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 2004-2005 year. The fellows attend special programs at two summer MathFests and at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in January. We welcome two new NExT fellows to EPADEL:
Kathi Crow, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Trisha Moller, DeSales University, Center Valley, PA
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. We welcome our first ACCCESS fellow to EPADEL:
Chris Yarrish, Harrisburg Area Community College, PA
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 immediately following the spring section meeting at Lafayette. We will begin after the social hour that follows the meeting and continue through dinner. The workshop is open to all section and national NExT fellows, and anyone else interested in this year's topic. Everyone is invited to stay for dinner, which will be provided free for the new NExT-EPADEL Section Fellows. At the workshop, participants will discuss topics of special relevance to beginning faculty. NExT-EPADEL Fellows will remain in contact with one another via an electronic mailing list. The focus of this year's workshop will be on extra-curriculum activities for Mathematics Majors.