We are excited to announce that the 2026 Pikes Peak Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (PPRUMC) will be hosted by Colorado College on Saturday, February 21, 2026.

Forest Mannan, from Western Colorado University, has been awarded the Early Career Teaching Award for 2025 from the MAA Rocky Mountain Section. The Early Career Teaching Award was established to recognize outstanding contributions for faculty that are within seven years of obtaining their degree. 

Voting results are in for the section’s most recent elections. Congratulations to Travis Kowalski of South Dakota Mines, who was selected as the section's Chairperson-Elect. He will begin serving immediately and throughout 2025-2026 as Chair-Elect, then 2026-2028 as Chair, and 2028-29 as Past-Chair. Thank you, Travis, for your willingness to serve.

MAA NAM Speaker Lorin Crawford (Microsoft Research) will give a virtual presentation, Statistical opportunities in modeling and targeting cell state in cancer, on Monday, April 28, 3:30-4:30 (MDT). See the official announcement to register (and share with your students).

We are excited to announce that the 2025 Pikes Peak Regional Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (PPRUMC) will be hosted by Pikes Peak State College! The conference will take place on Saturday March 1, 2025 from 9:30-4:30.

The abstract submission deadline is Friday, February 14^th and the registration deadline is Friday, February 21^st . More information is available at the conference website.

Congratulations to Shelby Stanhope, from the United States Air Force Academy, who is one of the people selected for the 2024 Henry L. Alder Award. This prestigious award recognizes Dr. Stanhope’s extraordinary success in teaching undergraduate mathematics and her impact beyond her own classes.

Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca (Becky) Swanson, winner of the 2024 Burton W. Jones Distinguished Teaching Award, and Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Arnold, winner of the 2024 Early Career Teaching Award.