UW-Platteville hosts annual MAA Wisconsin Conference

UW-Platteville’s Mathematics Department is hosting the annual conference of the Wisconsin Section of the Mathematical Association of America on April 4-5. The Mathematical Association of America is a national professional organization with a specific focus on teaching and learning. 

This year's meeting will be attended by about 100 participants, including more than a dozen UW-Platteville students.  

The two-day meeting will include:

• Three invited addresses [speaker info].
• 30 contributed talks.
• Face Off!, the mathematical game show [game info].
• Presentation of the Section's Distinguished Teaching Award, given to a mathematician at a Wisconsin college/university.
• Presentation of the Section's Outstanding Mathematics Teacher Award, given to pre-college teachers of mathematics.  This year's winners:
  
  • Karly Enloe '13, Winskill Elementary School (Lancaster)
  • Cynthia Nothem '07, Mineral Point HS
  • John Sponsler, Platteville HS
  • Nicholas Van Epps, Riverdale Jr. & Sr. High School (Muscoda)
• A special panel discussion for members of Section NExT-WI, the Wisconsin Section's professional development program in support of new faculty.

If you have any questions, contact the MAA Wisconsin Section chair-elect at houghw@uww.edu or the co-chairs of the conference organizing committee at attenborough@uwplatt.edu, swensonj@uwplatt.edu.

For information on the Mathematical Association of America, visit MAA.