The 2005 INFORMS Combined Colloquia will be held Nov. 11-12, the Friday and Saturday immediately preceding the INFORMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans. This year, the Combined Colloquia will feature the Seventh Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium, the Future Academician Colloquium and the Future Practitioner Colloquium. It has been designed to maximize the interaction between all participants, as well as to address issues relevant to the attendees of the individual colloquium. All three colloquia are sponsored by INFORMS, INFORM-ED (the Education Forum of INFORMS) and the INFORMS Student Affairs Committee.

This year's Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium will address several aspects of incorporating and assessing effective teaching techniques in any undergraduate and graduate curriculum. The colloquium will be beneficial to both seasoned and new faculty members at all levels and in all disciplines of O.R. Planned sessions include topics such as developing a personal philosophy of effective teaching, teaching with cases and teaching with technology.

While they are separate colloquia, both the Future Academician Colloquium and the Future Practitioner Colloquium have been organized with current doctoral students and newly graduated academicians and practitioners in mind. The theme for the academician colloquium will be "Building your Academic Career." It will include sessions dedicated to new directions in O.R., developing a research program, developing an education program and how to integrate work-life balance issues. The practitioner colloquium features sessions focusing on career paths for O.R. professionals, what managers seek in graduates, challenges that new practitioners experience, and strategies for maintaining and enhancing your skill set.

The Combined Colloquia will commence on Friday with a dinner for all participants, during which INFORMS President Richard Larson will address participants on the future of INFORMS and its position at the center of teaching, research and practice. It will conclude on Saturday evening with a talk by Professor Michael Trick titled "The Community of O.R." followed by dinner. In between, participants will have opportunities to interact with each other and with the Combined Colloquia speakers during breakfast, lunch and several refreshment breaks.

Because of increased demand and limited capacity, participation in the colloquia is by nomination only. The registration fee for each of the Colloquia is $250, but the fee will be waived for the first student from a department (the second will pay the reduced fee of $125). Note that all colloquia participants are required to register for the 2005 INFORMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, and that this registration is not included for colloquia participants.

For the most up-to-date information, the call for nominations and to register for the annual meeting, go to www.informs.org/Conf/NO2005/.

Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium (TEC VII)


All Ph.D.-granting programs in operations research, management science and related fields are invited to nominate faculty members and advanced doctoral students intending to pursue a career in academia for participation in TEC VII. To be eligible for nomination, an individual must:

• be a member of INFORMS or have applied for membership at the time of the nomination;
  
  
• be a tenured or tenure-track faculty member in one of INFORMS' constituent disciplines OR be within one year of completing all degree requirements for a Ph.D. in one of INFORMS' constituent disciplines
  
  
• have an expressed interest in effective teaching; and
  
  
• have not attended a previous Teaching Effectiveness Colloquium.

A complete nomination by the department will include:

• a letter of recommendation from the department chair;
  
  
• a list of OR/MS courses taught or expected to be taught by the nominee; and
  
  
• the mailing address, e-mail address and phone number of the nominee.

Complete nomination must be received by Aug. 1. Send packages and requests for more information to: Dr. Mary Beth Kurz, Department of Industrial Engineering, Clemson University, 110 Freeman Hall, Clemson, SC 29634-0920; phone: 864-656-4652; e-mail: mkurz@clemson.edu.

Future Academician Colloquium and Future Practitioner Colloquium


All Ph.D.-granting programs in operations research, management science and related fields are invited to nominate students for participation in either colloquium. Companies involved in the application of O.R. techniques are invited to nominate practitioners for participation in the Future Practitioner Colloquium. Preference will be given to doctoral students within one year of completion. To be eligible for nomination, an individual must:

• be a member of INFORMS or have applied for membership at the time of the nomination;
  
  
• have completed basic coursework and initiated research (for students);
  
  
• be within two years from completing all degree requirements or have an earned Ph.D. in one of INFORMS' constituent disciplines;
  
  
• have excellent potential for contributing to the field of O.R.;
  
  
• have good communication skills; and
  
  
• have never attended the INFORMS Combined Colloquia before.

A complete nomination by the department must include:

• the student's transcript at the nominating institution (for students);
  
  
• a letter of recommendation from the department chair or supervisor
  
  
• a one-page statement of purpose from the nominee including description of research and career interests and dissertation topic;
  
  
• the mailing address, e-mail address and phone number of the nominee; and
  
  
• mentioning of whether the nomination is for the Academician or Practitioner Colloquium.

Complete nomination packages must be received by Aug. 1.

Send Future Practitioner nomination packages and direct requests for more information to: Dr. Michele Pfund, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 875906, Tempe, AZ 85287-5906; phone: 480-965-4259; fax: 480-965-8692; e-mail: michele.pfund@asu.edu.






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