What's up in Math at GCC

Math Department Activities
Glendale Community College

The Math Solution provides FREE drop-in tutoring for all mathematics students at GCC. The Mathematics Department operates this program and provides tutoring by Math faculty, staff and advanced students. Over 1000 students take advantage of this valuable resource every semester. Check out the Math Solution web site for more details.
Community Outreach: As part of a service learning component of MAT156, Theory of Elementary Mathematics, each student tutors elementary students at a local school. For more details on this highly successful project, contact Dr. Ted Corley at 435-3673.
The Math Success Orientation provides math tutoring classes for students who have a difficult time with mathematics. The CPD150AA course also deals with math study skills and confidence building. Students receive approximately 30 hours of tutoring for the $25 fee. Contact Al Shipley at 435-3770.
The Integrated Engineering Program ties together a set of courses in Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics and Engineering. Contact Dan Cortney at 435-3673.
The Pre-Nursing Integrated Program involves a sequence of courses in Mathematics, Biology and Chemistry. Contact John Grima at 435-3718.
Math Field Day in the Spring involved local high school students who participated in a mathematics competition, followed by activities and demonstrations at GCC. Contact Anne Dudley at 435-3389.

Some Recent Publications by Math Faculty:

Doug Dawson is co-editor of "C-cubed". This newsletter is aimed at the math faculty of all the Maricopa Community Colleges.
Ted Corley, "More than Cosmetic Surgery," The MCCCD Forum, pp. 4 - 5, Fall 1997.
Tom Foley and H.J. Wolters, "The quintic hybrid Bezier tetrahedron," Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 20, 1-16, 1997.
Tom Foley, S. Dayanand and D. Zeckzer, "Localized radial basis methods using rational triangle patches," Computing, Vol. 10, 163-176, 1996.
Tom Foley and B. Hamann, "A minimal variation quartic spline," Computing, Vol. 10, 199-210, 1996.
Tom Foley, "Deformation of volumes using scattered landmark points," in: Intelligent Systems, Vol. 2, E.A. Yfantis (ed.), 845-853, 1995.
Vern Guymon, "College Algebra with the SAUS," 1998.
Vern Guymon, "Brief Calculus with the SAUS," 1998.