 Thompson Hall, Math/CS Dept (the fountain is gone now) |
 Annual
Meeting of
|
 Wheelock Student Center |
Thompson Hall, Math/CS Dept (the fountain is gone now) |
Annual
Meeting of
|
Wheelock Student Center |
The Annual Meeting of the Pacific Northwest Section of the Mathematical Association of America will be held Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, 2005 on the campus of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. On Friday, there will be Project NExT sessions in the morning and minicourses in the afternoon. In the evening, there will be a general interest lecture by Keith Devlin and a welcoming reception for all in attendance. Saturday will feature plenary talks by each of the invited speakers and contributed paper sessions. There will be opportunities for socializing at lunch and a dinner banquet. See the program page for full abstracts.
Update (March 24): There is now a version of the program
for the meeting available in electronic form. There will be a
printed
copy of this in your registration packet, so it is not necessary to
print it out. Schedules for contributed talks are now FINAL. [Schedule Grids only]
Update (March 28): Project NExT Dinner on Friday night is now at Katie Downs, not
Engine House 9 as printed in the program.
Please download the registration form, print it, and mail it with your check before the March 14 postmark deadline for late registration (which has now passed) takes effect. [Registration Form]
MAA members will pay $55 for
registration, lunch and dinner.
Students are $10 with meals included, free if giving a talk.
Here
are the various fees and discounts. Include all that apply to
you. Even though student meals are zero cost,
registration
forms should clearly indicate their choices. All meals should be
ordered on the
registration form before the March 14 postmark deadline.
There
will only be a limited number of meals for sale on the day of
registration.
Guests may order meals only, without
paying a registration fee. See the program page
for details on meal choices.
| Faculty/Industry/Govt |
|
|---|---|
| Registration,
Lunch, Dinner |
$55 |
| Registration, Lunch |
$40 |
| Late Registration, no
meals (postmarked after March 14) |
$40 |
| Non-member
of MAA |
$10 |
| Student |
|
|---|---|
| Registration,
Lunch, Dinner |
$10 |
| Student Speaker, Lunch,
Dinner |
$0 |
| Guest
Meals |
|
|---|---|
| Lunch |
$10 |
| Dinner |
$25 |
| Minicourses |
|
|---|---|
| Combinatorics |
$10 |
| Linear Algebra |
$10 |
Students are strongly
encouraged to attend this meeting and we ask
faculty to bring students, including those who might be ready to give a
talk at a future meeting. We would especially like to
encourage
student presentations on summer research, REUs, senior projects, the
modeling contest, and other projects. Work presented need not
be
original research. Titles and abstracts can be submitted as with other
contributed papers by 1 March.
There will be a problem solving
session for students shortly after lunch.
Please contact
the student program coordinator, Curtis Feist, for more details of
student activities and arrangements.
Faculty from two-year colleges
are invited to attend this meeting.
Please contact
the two-year program
coordinator, Jennifer Laveglia, for details of activities or if you
have an idea for a talk, a panel, or if you would like to become
involved in another way. At this time, there is a session
planned, titled "Innovation in College Algebra/Precalculus."
Meeting activities will take place primarily in Thompson Hall (#3 on campus map) and the Wheelock Student Center (#22 on campus map). Directions for arriving by car, plane, train or bus are available. For those using MapQuest or the like, 1500 North Warner, Tacoma, WA, 98416 is the best address to use for locating UPS.
[Campus map] [Tacoma Area Map] [Written Directions]
Arrivals
Project NExT, 8:00 AM Friday Morning, Wheelock Student Center (#22), Board Room (Ground Floor, NE Corner). Park in the lot near Wheelock Sudent Center (directions below).
Minicourses, 2:45 PM Friday Afternoon, Thompson Hall (#3), Room 120 (Linear Algebra) or Room 318 (Combinatorics). Park in the lot just south of Thompson (directions below).
Joint UPS-MAA Presentation and Reception, 8:00 PM Friday Evening, Kilworth Chapel (#7). Park in the vicinity of the chapel (directions below).
Saturday Morning Registration, 8:00 - 9:00 AM, Wheelock Student Center (#22), Main Lobby. The lot just south of Wheelock is close to registration and the concluding banquet, while the lot near Thompson is very close to the remainder of the day's activities.
Saturday Evening Banquet, 5:45 PM, Wheelock Student Center (#22),
Marshal Hall. The lot just south of Wheelock is adjacent to
Marshall Hall which consumes the entire southern portion of the
building.
Campus Parking Locations
There is no need to obtain any sort of parking passes - just make sure
you park in marked slots and not disabled or carpool
locations.
Kilworth Chapel (#7). Traveling on Union Avenue, turn east
onto N 18th Street to see the chapel on your right. Please help
us maintain good relations with the neighborhood and do not park in the
adjacent residential areas. Park on the south side of N 18th Street, in the
small lot just east of the chapel, or on Union Avenue just south of N
18th. We will also sign the route through campus from the NE
corner of the Thompson Hall lot (described below).
Wheelock Student Center (#22). There is a lot just south of the building, bounded by N. 13th and N. 14th on the south and north, and Lawrence Street and Alder Street on the west and east. It is easiest to find if you travel N 11th Street to locate its intersection with Lawrence Street and then go north on Lawrence, which will dead-end with the lot on your right. There is an entrance from Alder, but it is harder to find.
Thompson Hall (#3). Just south of Thompson Hall there is a
large parking lot. Thompson Hall currently has a large
construction
crane in front of it - just follow your way towards the crane once it
is in sight. If you are traveling north on Union Avenue, you will
see the crane dead-ahead long before you get there. Once on
Union Avenue, and having passed the football stadium, the entrance to
the lot is
on the east side of the street, just opposite N 14th and some of the
fraternity houses. (Note, as you travel northward on Union, the
streets go S. 7th, 6th, N 7th, there are no streets numbered 1-5, south
or north!)
| Wheelock
Student Center, Board Room |
Friday,
7:30 - 8:00 AM |
Packets
for Project NExT only |
| Minicourse
Venues |
Friday,
2:45 PM |
Packets
for Minicourse participants only |
| Kilworth Chapel Lobby |
Friday,
7:30-8:00 PM |
Packet
Pickup, Late Registration |
| Wheelock Student Center Lobby |
Saturday,
8:00-9:30
AM |
Packet Pickup, Late Registration |
For those needing overnight lodging we have the following arrangements and recommendations. Since classes are in session during this meeting, there is no housing available on-campus.
Some suggestions for lunch or dinner that are nearby are provided by the UPS web site. Or consult the Tacoma Weekly's more comprehensive list. The Engine House #9 is close to campus with pub food, a historic location, and a wide selection of beer, some of which is brewed next door. More scenic is Katie Downs with good pizza and good beer right on the waterfront along Ruston Way. Gateway to India is close by, and caters to vegetarians (more info on the lists referenced above).
Last Updated: April 14, 2005
http://www.math.ups.edu/activities/pnwmaa2005.html