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MAA MATHFEST 2015Chronological ScheduleThursday, August 6 (continued)PANEL SESSIONPanel 8. What Mathematics Do EngineeringStudents Need to Know in the First Two Years?(And What If It Doesn’t Start With Calculus?)2:35 PM – 3:55 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 1SPECIAL MAA CENTENNIAL EVENTPresidential Reminiscences3:00 PM – 4:45 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3POSTER SESSIONClassroom Activities and Projects within theContext of Environmental Sustainability3:30 PM – 5:00 PM, Marriot Wardman Park, Exhibit Hall AMINICOURSE5. Using Videos of Students Developing Proofs toGuide Teaching and Learning (Part A)3:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Calvert RoomMINICOURSE8. Getting Started in the Scholarship of Teachingand Learning (Part A)3:30 PM – 5:30 PM, Omni Shoreham Hotel, Hampton RoomUNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITYMAA Student Paper Session #114:00 PM – 6:15 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia AMAA Student Paper Session #124:00 PM – 6:15 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia BMAA Student Paper Session #134:00 PM – 6:15 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Virginia CMAA Student Paper Session #144:00 PM – 6:15 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Wilson AUNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ACTIVITYPME Student Paper Session #34:00 PM – 6:15 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Wilson BPME Student Paper Session #44:00 PM – 6:15 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Wilson CPANEL SESSIONPanel 12. Finding Your New Niche: Staying Fresh4:10 PM – 5:30 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Washington 6SIGMAA ACTIVITYPOM SIGMAA Guest LectureWhat are mathematical objects, and who cares?5:00 PM – 5:50 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Washington 4OTHER MATHEMATICAL SESSIONThe Man Who Knew Infinity: Sneak Peek andExpert Panel5:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3Ken Ono, Emory UniversitySOCIAL EVENTGraduate Student Reception6:00 PM – 7:00 PM, Marriot Wardman Park, Chef’s Table at Stone’s ThrowSOCIAL EVENTMathematicians by Day, Musicians by Night8:00 PM – 9:30 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Salon 2/3Friday, August 7Registration8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Marriott Wardman Park, Convention RegistrationTHEMED CONTRIBUTED PAPER SESSIONTCPS#1: The History and Philosophy ofMathematics Part K – Special Session onMathematical Communities8:00 AM – 10:25 AM, Marriott Wardman Park, Washington 4A Partial History of Math Circles8:00 AM – 8:25 AMDiana White, University of Colorado DenverBrandy Wiegers, University of Central WashingtonAn American Postulate Theorist: Edward V.Huntington8:30 AM – 8:55 AMJanet H. Barnett, Colorado State University - PuebloCombatting the “Legion of Half-Wits”: theContentious Mathematicians of the Paris Academyof Sciences9:00 AM – 9:25 AMLawrence D’Antonio, Ramapo College76 Washington, DC | August 5–8, 2015 #MAAthFest