2006 PROGRAM

Meeting of the Texas Section of the MAA
6-8 April, 2006
Midwestern State University

Thursday, April 6, 2006
Holiday Inn at the Falls
3:00 - 8:00 pm  Registration Foyer Holiday Inn Foyer
4:00 - 6:00 pm  Executive Committee Kell
7:00 - 9:00 pm Short Course -- Soft Computing
by Andrew G. Bennett
Kansas State University
Kell
7:00 - 9:00 pm Student Competition Ballroom

Friday, April 7, 2006
Midwestern State University

***Morning and Afternoon events in Bolin Hall (BO) and Clark Student Center (CSC)***

7:30 - 8:30 am Shuttle to campus
8:00 - 10:38 am Student Contributed Paper Sessions Session I BO 212
Session II BO 213
Session III BO 304
Session IV BO 309
Session V BO 311
Session VI BO 312
8:00 am - 4:00 pm Exhibits/Book Sales CSC Atrium
8:30 - 10:30 am Texas NExT CSC Cheyenne
10:30 - 11:30 am TAAAMS CSC Kiowa
11:00 - 11:50 am Student Forum -- The Mathematics of Games
by Jerry Dwyer
Texas Tech University
BO 127
11:00 - 11:50 am Invited Address -- Encouraging Young Women in Mathematics and Science
by Marvin Harrell and Betsy Yanik

Emporia State University
BO 100
12:00 - 12:50 pm Luncheon CSC Commanche
1:00 pm Opening Remarks
Dr. Jesse Rogers, President
Midwestern State University
Fain Theatre (FA)
1:10 pm Invited Address -- What Really Happens When Students Work Online
by Andrew G. Bennett

Kansas State University
Fain Theatre
2:30 - 5:00 pm Faculty Contributed Sessions Session I BO 209
Session II BO 213
Session III BO 304
Session IV BO 309
5:00 pm TCMJ Advisory Board and Editors BO 311
5:00 pm Shuttle to Holiday Inn

      
***Evening Events held at the Holiday Inn at the Falls***

5:30 - 6:15 pm TexMATYC Meeting Kell
5:30 - 8:30 pm Student Pizza and Puzzle Party
Followed by music: “The Skinny”
outside Holiday Inn
(in case of rain: Ballroom I & II)
6:00 - 6:45 pm Cocktail Reception Hallway next to Ballroom
7:00 - ??? pm Texas Section Banquet Ballroom III & IV


Saturday, April 8, 2006
Holiday Inn at the Falls

6:45 - 7:45 am MAA Student Chapter Advisors And Student Representatives Breakfast Ballroom III & IV
6:45 - 7:45 am Department Liasons Breakfast Kell
8:00 am - 12:00 pm MAA Book Exhibit Hallway next to Ballroom
8:30 - 9:00 am Invited Address -- 2005 Recipient of the Texas Section Distinguished Teaching Award
by John Quintanilla
University of North Texas
Ballroom
9:10 - 10:00 am Panel Discussion -- Building Effective Student Groups

Jennifer McCloud-Mann, UT-Tyler
Jacqueline Jensen, Sam Houston State University
Carl Sequist, Texas Tech University
Pamela Roberson, Stephen F. Austin State University
Moderator:  Dawn Slavens, Midwestern State
Ballrooom
10:00 - 10:30 am Break Hallway
10:30 - 11:20 am Invited Address -- Splendor in the Graphs
by Lowell Beineke

Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Ballroom
11:20 am - 12:00 pm Section Business Meeting
Kim Childs, Section Chair
Stephen F. Austin State University
Ballroom

                              

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