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The Mathematical Association of AmericaNorth Central SectionMeritorious Service Award |
Call for Nominations for the 2009 North Central Section MAA Awards
For Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics
We urge you to submit a nomination for the North Central Section Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics Award. We know that you have someone eligible and qualified in your department. We know that there are excellent teachers in the NCS but we need your help to nominate these people for the recognition they deserve. Even if the nominee is not selected this year, it is an honor for the individual to be nominated for this award, and the same person can be nominated again another year. Please bring this announcement to the attention of colleagues in your departments. Self-nomination is not allowed, but anyone else may make a nomination. Eligibility and guidelines are listed on the website along with further information. The nomination form may be downloaded at http://www.maa.org/awards/Haimo_DFN.html.
Nominations for the 2009 MAA Section Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics will be accepted until January 26, 2009. The North Central Section Selection Committee will determine the recipient of the award from those nominated, and the awardee will be honored at the Spring 2009 section meeting at Hamline University on April 24-25. The section winner will also be eligible to be the section nominee for the 2009 national MAA Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics.
Nominees must:
Be College or University teachers who teach mathematical science courses at least half time during the academic year in either the United States or Canada. Those on approved leave (sabbatical or other) during the academic year in which they are nominated qualify if they fulfilled the requirements in the previous year.
Have more than seven years experience in teaching mathematical sciences.
Hold membership in the Mathematical Association of America.
Nominees should:
Be widely recognized as extraordinary successful in their teaching*
Have teaching effectiveness that can be documented
Have had influence in their teaching beyond their own institution**
Foster curiosity and generate excitement about mathematics in their students.
* “teaching” is to be interpreted in its broadest sense, not necessarily limited to classroom teaching. It may include activities such as preparing students for mathematical competitions at the college level, attracting students to become majors in a mathematical science or to go on to graduate school in mathematics, working with pre-service or in-service teachers, etc.
** “influence beyond . . . “ can take many forms, including demonstrated lasting impact on alumni, influence on the profession through curricular revisions in college mathematics with wide-ranging impact influential publications or innovative books concerned with the teaching of college mathematics, etc.
Nominations must be submitted on the “Nomination Form” (which can be downloaded at http://www.maa.org/awards/Haimo_NF.pdf). Please follow the instructions on that form to assure uniformity in the selection process. Files significantly exceeding the prescribed limits will not be considered for a national award.
Nomination information can be sent to:
Keith M. Agre
Mathematics Department
St. Cloud State University
ECC 224
720 Fourth Avenue South
St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498
Nominations for someone from another section should be sent to the secretary of the nominee’s section.