MAA-NCS Section NExT

Join the North Central Section NExT!

Designed for new college and university faculty in the mathematical sciences, Section NExT (New Experiences in Teaching) is a professional development program that addresses the full range of faculty responsibilities including teaching, scholarly activities, and service.

Our Goals

The goals for the North Central Section NExT are:

To create a venue at our MAA Section Meetings and via a section List-serve in which the needs and concerns of new faculty can be openly discussed with a regional network of mathematicians.
To inform participants about current trends and innovations in undergraduate education.
To establish collaboration and interaction between people from the many different kinds of institutions in our section, including private colleges, state universities, liberal arts colleges and community colleges.
To encourage the participation of new faculty in the activities of the North Central Section of the MAA.
To support the professional development of new faculty by the establishment of a peer support group that provides important contacts for beginning faculty.

Activities

North Central Section NExT fellows participate in activities at the fall and spring meetings of the North Central Section of the MAA. The upcoming Section NExT meeting schedule is listed below.

October 23, 2009 at University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND.

The topic is: discussing ways to get faculty more involved in creating a remarkable department and not pooling the responsibilities on a few faculty.
3:30 Registration - Norm Skalicky Tech Incubator Room 211
3:45 Discussion Led by
Su Dorée, Augsburg College
Justin James, Minnesota State University, Moorhead
Jody Sorenson, Augsburg College
5:00 Dinner (place TBD)
7:00 Registration for MAA-North Central Section Fall Meeting - Second Floor Clifford Hall
8:00 Invited Talk of the MAA-North Central Section Fall Meeting - Clifford Hall 210

A map of the campus is here.

For local information for parking, lodging, etc, for the section meeting, consult the MAA/NCS section website for the section's fall meeting, located here.

The program for the MAA-NCS Fall Meeting can be viewed here.

Join Us!

Each year, applications will be solicited for new MAA-NCS Section NExT fellows to serve for a two year term. We will accept applications from faculty who are within the first four years of beginning full-time employment with teaching responsibilities at the college or university level. The application consists of a short personal statement and a letter of support from the department chair, guaranteeing financial support for transportation, meals, and lodging at the fall and spring meetings of the North Central Section.

A Section NExT fellow will attend meetings of the North Central Section of the MAA. At each meeting there will be special activities for the Section NExT fellows.

The Section will provide financial support for the evening dinner at the fall and spring NExT meetings and pay for registration for NExT fellows at the fall and spring MAA-NCS meetings.

National NExT fellows within the North Central Section in their first fours years of teaching are automatically Section NExT fellows and are encouraged to participate in Section NExT activities!

Application Form

Useful Links

Contact Us

Please address questions to either of the organizers of the North Central Section NExT Program.

Shawn Chiappetta
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Natural Science Area
University of Sioux Falls
shawn.chiappetta@usiouxfalls.edu

Kris Nairn
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics
St. John's University-College of St. Benedict
knairn@csbsju.edu