ArizMATYC NEWS

April, 2002

EXECUTIVE BOARD

President: Kate Kozak, Coconino C Kathryn.kozak@coconino.edu

Secretary: Sue Jensen, Pima CC sjensen@pimacc.pima.edu

Treasurer: Anne Dudley, Glendale CC anne.dudley@gcmail.maricopa.edu

Past President: Dennis Shaw, Phoenix C dennis.shaw@pcmail.maricopa.edu

Newsletter Editor: Maxie Inigo, Cocnino CC minigo@coco.cc.az.us

Historian: Ray Battee, Cochise C batteer@cochise.cc.az.us

Homepage Editor: Shay Cardell, Central AC cardell@theriver.com

ArizMATYC Homepage: www.azstarnet.com/~cardell/azmatyc.html

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the President 2

Note from the Editor 2

ArizMATYC list serve 2

Minutes of the Business Meeting 4/06/02 3

Campus Reports 4/06/02 4

ATF Report 7

Delegates Reports from AMATYC 2001 8

Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 ArizMATYC Meetings 10

ArizMATYC Election 10

MAA Professional Growth 11

2003 ArizMATYC Ballot 12

Membership Application 13

Production and mailing costs funded by Coconino Community College

Letter from The President

First, I am honored to be assuming my duties as president so early. In case you missed the last business meeting, it was voted on that I would take over now to make an easier transition for the Phoenix 2002 national AMATYC meeting. I hope to live up to the expectations of all of you.

This is an exciting time for ArizMATYC. We all know that the National Meeting for AMATYC is being held in Phoenix this year. With the dedication I have seen from the conference committee, I know that this conference will be the “perfect”. I am also excited by the fact that this conference is being sponsored by most of the colleges in the state, and in fact, even colleges in the southwest region. I have attended the AMATYC conference for six years and even though they were great conferences, one college sponsored them. I am proud of the ArizMATYC members.

I hope that everyone will attend the AMATYC conference in Phoenix. In addition, I encourage everyone to attend the ArizMATYC meetings. These meetings have many presentations for information sharing. The fall 2002 ArizMATYC meeting is on October 11 at Coconino Community College and the spring 2003 meeting is on April 11 at Arizona Western College. I encourage you to give a presentation at either of these meetings so that we can all learn from what you are doing. If you would like to present at the fall meeting, contact Jennifer Jameson at CCC (jjameson@coco.cc.az.us). For the spring meeting, contact Quincy Magby at AWC (quincy.magby@azwestern.edu).

Thank you for choosing me as your president.

Kate Kozak

Note from the editor

Dear Everyone,

Hi, I missed you all at the April meeting. I know everyone has news, information, fun facts they want to share in the newsletter. Please submit anything/everything to my email address minigo@coco.cc.az.us. I’ll print it in the next one!!!

Sincerely,

Maxie Inigo

Newsletter Editor.

ArizMATYC List serve

Calling all Department Chairs. Please send the e-mail address of your entire math faculty to Shay Cardell at Central Arizona College (cardell@theriver.com). ArizMATYC is compiling a web list serve so that we can share information better. Please send this information by the end of this semester.

ArizMATYC Business Meeting Minutes 4/5/02(1:00-2:00 pm)

A. Call to order at 1:00 pm.

B. Agenda approved unanimously.

C. Minutes of fall 2001 meeting approved unanimously.

D. Officer’s Reports

1. Treasurer’s Report

Checking account balance is $849.46. Savings account 1 balance is $1054.93. Savings account 2 balance is $10,606.04. Cash on hand is $65.62 including stamps. Total balance is $9,512.64. Request that the $10 registration fee at the Spring 2002 meeting will go to pay the members’ dues for the next two years—approved. Will spend some money for the AMATYC meeting to buy sun visors with the fall 2002 AMATYC conference logo. Treasurer’s Report approved.

2. Kate Kozak has nominated the following people:

President—Dan Russow, Secretary—Sue Jensen, Treasurer—Anne Dudley Fall 2002 ArizMATYC meeting at Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, Arizona on Friday, October 11, 2002.

Spring 2003 ArizMATYC meeting at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona on Friday, April 11, 2002.

3. Newsletter—email information that should go in newsletter to Maxie Inigo at CCC at minigo@coco.cc.az.us. Newsletter should include minutes, campus reports, ballot for new officers, and any new developments. Constitution says to do the ballot by mail in the newsletter and then send the completed ballots to the outgoing president, Dennis Shaw. Kate Kozak will write article about the AMATYC website.

4. Website—When members have any changes in phone numbers, email addresses, or web addresses, send the changes to Shay Cardell at cardel@theriver.com. The website cost $99 per year. Discussion about list serve. There is a list serve, but people have to subscribe to it. You can unsubscribe any time. See article in newsletter about the list serve issue.

E. New Business

1. Need donations for hospitality room at the AMATYC conference. Request $200 be spent for this reason—approved.

2. Nominations for Outstanding 2-year College Teacher—email any nominations to dennis.shaw@pcmail.maricopa.edu. Forms also on the AMATYC website. Nominations due fall 2002. Award will be given fall 2003. Need at least three nominations from the region for an award to be given. Kate brought up the issue of release time. One suggestion is that the instructor has at least ½ load. Others said that the last 5 to 10 years of their career be examined to see how much teaching they do. Should it matter if the instructor is retiring? Any thoughts on these issues send to Kate Kozak at Kathryn.kozak@coconino.edu.

3. Summer Institutes—Some people are going to a conference in Hawaii in July. See MAA professional development page at www.MAA.org or see the AMATYC web page. (www.amatyc.org or www.amatyc.dtcc.edu) for more professional development opportunities

4. Transition of the Office of the President—Request that Kate Kozak be allowed to take over as president now so that she will already have been president for a while at the AMATYC conference this fall—approved. A second issue is a request to permanently change the timeline for transition to the new president from January 1, to just after the fall ArizMATYC meeting. This issue is on the ballot in the ArizMATYC newsletter.

F. AMATYC 2002 Conference in Phoenix, AZ

1. Friday night event will be at the Science Center.

2. Still need mugs for the centerpieces at the Saturday morning breakfast. If you didn’t get an email to give your college president, let Anne Dudley know at anne.dudley@gcmail.maricopa.edu. A recommendation of how many mugs to donate is ½ of 1 percent of student population. If you need to ship the mugs, contact Howard.

3. Moved Hospitality Room into a double meeting room that will have ½ email room and ½ hospitality room. Will have to let people know that there will not be email access at night. Share any ideas on hospitality room with Anne Dudley or Kate Kozak.

4. Discussion on T-shirts. Will make about 50 t-shirts to give to people who help with the AMATYC meeting. Will also give people the opportunity to order a t-shirt when they register for the conference. May also have some t-shirts available to sell at the conference.

G. Information

1. Fall 2002 ArizMATYC meeting at Coconino Community College in Flagstaff, Arizona on Friday, October 11, 2002. Will give tours of new CCC campus. Will have ATF meeting. For more information or if you are interested in presenting contact Jennifer Jameson at jjameson@coco.cc.az.us.

2. Spring 2003 ArizMATYC meeting at Arizona Western College in Yuma, Arizona on Friday, April 11, 2002. Will have on the same weekend as the Birding Festival in Yuma. Will invite high school instructors and faculty at Imperial Valley College in California. For more information or if you are interested in presenting contact Quincy Magby.

3. Dan Russow suggested that we have a roundtable at the ArizMATYC meetings to discuss concerns that community college teachers have and then make these concerns known to administrators and legislators. Dan Russow and Anne Lindner will facilitate this at the fall 2002 meeting.

H. Meeting adjourned at 2:07 pm

Campus Reports

ArizMATYC/MAA Southwestern Section Joint Meeting

Friday, April 5, 2002 (10:30 am to 11:30 am)

Yavapai Community College

§ Will no longer be using Academic Systems

§ Has architectural plans for new renovations of their facilities

§ Hiring a new faculty position to replace retiree Peter Berney

§ Piloting a Learning Communities program

§ Students are writing in College Algebra with Math Soft

§ Working on NSF grant to increase the number of students with disabilities in math/science programs

South Mountain Community College

§ Has a new president

Scottsdale Community College

§ Hiring 3 new faculty members

Rio Salado Community College

§ Not in attendance

Pima Community College

§ New developmental education plan (asked to do this for accreditation)

§ Purchasing Academic Systems

§ Going for one text for Beginning Algebra and Intermediate Algebra

§ Modifications in Occupational Education program

§ New northwest campus in Marana in Fall, 2003

§ Looking for new chancellor

Phoenix College

§ Has a new president

§ Title V grant (5 years for $5 million)

§ Hiring 4 new faculty members

§ Has a new department chair

Northland Pioneer College

§ Acquisition of land for new Painted Dessert Campus

§ Short-staffed

Mesa Community College

§ Has a new building

§ Had 40 people who competed in math contest

§ New Intermediate Algebra book

§ Service Learning Project

§ New Red Mountain campus is going well

§ Next year: Outreach program with math/science department

§ Has eight OYO’s (one year only’s) in math department

§ Hiring 4 or 5 new faculty members

Glendale Community College

§ The department chair Al Shipley has retired. They have a new chair

§ Ed Hutton has also retired

§ Hiring 3 new faculty members

§ The president of the college is leaving

§ Had NCA visit—received 10 year accreditation

§ SEMS program (Science/Engineering/Math Mentoring)

§ Learning Communities Program

§ Multiple Intelligences Program

Gateway Community College

§ Not in attendance

Estrella Mountain College

§ Hiring 2 new faculty members

Eastern Arizona College

§ Has a new department chair, Debra Green

§ Has 2 new hires in math department

§ President is also new

§ Has several construction projects

Diné College

§ Very short-staffed (only 2 faculty for all of math and science)

§ Hiring 2 new faculty members

§ Has a difficult time finding adjunct faculty

Coconino Community College

§ Has a new Flagstaff facility (still working on minor details)

§ New Williams facility is done

§ Page campus is renovated

§ 4^th street Flagstaff campus will be remodeled summer 2002

§ NCA visit from April 15-17

§ Hiring 2 new faculty members (one on Flagstaff campus and one on Page campus)

§ New College Algebra book for Fall 2002

§ ArizMATYC meeting at CCC on Friday, October 11, 2002

Cochise Community College

§ Working on Math web site

§ New P.C.’s and servers in math/science building

§ Using Aleks in Developmental Education classes

§ New Calculus book (Larson)

§ Faculty load going up to 34 hours per year and office hours going down to 8 hours from 10 hours

Chandler/Gilbert Community College

§ Learning Community (Intermediate Algebra and English 101)

§ Has a new president

§ Need mugs from Southwest campuses for AMATYC 2002 meeting

Central Arizona College

§ Learning Community (Indians of the Southwest, Math, and Study Skills)

§ Will be doing a new Learning Community in the Fall (Archaeology, Math, and Study Skills)

§ 2 of the campus are getting rid of Academic Systems

§ Online courses: Introduction to Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra with My Math Lab

§ Problems with posting positions on AMATYC? —email them to Shay Cardell at cardell@theriver.com

Arizona Western College

§ Using Aleks with Pre Algebra

§ Using Interactive Math with Beginning Algebra and Intermediate Algebra

§ Yuma has had trouble with finding high school teachers so they may be starting a 2+2 program with NAU

§ Articulation meetings with grades from K-20

§ ArizMATYC meeting at AZ Western College on Friday, April 11, 2002

§ Math Awareness Contest for students with cash prizes and the winners seen on T.V.

Grand Canyon University

§ Not in attendance

Northern Arizona University

§ Has another new president

§ Looking for provost, dean

§ Roy St. Laurent will remain chair of math department

§ Received renewal of REU program (Research for undergraduates)

§ Pugh grant for College Algebra with computers (using Aleks for this)

§ Looking at new delivery methods for Pre Calculus

University of Arizona

§ New integrated learning center for math with $25,000 of technological equipment in each classroom

§ New head of the math department

§ Will offer an accelerated version of College Algebra with 3 credit hours as well as the 4 credit hour College Algebra

§ Short on space, so they are remodeling a storage building near the math building

§ Noted problem of perception of math departments by other departments at CRAFTY meeting with business department

Arizona State University

§ Math department now called Mathematics and Statistics Department

South Mountain Community College

§ Hosting ICTCM workshop from May 20^th through 24^th, 2002

§ Guadalupe site is now doing a full math program

§ Using pad-cams and laptops

§ 2 students from South Mountain Community College have been chosen to participate in NASA program where they will go to Cape Kennedy and work with astronauts. Note: no other college or university has ever had 2 students selected for this.

New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico University

§ Has a new president

§ Hiring 2 new faculty members

University of New Mexico at Valencia

§ Piloted 1 credit math anxiety class and a 1 credit problem solving class

New Mexico Tech

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