Spring 2025 Conference

Arizona Western College will host the Spring ArizMATYC Conference on Friday, February 28th. The conference will be held at the Yuma Campus (2020 S Avenue 8 E, Yuma, AZ 85365). We will meet in the morning at the Schoening Conference Center in the 3C Building for breakfast and remarks.  The breakout sessions will be held in the MAC Building. A helpful map of campus is available here

Registration

Registration

Registration for the conference is open! Registration is $30 for faculty attending in person (this includes breakfast and lunch), and $15 for faculty attending virtually. Students who wish to attend in person will be charged $5.

Link to Registration

Schedule | Conference Program

Thursday, February 27

  • 6:00 pm Early Registration Happy Hour at The Pint House (265 S Main St, Yuma, AZ 85364).

Friday, February 28

  • 8:00 am – 9:00 am ATF meeting
  • 9:00 am – 9:50 am Registration and Breakfast
  • 10:00 am – 10:50 am Breakout Sessions 1
  • 11:05 am – 11:55 am Breakout Sessions 2
  • 12:00 pm – 12:55 pm Lunch and Campus Reports
  • 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Keynote Address
  • 2:20 pm – 3:10 pm Breakout Sessions 3
  • 3:25 pm – 4:15 pm Breakout Sessions 4
  • 4:15 pm – 5:05 pm ArizMATYC Business Meeting

Keynote – Guada Lozano

Grounding our teaching in place and each other

How might we lean on place—the land that surrounds us, the spaces we each call our own—to transform the mathematics we experience with our students? How might we see and relate to each other differently through placed-based mathematics? I invite you to join us to ponder these questions together, and hear about a curriculum and community of practice that cultivates heart, mutual relationality, and meaning to reinvent the mathematics learning experience for ourselves, our planet, and each other.

Guada Lozano serves as Director for the Center for University Education Scholarship (CUES), is an Associate Research Professor of Mathematics, and a Founding Member of the STEM in HSI Working group at the University of Arizona. Guada grew up in Argentina. A current grant-sponsored project most dear to her heart, is the creation of a culturally-affirming precalculus dual-enrollment curriculum centered in Tucson, its identity and its people. Trained as a mathematician, she has led and contributed to local, national, and international efforts committed to growing equitable practices in higher education, STEM professions, and public schools. In 2021 Guada was named a Notable Woman in Math by the Association for Women in Mathematics, and featured in the inaugural deck of Even Quad Playing Cards for her contributions to research, the profession, and the University on teaching, learning, and equity.

More information about Guada and her work can be found at this link.

Lodging

The last day to make a reservation with the links below is January 27, 2025.

Candlewood Suites Hotel

Four Points by Sheraton

Holiday Inn Express

Location

The conference will be held at Arizona Western College, 2020 S Ave 8 E, Yuma, AZ 85365. A campus map is available here

Vendors

Vendors may purchase tables ($100 or $175) or a presentation ($100). Sponsorship is also available for the conference.

Link to Vendor Registration

Arizona Western College – Yuma Campus  

Presenters

Presentations can focus on topics such as instruction, online and remote teaching and learning, equity and inclusive teaching practices, history of mathematics, applied math, technology, strategies for success, opportunities for growth, and/or student success. Presenters can choose between 50 minute or 25 minute presentation lengths.

Proposals must be submitted by Friday, January 31st.

Submit a Proposal

Presiders and/or Facilitators

Presiders introduce the speaker, assist the speaker and see that sessions end promptly. Facilitators oversee the virtual attendee experience of a session, ensuring the speaker is heard, their presentation is shared appropriately, manages breakout rooms (if needed), and bring forward questions or comments from the chat.

Applications must be submitted by Friday, February 7th.

Be a Presider/Facilitator

Questions?

For questions about the conference, please contact Sotero Alvarado

 

Arizona Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges