AMATYC 2007 New Orleans (NOLA) in Minneapolis Photos

Photographs by John Danicic, Nancy Gale, Kathy Mowers, Shirley Beil, and Mary Stangler.
Text by Kathy Mowers and Keven Dockter

November 1-4, 2007 brought more than 1,100 persons to Minneapolis to enjoy the beautiful weather, the Mall of the Americas and, of course, the 33rd annual AMATYC conference.  If you were able to attend the conference, we hope you enjoy the memories that these photos will surely invoke.  If not, we hope you enjoy them and they encourage you to attend the next conference in Washington, D.C.

Unless otherwise noted, names listed are left to right.  If you are pictured without your name, please send your name and description of the photo to web@amatyc.org, and this page will be updated.

Putting on a four-day conference requires a lot of advance work.  Long before the conference, two local events committees began their work.  Immediately before the conference, the board starts meeting for several long days.


Board members celebrate Halloween while in Minneapolis. Nancy Sattler, Ruth Collins, Mary Robinson, Jane Tanner & Rob Kimball.
Committee chairs also meet with the Board.  Klement Teixeira, Jesse Williford, Ernie Danforth, Frank Wilson, Ed Gallo, Jack Rotman, and Darlene Winnington.
Imagine storing and then moving all the boxes of conference bags and give-aways.  Keven Dockter, Minneapolis Local Events Coordinator, did that and much more!

Mike Tieleman-Ward, Anoka TC & Sarah Sponholz, Anoka Ramsey CC, Minneapolis Local Events Committee members, stuff conference bags.
Gail Stringer & Carolyn Martinson chat in the registration area.
Members discussing NSF grant projects.

Members discussing NSF grant projects.
Networking is an important component of the conference.

Minneapolis Local Events committee members Barb and Al Schewe, Anoka Ramsey CC, are ready to help attendees.

Past President Susan S. Wood (center) chats with a red-vested 2008 Washington, DC Local Events committee member.  		 
On Thursday afternoon, the conference officially began with the Opening Session. The Opening Session included welcomes from Keven Dockter, Minneapolis Local Events Coordinator, Cheryl Frank, President of Inver Hills CC, Inver Grove Heights, MN, and Arnel Cosey, Provost of Delgado CC, New Orleans, LA. Teaching Excellence Awards were presented followed by Pat McKeague presenting the Keynote Address. Pat McKeague was also awarded a 2007 Presidential Award by President Kathy Mowers.


Relaxing before the Opening Session begins.
President Mowers greets attendees in honor of New Orleans!

Minneapolis Local Events Coordinator Keven Dockter welcomes attendees to Minneapolis.


Members of the NOLA Local Events Committee display Provost Cosey’s plaque.

One of the Teaching Excellence Awardees, Mary Ann Hovis.  More information is available at the Teaching Excellence page.


Keynote speaker, Pat McKeague, presents What a Difference Five Minutes Makes.

After the Opening Session, Keven Dockter and Pat Roux, New Orleans Local Event Coordinator, ceremonially cut the ribbon to open the Exhibit Hall.


Keven Dockter and Pat Roux ready to open the Exhibit Hall.

Keven Dockter and Exhibit Chair Jay Martin, greet attendees at the Exhibit Hall.

 


Breakfast on Friday goes with a meeting with other members from the same region.
Friday began with regional breakfasts led by the eight regional vice presidents.  The rest of the day light hours were filled with great sessions at which members enjoyed laughing and learning.


Rikki Blair looks away while drawing a name from the hat to help Central Vice President Pete Wildman give away some great prizes.

Laughing about “Infinity bottles of beer on the wall, …” sung by Lew Lefton and his audience.

 


Friday evening, Sadie Bowman & Marc Gutman presented Calculus: The Musical! a comic “review” of the concepts and history of calculus.  A more detailed description is available at http://calculusthemusical.com/calculus-the-musical/.
Bright and early on Saturday morning, Dan Kennedy brought us insight into mathematics and Hollywood focusing on his year with NUMB3RS.  Los Angeles City College students were awarded plaques as members of the Top 2007-2008 SML Team. 

Half-asleep with only coffee to fortify them, the Local Events Committees gathered long before 5 am to place the decorations and gifts for attendees.
Keven Dockter and Margie Hobbs, Conference Coordinator roll up their sleeves to help get the breakfast tables decorated.
"Are you as tired as I am?" Rick Dalrymple, Minneapolis LEC member and Darlene Williams, New Orleans LEC member.

Attendees enjoying breakfast.  The Loon & Cattail centerpieces were provided by Rochester Community & Technical College, and one lucky attendee at each table got to take one home.

Kathy Mowers, President, presents Judy Ackerman with a lifetime membership in AMATYC in recognition of her service as 2003-2005 AMATYC President.


On behalf of the Midwest Region, Jim Roznowski (VP, 2003-2007) and Jim Trefzger (VP, 2007 - 2009) accepted the Traveling Faculty Math League trophy.


Breakfast speaker Dan Kennedy pauses while the attendees laugh!
Let’s share!  You can take the loon.
Students from the 2007-2008 Top SML Team were able to attend the conference.  Their moderator was Anatoliy Nikolaychuk.

The NOLA Local Events Committee with their New Orleans shirts and beads.		  

At the end of the day on Saturday, the Delegate Assembly meets to conduct the business of AMATYC.  In 2007, after hearing a number of reports, Delegates voted to approve the position statement on “The Use of Technology in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics,” and to retire the “Computer Education Position Statement,” “Position Statement on Instructional Use of Technology in Mathematics,” and “Position Statement on Use of Internet Resources to Enhance Mathematics Instruction.”  At the end of the meeting, Mowers ceremonially passed the gavel to Rikki Blair, 2007-2009 AMATYC President.

On Sunday morning, November 4, 2007, following sessions, members gather for the Closing Session.  It is at this session that the gavel is officially passed. 


The NOLA Local Events Committee donated an unworn Mardi Gras Polo shirt to the Foundation who held a silent auction.  Alice Kaseberg had the winning donation offer.  Thanks, Alice!
After the passing of the gavel, President Rikki Blair gives her first address to the AMATYC members.