AMS Workshop for Department Chairs

Thursday, January 4, 2007
New Orleans Marriott Hotel

The AMS is hosting a one-day workshop for chairs and leaders of departments of mathematical sciences to be held in conjunction with the Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana.  The workshop is designed for doctorate and masters degree-granting departments, but other department chairs are welcome to attend.

Workshop Leaders:

• Krishnaswami Alladi - Department Chair of Mathematics, University of Florida
• Deanna Caveny - Department Chair of Mathematics, College of Charleston
• Guillermo Ferreyra, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Louisiana State University
• David Manderscheid - Department Chair of Mathematics, University of Iowa

The workshop format is intended to stimulate discussion among attending chairs and workshop leaders.  Sharing ideas and experiences with peers provides a form of department chair therapy, creating an environment that enables attending chairs to address departmental matters from new perspectives. Past workshop sessions have focused on a range of issues facing departments today, including:

• Personnel Issues (Staff and Faculty)
• Long Range Planning
• Hiring
• Promotion and Tenure
• Budget Management
• Assessments
• Outreach
• Stewardship
• Junior Faculty Development
• Communication
• Departmental Leadership

The workshop will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 4, 2007.  The registration fee is US$75, which includes lunch and a post-workshop social hour. 

This registration fee is in addition to that of the Joint Meetings and is handled directly through the AMS Washington Office.

If you are interested in attending, please complete the Registration Form and return it with your check for US$75 made payable to the American Mathematical Society. 

Agenda, materials and location information will be sent to all registered attendees prior to the meeting.

For more information, contact the AMS Washington Office at amsdc@ams.org