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GSUMC 2004 was a big success with over 100 students participating!

Contest results and photos from GSUMC 2004 now available.

Check back later for photos from the Rutgers meeting.

Link to Fred Roberts’ talk from Rutgers meeting:

http://dimax.rutgers.edu/~froberts/RecentTalks/RoleAssignments3-27-04.ppt

Download program of Rutgers meeting (PDF)

Download advertisement flyer of Rutgers meeting (PDF)

Speakers:

John H. Conway (Princeton University, NJ) will speak on: The Mysterious Arithmetic of Lexicographic Codes
Mercedes McGowen (William Rainey Harper College, IL) will speak on: Designing the pre-service teacher curriculum to better meet the needs of our future teachers
Fred Roberts (Rutgers University/DIMACS, NJ) will speak on: Role Assignments in Social Networks
Abstracts of talks and biographies of speakers

Contributed paper sessions (4 special topics, 1 general) – Deadline for submitting papers to organizers: Jan. 26, 2004

· History of Mathematics: Organizers - Francine Abeles (fabeles@kean.edu), Kean University, and Larry D’Antonio (ldant@ramapo.edu), Ramapo College

· Popular and Recreational Mathematics: Organizer - Michael Jones (jonesma@pegasus.montclair.edu), Montclair University

· Technology in the Mathematics Classroom: Organizers – Karen Clark (kclark@tcnj.edu) and Thomas Hagedorn (hagedorn@tcnj.edu), The College of New Jersey

· SIGMAA Session on Statistics Education: Organizer – Dex Whittinghill (whittinghill@rowan.edu), Rowan University

· General Contributed Papers: Organizer – Theresa C. Michnowicz (tmichnowicz@njcu.edu), New Jersey City University

Schedule (held jointly with the Garden State Undergraduate Math Conference):

All events were held in Science and Engineering Resource Center (SERC)

MAA New Jersey Section Meeting	Garden State Undergraduate Math Conference
8:30-10am Registration and Breakfast	8:30-10am Registration and Breakfast
	8:30-9am Check-in for NJ Undergraduate Math Competition
9:15-9:30am Welcoming Remarks	9-12pm NJ Undergraduate Math Competition 9-10am Individual Session 10-12pm Team Session
9:30-10:20am Speaker: Mercedes McGowen Designing the pre-service teacher curriculum to better meet the needs of our future teachers
10:20-10:35am Chair and Governor’s Report
10:35-11am Intermission
11-11:50am Speaker: Fred Roberts Role Assignments in Social Networks
12-1:30pm Lunch	12-1pm Lunch
1:30-3pm Contributed paper sessions	1-1:45pm Career Workshops
	1:50-3:30pm Presentations by Students: Talks and Poster Session
3-3:30pm Intermission
3:30-4:20pm Speaker: John Conway The Mysterious Arithmetic of Lexicographic Codes	3:30-4:20pm Keynote Speaker: John Conway The Mysterious Arithmetic of Lexicographic Codes
4:20-4:30pm Contest Results, Awards and Prizes	4:20pm Contest Results, Awards and Prizes
4:30pm End of conference	4:30pm End of conference

Directions and Maps for Rutgers University, New Brunswick - Busch Campus, NJ.

Directions
Campus Map (PDF)
Science and Engineering Resource Center (SERC)
Traffic alert! Rutgers University is beginning a major road construction project (from 2002 until approximately 2005), redesigning the roadways between the College Avenue Campus, the Busch Campus (where DIMACS is located), and the surrounding areas. Please watch the following web site for details and changed traffic patterns: http://route18update.rutgers.edu/

Call for Nominations:

MAA-NJ Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics 2004

Request for News:

MAA-NJ would like to publish newsworthy items from your department, especially names of new faculty, in its program for the Raritan meeting. Please send all news items directly to our Program Editor, Bonnie Gold, at bgold@monmouth.edu.

Announcements

Future MAA-NJ Meetings

Fall 2004 Meeting will be held on Saturday, November 13th at The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ. Speakers include: Frank Farris (Santa Clara University), David Holmes (The College of New Jersey) and Joseph O’Rourke (Smith College).
Spring 2005 Meeting: Middlesex County College
Fall 2006 Meeting: Monmouth University
Ideas are welcome for our Section’s 50^th-anniversary meeting in spring 2006.
If your institution is interested in hosting a future meeting of MAA-NJ, please read our page on host responsibilities. For further details, please contact Larry D'Antonio at ldant@ramapo.edu.

Our Section wishes to thank the speakers, attendees and especially the organizers of the recent Raritan Valley meeting. Here are photos from the meeting, courtesy of Julio Guillen, NJCU.