Enjoy these photos from the 2024 IMACC Conference!
Chris Cunningham demonstrates how he uses non-transitive dice to introduce sampling distributions to his Statistics students.The Gallery at AllertonThe Allerton Mansion looked particularly stately on this cloudy spring morning.Getting a unique perspective on the discussion on implementing the DERA Act held in the Oak Room.The Department Chair roundtable discussion was held in the Dining Room this year due to an abundance of breakout session offerings.Keith Nabb started his talk by getting the entire audience on their feet to demonstrate active learning strategies.Keith Nabb delivering the Friday morning keynote session on active learning strategies.Morning keynote speaker Keith Nabb is ready to get the ball rolling.This year’s raffle generated $888 for the IMACC Memorial Scholarship Fund.The Rock Valley College contingent occupied their usual corner from the very start.The Library is full of anticipation as the conference is about to get underway.IMACC president Chris Riola makes some opening remarks to kickoff the conference.Greg Wheaton’s snazzy backgammon set got plenty of use throughout the weekend.Game night kicked into high gear on Thursday night.Keith Nabb leads participants through some basic origami folds that are foundational to modern engineering developments.Kathy Almy provides multiple cases of Illinois colleges that have implemented one-semester options leading to College Algebra.The new furniture in the Solarium provided a comfy place to relax during the afternoon break.The afternoon break featured fresh fruit, house made whipped cream, and trail bar bites that proved to be extremely popular.Elayn Martin-Gay speaking on where we’ve been and we’re at currently in Math education.Lunch awaits the arrival of the conference attendees.The Birds of a Feather series has been a staple of IMACC conferences for two decades. This year Omar Adawi and John Gately described the development of a computational linear algebra course with Python projects.Laurie Hoecherl and Greg Wheaton get in a backgammon game during a break in the action.Ellen Field and Ronald Hobson lead a roundtable discussion on online exam proctoring.Ted Jankowski shares what INZight statistics software uncovered about the effectiveness of active learning in his College Algebra and Calculus courses.Sean Saunders mugs for the camera during the morning coffee break.Dawn Peterson shares the results of her research on belonging and leads a discussion on fostering a sense of belonging in the classroom.Cinnamon rolls made their triumphant return to the IMACC Conference after several years away.Linda Blanco gives a talk on maximizing learning through vertical teams in the Sun Porch.Peter Keep introducing strategies for giving students the opportunity to think critically about mistakes.Sean Saunders explores deep mathematics in a really fun and non-technical way appealing to the math nerds in the crowd.Kyra Rider recognizing Chris Riola for his service as IMACC president over the past year.Chris Riola passes the gavel to the next IMACC president Kyra Rider at the end of the Business Meeting.The IMACC Business Meeting keeping the membership updated on important issues from the past year.Dominica Blalock sporting her favorite math shirt.The IMACC Board of Directors was up early meeting over breakfast.The Probability and Statistics group has a long history at the conference and is always a strong contender for the biggest fund raiser for the Scholarship Fund.The Search for Planet X is on!Really Loud Librarians was one of many board games on the tables after our Friday night session.Sean Saunders delivers an entertaining after dinner talk on Friday night.Networking is an important part of every IMACC conference.The pre-dinner social hour is a great time to break out the games.Jacob Winters talks about his experience implementing standards based grading in his introductory statistics class.Elayn Martin-Gay and Rodger Hergert swapping stories.Keith Nabb engaged the audience in small group activities during his Friday morning talk.Elayn Martin-Gay shares a few student-favorite fun activities for visualizing infinity.Cindy Johnson presents a method for inducing students to make use of study skills.Jim Trefzger speaks on using ordered partitions to set up counting problems.Networking is a big part of the IMACC experience.The Kishwaukee College contingent was happy to be back.The Library awaits the arrival of this year’s attendees.The Solarium has undergone a makeover since IMACC was here last year.