Go the Distance on March 31 and April 1
 

The theme of our twentieth annual conference is Going the Distance with Mathematics.   I hope you are planning to “go the distance” to Fredericksburg to attend!  Some former colleagues who moved “down south” will return to remind us of our history, and our current AMATYC Mid-Atlantic VP from “up north” will also join us.
 

Registration and social time (with refreshments) will begin at noon on Friday, March 31, at the Fredericksburg Area Campus of Germanna Community College.  The registration form and directions to the campus are on the VMATYC web site, www.virginia.matyc.org.  (Avoid the late registration fee that applies after March 4 by registering now while you are thinking about it.) 

 
Interesting and informative concurrent sessions will be held from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the college, followed by a delicious buffet banquet at the conference hotel at 6:30 p.m.  Dr. Abigail James, Adjunct Professor of Psychology at Germanna Community College, will speak on the topic, “How Gender Differences Affect the Teaching of Mathematics.”  Dr. James earned a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia and has many of years of teaching and counseling experience at the secondary level.  She has presented papers at several national conferences and won second place in the American Psychological Association 2004 Teaching Tips Contest.
 
On Saturday morning, April 1, a deluxe continental breakfast will be available at the college.  Breakfast will be followed by our annual VMATYC business meeting, where we will make a major decision regarding our future conferences.  (Drag yourself out of your warm bed; you won’t want to miss this.)  More great concurrent sessions, a boxed lunch, and special door prizes will follow.  The conference will end by early afternoon, so those traveling long distances will have plenty of time to return home in time to feed their cats, dogs, horses, or chickens (and beg their forgiveness for leaving them).
 
The conference hotel is the Ramada Inn – South, 5324 Jefferson Davis Hwy. (Route 1), Fredericksburg, VA  22408, http://www.ramadainnsouth.com/index.html.   When calling the hotel to make your reservation (540-898-1102), state that you are with VMATYC and whether you are a VCCS faculty member.  The conference rate of $67.10 (including tax) is guaranteed through Thursday, March 13.  The VCCS will pay half of the room plus tax for Friday night for all VCCS faculty, fulltime and adjunct.  If you are rooming with another VCCS faculty member, the whole cost of the room will be paid provided you BOTH complete the paperwork to formally check into the room.
 
Many thanks to the wonderful planning committees at Germanna headed by Yvette Hester, David Fama, Delois McCormick, Mike Shirazi, Dan Ross, and Jay Nyzowyj.
 
I look forward to seeing you soon!  (You don’t have to look at all the pictures of my cats unless you’re really interested.)
 

Sarah Martin, President-Elect
 
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