Does your campus suddenly seem crowded? Are you having trouble parking? Do strangers come into your office to ask where room 152 is? These are all signs of a trend that is sweeping across the nation. The fall term is beginning!
We hope that everyone had a productive summer and is ready to do great things this year. There is a great deal of enthusiasm among the new faces at MAA Headquarters, and we are looking forward to working with all of you.
Registration information for the New Orleans Joint Meetings in the October 2000 issue of FOCUS. The best current information on the meeting program can be found at www.ams.org/amsmtgs/2025_intro.html
Nomination material from your MAA Section on the Distinguished Teaching Award
Does your section have a fall meeting? Find out at www.maa.org/sections/sections_index.html
Coming soon to a section near you: Grant Writing Workshops
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Check out New Columns: Ivars Peterson studies Möbius at Fermilab, Keith Devlin on The Strange Case of Emily X, Frank Morgan on the Magician's Solution From Math Olympiad, and Alex Bogomolny shares Impressions from ICME-9.
This fall that should read, "WHO'S NEW AT THE MAA?" There have been many staff changes at MAA Headquarters this summer. So many in fact that we will save some for the next newsletter!
As many of you know, Jane Heckler has left the MAA. Jane spent the last 11 years developing programs like the Liaisons Program and serving members. She has decided to spend more time with her family at home. She will be greatly missed.
Tom Rishel has joined the MAA as the new Director of Programs and Services, after spending a very long time at Cornell University. Tom has been a member of many MAA committees, therefore has seen the volunteer side of the association. Among other things, he has written The Academic Job Search in Mathematics, Teaching First:A Guide for New Mathematicians and co-authored Writing in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics with John Meier.
Brie Mustain has joined the MAA from the education field, having spent last year as a second grade teacher in Maryland. She is determined to use her background and creativity to foster new developments in MAA's Department of Programs and Services.
Doug Ensley from Shippensburg University is currently serving as Visiting Mathematician at the MAA. Doug is a current section officer and student chapter advisor, and an alumnus of Project NExT. While Doug is here, he will be co-editing the Liaisons Newsletter and working on the Math Digital Library.
The nature of this newsletter prescribes that to share information with each other, departments must first share it with us. Keep us comprised of your department events, your section workshops, and your good ideas to share with your colleagues. This month: send us your favorite "problem of the week" site. Contact Brie Mustain at MAA's Washington office at bmustain@maa.org or 202-319-8496 with thoughts, questions or concerns.
Your Newsletter Editors,
Brie Mustain and Doug Ensley