Brian
>"Crossroads in Mathematics: Moving Ahead"
>
>Three faculty development workshops remain in this series
>supported by the National Science Foundation, the Exxon
>Education Foundation, and the American Mathematical
>Association of Two-Year Colleges. (See comments below
>from participants in the Oregon workshop in April.)
>
>WORKSHOPS REMAINING:
>May 29-31: St. Louis, MO (Deadline May 18)
>
>June 5-7: Poughkeepsie, NY
>
>July 17-20, Flagstaff, AZ
>
>These are working workshops! They will focus on team
>building and planning for program change. (Send a team of
>two or more faculty members and an instructional
>administrator.) Participants will leave the workshop with
>an executable plan for the following academic year and a
>network for continuing contact for purposes of discussion
>and support. Details on workshops and registration below
>or through the contact person listed.
>
>COMMENTS FROM PARTICIPANTS in the Oregon Workshop in
>April:
>"Our entire math faculty is here--full- and part-time!"
>Umpqua Community College
>
>"From the workshops we realize that we need to do more
>inservice at our own school for our own teachers. We
>may try a miniconference (modeled on this one)."
>Linn-Benton Community College
>
>"The presenters of the workshops have done all the
>research and now I can take it back to my school to use
>it. We're planning more joint projects with other
>disciplines."
>Rogue Community College
>
>
>*** ST. LOUIS WORKSHOP: May 29-31, 1997 ***
>
>This workshop in historic St. Louis, "Gateway to the
>West," is for faculty and administrators who wish to
>provide a more meaningful mathematics education for
>their students.
>
>REGISTRATION FEE: $89 per team member
>
>FEATURED SPEAKERS AND FACILITATORS:
>Darrell Abney, Maysville Community College
>Nancy Crisler, Pattonville Public Schools
>David Dudley, Phoenix College
>Martha Haehl, Maple Woods Community College
>Marilyn Mays, North Lake College
>Kathy Mowers, Owensboro Community College
>William Thomas, University of Toledo Community-
>Technical College
>
>CONTACT INFORMATION:
>Name: Wanda Long
>E-mail: wlong@chuck.stchas.edu
>Phone: (314) 922-8000 X4343
>U.S. Mail address:
> St. Charles County Community College
> 4601 Mid Rivers Mall Drive
> St. Peters, MO 63376-0975
>
>
>*** POUGHKEEPSIE, NY WORKSHOP: June 5-7, 1997 ***
>
>Participants in this faculty development workshop in
>the historic Hudson River Valley will review exemplary
>programs, experience hands-on activities, and
>participate in an extensive introduction to the
>philosophy and course materials of the NSF funded "SUNY
>Pre-Precalculus Project: Mathematics in Action."
>
>REGISTRATION FEE: $35
>
>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
>Gregory D. Foley of Sam Houston State University,
>Editor of "Guidelines for the Academic Preparation of
>Mathematics Faculty at Two-Year Colleges."
>
>Tina H. Straley, Kennesaw State University, Georgia,
>former NSF Program Officer who serves as a consultant
>for major projects in NSF's Teacher Preparation Program
>and as editor of the MAA Notes Series.
>
>CONTACT INFORMATION:
>Name: Wes Ostertag
>E-mail: ostertag@sunydutchess.edu
>Phone: 914-431-8546
>U.S. Mail address:
> Dutchess Community College
> 53 Pendell Rd.
> Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
>
>
>*** FLAGSTAFF, AZ WORKSHOP: July 17-20, 1997 ***
>
>"Mathematics in the Natural World" is the theme of this
>Faculty Development Workshop. A discussion of the
>geology of the Grand Canyon will be followed by a field
>trip to see this natural wonder. An expert on the
>mathematics of astronomy will lead a tour of Lowell
>Observatory. Many of the sessions will demonstrate the
>links between mathematics and nature.
>
>REGISTRATION FEE: $125 (Workshops and field trips)
>
>CONTACT INFORMATION:
>Name: Anne Dudley
>E-mail: dudley@gc.maricopa.edu
>Phone: (602) 435-3389
>fax: (602) 435-3329
>U.S. Mail address:
> Glendale Community College
> 6000 W. Olive
> Glendale, AZ 85302
>
****************************************************************************
* To post to the list: email mathedcc@archives.math.utk.edu *
* To unsubscribe, send mail to: majordomo@archives.math.utk.edu *
* In the mail message, enter ONLY the words: unsubscribe mathedcc *
* Words in the Subject: line are NOT processed! *
* Archives at http://archives.math.utk.edu/hypermail/mathedcc/ *
****************************************************************************