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Join The North Central Section NExT!
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Designed for new college and university faculty in the
mathematical sciences, Section NExT (New Experiences
in
Teaching) is a professional development program that
addresses
the full range of faculty responsibilities including teaching,
scholarly
activities, and service. |
Our
Goals
The goals for the North Central Section NExT are:
- To create a venue at our MAA Section Meetings and via a
section List-serve
in which
the
needs and concerns of new faculty can be openly discussed with a
regional
network of mathematicians.
- To inform participants about current trends and innovations
in undergraduate
education.
- To establish collaboration and interaction between people
from the many
different kinds of institutions in our section, including private
colleges,
state universities, liberal arts colleges and community colleges.
- To encourage the participation of new faculty in the
activities of the North Central Section of the MAA.
- To support the professional development of new faculty by
the establishment of a
peer support group that provides important contacts for beginning
faculty.
Our
Activities
North Central Section NExT fellows participate in activities at the
fall and spring
meetings
of the North Central Section of the MAA. The next section NExT meeting
is listed below.
April 25, 2008
at the College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph MN
A map of the campus is here.
Visitor parking is shown on the map.
- 2:30
Sign-In, Coffee
and Social Time
Room 120 Gorecki Conference Center
2:45
- 3:45 Presentations on Capstone Courses and Senior
Projects
Shawn Chiapetta, University of
Sioux Falls
Donna Flint, South Dakota State University
Marian Bocea, North Dakota State
University
3:45 - 4:45
Disccussion - Sharing - Brainstorming on Capstone Courses
- 5:20 Dinner at Cafe
Renaissance
- 7:00 Registration for
MAA-North Central Section Meeting
- 8:00 Talk
"Revisiting
Familiar Places: What I Learned at the Magazine"
Paul Zorn, St. Olaf
College
For local information for
parking, etc, for the section meeting, consult the MAA/NCS section
website for
the section's spring meeting, located at
Join
Us!
Each year, applications will be solicited for new MAA-NCS Section NExT
fellows to serve for a two year term. We will accept applications from
faculty who are within the first four
years of beginning full-time employment with teaching responsibilities
at the college or university level. The application consists of a
short personal statement and a letter of support from the department
chair, guaranteeing financial support for transportation, meals, and
lodging at the fall and spring meetings of the North Central
Section.
A Section NExT fellow will attend meetings of the North
Central Section of the MAA. At each meeting there will be special
activities for the Section NExT fellows.
The Section will provide financial support for the evening
dinner at the
fall and
spring NExT meetings and pay for registration for NExT fellows at the
fall and spring MAA-NCS meetings.
National NExT fellows within the
North
Central Section that are in their first fours years of teaching are
automatically section NExT
fellows and are encouraged to participate in
Section
NExT activities!
Application
Form
Useful
Links
Contact
Us!
Please address questions
to any of the organizers of the North Central Section NExT
Program.
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Shawn Chiappetta
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
University of Sioux
Falls
Shawn.Chiappetta@usiouxfalls.edu
Kris Nairn
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
St. John's University- College of St. Benedict
knairn@csbsju.edu
Mike Hvidsten
Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Gustavus Adolphus College
hvidsten@gustavus.edu
Donna Flint
Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
South Dakota State University
Donna.Flint@SDSTATE.EDU
Randy Westhoff
Professor of Mathematics
Hagg-Sauer Hall, Box 23
Bemidji State University
RWesthoff@bemidjistate.edu
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