke about the upcoming national NCTM meeting in Denver and is looking
for volunteers. Lynne Ipina announced that WCTM
meetings have moved to October.
·
Daluss reminded people that the abstract
deadline for Math Fest is April 30.
·
Tensia Soto-Johnson gave details on the RUME
conference. The deadline for abstracts is October 8, and pointed out that there
is a heavy math research component.
- Lynne Ipina asked about the process for applying for Section
NExT fellowships. Michael gave details. Doug
Ensley asked about local attendance and registration figures. Bill
Cherowitzo estimated 170 preregistered people with an additional 30
walk-ins.
- Daluss brought up the
DTA discussion from the executive committee meeting about splitting the
DTA award into a junior and senior faculty. Bill explained the Award
Committee's dilemma of trying to determine which type of person should be
rewarded, when both should be honored. A younger faculty award could take
pressure off making that distinction. Janet suggested the junior award
could be every other year. Questions on what constitutes junior were
raised. Doug Ensley suggested that it could help promote the national
Alder award which uses a seven year cut off. He supported the alternate
year idea.
- Janet Barnett
promoted the MAA book sales booth and reminded people that money comes
back to the section. And shouldn't we be spending this money on something?
Maybe more section grants? Doug Ensley suggested using money to sponsor a
project NExT fellow. Asked to clarify, he said
that in addition to the cost born by the institution, it costs about $2500
per fellow. The Exxon Mobile grant is done, the Dolciani
funds cover 10 fellows, national has committed to find funds for 80 total.
- A motion was
made and seconded to thank MSCD, UCD, CCA and to
pass the banner to Adams State. No faculty from Adams
State were present so Heidi Keck took the banner.
- Meeting was
adjourned at 8:48 am.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Heidi Keck, Western
State Colorado University
Secretary/Treasurer
of the MAA Rocky Mountain Section
Minutes: MAA Rocky Mountain
Section Executive Committee Meeting
Date
& Time: Thursday,
April 12 at 8:00 – 9:00 pm and
Friday, April 13 at 10:00 – 11:30am.
Location: Metropolitan State
College of Denver, Science Building, Room 1007
Attendance: Bill
Cherowitzo, Daluss Siewert,
Shahar Boneh, Jean Hindie, Sarah Pauley,
John Ethier, Mike Brilleslyper, Heidi
Keck
1. Daluss Siewert
called the meeting to order. Bill Cherowitzo made a motion to accept the
minutes and Mike Brilleslyper seconded the motion.
There was no discussion and the minutes were accepted unanimously.
2. Daluss went through the executive committee
agenda starting with the opening ceremony and banquet. Jean said that the
welcoming remarks would be given by Cliff Richardson, President of CCD. Bill
will introduce Robin Wilson for the Zenas Hartvigson Memorial Lecture. No Membership Anniversary
Certificates were sent this year.
3. Shahar announced that Dave Ruch, MSCD
department chair, would host the chair and liaison lunch. A theme for
discussion was planned. The student lunch had 47 people sign up. The baseball
game had 15. Tickets are still available.
4. The business meeting agenda was
approved unanimously.
(Meeting was ended at 9:00 pm to be
continued at 10:00 am Friday morning)
Attendance: Bill Cherowitzo, Daluss Siewert, Sarah Pauley,
John Ethier, Mike Brilleslyper,
Heidi Keck
5. Heidi gave the financial report. Mike
mentioned that the PPRUMC felt the money was well spent on this activity grant.
6. Daluss spoke for the nominating committee.
There is only one nomination for Vice Chair. Next year we will need to find nominees
for Chair Elect. This will require some effort, and Daluss
asked that people start thinking about it now.
7. Bill gave the awards committee report.
There were two section awards at $750 each. There was discussion on how the
activities support section goals. Bill suggested the application form should
include obvious place to show MAA membership. The DTA was difficult to decide
as the committee deliberated on “lifetime achievement” or “up and coming”
purpose of the award. Heidi asked about the possibility of creating an early
career award similar to the national award structure. Bill suggested this be
brought up at the business committee meeting. Discussion followed on whether a
simplified process would attract more nominations. Since the nomination process
for the Haimo Award at national has changed, Bill
wondered how we were going to change our process.
8. Heidi reported that Section NExT had no applicants this year and they are considering
going to a two year cycle.
9. Heidi presented a request for $250 to
support the Colorado Math Awards. Bill moved to accept the request, Sarah
seconded, it was approved unanimously. Heidi presented
a request from Janet Barnett for MAA books as student prizes. Bill moved to
fund up to $100, Sarah seconded, all approved.
10. Daluss reported that National would like
Sections to sponsor Project NExT Fellows at $2500
each. Discussion followed on the purpose
of the funding and the state of the budget at National. The program is
considered valuable by everyone. The topic will be brought up with Doug Ensley
to clarify.
11. Daluss reported that support for section
chairs to attend Mathfest has been cut. Mike reported
that similar cuts have been made for other section officers to attend national
meetings. Mike explained the budget issues that National is trying to resolve
around deficit spending and reserve amounts. Both felt that without support
less section officers would attend national meetings. Various cost sharing
ideas have been suggested. Mike will ask this to be on the Governor’s agenda at
Mathfest.
12. Daluss asked if we had a policy on use of
chair and liaison email lists. Heidi reported that our working policy is to not
share the lists. People may send things to the secretary and have them sent
out.
13. Daluss explained the new policy for Haimo nominations is to allow the nominee a year to put
together a packet. Discussion followed on how we would transition to the new
process. Daluss suggested that this summer (2012) the
executive committee look at the past 5 years of DTA winners to find a nominee
for 2013 Haimo. Our 2013 DTA winner would be part of
the nomination for Haimo in 2014. Mike moved to
approve this suggestion, Sarah seconded, all voted to approve.
14. Mike, Daluss,
and Bill will all attend Mathfest. Mike and Bill will
attend the Joint Meetings in San Diego.
15. Bill suggested that the section could
be more proactive in furthering its goals. In particular, he wondered what we
could do to make two-year college faculty feel more welcome. Mike would like to
see the section parallel the national theme—perhaps this could be a session at
the spring meeting. Heidi will try to coordinate this with Adams State for next
year.
16. Daluss reports that the history of the
section idea keeps coming up. Nothing seems to be happening. He has asked Janet
Barnett and Jeff Berg if they would start writing, but they have not agreed
yet. Discussion followed on purpose of the history.
17. Bill explained the online registration
issues for the meeting registration. There is a flat $4/person charge, plus fee
for credit cards. He asked if national couldn’t take over this aspect. Mike and
Daluss confirmed that it has been discussed. Fees for
2013 were tentatively set at the same as this year with the understanding that
they could increase slightly if Adams has significant room rental fees. ($30 in
advance; $35 on site; $10 students, teachers, new members, 25/50 year members;
DTA nominators and awardee get free banquet and registration)
a.
2013
Adams State University
i. Program Chairs: Stephen Aldrich and
Matt Ilke
ii. Dates: April 26 and 27, 2013
b.
2014
University of Wyoming (confirmed)
c.
2015
Colorado College (tentative)
d.
2016
Colorado Mesa University (joint with Intermountain Section, tentative)
e.
2017
f.
2018
Fort Lewis (tentative)
Respectfully
submitted,
Heidi Keck, Western
State Colorado University
Secretary/Treasurer
of the MAA Rocky Mountain Section
The
Section offers the following suggestions which might be of assistance, especially
to first-timers, during preparation of a talk for a Section Meeting.
- The default talk
length is 20 minutes, but longer times can be requested. Program
organizers will attempt to provide the amount of time requested for your
presentation, within the limitations of the program. Once you have been
notified of the amount of time allotted, carefully prepare your
presentation accordingly. If possible, plan to leave a few minutes at the
end of your presentation for questions.
- A presider will
be assigned to facilitate each session of presentations. The presider will
introduce the speaker, assist in distribution of any handouts, signal the
end of the presentation, and ask for questions from the audience.
- If handouts are
to be provided, give them to the presider prior to the beginning of the
session including your talk. Plan to bring about 30 handouts and be
prepared to give attendees your address in case the supply runs out. It
may also be possible to arrange for posting of electronic materials from your talk on the section website; check
with program organizers concerning this possibility.
- Do not plan to
present so much detailed material that your presentation becomes rushed.
Focus on providing the audience with insight into your topic and its key
notion during the presentation. Remember that very few members of the audience
will be experts in the field you are discussing and that the audience will
include some students.
- The use of
transparencies on an overhead projector greatly enhances the pace of a
presentation. But make sure that notes on transparencies are written or
typed in a font big enough and with spacing adequate to be seen clearly 50
to 100 feet away. Simply copying ordinary typewritten pages will not
produce readable transparencies. Power Point or PDF presentations can
serve a similar purpose in providing pacing for a talk, but be sure to
check with program organizers concerning available technology and means of
transferring data.
The purpose of the
Section Activity Grants program is to assist Section members in funding
projects in support of Section Mission. These projects must be clearly tied to
one or more of the Rocky Mountain Section Mission Goals and the project
director must be a member of MAA.
Grants will not exceed $750 per project. Matching funds from host
institution are preferred, but not required. To apply for a Section Activity
Grant, submit the following to the Section Secretary/Treasurer:
(a) Description
of project (no more than one page);
(b) Statement of how project supports Mission Goals (no more than one
page);
(c) Estimated budget;
(d) Description of matching
funds available, if any;
(e) Vitae of project director(s).
If funded, a report
on the project will be filed by the Project Director upon completion (no more
than one page) and a report will be made at the next meeting of the Section.
Complete details on the selection process and application guidelines are posted
on the section website. Grants will be reviewed once a year. All application
materials are due November 1st of each year.
The establishment of
a Student Recognition Grant Program was approved by the section membership at
the 2003 Annual Business Meeting. In support of this program, the Section will
set aside $500 every calendar year. From these monies, the Section will make
grants for the purpose of recognizing superior achievement in mathematics on the
part of (1) students enrolled in post-secondary institutions within the
geographic region served by the Section and (2) high school students whose
school districts, or other appropriate political subdivisions, substantially
intersect the geographic region served by the Section.
Proposals
for such grants must
1. Originate
from a member of the Rocky Mountain Section of the Mathematical Association of
America on behalf of an agency, institution, or organization whose stated
purposes are consistent with recognizing or encouraging superior academic
achievement at the high school level;
2. Be
in the hands of the Chair of the Rocky Mountain Section no later than March 15
of the year in which the proposed recognition is to be made;
3. Include
the criteria under which superior achievement in mathematics is to be
recognized, together with the time and the manner of such recognition;
4. Report,
insofar as possible at the time of the proposal, other potential sources of
support together with proposals or requests made or intended; and
5. Be
limited to a maximum amount of $250.
The
Executive Committee will review all proposals for grants under this policy and
will make such grants as, in its sole judgment, it deems proper. In keeping
with the section mission, funding priority will be given to grants that include
recognition of undergraduate students. Funding decisions will be announced no
later than the Annual Business Meeting of the Section. Monies not expended
during any particular year shall revert to the Section’s general fund.
The logo for the Rocky Mountain Section of
the Mathematical Association of America was created in by Mark Petersen in
2001. A graduate student in the Applied Mathematics Department at the
University of Colorado at Boulder at that time, Mark says of his design:
“The mountain symbols were chosen because
analysis is the foundation for all of mathematics. The equation eip + 1 = 0 must rank among the
most beautiful formulas in mathematics. It connects the five most important
constants of mathematics with the three most important operations - addition,
multiplication, and exponentiation. These five constants symbolize the four
major branches of classical mathematics: arithmetic, represented by 0 and 1;
algebra, by i; geometry, by p; and analysis, by e.
(Quoted from Eli Maor’s e, The Story of a Number).
I chose to portray this equation as a train because rail has historically been
the life blood of the American West, and trains are complementary to any
mountain scene.”
Joint Mathematics
Meetings; San Diego, CA
January 9-12, 2013
SIGMAA – RUME,
Hosted by UNC, Denver, CO
February 21 – 23, 2013
10th
Annual PPRUMC, CSU – Pueblo
February 23, 2013
SIAM FRAMSC, Auraria Campus,
March 2, 2013
ICTCM, Boston, MA
March 21-24, 2013
MAA Rocky Mountain
Section Meeting
Adams State University
April 26-27, 2013
NCTM annual
meeting; Denver, CO
April 17-20, 2013
MAA MathFest; Hartford, CT; August 1-3, 2013
Joint Mathematics
Meetings; Baltimore, MD
January 15-18, 2014
MAA Rocky Mountain
Section Meeting
University of Wyoming; April 2014
NCTM annual
meeting; New Orleans, LA
April 9-12, 2014
MAA MathFest; Portland, OR; August 7-9, 2014
Joint Mathematics
Meetings; San Antonio, TX
January 10-13, 2015
NCTM annual
meeting; Boston, MA
April 15-18, 2015
MAA 100th
Anniversary MathFest,
Washington, DC; August 5-8, 2015
Joint Mathematics
Meetings; Seattle, WA
January 6-9, 2016
NCTM annual
meeting; San Francisco, CA
April 13-16, 2016
Joint Mathematics
Meetings; Atlanta, GA
January 4-7, 2017
Joint Mathematics
Meetings; San Diego, CA
January 10-13, 2018
Joint Mathematics
Meetings; Baltimore, MD
January 16-19, 2019
The Rocky
Mountain Section of
The Mathematical
Association of America
Burton W. Jones Award
for Distinguished College or University
Teaching of Mathematics
Name of Nominee _________________________
(First name first)
College or
University Affiliation _______________
College or
University Address _______________
City ____ State Zip ___
Is the nominee a
member of the MAA?
Number of years of
teaching experience in a mathematical science
Has the nominee
taught at least half time in a mathematical science
for the past three
years (not counting a sabbatical period)? _
On a separate page, briefly describe the unusual or extraordinary
personal and professional qualities of the nominee that contribute to her or
his extraordinary teaching success.
Name of Nominator) ________________
(First name first)
Address of Nominator ______________
______________
Email Address
______________
Telephone: Work ______ Home ______ Fax ______
Nominator’s Signature _________________
Nomination forms should reach Section Secretary by December 1 of each
year.
Complete nomination materials should reach Section Secretary by January 15
of each year.
Section Secretary: Heidi Keck, hkeck@western.edu
Western State
Colorado University; Hurst Hall; Gunnison, CO 81231.
Please consult the Section webpage (http://sections.maa.org/rockymt)
for complete guidelines.
Many thanks to
those members who have made a voluntary dues contribution to the section along
with their Spring Meeting Registration!
Although the
section has found itself in good financial health in recent years, additional
funds are always needed in order to pursue special initiatives suggested by the
membership. The successful John Fauvel Memorial
Conference and William Dunham Special Lecture, both supported in part by the
Section Activity Grant program, provide excellent examples of what can be done
with even a small amount of funding to support our section mission and
goals.
A voluntary
section dues contribution from you now can help build up funds in support of
similar initiatives!
To submit your
dues, simply return the coupon below with a check for any amount you wish -
every little bit will help, and all contributors will receive a letter
acknowledging the contribution for their financial records.
Name
_____________________________________________________________
Address
_____________________________________________________________
_______________________________________ ZIP __________________
Please indicate in the
space provided how you would like your dues to be used:
____________ Undergraduate
Student Initiatives
_____________ Graduate
Student Initiatives
_____________ Burton
W. Jones DTA Fund
_____________ Section
Activity Grant Program
_____________ Wherever
needed most
_____________
Other: ____________________________________
_____________ TOTAL DUES PAID ($10 recommended)
Please make
check payable to: MAA Rocky Mountain Section and return to: Heidi Keck, MAA Rocky
Mountain Section Treasurer/Secretary: Western State Colorado University, Hurst
Hall; Gunnison, CO 81231
To promote excellence in mathematics
education,
especially at the collegiate level.
Mission Related
Goals
1.
To
foster scholarship, professional development, and professional cooperation
among the various constituencies of the mathematical community within the
region.
2. To foster the implementation and study of
recent research recommendations for the teaching, learning and assessment of
collegiate mathematics.
3. To support the implementation of effective
mathematics preparation programs of prospective teachers at all levels.
4. To enhance the interests, talents and
achievements of all individuals in mathematics, especially of members of
underrepresented groups.
5. To provide recognition of the importance of
mathematics, mathematical research and quality mathematics teaching, and
promote public understanding of the same.
6. To provide regional leadership in the
promotion of systemic change in mathematics education, and in the enhancement
of public understanding about the needs and importance of mathematical research
and education.
