2025 IMACC Conference Photos

All of the presidents in attendance gathered in the Library for a photo after lunch. We had everyone from the first IMACC president to the fifty-second president

Allerton graciously gifted IMACC champagne for a toast during the Friday night dinner.

IMACC received two sheet cakes from Blue Dragonfly Catering at no charge for our 50th anniversary.

Greg Wheaton (Elgin CC) holding court over his beloved backgammon board with Kyle Knee (Harper College), Paul McCombs (Rock Valley College), and Jeremy Chamberlain (Harper College) listening intently.

Michael McClure (Southwestern IL College), Johnny Meshes (Harper College), Paul Gunsul (Rock Valley College), and Andrew Wang (Kishwaukee College) playing The Crew during the Friday afternoon social hour.

Matthew Lee (Oakton College) leads a session where participants could make a case for including or cutting topics from various courses in the Math curriculum.

This year’s Birds of a Feather session, led by Omar Adawi (Parkland College) and John Gately (Harper College), focused on how Artificial Intelligence has changed teaching.

Department chairs and lead faculty gather to discuss issues impacting their roles and sharing experiences.

Lisa Blaylock is one of a few Harper College faculty leading a discussion on DERA reforms and how they have used corequisites at their college to satisfy the state law.

Longtime IMACC Historian Jim Trefzger (Parkland College ret.) and first IMACC president John Bradburn tell some tales of IMACC’s 50 years.

Allerton Executive Director Derek Peterson shares some history of the Allerton mansion and grounds.

The participants gathered to commemorate IMACC’s 50th anniversary by forming an L as the Roman numeral for 50.

RIght after lunch, all participants moved to the Library for a group photo to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the organization.

Peter Keep (Moraine Valley CC) introduces models for infinite series during his Friday morning session.

Jeremy Chamberlain and Chris Benshoof (both of Harper College) demonstrate in-class statistics activities using the free website Stapplet.

Connie McLean, Chris Appuhn, and Andrew Mansheim (all from Black Hawk College) present findings related to their corequisite College Algebra course from 2022 to the present.

Diane Koenig (Rock Valley College ret.) gives an update on legislation regarding SURS Tier II and Tier I.

Kathy Almy (Almy Education) highlighting best practices in DERA implementation from around the state.

Abby Bailey (Elgin CC) discusses efforts ECC made towards working with under-placed students in Prealgebra.

Yelda Aydin-Mullen and Cyrus Vandrevala (both of Harper College) explore the growing role of AI chatbots in college ediucation.

Mike Caparula (Kankakee CC ret.) takes attendees through active learning activities for Calculus II and III.

Bob Cappetta (Florida SouthWestern State College) leads off the conference with a keynote session exploring the parallels between teachers keeping students’ attention and actors keeping an audience’s attention.

IMACC president Kyra Rider (Kishwaukee College) opens the conference with a few remarks before the first keynote session on Thursday morning.

IMACC president Kyra Rider (Kishwaukee College) welcomes everyone to the 50th anniversary conference.

Conference participants could choose from some superbly crafted swag items to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the organization.

Andrew Wang (Kishwaukee College) tallies the scores from a game of Cascadia as Paul Gunsul (Rock Valley College) looks on.

The Oak Room was hopping on Thursday night as participants created their own unique souvenir water bottle or coffee cup using the wide variety of stickers scattered across the table.

Cole Regnery (Rock Valley College) was the latest challenger to Greg Wheaton (Elgin CC) on the backgammon board.

The IMACC Scholarship raffle had its usual eclectic collection of items for winners to choose from.

The Solarium was bright and sunny waiting for attendees to arrive on Thursday afternoon.

The flowers were in bloom outside the Allerton mansion to greet guests as they arrived for the conference.

This view of the Allerton mansion has hardly changed in the 50 years that IMACC has been coming here for our annual conference.

Allerton added some new furniture pieces to the Library since IMACC was here last year.

The casual conversations in the Solarium are as significant to the IMACC conference experience as the scheduled sessions.

A collection of IMACC’s historical items were on display in the Gallery throughout the conference to commemorate the 50th anniversary.

The IMACC banner featuring an older version of the logo was hung in the Gallery.

Conference folders and lanyards await the arrival of this year’s attendees.

The IMACC Board of Directors held their Thursday afternoon meeting in the Pine Room at Allerton.

Jeremy Chamberlain (Harper College) and Rodger Hergert (Rock Valley College ret.) enjoy the new comfy furniture in the back of the Library just before the annual raffle drawing.

Jim Trefzger (Parkland College ret.) shared some topics that were taught in the community college math curriculum 50 years ago to help put IMACC’s anniversary in context.

America Masaros (Harper College) takes participants through the process of writing original questions in the MyOpenMath online homework tool.

Chris Appuhn (Black Hawk College) explores the wonderful world of complex numbers.

Bob Cappetta (Florida SouthWestern State College) explores how to use the latest advances in AI to enhance teaching and learning of college mathematics.

Chris Riola (Moraine Valley CC) and Andrew Wang (Kishwaukee College) chat with keynote speaker Patrick Wilcher (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) between sessions on Saturday morning.

Keven Hansen, Trent Crews, and Michael McClure (all from Southwestern IL College) debrief during the Saturday morning coffee break.

Patrick Wilcher (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) looks at the various ways mathematics is used to create sports ranking systems.

IMACC 50th president Kyra Rider (Kishwaukee College) passes the gavel to 51st president Ellen Field (Waubonsee CC) at the end of the business meeting.

Ellen Field (Waubonsee CC) presents Kyra Rider with a plaque in recognition of her service as IMACC’s 50th president.

IMACC treasurer Amy Madden (Moraine Valley CC) goes over the organization’s financial statements at the Saturday morning business meeting.

America Masaros (Harper College) makes her move against Trent Crews (Southwestern IL College) in a game of boop as Michael McClure (Southwestern IL College) watches closely.

Dominica Blalock (Kishwaukee College) lines up a shot during the Applied Geometry seminar on Friday night.

A large group of card players gathered in the basement to play Oh Hell.

It wouldn’t be an IMACC Conference without a poker game in the Oak Room.

The Kishwaukee College contingent checks in after the Friday night keynote session.

Patrick Wilcher (Mississippi Gulf Cost CC) looks at the mathematics behind photo filters during his Friday night keynote session.

The champagne toast that Allerton gifted to IMACC for our 50th anniversary was greatly appreciated!