This is a preliminary announcement that the Distinguished Teaching Award Committee will be seeking nominations for the fifteenth annual (2007) MAA Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. The committee will choose one of the nominees for the Michigan Section Award, and he or she will be honored at the Spring 2007 meeting of the Section. The awardee will also become the Section’s candidate for the national MAA’s Deborah and Franklin Tepper Haimo Award.

This year’s committee recently selected Tim Carroll (EMU) to receive the 2006 award. In his 26 years of teaching, Tim has distinguished himself through his dedication to helping at-risk and minority students succeed in their mathematical studies (through Project SEED and EMUs 4-S Program) and his commitment to the preparation of teachers (through development of a History of Mathematics course for prospective elementary education students including writing an accompanying text). Further details about his award will appear in the Fall 2006 Newsletter.

Dr. Carroll joins the continuing members of the committee, Brian McCartin (KU), chair, and Ted Sundstrom (GVSU), the previous recipients, for next year’s selection process.

Anyone, other than the candidate him/herself, is entitled to make a nomination. To be eligible, a candidate must be a college or university teacher teaching a mathematical science at least halftime during the academic year in a two- or four-year college or university, have at least five years teaching experience, and be a member of the MAA. Nominations are due by December 31, 2006. More information will be available in the Fall Newsletter. Please start thinking now about nominating your department’s best teacher.

On a related note, Past Chair Gerard Venema (Calvin C) reports that Janet Andersen (Hope C) was selected to posthumously receive the Section’s 2005–2006 Distinguished Service Award. Details will appear in the Fall 2006 Newsletter.