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  3. 3 Ways to Get More Women Into Tech

    Entry #120
    Brian Winkel
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    We read this article today and thought more people ought to see it. We especially liked the part that says,  “We have found that by pairing theory with real-world applications, particularly in introductory technical courses, we can capture the interest and enthusiasm of more students...

  4. Applied mathematics may be underrepresented

    Entry #119
    Brian Winkel
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    Years ago when I was teaching at a small liberal arts school, Albion College, Albion MI, I decided to venture out and teach an Operations Research course (piece of advice, NEVER start an OR course with linear programming as it is a quagmire of opportunities from which you can never extricate the...

  5. Colleges disappearing

    Entry #118
    Brian Winkel
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    We have been working on building emailing lists to contact folks around the country (indeed, world) about our Student Competition Using Differential Equation Modeling – SCUDEM to be held on 21 April 2018. We are trying to line up host sites for SCUDEM 2018 and so we are working on...

  6. What do you do on your first day of class?

    Entry #117
    Brian Winkel
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    I invited my son, Doan Winkel, to share what he does in his Entrepreneurship class on the first day of class. Doan is The John J. Kahl, Sr., Chair in Entrepreneurship, at John Carroll University in Cleveland Heights OH USA.  Here is what he does. ---------  **** ---------- What...

  8. This says it all - student feedback

    Entry #113
    Brian Winkel
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    Just check this out from Math in the City at University of Nebraska home page. First line under Student Feedback: "I liked the fact that we didn't know what we were capable of doing until we did it." This says it all. Makes it worthwhile. End of Blog Entry  

  10. Grateful to MAA FOCUS

    Entry #111
    Brian Winkel
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    We are very grateful to Jacqueline Jensen-Vallin, Editor of MAA FOCUS, for publishing our article, Let's Do It:  Using Modeling in the Classroom, in the April/May 2017 issue of the magazine. The piece can be found (along with all the other newsy and rich articles in ALL the other online...

  11. How to Run Effective Meetings

    Entry #110
    Brian Winkel
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    In our profession of faculty members (most folks who are reading this blog) we attend our share of meetings - I can hear the groans in the ether coming across the miles and into the speakers of my desk computer! Well, Adam Bryant, who writes the weekly Corner Office column in The New York Times...

  13. Mindfulness at Work

    Entry #107
    Brian Winkel
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    In a helpful piece entitled "Achieving Mindfulness at Work, No Meditation Cushion Required," in the New York Times, Job Market section of 24 April 2016, Matthew E. May suggests that we can do just that and furthermore it will make us a better contributor at work and a person richer in...

  16. Your Students Crave Moral Simplicity. Resist.

    Entry #101
    Brian Winkel
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    Lyell Asher, an Associate Professor of English at Lewis & Clark College, has written a very fine piece, "Your Students Crave Moral Simplicity.  Resist." in The Chronicle of Higher Education, 10 February 2017 issue, pp. B3-B5. The theme of the article surrounds his assignment...

  17. The UMAP Journal

    Entry #100
    Brian Winkel
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    In a recent correspondence with Paul Campbell, of Beloit College, Beloit WI, who is the  Editor of The UMAP Journal, Paul said that he hoped SIMIODE community members would take note of the opportunity to share modeling activities in the journal's Model Reality Check section. One...

  18. What makes it great?

    Entry #99
    Brian Winkel
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    My wife and I attend many musical events each year. One series we like is entitled, "What Makes It Great." These lecture/concerts are held in the Merkin Concert Hall of the Kaufman Music Center in Manhattan, New York City. Each of the four events is two-part. For the first hour or so...