2025 Washington College Mathematics Conference
Program
Conference Schedule
Thursday, May 1
4:00–7:00 p.m. Check-in
7:00–8:30 p.m. Opening Session
Friday, May 2
6:00–7:00 a.m. Yoga
7:30–8:45 a.m. Check-in
7:30–8:45 a.m. Breakfast buffet
8:50–9:40 a.m. Session I
9:40–10:05 a.m. Snacks
9:55–10:45 a.m. Session II
11:00–11:50 a.m. Session III
12:00–1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:30–2:20 Session IV
2:35–3:25 p.m. Session V
3:25–3:50 p.m. Snacks
3:30–5:30 p.m. Break/check out local activities
5:30–6:30 p.m. Dinner buffet
6:30–7:45 p.m. Keynote address
8:00–10:00 p.m. Social, sponsored by Cengage and McMillan
Saturday, May 3
8:00–9:00 a.m. Breakfast buffet
8:30–9:30 a.m. WAMATYC General Meeting
9:45–10:35 a.m. Session VI
10:50–11:40 a.m. Session VII
12:00–1:00 p.m. Turn in name badges
- full program (PDF)
Session I (8:50 – 9:40 a.m.)
Red Delicious
A Precalculus Breakwater Roundtable: Helping Students
Navigate the Waters of Future STEM Success (8:50 – 10:45 a.m.)
Sean Boyd • Tacoma Community College
Golden Delicious
Implementing the “Modernizing Statistics” SBCTC
Recommendations
Linda Richard & Lise Trivett
• Cascadia College
Gala 1
Is Darkness Faster than the Speed of Light?
Dr. William T. Webber • Whatcom Community College
Session II (9:55 – 10:45 a.m.)
Golden Delicious
From ABE to College:
Transforming Adult Math Education from the Bridge College Model
Dawn Draus, Megan Luce, Sherry McLean & Laura Wisman • SBCTC
Gala 1
High-School Mathematics Examinations in East Asia
Salah M. Abed • Big Bend Community College
Session 3 (11:00 – 11:50 a.m.)
Red Delicious
What Makes Math So FUN: Brain Teasers
Laurie James • University of Hawai‘i — West O‘ahu
Golden Delicious
Accessibility: Let’s All Level Up!
Kate Cook & Allie Dykes • Clark College
Gala 1
Creative Mathematicians: What Watercolor Taught Me
About Being a College Mathematics Professor (11:00 – 11:25 a.m.)
Rebecca Luttrell • Columbia Basin College
Gala 1
Developing Math-Focused Web Applications with Generative AI (11:25 – 11:50 a.m.)
Hoewoon Kim • Columbia Basin College
Session IV (1:30 – 2:20 p.m.)
Red Delicious
Towards Quantitative Literacy: Interesting Problems in Finance(1:30 – 3:20 p.m.)
Dusty Wilson • Highline College
Golden Delicious
Using Oral Exams in Post-Pandemic Teaching for Online Classes
Michele Wallace • Green River College
Gala 1
WAMATYC Discussion About Research Projects (1:30 – 1:55 p.m.)
Rajesh Lal • Pierce College
Session V (2:35 – 3:25 p.m.)
Golden Delicious
Q&A Panel: How We Use Oral Exams in Post-Pandemic Teaching
Michele Wallace, Luther Lessor & Jason Counihan • Green River College
Gala 1
ALEKS For Calculus: The Process, the Power and the Product (2:35 – 3:00 p.m.)
Tammy Louie & Eric Ziegler • McGraw-Hill
Gala 1
Valuations of Pre-A* Algebras (3:00 – 3:25 p.m.)
Jonnalagadda Venkateswara Rao • United States
International University — Africa
Session VI (9:45 – 10:35 a.m.)
Red Delicious
Trolling Students: Why We Should Ask Worse Questions
Jason Counihan • Green River College
Golden Delicious
Math Matters Early: Empowering Future Teachers to Build Strong Foundations
Megan Luce • Cascadia College
Andrea Motyka • Peninsula College
Catherine Conway • North Seattle College
Gala 1
A New Self-Placement Tool
Dawn Draus & David Lippman • SBCTC
Session VII (10:50 – 11:40 a.m.)
Red Delicious
The Volume of a Bird Egg
Yves Nievergelt • Eastern Washington University
Golden Delicious
Modern Solutions for Teaching Calculus: Tools to Boost Engagement and Success (10:50 – 11:15 a.m.)
Eric Schulz • Walla Walla Community College
Golden Delicious
Responding to the Need for Data Scientists in the South Puget Sound: UW Tacoma Proposes a New Statistics and Data Science Major (11:15 – 11:40 a.m.)
Zaher Kmail, Maureen Kennedy, David Arthur, Julia Eaton, Duong (Rita) Than & Haley Skipper • University of Washington — Tacoma
Gala 1
From Calculators to AI: What the Past Can Teach Us About Students’ Use of Technology
Marjorie Rasmussen • Bates College
For presentation slides and other documents from past conferences, visit:
or enroll in WAMAP course ID 14626 (no Enrollment Key required).