nd 52 Annual Conference

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April 12 – 14, 2019 Corning, NY

2018-2019 EXECUTIVE BOARD

President Member at Large – Region I Chris Kemp Chris Yuen Genesee Community College University at Buffalo

President – Elect Member at Large – Region II Julie Croteau Erin Newton Corning Community College Onondaga Community College

Past-President Member at Large – Region III George Hurlburt Theresa Powers Corning Community College Hudson Valley Community College

Secretary Member at Large – Region IV Trevor Bradish Joe Bernat Jefferson Community College Nassau Community College

Treasurer Professional Development Chair Josh Hammond Patricia Zabel Jefferson Community College Onondaga Community College

Scholarship Chair Communications Chair Patty Owens Kathleen Speicher Onondaga Community College Corning Community College

Math League Coordinator Abe Mantell Nassau Community College Web Master Ken Mead Genesee Community College

www.nysmatyc.org

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Table of Contents

Executive Board 2 Acknowledgments 4 Program Summary - 5-8 Program in Detail 9-17 Business Meeting Agenda 18 NYSMATYC Scholarship Information 19-21 Outstanding Contributions to Math Education Award 22 Winners Outstanding Contributions to NYSMATYC Award Winners 23 Past Presidents of NYSMATYC 24 Project ERNIE 2019 25 Upcoming Conferences 26-27 Paid Advertising 28-32 Conference Attendees 33 Regional Collaborations 3 4

Visit www.nysmatyc.org/conf2019 for a mobile friendly version of the program.

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Acknowledgements

The Executive Board of NYSMATYC wishes to thank the following colleges, companies and persons for supporting this conference, as well as support throughout the year with services and/or sponsorship of events:

Thank you Radisson Hotel Corning…for hosting our event and especially Katie Phelps for great help with event facilitation.

Thank you Jefferson CC… for donating the supplies and mailing for the membership drive.

Thank you Corning CC… for printing programs and providing other supplies for the conference.

Thank you Abe Mantell…for running the Math League contest.

Thank you Mary Beth Orrange…for coordinating the IMPACT themed session as well as Project ERNIE.

Thank you George Hurlburt and Ray LaBounty…for helping the Conference Coordinator immensely with day-to-day questions, nearly every day!

A big thank you to AMATYC…for providing conference bags and giveaway items.

Thank you Maplesoft…for donating software for Math League prizes.

A very special thank you to our vendors: Cengage Lumen Learning Pearson XYZ Homework

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Friday Morning - SUNY Pathways Preconference (Separate registration required through SUNY for this morning session.) 8:30 – 11:30 AM Keuka Cayuga The Returning Faculty Enrichment Track The Quantway College Workshop

NYSMATYC Annual Conference Friday Afternoon/Evening 10 AM – 5 PM Conference Registration – Hotel Lobby

11:30 - 12:20 Friday Lunch Buffet ---- Grill 1-2-5

Rooms: Keuka Seneca Cayuga Cracking The Code to Successful Learning: Kick Starting an Open Pythagorean Triples Empirical Summary on Educational Resource Learning Behaviors and Initiative in your Math 1 Revisited 2 3 Outcomes in 100-level Department 12:20 - 1:15 Straight Statistics Taylor Joan Erickson E1 Project ERNIE Opening Session ---- Director’s Room

Social Dissonance - What Origami, Kahoot!, Project-Based Learning, does the public really and QR Codes OERs, and Learning think about the topics of 1:25 - 2:20 4 in the Classroom 5 6 Communities today? Oh My…

Akiba L. Danforth / LaLone Santiago/Wells Mathemagics 2 Using Mathematica in When are Real World Calculus 1 Applications Too Real? 2:30 - 3:25 7 8 9 Dance / Stevens Halsey / Johnson E. Danforth

3:30 - 3:50 Break ---- Ballroom Corridor ---- PLEASE VISIT OUR VENDORS

Chat – n - Chew 3:50 - 4:50 10 Keuka/Seneca Room

Executive Board Meeting ---- Director’s Room 5:00 - 6:00 Cocktail Hour – Cash Bar ---- Hotel Lobby Friday Night Dinner ---- Keuka/Seneca Room 6:00 – 8:30 Math League Contest Winners & Scholarship Award Winners Announced! Stay in Keuka/Seneca for an informal social and 8:30 - ? 11 Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles! – led by L. Danforth Join a puzzle team or just hang out! Instruments welcome.

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Saturday Morning Estimation Run/Walk ---- Meet in Lobby 6:00 AM Encourage your collaborator! 7:00 - 7:50 Saturday Breakfast Buffet ---- Grill 1-2-5

Rooms → Keuka Seneca Cayuga Three (or More) A Stacking of Cubes Vignettes from the Problem: Instant Learning How to Learn History of Insanity and Other Mathematics 8:00 - 8:30 12 13 14 Mathematics Extensions Atwood Moreno Singh

Collaborating to Increase Teaching Introductory Strategies for Scaling the Affordability: How to use Statistics with a subscription model, Use of Open Educational Simulation-Based 8:40 - 9:35 15 Cengage Unlimited, to 16 17 Resources (OERs) Across cut costs and improve Inference (SBI) Math Programs student success Dawes/Hughes Dolansky Khoule / Vidyasagar / Milleville 9:35 - 10:05 Break ---- Ballroom Corridor ---- PLEASE VISIT OUR VENDORS

Using Google Classroom to Collect Life Lessons – How We Can Change Students’ 18 Student Work Power Series in Hurlburt Perceptions and Be Probability 10:05 - 11:00 10:05-10:35 20 21 Leaders in Retention

Evans Efforts Problem Matyc 19 Selig Reid 10:45-11:15

NYSMATYC Business Meeting ---- Cayuga 11:10 - 12:00 All members are encouraged to attend. AMATYC & NYSMATYC Raffles…some great prizes await! Saturday Lunch Buffet ---- Grill 1-2-5 12:10 - 1:10 Estimation Run/Walk Winners Announced!

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Saturday Afternoon/Evening Keuka Seneca Cayuga Themed Session: IMPACT 22A: PROFICIENCY: Exploding Dots & Proficiency 1:15-1:30 McGrath New Co-Requisite for Math for Elementary Elementary Statistics Teachers 22B: OWNERSHIP: 1:15 – 2:10 23 24 Technology Helps! Halsey/Taylor Putnam 1:35 – 1:50 Bernat 1:15-2:10 1:15-2:10 22C: OWNERSHIP: Help Students Take Responsibility for Their Own Learning 1:55 – 2:10 Newton

22D: ENGAGEMENT: Linear Systems-Concrete to Abstract Activity-based 2:15 – 2:30 Milleville Learning with a Focus 22E: ENGAGEMENT: Assessment on Skills: A Formula with a Twist! for Success? OHM Workshop: Get 2:35 – 2:50 Stevens/Zabel Your Hands Dirty 22F: STUDENT SUCCESS: We Need to Shuart / E.Danforth with OER! 2:15 - 3:30 25 26 Talk!…Improving Students Success Through Communication 2:20-3:15 Baron 2:55 – 3:10 Groom/Quinn 2:20- 3:15 22G: PROFICIENCY: Assessing Optimal Paths to an Undergraduate Degree Using Structural Equation Modeling 3:15-3:30 Singhroy BREAK – Ballroom Corridor - Please Visit Vendors 3:30 - 4:00 Post a sticky note on the Collaborations board in your region to let us know what you like about the conference or an idea you gained! Online Math Made Easier: An Introduction to Using a Delicious Statistics Class Navigating O.E.R. Tablet or Tablet-Computer with XYZ 4:00 - 4:55 27 28 Activities 29 w/ Pen & Video Recorder Burch/Speicher Linville/Kunkel Mistry Executive Board Meeting ---- Director’s Room 5:10 - 5:45 E2 E2 - Project ERNIE Closing Session ---- Board Room Cocktail Reception sponsored by Lumen Learning 5:15 – 6:15 Redeem drink ticket if you got one or use cash bar ---- Lobby Saturday Banquet Dinner---- Finger Lakes Ballroom 6:15 - ? “The Art of Collaborative Problem-Solving” - Fred Herbst

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Sunday Morning

8:00 - 8:50 Sunday Breakfast Buffet ---- Grill 1-2-5

Rooms: Keuka Seneca

(Math OER) + (Personalized Factoring Quartics (really!) Learning) = Student Success 9:00 - 10:00 30 31 Penner Usinski

Please drop off your conference evaluation form and your lanyard. After you check out, there’s still time to visit the Corning Museum of Glass, the Rockwell Museum or take a stroll down Market Street! 10:15…

Safe travels home!

DISCOUNTS for NYSMATYC conference go-ers! th April 11-16

• Attendees show their badge or mention NYSMATYC to receive $17.00 rate • Local residents always receive 50% off admission ($10.00) o Local residents reside in 148, 149 and 169 zip codes o Residents can bring 2 guests each at the 50% off rate o Corning Community College ID qualifies for local resident rate • Children 17 and under are always free

8 NYSMATYC 2019 Annual Conference Detailed Program

Friday Morning Preconference (Separate registration is required for the preconference through SUNY.)

8:30 – 11:30 AM SUNY Math Pathways Preconference

P1 The Returning Faculty Enrichment Track Keuka This track will include: Mobius Tips, Tricks, & Q&A (with Jennifer Kidder from Tompkins Cortland CC); Quantway College Online (with Lynae Warren from Empire State); and Quantway Core + Fundamentals Acceleration (with Brenda White from Morrisville and Joe Bernat from Nassau CC).

P2 The Quantway College Workshop Cayuga This track will include discussions (led by Simon Whitehouse from Alfred and Mary Crawford-Mohat from Onondaga CC) on: What supports/needs are not currently met for QW College in the NIC?; Does QW College have everything/more than what is in a “typical” Quantitative Reasoning course?; and What can be removed/added to QW College to ensure transferability within SUNY? We recommend that faculty, administrators, and staff from campuses that offer QW College attend this track.

Friday, April 12 – NSYMATYC Conference

11:30 – 12:20 Friday Lunch Buffet ---- Grill 1-2-5

12:20 – 1:15 Sessions 1 – 3 and E1 FRIDAY, APRIL 12

S1 Pythagorean Triples Revisited Keuka Presenter: Dr. Joseph Straight, SUNY Fredonia Presider: Chris Yuen Finding right triangles with integer side lengths has interested civilizations from the time of the ancient Babylonians to the present day. We review the history of Pythagorean triples, present an interesting geometric construction due to Paul Schweigerling, and relate Pythagorean triples to the problem of finding rational points on algebraic curves.

S2 Cracking The Code to Successful Learning: Empirical Summary on Learning Seneca Behaviors and Outcomes in 100-level Statistics Presenter: Joan Erickson, SUNY Delhi Presider: Colleen Stevens College-level introductory statistics often poses a steep learning curve for freshman students. Computation formulas and numerical trends embedded in the tables seem to overwhelm our students. How do the instructors work with deficient computational skills and inadequate conceptual understanding? We collected empirical data on student perception (self report) on course content and own capabilities, coupled with objective learning outcome measures to find out what is keeping students from reaching high performance in a statistics course.

9 S3 Kick Starting an Open Educational Resource Initiative in Your Math Department Cayuga Presenters: Sara Taylor (SUNY Dutchess CC) & Matthew Matkovich (Rockland CC) Presider: George Hurlburt While knowledge and use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) is increasing around the country, it remains a relatively new concept for many. Faculty from Dutchess CC and Rockland CC will share strategies for launching and sustaining OER math initiatives, including how to build faculty support and measure impact. Time will be allotted for Q&A and discussion.

E1 Project ERNIE Opening Session Director’s Presenters: Ray LaBounty (Corning CC) & MaryBeth Orrange (Erie CC) Room This session is specifically intended for the Project ERNIE 2019 cohort. Be sure to welcome our newest cohort of math educators this weekend!

1:25 – 2:20 pm Sessions 4 – 6 FRIDAY, APRIL 12

S4 Origami, Kahoot!, and QR Codes in the Classroom Keuka Presenter: Yumiko Akiba (Project ERNIE), Corning CC Presider: Erin Newton Participants will see how to get students involved by using QR codes to hunt for origami directions focused on geometry terms. Then Kahoot! will be used to play games involving concepts being learned.

S5 Social Dissonance: What Do People Really Think about the Topics of Today? Seneca Presenters: Larry Danforth & Joel LaLone (Jefferson CC) Presider: Andrew Draper What do people really think about President Trump, the U.S. economy, abortion, the "Me Too" movement? College students via the Center for Community Studies at JCC are asking the local community these and a number of other questions as part of their annual surveys of the community. What are the local residents saying about the current issues? Come listen and find out.

S6 Project-Based Learning, OERs, and Learning Communities Oh My… Cayuga Presenter: Dr. Rachel Santiago and Karen Wells (Monroe CC) Presider: Brian Milleville We will be sharing our experiences with all new adaptations to our writing intensive Survey of Math course. This includes the use of OERs, implementation of project based learning with a final assessment, and the introduction of a learning community for students who need the pre-requisite course.

2:30 – 3:25 pm Sessions 7 – 9 FRIDAY, APRIL 12

S7 Mathemagics 2 Keuka Presenters: Candy Dance & Colleen Stevens (Onondaga CC) Presider: Janis Mazza Improve class engagement! Have some fun! Motivate your students! Impress your friends! Learn some math “tricks” to use anytime, anywhere. These tricks are great for getting conversations going. Learn the math behind the trick. Your students will love them.

S8 Using Mathematica in Calculus I Seneca Presenters: Johanna Halsey & MaryAnne Johnson (Dutchess CC) Presider: Alex Atwood The presenters will briefly describe how they use the Computer Algebra System Mathematica in their Calculus sequence, with a focus on Calculus I. They will share 10 how they have helped students deal with the trickiest parts of the program, and will provide examples of Calculus I projects and student work.

S9 When Are Real World Applications Too Real? Cayuga Presenter: Ernie Danforth (Corning CC) Presider: Rich Evans The presenter has been writing real world applications as part of an author group for more than 25 years. Recently he had an application rejected by the publisher because it was too real. The presenter will place this application in context and also show the application. He will discuss the reasons for the rejection and lead a discussion on what we should or should not be presenting as applications in our mathematics classes. The presenter does not expect to solve this issue, but is hoping for a lively discussion and input from the audience.

3:30 – 3:50 pm Break: Please Visit Vendor Exhibits! – Ballroom Corridor

3:50 – 4:50 pm Session 10 FRIDAY, APRIL 12

S10 Chat - ‘N’ - Chew Keuka/Seneca Organizers: Joe Bernat (Nassau CC) & Erin Newton (Onondaga CC) Presider: Patty Zabel Attendees rotate through various tables throughout the session. Each table has a facilitator and a particular topic so ideas can be shared and discussed surrounding that topic. Topics include co-requisites, concurrent enrollment, placement policies, OERs, pathways, alternative instructional modalities, technology tools for instruction/assessment, AMATYC Impact, and what we want NYSMATYC to be. Some snacks will be provided so you can chew while you chat!

5:00 – 6:00 pm Executive Board Meeting in the Director’s Room – for the Board Cocktail Hour in the Hotel Lobby (Cash Bar) - for everyone! Collaborate with colleagues from around the state while enjoying a cocktail (and while the Executive Board meets). Try to meet a new Project ERNIE colleague or one of the student award winners.

6:00 – 8:30 pm Friday Night Dinner Keuka/Seneca Enjoy the Friday night dinner buffet. After dinner, Abe Mantell (Math League Coordinator) will announce winners of the Math League Contest. Then Patty Owens (Scholarship Chair) will present the NYSMATYC Scholarship Awards to winning students.

8:30 – ?? Session 11 - Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles FRIDAY, APRIL 12 Keuka/Seneca Presenter: Larry Danforth (Jefferson CC) Presider: Patty Owens A staple at the NYSMATYC conference for enough years that we lost count, “Puzzles, Puzzles, Puzzles” is back for another year. Teams of four compete in this year's puzzle contest. Create your team ahead of time or join others at the session to keep the tradition going for another year.

Just want to hang out, do some knitting, or play some cards in the company of math folks? That’s fine too! Feel free to stay in Keuka/Seneca after dinner!

Remember to get some rest before the Estimation Run too!

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6:00 AM Gerry Leiblich Estimation Run/Walk Meet in Organizer: Larry Danforth Lobby The Estimation Run is a tradition at NYSMATYC. All you have to do is show up in the hotel lobby ready at 6:00 AM ready to go outside for a beautiful run or walk around Corning. Be sure to leave your smart watches and phones behind! Larry will collect your choice of route/distance (typically 1 or 2 mile choices) and your estimate of how long it will take you to finish. The goal is to see who gets closest to their estimated time.

7:00 – 7:50 AM Saturday Breakfast Buffet Grill 1-2-5 Buffet breakfast in the hotel restaurant Grill 1-2-5 adjacent to the lobby.

8:00 – 8:30 AM Half Hour “Wake Up!” Sessions 12 – 14 SATURDAY, APRIL 13

S12 Three (or More) Vignettes from the History of Mathematics Keuka Presenter: Luis Moreno (Broome CC) Presider: Chris Kemp Some stories in the lives of mathematicians are so compelling that they could be parts of a novel, and would certainly be interesting to students. I have found that students know almost nothing about the history of mathematics. I'll talk about events in the lives of several mathematicians that will show the humanity and strength of each one.

S13 A Stacking of Cubes Problem: Instant Insanity and Other Extensions Seneca Presenter: Dr. Satyanand Singh (CUNY City Tech) Presider: Joe Bernat Historically the Instant Insanity puzzle or the “Great Tantalizer” which consists of four cubes was introduced in 1960’s and made popular by Parker Brothers. In this presentation we will use the instant insanity puzzle to study an important problem in cube stacking. We encourage you to come play with cubes while you sharpen your teaching skills. We will use two approaches to solve this puzzle. The first will make use of basic properties of numbers and the second approach will use graph theory. We will touch upon other variants and extensions. The presentation is accessible to a freshman student. This work is supported by the MSEIP grant # P120A150063.

S14 Learning How to Learn Mathematics Cayuga Presenter: Dr. Alex Atwood (Suffolk CC) Presider: Barbara Dolansky In the next fifty years our students will have to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Learning how to learn mathematics is one of the most important intellectual skills we can nurture in our students. How can we more effectively do this?

8:40 – 9:35 AM Sessions 15 – 17 SATURDAY, APRIL 13

S15 Collaborating to Increase Affordability: How to use a subscription model, Keuka Cengage Unlimited, to cut costs and improve student outcomes Presenters: Dr. Dale Dawes (Project ERNIE / Bor. of Manhattan CC) & Gretchen Hughes (Cengage) Presider: Jay Hurlburt Built by educators, WebAssign empowers instructors with unmatched flexibility and control, superior content and extensive support to tailor their course to meet the 12 variety of ways students learn best. WebAssign helps learners hone their problem solving and critical thinking skills through unique learning experiences that give them the tools they need, when they need it, to build confidence and elevate performance — preparing them for their future.

S16 Teaching Introductory Statistics with Simulation-based Inference (SBI) Seneca Presenter: Barbara Dolansky (Dutchess CC) Presider: Larry Danforth The presenter will share how DCC's Introductory Statistics course has transitioned from a traditional model to an activity-based approach using SBI. Hypothesis testing is introduced in the 2nd week of class, and students conduct physical and computer-based simulations regularly. Come learn about this exciting and effective way of teaching statistics!

S17 Strategies for Scaling the Use of Open Educational Resources (OERs) Cayuga Across Math Programs Presenters: Drs. Alioune Khoule and Lakshmi Vidyasagar (LaGuardia CC) and Brian Milleville (Erie CC) Presider: Joan Erickson Scaling of Open Educational Resources can bring significant cost savings as well as improvements in student success. Department chairs and program coordinators from Erie CC (SUNY) and LaGuardia CC (CUNY) will share successful strategies and lessons learned from adopting OER across hundreds of course sections over the past two years.

9:35 – 10:05 AM BREAK! Please visit our supporting vendors – remember that vendor fees Ballroom help fund our student scholarship awards! Corridor

10:05 – 11:00 AM Sessions 18 – 21 SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Note: Sessions 18-19 are half hour sessions, but 20- 21 are “hour” sessions.

S18 Using Google Classroom to Collect Student Work Keuka Presenter: George Hurlburt (Corning CC) (10:05-10:35) Presider: Mary Mohat-Crawford Sick of trying to keep track of emails from students with their assignments? Sick of students sending you files in a format that is hard to read or comment on? Come and learn how to use Google Classroom to collect and grade student work.

S19 Problem Matyc Keuka Presenter: Ralph Selig (Fairleigh Dickinson Univ.) (10:45-11:15) Presider: Candy Dance For those who enjoy solving the most trivial Problems in mathematics!!!!

S20 Power Series in Probability Seneca Presenter: Rich Evans (Corning CC) (10:05-11:00) Presider: Joe Straight Come and see how power series really “come to life” when solving certain kinds of probability problems. Participants will simulate several basic probability experiments using coins and marbles. Results will be tallied to get an estimate of the expected value of certain random variables. The presenter will then show how power series can be used to find the exact expected value of these random variables. Various power series will be utilized, as well as derivatives, integrals and properties of power series. All friends of infinity are welcome!

13 S21 Life Lessons – How We Can Change Students’ Perceptions and Be Leaders Cayuga in Retention Efforts (10:05-11:00) Presenter: Tom Reid (Broome CC) Presider: Luis Moreno In this presentation the faculty role in retention efforts will be discussed. Faculty should feel empowered to be able to make a difference for their students. These ideas will be discussed through the lens of mathematics faculty. My goal is for attendees to leave reminded of their mission and feeling empowered.

11:10 – 12:00 Business Meeting SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Cayuga All members are encouraged to attend. There will be raffles and door prizes! An agenda is provided later in this document.

12:10 – 1:10 Saturday Lunch Buffet Grill 1-2-5 During lunch, the results of the Estimation Run/Walk will be announced!

1:15 – 3:30 Themed Session: IMPACT (Sessions 22A – 22G) SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Organizer/Presider: Mary-Beth Orrange (Erie CC) Presenters will rotate every 15 minutes to give short segments that can help us make an impact. The segments are in the themes of the new AMATYC document called “IMPACT” which gives guidelines on the teaching of mathematics for two-year colleges. IMPACT stands for Improving Mathematical Prowess And College Teaching. Conference attendees are welcome to stay for all or drop in for specific segments of the themed session.

22A PROFICIENCY: Exploding Dots & Proficiency Keuka Presenter: Liz McGrath (Broome CC) (1:15 – 1:30) Come see for yourself the power of James Tanton’s exploding dots and The Global Math Project. This hands-on talk will demonstrate the use of exploding dots in several different levels to help students get excited about learning math while enhancing proficiency.

22B OWNERSHIP: Technology Helps! Keuka Presenter: Joe Bernat (Nassau CC) (1:35 – 1:50) Using wireless display to encourage students to take active ownership in the classroom.

22C OWNERSHIP: Help Students Take Responsibility for Their Own Learning Keuka Presenter: Erin Newton (Onondaga CC) (1:55 – 2:10) As educators, our job is to teach AND learn the material for our students, right? In this session, ideas will be shared on engaging students in the learning process and helping them to take ownership of their education and learning.

22D ENGAGEMENT: Linear Systems-Concrete to Abstract Keuka Presenter: Brian Milleville (Erie CC) (2:15 – 2:30) A different approach will be discussed where a concrete example is introduced and analyzed first, and then the abstract processes for solving linear systems follows. A mixture problem combined with some by-hand calculations and spreadsheet calculations are used to analyze and setup the problem. Afterward, graphical software is used to visualize the solution. Lastly, algebraic methods are employed to solve linear systems.

22E ENGAGEMENT: Assessment with a Twist Keuka Presenters: Colleen Stevens & Patty Zabel (Onondaga CC) (2:35 – 2:50) Have you ever handed back an assessment and watched students flip through it quickly and then file it away? How can we recapture assessments as opportunities. 14 to learn? When are students most interested in how to solve a problem they just tried? In this session, we will share a slight twist on assessment that may help improve student engagement.

22F STUDENT SUCCESS: We Need to Talk!…Improving Student Success Through Keuka Communication (2:55 – 3:10) Presenters: Dan Groom & Christine Quinn (Finger Lakes CC) In this session, we will discuss a new course policy that we initiated in the fall semester. We had hoped that requiring students to reflect on poor test grades would improve their future performance, but in actuality these discussions much more meaningful.

22G PROFICIENCY: Assessing Optimal Paths to an Undergraduate Degree Using Keuka Structural Equation Modeling (3:15 – 3:30) Presenter: Vanessa Singhroy (Queensborough CC) The proposed methodological study intends to perform an SEM analysis on already existing data of randomly selected students in both pathway and non- pathway tracks at Queensborough Community College (CUNY) within the last 6 years, incorporating non-academic and academic factors to identify optimal paths to the completion of an undergraduate degree.

1:15 – 2:10 Sessions 23 – 24 SATURDAY, APRIL 13

S23 New Co-Requisite for Elementary Statistics Seneca Presenters: Johanna Halsey & Sara Taylor (Dutchess CC) Presider: Trevor Bradish Dutchess Community College now has a co-requisite course paired with Elementary Statistics instead of requiring students to take a pre-requisite math course. The presenters will briefly describe how they created a co-requisite class including the placement requirements, content of the co-req, and how the first semester is going!

S24 Math for Elementary Teachers Cayuga Presenter: Tim Putnam (Tompkins Cortland CC) Presider: Elizabeth Congdon The presenter will present what he is doing in the classroom and promote the NCTM. There will also be discussion about what everyone is teaching and how they are teaching it.

2:20 – 3:15 Sessions 25 – 26 SATURDAY, APRIL 13

S25 Activity-based Learning with a Focus on Skills: A Formula for Success? Seneca Presenter: Ernie Danforth & Trish Shuart (Pearson) Presider: Kathleen Speicher Experience how introducing a new topic within the context of a scenario engages students and fosters conceptual reasoning while creating an atmosphere of collaboration, how graphing calculators aid visualization, how verbalization makes symbolical manipulation less daunting, and how “skill and drill” online homework reinforces it all.

S26 OHM Workshop: Get Your Hands Dirty with OER! Cayuga Presenter: Josh Baron (Lumen Learning) Presider: Ray LaBounty Want to explore fully developed math courses that use Open Educational Resources to reduce cost to students? Do you rely on auto-graded algorithmically generated problem sets? Bring your curiosity AND laptop to this hands-on workshop during which you will setup an account in the Online Homework

15 Manager and be able to explore course "templates" designed by other faculty around the country that include OER-based textbooks and associated problem sets. Experience math faculty from SUNY, CUNY and Lumen Learning will be on- hand to answer questions and highlight examples of how they are using OHM to save students $1000's each semester and improve outcomes!

3:30 – 4:00 BREAK – Please visit our vendors! Ballroom Remember to also post a sticky note on the Collaborations Board too! Corridor

4:00 – 4:55 Sessions 27 – 29 SATURDAY, APRIL 13

S27 Online Math Made Easier: An Introduction to Using a Tablet or Tablet- Keuka Computer w/ Pen & Video Recorder Presenter: Chaitanya Mistry (Ulster CC) Presider: Vanessa Singhroy This presentation will answer the questions: How can we effectively recreate the in-class experience? How can we do this in a straightforward and cost-effective way? Will the virtual lecture we create be ADA compliant? The presentation will demonstrate how these videos are created using a Wacom tablet (most any tablet will do), a Logitech headset, and VidGrid software (in a pinch one can use YouTube). There will also be discussion of why we chose the tools we chose.

S28 Delicious Statistics Class Activities Seneca Presenters: Pam Burch (Virginia Commonwealth U.) & Kathleen Speicher (Corning CC) Presider: Dan Groom Classroom activities are a fun way to teach and reinforce student learning in statistics. The presenters will demonstrate short, inexpensive, hands-on activities which can be done with food you can buy at any grocery store. In addition, resources where these and more activities can be found will be shared.

S29 Navigating O.E.R with XYZ Cayuga Presenters: Dan Linville and John Kunkel (XYZ Homework) Presider: Russ Penner Attendees will be provided a quick overview of O.E.R. Hear how XYZ Homework helps faculty and administrators navigate this space to keep the quality of education high while driving the cost to participate down. Attendees are faculty and administrators interested in venturing into the O.E.R. environment.

5:10 – 5:45 Session E2: Project ERNIE Closing Session SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Board Room Organizers: Ray LaBounty (Corning CC) & Mary Beth Orrange (Erie CC) This session is for the new Project ERNIE cohort.

5:10 – 5:45 Executive Board Meeting Director’s Rm The newly elected Executive Board meets at this time.

5:15 – 6:15 Cocktail Reception – sponsored by Lumen Learning Hotel Lobby If you have a free drink ticket, redeem it at the cash bar!

6:15 PM Saturday Banquet Dinner – Finger Lakes Ballroom (see next page for Banquet Speaker information)

16 Saturday Banquet: “The Art of Collaborative Problem-Solving” Presented by Fred Herbst, MFA Ceramics Open yourself up to unexpected opportunities and rewards by saying yes to collaboration. Fred Herbst will discuss how the simple act of saying “that’s an interesting concept, let’s work on it together” has shaped his professional life for the last 20 years. His collaborations with a variety of artists and scientists has allowed him to explore new ideas and possibilities on the SUNY-Corning Community College campus, around the country, and in Europe.

Biography of Fred Herbst Fred Herbst grew up near Green Bay, Wisconsin and received a BFA in Art from the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. He then attended the University of North Texas and earned a Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics. Fred is currently a Professor of Art and Chair of the Humanities Department at Corning Community College in Corning, New York.

Fred’s ceramic work has been shown in a wide variety of exhibitions across the USA and internationally. He has given presentations for the Ceramics Program at Harvard University, the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, the Glass Art Society, and the First European Woodfired Ceramics Conference in Germany. He has had articles published in Ceramics Monthly, Studio Potter, and The Log Book: The International Publication for Woodfired Ceramics. His work has appeared in Ceramics: Art and Perception, 500 Teapots Vol. 2, and Wood-fired Ceramics: 100 Contemporary Artists.

Fred developed a hybrid woodfired ceramics and glassblowing kiln in collaboration with the Corning Museum of Glass. This design is used to fire ceramics and blow glass simultaneously and has been built at CCC and the Domaine de Boisbuchet in France.

SUNDAY MORNING

8:50 AM Sunday Breakfast Buffet Grill 1-2-5 Enjoy a hearty breakfast before the last talk and before venturing off!

9:00 – 10:00 Sessions 30 and 31 ___ SUNDAY, APRIL 14

S30 (Math OER) + (Personalized Learning) = Student Success Keuka Presenter: David Usinski (Erie CC) Presider: Chris Yuen Since Fall 2017 faculty at Erie CC have been involved in a Gates Foundation grant exploring the benefits of combining Open Educational Resources with a personalized learning platforms call Waymaker. Presenters will provide a demonstration of the technology and share national student impact research findings and research from local studies.

S31 Factoring Quartics (really!) Seneca Presenter: Russ Penner (Mohawk Valley CC) Presider: Amanda Bartels A procedure for factoring a quartic over the integers (into quadratics will be demonstrated. This might not be something you need to do every day, but it seems kinda important in the grand scheme of things.

10:15 AM Conference concludes – hope it was fruitful! Please remember to drop off your lanyard and your conference evaluation!

After you check out, there’s still time to visit the Corning Museum of Glass or the Rockwell Museum (western art)! (see specials on the short schedule)

17 2019 Business Meeting Agenda

Saturday, April 13, 2019

TIME: 11:10-12:00

Room: Cayuga

1. President’s Report - Chris Kemp 2. Approval of Minutes of April 14, 2018 - Trevor Bradish 3. Treasurer’s Report - Josh Hammond 4. Elections Report - George Hurlburt 5. Committee Reports a. Audit - Regional Members at Large b. Awards – George Hurlburt c. Communications – Kathleen Speicher d. Professional Development – Patty Zabel e. Scholarship - Patty Owens 6. Unfinished Business a. NYSMATYC Representation to Other Organizations 1. AMATYC - Sophia Georgiakaki 2. AMTNYS – Joe Straight 3. MAA Metro - Abe Mantell 4. MAA Seaway – Joe Straight b. 2019 Conference Report – Julie Croteau c. Concurrent Enrollment Position Statement – Chris Kemp 7. New Business a. Appointments – Julie Croteau Scholarship Chair - 1 year appointment Communications Chair b. Conferences – George Hurlburt 1. 2020, April 17-19, Best Western Plus, Kingston 2. 2021, April 16 – 18, Holiday Inn, New Hartford tentative 3. 2022, TBA 8. Raffles 9. Adjournment

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John Vadney Past Presidents’ Award

John Vadney was one of the founding fathers of NYSMATYC, but what set him apart from the rest of the founders was his continuous attendance at conferences for more than 40 years. His final contribution to the organization was to the Scholarship Fund. He pushed his fellow past presidents to contribute to the Scholarship Fund to push the total scholarship awards given by NYSMATYC to students to over $100,000. As a result of his efforts a new scholarship was created in 2010 for high achievers called the Past Presidents’ Award and was renamed in 2011 to the John Vadney Past Presidents’ Award. Over the past seven years, the efforts of Ernie Danforth and several other past board members have helped NYSMATYC to raise several thousand dollars in scholarship donations!

Helen Siner Scholarship Award

Helen Siner taught mathematics at Staten Island Community College which later became the College of Staten Island a 4-year CUNY unit. In 1975 Helen was honored by NSYSMATYC for Outstanding Contributions to Mathematics Education. During the 1970’s and 1980’s Helen chaired the Scholarship Committee almost continuously. After her death in the early 1990’s the top NYSMATYC Scholarship Award was named in Helen’s honor.

Dan Dodway Scholarship Award

Dan Dodway was a professor of mathematics at Broome Community College. He served as NYSMATYC’s 21st president. Dan also served the organization as Articulation chair as well as working with Paul Earl on some very successful Summer Institutes, the forerunner to our Professional Development Committee. In the mid 1990’s Dan was killed in a tragic ultra-light plane accident. To honor his memory, the highest scholarship given annually to a student with intentions of pursuing a career in mathematics education was named in Dan’s honor.

Accrued Scholarship

$180,000

$160,000

$140,000

$120,000

$100,000

$80,000

$60,000

$40,000

$20,000

$0

1989 1981 1983 1985 1987 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 1979 19 Scholarship Fund Donors Scholarships for students are primarily funded by member donations and vendor fees from the previous year. Since NYSMATYC was founded in 1967, a total of $169,850 in scholarships has been distributed to students continuing their education.

Member Donations Vendor Fees

$7,000 $5,000 $4,650 $5,824 $4,500 $6,000 $4,000 $3,700 $3,800 $3,450 $3,450 $5,000 $4,570 $3,500

$4,000 $3,000 $3,366 $2,400 $2,400 $2,450 $2,500 $2,888 $3,000 $2,426 $2,467 $2,604 $2,225 $2,000 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 $1,000 $500 $0 $0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

The following members have contributed to the 2019 NYSMATYC Scholarship Fund. We extend our heartfelt thanks to each and every member for their generous support.

Gold Donors Lisa Queeney-Vadney Fulton-Montgomery CC Sue Kutryb Hudson Valley CC Allen Angel Monroe CC Chris Kemp Genesee CC George Hurlburt Corning CC Larry Danforth Jefferson CC

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Silver Donors Silver Donors Emad Alfar Nassau CC Mary Beth Orrange Erie CC Peter Arvanites Rockland CC Patty Owens Onondaga CC Armen Baderian Nassau CC Larry Page Onondaga CC Amanda Bartels Jamestown CC Joan Page Onondaga CC Judy Cain Tompkins Cortland CC Cherie Pash-Corr Hudson Valley CC Kathleen Cantone Onondaga CC Theresa Powers Hudson Valley CC Francene Cicia Adirondack CC Anne Prial Orange County CC Elizabeth Congdon Broome CC Anne Prial Orange County CC Mary Crawford-Mohat Onondaga CC Timothy Putnam Tompkins Cortland CC Julie Croteau Corning CC Nancy Putnam Tompkins Cortland CC Candice Dance Onondaga CC Mark Radlowski Mohawk Valley CC Ernie Danforth Corning CC Shaun Rajan Westchester CC Joan Erickson SUNY Delhi Michael Riedinger Nassau CC Liana Erstenyuk Borough of Manhattan CC Laureen Sassaman Corning CC Timothy Frawley Corning-PP West HS Sean Simpson Westchester CC Les Frimerman Nassau CC Satyanand Singh NYC College of Tech Diane Marie Geerken SUNY Cobleskill Howard Sporn Queensborough CC Sophia Georgiakaki Tompkins Cortland CC Michael Steuer Nassau CC Raymond LaBounty Corning CC Colleen Stevens Onondaga CC Patricia Lanz Erie CC - South Joseph Straight SUNY Fredonia Patricia Lanz Erie CC - South Dennis Stramiello Nassau CC William Lomanto Fulton Montgomery CC Jane Tanner Onondaga CC Frank Mandery Finger Lakes CC Lisa Topolovec Sullivan County CC John McCreight Columbia Greene CC Michelle Tubbs Orange County CC Richard Moscatelli Nassau CC Rachel VanDerStuyf Dutchess CC Erin Newton Onondaga CC Donald Willner Mohawk Valley CC Natalia Novak Bronx CC Robert Woods Broome CC Kathleen Offenholley Borough of Manhattan CC Edward Wright Suffolk County CC Lilia Orlova Nassau CC

You can still donate to the Scholarship Fund - simply stop by the registration table!

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OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AWARD WINNERS

1972 George Pedwick, Executive Director of CUPM James Eastham, Queensborough CC 1973 Erwin Just, Bronx Community College 1974 Norm Schaumberger, Bronx Community College 1975 Leon Ablon, Staten Island Community College Helen Siner, Staten Island Community College Calvin Lathan, Monroe Community College 1976 Lawrence Trivieri, Mohawk Valley Community College 1977 Herb Gross, Corning Community College 1978 Allyn Washington, Corning Community College 1979 Peter Lindstrom, Genesee Community College 1980 James Baldwin, Nassau Community College Sheldon Gordon, Suffolk County Community College 1981 Warren Page, New York City Technical College 1982 Gerald Lieblich, Bronx Community College 1983 George Miller, Nassau Community College Geoffrey Akst, Manhattan Community College 1986 Allen Angel, Monroe Community College 1987 Don Cohen, SUNY Cobleskill 1990 Joseph Browne, Onondaga Community College 1991 Richard Schwartz, College of Staten Island 1992 Mona Fabricant, Queensborough Community College 1994 Susan Forman, Bronx Community College 1995 Sadie Bragg, Borough of Manhattan Community College 1996 Rick Patrick, Adirondack Community College 1997 Philip Cheifetz, Nassau Community College 1999 Rose Tan, Westchester Community College 2000 James K. Baker, Jefferson Community College 2005 Dona Boccio, Queensborough Community College 2011 Ernie Danforth, Corning Community College 2012 Roy Cameron, SUNY Cobleskill 2015 Paul Seeburger, Monroe Community College

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OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO NYSMATYC AWARD WINNERS

1971 Frank Avenoso, Nassau Community College 1972 Michael Sentlowitz, Nassau Community College 1973 Sam McInroy, Corning Community College 1985 Helen Seiner, The College of Staten Island 1988 Paul Earl, Broome Community College 1989 Roy Cameron, SUNY Cobleskill 1990 John Impagliazzo, Hofstra University 1991 Karl Klee, Jamestown Community College 2001 Don Willner, Mohawk Valley Community College 2002 Maryann Justinger, Erie Community College 2003 Ernie Danforth, Corning Community College 2004 Kate Danforth, Corning Community College 2005 John Vadney, Fulton-Montgomery Community College 2006 Ken Mead, Genesee Community College 2007 Mary Beth Orrange, Erie Community College 2009 Ray LaBounty, Corning Community College 2010 Abe Mantell, Nassau Community College 2016 Herbert Gross, Corning Community College 2018 Richard Moscatelli, Nassau Community College

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PAST PRESIDENTS OF NYSMATYC

1967–1968 Herbert Gross 1993–1994 Judy Cain 1968–1969 John Vadney 1994–1995 Joan Page 1969–1970 John Vadney 1995–1996 Frank Mandrey 1970–1971 Raymond McCartney 1996–1997 Kate Danforth 1971–1972 John Walter 1997–1998 Maryann Justinger 1972–1973 Harold Hackett 1998–1999 Rick Patrick 1973–1974 Donald Cohen 1999–2000 Jane Tanner 1974–1975 Allyn Washington 2000–2001 Dona Boccio 1975–1976 Sam McInroy 2001–2002 Beverly Broomell 1976–1977 Robert Burghardt 2002–2003 Maureen O’Grady 1977–1978 Paul Earl 2003–2004 MaryBeth Orrange 1978–1979 Allen Angel 2004–2005 Jodi Cotten 1979–1980 Gerald Lieblich 2005–2006 Jerilyn Fairman 1980–1981 Lawrence Trivieri 2006-2007 Abe Mantell 1981–1982 Bruce Haney 2007-2008 George Hurlburt 1982–1983 Roy Cameron 2008-2009 Sue Kutryb 1983–1984 Karl Klee 2009-2010 Emad Alfar 1984–1985 Carol Kublin 2010-2011 Tim Grosse 1985–1986 Susan Forman 2011-2012 Ray LaBounty 1986–1987 Gerald Smith 2012-2013 Abe Mantell 1987–1988 Joseph Browne 2013-2014 Sophia Georgiakaki 1988–1989 Dan Dodway 2014-2015 Russ Penner 1989–1990 Ernest Danforth 2015-2016 Larry Danforth 1990–1991 Sadie Bragg 2016-2017 Josh Hammond 1991–1992 Leonard Malinowski 2017-2018 George Hurlburt 1992–1993 Richard Rupprecht 2018-2019 Chris Kemp

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Project ERNIE Class of 2019

Enhancing Relationships to Nurture and Inspire Educators

Project ERNIE is a faculty development program designed to assist those new to teaching mathematics at community colleges in New York State through collaboration with other NYSMATYC members. Each year several full-time math faculty in their first or second year of teaching math at the two-year level are selected to participate. We welcome the 2019 class as the tenth cohort in Project ERNIE.

Yumiko Akiba……SUNY Corning CC Francine Cicia…...SUNY Adirondack CC Nicole Davis……...Alfred State College Dale Dawes……….Borough of Manhattan CC Kleva Kosta………Nassau CC James Liporace….SUNY Rockland CC David Peterson…..SUNY Orange County CC Sara Rose…………SUNY Broome CC Terrence Ward……Alfred State College

Project ERNIE Coordinators: MaryBeth Orrange and Ray LaBounty

25 Upcoming Conferences See you at next year’s NYSMATYC Annual Conference in Kingston, NY! April 17 – 19, 2020

NYSMATYC

Fall 2019: AMATYC Traveling Workshop for NYSMATYC Regions

April 17 - 19, 2020: NYSMATYC Annual Conference @ Kingston, NY

AMATYC

November 14–17, 2019 AMATYC Annual Conference @ Milwaukee, WI

November 12–15, 2020 AMATYC Annual Conference @ Spokane, WA

October 28-31, 2021 AMATYC Annual Conference @ Phoenix, AZ

November 17–20, 2022 AMATYC Annual Conference @ Toronto, ON

AMTNYS

November 15–16, 2019 AMTNYS Fall Conference @ Rochester, NY

MAA

May 4, 2019: MAA Metro at NYC College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY

July 31 - August 3, 2019: MAA Math Fest @ Cincinnati, OH

November 1 – 2, 2019: MAA Seaway at Ithaca, NY

NCTM

April 1 - 4, 2020: NCTM Centennial Annual Meeting & Exposition @ Chicago, I

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Win a registration for the AMATYC Milwaukee conference! Raffle at the Business Meeting at the NYSMATYC conference!

Thoughts from Herb Gross

Herb Gross was the first President of NYSMATYC and helped in founding the organization. He typically attends the NYSMATYC conference when it is in Corning especially. He is unable to attend this year but remains as passionate about community colleges and mathematics education as ever.

Since he could not attend, he wrote a memoir of sorts called: “The Evolution of NYSMATYC”.

Please look for copies of the document at the conference or use the QR code to read Herb’s perspective on past, present and future topics of mathematics education.

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33 Do you know your NYSMATYC region?

IF you are.. interested in having a regional conference, or wondering who your campus representative is for NYSMATYC, or interested in being on the Board at some point, or wondering how to get your school mentioned in the Newsletter, or wondering how to get your school to participate in the Math League contest, or wondering how students apply for NYSMATYC scholarships, or wondering how to become a campus representative, THEN ask your region’s Member-at-Large! (or any board member really) Region I: Chris Yuen Region II: Erin Newton Region III: Theresa Powers Region IV: Joe Bernat

Collaborating? Getting good ideas? POST A STICKY NOTE! DURING the conference, let’s see what region ends up with the most sticky notes on the Map Board! Post a sticky note on the Map Board in your region.

COLLABORATE WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL FOUR REGIONS! Sticker color on nametag = Region DURING the conference, we encourage you to meet people from other regions to discuss ideas and to sit with new faces at a meal or in a session. Simply find someone with a different sticker color than your own!

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