Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges of New Jersey

What Is MATYCNJ?

MATYCNJ, Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges of New Jersey, was started in the summer of 1973 by the community college participants of an NSF funded summer workshop held at Middlesex County College. These educators decided to form a state organization for two-year college mathematics faculty of New Jersey and to meet on a monthly basis. From that time, a meeting was held each month at a different two-year college around the state. The early goals of the organization were to look at the various college's curricula to try to achieve uniformity among the colleges, and to improve transferability of two-year college courses to the four year colleges.

Today, MATYCNJ has more than 110 members representing 19 community/county colleges in NJ. Membership is open to faculty, learning/lab assistants, and students. The MATYCNJ Newsletter is published twice a year. The organization has two regular meetings, one in the fall and one in the spring. These meetings are held at different two-year colleges around the state. Both local and nationally known speakers are invited to present at these meetings. Workshops on the latest technology, such as HP48G, TI-92 and TI-83 graphing calculators, are held during these meetings. Issues and topics relevant to two-year college educators are discussed formally, by means of panels consisting of faculty from around the state and informally, at the refreshment breaks during the meetings.

Benefits of membership in MATYCNJ include receiving copies of the Newsletter and admission to the regular meetings.

The complete list of officers, past and present, is available, and a complete list of MATYCNJ presidents. Thanks to Jean Lane, our historian, for compiling this data.

The Spring 2005 meeting minutes are available for viewing.

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Click here to view photos taken at recent meetings and to view photos of AMATYC Teaching Excellence Award Winners.