Fall Program for Northeastern Section NExT

Friday, November 19, 2004

10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA

The Northeastern Section is continuing a Section NExT program for new and relatively new colleagues at this year’s Fall Meeting. By providing talks and workshops on issues of interest, opportunities to meet and share ideas with other new colleagues, and an introduction into Section activities, we hope to assist new faculty in their transition from graduate school to professional academic life.  We welcome all untenured full time faculty, both those who have and have not been National NExT fellows. 

10:00-10:15  Registration of prospective Section NExT fellows and preliminary information.

10:15-11:15  MS Excel Like You Have Never Seen It, by Prof. Sarah Mabrouk of Framingham State College.  Prof. Mabrouk who is the current chair of the Northeastern Section of the MAA, will show how she uses Excel to enhance the instruction of mathematics.  Come learn about the classroom tool that you never knew.

11:15-11:45  Discussion of future programs

11:45-12:45  Lunch

1:00-2:00  Intuitive Eigenvalues, by Prof. Joe McKenna of The University of Connecticut.  Prof. McKenna is this year's NES/MAA Distinguished Teacher recipient.  He will show how to understand and predict eigenvalues based on the response of a mechanical system.

3:00  Section Meeting begins.

If you are interested, please contact Lisa Humphreys of Rhode Island College at LHumphreys@ric.edu.  You should also register for the Section meeting by completing the registration form in the Section Newsletter and check off that you will be participating in the Section NExT program.  (If you did not receive a Newsletter, indicate that to Lisa.)  Note that the Section NExT activities are free.

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