National NExT Fellows in EPADEL
Project NExT (New Experiences in Teaching), a MAA program for new or recent Ph.D.s in the mathematical sciences who are interested in improving the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics, has accepted another enthusiastic group of fellows for the 2007-2008 year. The fellows attend special programs at two summer MathFests and at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in January. We welcome one new NExT fellow to EPADEL:
Jennifer Franko, University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
ACCCESS Fellows in EPADEL
Project ACCCESS (Advancing Community College Careers: Education, Scholarship & Service) is a mentoring and professional development initiative for two-year college mathematics faculty. The project's goal is to provide experiences that will help new faculty become more effective teachers and active members of the broader mathematical community. Fellows will attend two consecutive AMATYC national meetings where they will participate in a program developed particularly for new faculty, as well as in regular conference activities. Although we have no new ACCCESS fellows in our section this year, we hope to increase the participation through our sectional next program.
Attention "Fellow" Parents!
If you are interested in issues related to being a new faculty member and a new parent then consider joining the Generation NExT list. You can find information and sign up at the list's web page.Project NExT-EPADEL
In Spring 2002 EPADEL launched a regional version of the National Project NExT program, Project NExT-EPADEL. Faculty members in our section who are within their first three years of teaching full time at a university, four-year or two-year college are invited to apply to become Project NExT-EPADEL Fellows. In addition, Ph.D. students in our section who are within one year of completing their degree are invited to apply.
The next meeting for the NExT-EPADEL Fellows will be held during the Spring Section meeting at Cedar Crest College. The session will begin after the first afternoon break and will continue with a "sharing time" after the social period. The worskhop is open to all section and national NExT fellows, and anyone else interested in this year’s topic, Writing Projects in Undergraduate Mathematics Classes. In addition, everyone is invited to stay for dinner, which will be provided free for the new NExT-EPADEL Section Fellows.
Gavin LaRose from the national NExT program team will be the leader of our workshop.
EPADEL-NExT Group on Facebook
We now have a closed group on Facebook that you can join if you are a current or former NExT fellow at either the section or national level. Just submit a request to join on Facebook or send an e-mail to Doug Ensley, deensley@ship.edu, the group admin. This networking site supports discussions and exchange of information in an easy-to-use informal way.
For more information on Project NExT-EPADEL...
See the 2008 Program Announcement and Application Form
See the Project NExT-EPADEL web page (This page!) on http://www.maa.org/epadel/
See a list of suggestions for how national NExT fellows can participate in and support the efforts of Project NExT-EPADEL
See a list of our current and past Project NExT-EPADEL fellows and ex officio fellows or...
See a list of our Past, Present and Future Project NExT-EPADEL workshops and panelists
All other inquires can be directed to Doug Ensley, deensley@ship.edu