OhioNExT

Spring, 1999

A full program of OhioNExT workshop activities will be held Thursday evening and Friday morning, March 25-26, preceding the Ohio Section spring meeting at the University of Dayton. This workshop will be the fifth since the founding of the Ohio Section's local version of the national Project NExT for new faculty members. The Ohio Section will provide housing for NExT Fellows on Thursday night at the Dayton Lodge and provide meals during the workshop. Activities begin with a banquet at 7:00 p.m. in Room 311 of the Kennedy Union on the Dayton campus. Following the banquet, there will be a freewheeling discussion about issues in teaching and professional development. Friday morning, after a continental breakfast beginning at 8:00 a.m. in Room 207 of the Kennedy Union, workshop activities begin at 8:45 a.m. in the same room. Leading off will be short talks by three OhioNExT fellows on their mathematical research activities. Following the short talks, there will be two major workshop sessions. The first workshop session will be presented by Barbara Ashton (Wittenberg). Barbara's title is "New Course Design." She will discuss the process involved in the design of a new course for your department, including how to find the appropriate materials and how to design the syllabus. Andy Sterrett (Prof. Emeritus, Denison), will present the second workshop titled "Career Information for the Mathematical Sciences." Andy is the editor of the book "101 Careers in Mathematics," published by the MAA. He will be talking about how to attract math majors and how to help point them towards promising career paths. Both Barbara and Andy are long-time members of the Ohio Section. Both have served as section president and in many other capacities over the years.

The NExT workshop at last fall's meeting at Columbus State was very successful. Twelve fellows and four mentors took part. Short talks by three fellows on their mathematical research activities were given by Tom LaFramboise (Marietta), Jonathan Rubin (Ohio State), and Gordon Swain (Ashland). There were two major workshop sessions. David Stone (Georgia Southern University) presented a session titled "Lessons and Examples from Thirty Years of Teaching Mathematics." Todd Will (Davidson College) presented a workshop session about resources on the Web for teaching mathematics. Photos of workshop speakers and participants can be viewed on the Ohio Section webpage.

There are now more than thirty OhioNExT fellows, and about half are also national NExT fellows. To be eligible, the only requirements are that a faculty member be in her/his first four years of teaching and have a strong commitment to teaching undergraduates. Applications for new OhioNExT fellows are now being accepted. Details and application materials can be found below, or from Barbara Ashton (Wittenberg), e-mail: bashton@wittenberg.edu.

[John Michel]

TO APPLY TO BECOME AN OHIO NExT FELLOW: Send the application form (e-mail is acceptable) and department chair's letter of support to:

Barbara Ashton
Department of Mathematics and CS
Wittenberg University
P.O. Box 720
Springfield OH 45501
937-327-7860
ashton@wittenberg.edu

Each applicant must have the support of the department in which he/she is working. Please ask your chair or dean to write a statement of support, guaranteeing financial support for transportation, meals, and one night of lodging at the Ohio Section meetings at which Ohio-NExT activities are scheduled. (The Section will sponsor lodging for the extra night of lodging necessitated by attendance at the workshop and meals during the period of the workshop only.)

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