Today’s MAA Social Hour gave me (and the other participants) permission to take a break from the demands of pandemic life to purposefully relax and breathe. It was a refreshing session led by Dr. Hadas Moshonov-Cohavi. She has been leading stress awareness and mindfulness sessions with her students and we collaborated to offer a similarContinue reading “March 30 Day 387: Stressed? You Are Not Alone”
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March 26 Day 383: Wonders of Technology
Today I did something that would have seemed inconceivable before our technology boost during the pandemic— I gave three (technically four) different presentations in two different states without leaving the comfort of my own home. I pride myself on my interactive presentations regardless of the audience. Making the transition to virtual is challenging. So toContinue reading “March 26 Day 383: Wonders of Technology”
March 8 Day 365: Kanban
And so completes the first transit around the sun during the time of coronavirus. I never imaged a year later, we would be here—still remaining distant and not quite sure what the future holds. At the end of the day, it can be hard to see what actually gets accomplished. Being a visual person IContinue reading “March 8 Day 365: Kanban”
February 28 Day 357: Nostalgia for the “Before”
I share a memory that popped up in my Facebook feed this morning from exactly one year ago today. It was taken at the conclusion of Day 1 of the MAA Louisiana Mississippi Section Meeting in New Orleans as we were all heading back to the hotel. This was the last time I travelled onContinue reading “February 28 Day 357: Nostalgia for the “Before””
February 27 Day 356: Golden Section Confession
Did you know that the members of the MAA living in Northern California, Northern Nevada, Hawaii, and Pacific US Islands refer to their local region as the “Golden Section”? (Double entendre fully intended. ) They have a spiral in their logo that is made of golden rectangles (in blue below) containing a classic golden spiralContinue reading “February 27 Day 356: Golden Section Confession”
February 24 Day 353: Origami Butterflies
I wanted to make the first informal MAA Board of Directors meeting special. In the past when we met in person, after a full day of work, we would share a meal and get to know one another better. Those moments of community, making connections with interesting people, is a tremendous perk of serving theContinue reading “February 24 Day 353: Origami Butterflies”
February 22 Day 351: In Focus
MAA Focus is the newsmagazine of the Mathematical Association of America, edited by Jaqueline Jensen-Vallin. First, I want to thank Jackie for the tremendous job that she does putting the magazine together with support from managing editor and art director, Bev Ruedi, and the MAA Focus editorial board. The February-March Issue dropped today and IContinue reading “February 22 Day 351: In Focus”
February 20 Day 349: Florida Celebration
I want to give a shout out to all of the executive officers in the MAA Florida section meeting. They were the test subjects for all the virtual spring MAA section meetings to come. The background. The pandemic has stressed everyone. Several members of the FL MAA executive committee resigned this year because they didContinue reading “February 20 Day 349: Florida Celebration”
February 19 Day 348: Tech Lessons
Despite best intentions, it is critical to test everything…twice. Learning technology limitations the hard way is never fun. It’s like the first time you learn that a shared Google document can only accommodate 100 users. Or that a screen shared from an iPad user does not allow for zoom annotation by others but an iPadContinue reading “February 19 Day 348: Tech Lessons”
February 17 Day 346: The Season of Spring Meetings
The coming weekend marks the first of many MAA Section Meetings to be held this “Spring”. Both the Florida Section (February 19-20) and the Golden Section (representing Northern California, Northern Nevada, and Hawaii, February 26-27) are typically held early in the meeting season. I think, so they can boast about their beautiful and temperate weather.Continue reading “February 17 Day 346: The Season of Spring Meetings”
Math Belongs to All of Us 