About

Each April or May from 1969 through 2019, faculty from two-year and four-year colleges across Washington and neighboring states have gathered to foster their professional development. The conference begins on Thursday evening with an opening session featuring an invited speaker. On Friday morning and afternoon, faculty present talks and host roundtable discussions on a variety of topics related to mathematics and education. The Friday-evening dinner includes a keynote speaker. Presentations conclude with additional sessions on Saturday morning.

Math departments from Washington’s community and technical college system take turns hosting the conference. Since 1996, every five years the WCMC has joined with ORMATYC to present a regional conference. While (unlike many states or regions) the annual Washington conference is not run by WAMATYC (the state affiliate of the American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges), WAMATYC does hold its annual business meeting during the conference, sponsors invited speakers and presents awards to outstanding faculty.

The 2020 conference was cancelled due to the pandemic. The 2021 and 2022 conferences took place virtually, but in-person conferences resumed in 2023..

History

Year	Host	Location	Dates
1969	Green River + Highline + Ft. Steilacoom	Ashford
1970	Spokane Falls	Ashford	5/15–16
1971	Everett	Snoqualmie Pass
1972	Everett	Snoqualmie Pass
1973	Seattle Central	Snoqualmie Pass
1974	Green River	Lake Wilderness
1975	Highline	Issaquah
1976	Bellevue	Snoqualmie Pass
1977	Shoreline	Issaquah
1978	Edmonds	Issaquah
1979	Olympic	Port Ludlow
1980	Spokane Falls	Winthrop
1981	Spokane Falls	Winthrop
1982	Highline	Lake Chelan
1983	Olympic	Port Ludlow	5/6–7
1984	Green River	Union	4/27–28
1985	Shoreline	Winthrop	5/3–4
1986	North Seattle	Union	4/25–26
1987	Lower Columbia	Union	4/24–25
1988	Olympic	Port Ludlow
1989	Bellevue	Lake Chelan	4/20–22
1990	Clark	Union	4/5–7
1991	Pierce + Tacoma	Lake Chelan	4/18–20
1992	Yakima	Yakima	4/9–11
1993	Highline	Wenatchee	5/6–8
1994	South Seattle	Silverdale	4/21–23
1995	Skagit Valley + Whatcom	Wenatchee	4/27–29
1996	Spokane Falls + ORMATYC	Stevenson	5/2–4
1997	Green River	Lake Chelan	4/24–26
1998	Tacoma + Big Bend	Lake Chelan	4/16–18
1999	Edmonds	Ocean Shores	4/15–17
2000	Bellevue	Wenatchee	5/4–6
2001	Peninsula + ORMATYC	Stevenson	4/19–21
2002	Clark	Yakima	4/11–13
2003	Spokane + North Idaho	Wenatchee	5/1–3
2004	Pierce	Yakima	4/29–5/1
2005	Highline	Ocean Shores	5/5–7
2006	Olympic + ORMATYC	Stevenson	4/20–22
2007	Wenatchee Valley	Wenatchee	4/26–28
2008	North Seattle	Lake Chelan	5/1–3
2009	Columbia Basin	Pasco	4/23–25
2010	Yakima	Yakima	5/20–22
2011	Green River + ORMATYC	Stevenson	4/28–30
2012	Tacoma	Wenatchee	5/10–12
2013	Whatcom	Bellingham	5/9–11
2014	Everett + Shoreline	Wenatchee	5/8–10
2015	Bellevue	Lake Chelan	4/30–5/2
2016	Clark + ORMATYC	Gleneden Beach OR	4/21–23
2017	Highline	Grand Mound	5/18–20
2018	Edmonds	Yakima	5/17–19
2019	Centralia + Bates	Ocean Shores	5/2–4
2020	cancelled
2021	WAMATYC	online	4/23
2022	WAMATYC	online	5/6
2023	Pierce	Lake Chelan	5/4–6
2024	Clark + ORMATYC	Gleneden Beach OR	4/18–20
2025	Green River	TBD	TBD
2026	?	?	?
2027	?	?	?
2028	?	?	?
2029	? + ORMATYC	?	?