The Mathematical Association of America

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The Mathematical Association of
America 2004 HIGHLIGHTS
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Undergraduate Programs and Courses in the
Mathematical Sciences
CUPM Curriculum Guide 2004
This is the first CUPM report to address the
entire undergraduate mathematics curriculum, for
all students. It is the result of four years of
work including extensive consultation with
hundreds of mathematicians as well as biologists,
chemists, economists, engineers, and faculty in
other partner disciplines.
Supported by grants from NSF and the Calculus
Consortium for Higher Education
The Mathematical Association of America
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• Six general recommendations endorsed by the MAA
  Board of Governors
• Sixteen additional recommendations that address
  specific student audiences including general
  education courses, majors in partner disciplines,
  prospective teachers, and mathematical science
  majors preparing for the non-academic workforce
  or for graduate school.

The Guide and its companion Illustrative
Resources are available at www.maa.org/cupm
The Mathematical Association of America
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Convergence On-line Magazine that uses history to
teach mathematics
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• Funding from NSF Division of Undergraduate
  Education, 2001 through 2008.
• Nine PREP workshops for 2004 include
  interdisciplinary topics (two on mathematics and
  biology), topics in current mathematics, and
  innovative curricula and pedagogical issues.
• Workshops have three components
• preparatory component, intensive component, and
  follow-up that may include sessions at national
  meetings and electronic communication

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• All workshops are hands-on, provide opportunity
  to work with colleagues to explore new ideas,
  and establish relationships for long-term
  professional support.
• A PREP 2004 brochure has been sent to all MAA
  members. More information and applications at the
  PREP website, http//www.maa.org/prep.

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• Collaboration between MAA and AMATYC, funded by
  ExxonMobil
• Participants are new or recently hired faculty at
  two-year colleges
• Goals develop a cadre of faculty who are
• effective teachers and scholars
• engage in the full range of professional
  activities

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• Participate in ACCCESS activities
• Weeklong programs concurrent with two consecutive
  AMATYC Conferences
• ACCCESS and/or NExT at MAA Section meeting near
  home institution
• Electronic Network of Fellows and senior
  mathematics faculty
• Partnerships with MAA sections
• Create a Section ACCCESS program, can be
  extension of Section NExT
• Contact Gavin LaRose, glarose_at_umich.edu, for
  Section information and funding
• Project ACCCESS http//www.maa.org/ProjectACCCESS
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• The Mathematical Olympiad Summer Program (MOSP)
  will be on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
  campus, June 13-July 3, 2004.
• Students will be treated to classes on advanced
  mathematical topics, special guest speakers,
  mathematical contest training and related social
  and mathematical activities.
• A special purpose of the MOSP is to identify the
  6 students will represent the US at the
  International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO). The
  IMO will be in Athens, Greece from July 6 - July
  19, 2004.

http//www.unl.edu/amc
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• The 30 top scoring students on the USA
  Mathematical Olympiad (April 27 and 28, 2004)
  will be invited to attend the Mathematical
  Olympiad Summer Program.
• Thanks to a grant from the Akamai Foundation,
  the MOSP will also invite an additional
  (approximately) 30 ninth-grade USAMO participants
  for a special simultaneous MOSP program aimed at
  preparing them for future Olympiad level
  competitions.

http//www.unl.edu/amc
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MAA Science Policy Initiatives

• Contract with Lewis-Burke Associates, calendar
  year 2004
• Washington Public Policy Advocacy Group
• Congressional contacts
• Federal Agency contacts
• Monthly reports to Science Policy Committee and
  Executive Director

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MAA Science Policy Initiatives

• Science Policy Committee Meeting, March 22-23
• Arrangements and Briefings by Lewis-Burke
• Meet with Federal Agency Representatives
• Meet with Members of Congress
• Science Policy Committee Website
• Updated regularly

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MAA Science Policy Initiatives

• We participate in
• Committee on National Science Funding exhibits
  for Congress, Reports and Letters to Congress and
  the President
• Council of Scientific Society Presidents
• Joint Policy Board for Mathematics (MAA, AMS,
  SIAM, ASA)
• Mathematics Awareness Month
• Communications Award
• Meetings with Federal Agency people and
  Congressional Representatives

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MAA Study Tour of England
May 20th - June 3rd

• Abbreviated Itinerary
• London Friday, May 21 Monday, May 24
• Private guided tours of the British Museums
  Babylonian, Egyptian, and Greek collections, the
  British Librarys works of Leonardo da Vinci,
  Galileo, and Newton Ranleigh Gardens Chelsea
  Physic Garden and the Tower of London with a
  talk on Harriot the architecture of Christopher
  Wren.
• Oxford Tuesday, May 25 Thursday, May 27
• Walking tour of Oxford conducted by Robin
  Wilson Keble College Bodleian Library dinner
  hosted by Oxford mathematicians Museum of the
  History of Science talks by university
  mathematicians Stonehenge, Avebury, and travel
  through the Cotswalds.

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MAA Study Tour of England
May 20th - June 3rd

• Abbreviated Itinerary
• Cambridge Friday, May 28 Tuesday, June 1
• Bletchley Park, the Colleges of Cambridge
  Grantham Newtons home,Woolsthorpe Manor
  Trinity College Science Museum the Wren
  Library, viewing a Newton first edition New
  Cavendish Library talk on mathematical physics.
• London Wednesday, June 2 Thursday, June 3
• Visit to the Royal Society farewell banquet.

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MAA Newest Publications
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Popular MAA Books
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See you at
MathFest!
August 12th - 14th in
Providence, Rhode Island
MAA INVITED ADDRESSES Pebbling Results by
Undergraduate Researchers Aparna Higgins,
University of Dayton The Mystery of the Missing
Tangents Steven Sigur, The Paideia School,
Atlanta How Computer Graphics is Changing
Hollywood Tony DeRose, Pixar Animation Studios
visit www.maa.org for more details