Author Archives: smalec

Ximera Updates

Posted on June 30, 2017 by smalec

Last year I wrote about a cool project I’d joined called Ximera. Bart Snapp and Jim Fowler at OSU have been developing a great set of tools to turn LaTeX documents into interactive websites for students. Within one of these sites, … Continue reading →

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MAA Section Meetings

Posted on May 31, 2017 by smalec

Hood College has been heavily involved in the MAA for years and years, and our whole department always attends – and sometimes runs chunks of – the section meetings. Thanks to Project NExT I’d at least heard a bit about what the … Continue reading →

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Growing Roots

Posted on March 31, 2017 by smalec

  I don’t have much to say about math at the moment. Classes are proceeding. Papers are too. Committee work has continued to intensify. Hiring for two positions has taken an enormous amount of time and energy from the whole department. … Continue reading →

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