Ohio Project NExT
Fall 2002
Ohio Project NExT is a program to help young faculty members meet and interact
with colleagues from colleges and universities within the Ohio Section, to
share ideas and experiences that promote professional growth, and to encourage
newer faculty to become involved in the Section.
Preceding the semi-annual (Friday-Saturday) Ohio Section Meetings, members of
Ohio Project NExT gather on Thursday evening for a banquet, which provides an
opportunity for meeting new and old friends [Last April, we gathered at the
historic Vernon Manor Hotel in Cincinnati]. After the banquet, the NExTers
spend an hour or so discussing topics of interest to them as young faculty
members [In Cincinnati, we discussed an article from The Chronicle of Higher
Education]. Then, on Friday morning, our NExT workshop is held [In April, we
met on the campus of Xavier University]. The workshop usually features two
major speakers, along with three contributed talks by NExT members. [At Xavier,
Phil Schmidt (Northern Kentucky University) spoke on "What Is the Chair Looking
For?" and Bill Davis (Ohio State University) spoke on "Reflections on the Way
We’ve Taught". Short talks were given by Ohio NExT members: Lew Ludwig (Kenyon
College), Darren Wick (Ashland University), and Wiebke Diestelkamp (University
of Dayton). The Ohio NExTers extend our sincere THANKS to Danny Otero and Amy
Vanderbilt (both at Xavier University) for handling all the local arrangements
in Cincinnati that made our spring gathering a real success.]
Ohio NExT is open to anyone who is in his/her first five years of teaching in
Ohio and is strongly committed to undergraduate education. Please consider
joining us for this fall’s NExT Banquet and Workshop, and the Ohio Section
meeting. Contact John Halcomb for membership
information. As this fall’s Workshop details become available, they will be
posted on the NExT web page, which is linked to the Section page
(www.maa.org/Ohio).
Ohio Project NExT is co-directed by John Holcomb (Cleveland State University)
and Mark Smith (Miami University), along with Program Coordinators Dave Sobecki
(Miami University) and Angie Spalsbury (Youngstown State University).
Mark A. Smith
Return to the Ohio Project NExT page.
Return to the Ohio Section Home Page
Maintained by the
Department of Mathematics and Statistics,
Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green, Ohio 43403-0221.
Address comments and suggestions to hern@wcnet.org
August 23, 2001