Fall 2002 meeting of ISAAPT at Millikin University

Workshop 1. "PTRA Rural Institute - Microcomputer Labs: LabPro and LoggerPro" - Friday 9-12 and Saturday 1-4, Bernard Ricca, DePaul University School of Education - Barat Campus, Tom Holbrook, University High School, Illinois State University and Carl Wenning (facilitator), Illinois State University.
Workshop 2. "A Web-based Prep Course for Calculus Physics" - Friday 10-noon, Gary Gladding, University of Illinois, Urbana.

Contributed papers are scheduled on Friday afternoon from 2:15 to 3:30 and from 4:45 to 6:00.
On Saturday morning they are scheduled from 9:00 to 10:00 and from 11:00 to 12:15.

Dr. Ralph Miller, Professor Emeritus of Physics at Greenville College,
will be honored on Friday evening with the 2002 Distinguished Service Citation.

The Council has a regular meeting scheduled for Saturday morning at 7:00 am. President Kelly Roos
has announced that the Council will also have a planning meeting at noon on Friday.

There will be a general meeting of the section during the lunch hour on Saturday.

Meeting Links

Call for papers	online	mail or FAX
Registration form	online	mail or FAX

Parking will be available next to the Leighty-Tabor Science Center in the Kirkland parking lot. You may also park in the lot across Fairview Avenue with access from West Main Street. Millikin will be on Fall break so parking will not be a problem.

The program chair and local contact for sending forms by regular mail or FAX and for checking on classroom and lab facilities is:	If you have any problems with submitting information via the online forms or if there are corrections to be made, contact the person who maintains these pages:
John Askill, jaskill@mail.millikin.edu Department of Physics and Astronomy Millikin University Decatur, IL 62522 Phone: 217-424-6271 FAX: 217-362-6408	David R. Renneke Department of Physics and Astronomy Augustana College Rock Island, IL 61201-2296 Phone: 309-794-3403 webmaster@isaapt.org

Fall 2002 Meeting of the Illinois Section of the AAPT
"Teaching Better Physics Better"
The New Science Building at Millikin University	October 18-19, 2002 Department of Physics and Astronomy Millikin University Decatur, Illinois *Following the Friday evening talk there will be a demonstration of the new 20-inch telescope in the Requarth Observatory.*
*Program* **Call for Papers Registration Meeting Links**
Panel Discussion, Friday at 1:10 pm. "Physics Teaching Requirements in Illinois", Panelists: Carl Wenning, Duane Ingram, David Sykes, Clifford Parker and Diana Roth. Moderator: Ray Boehmer. *"Just-In-Time Teaching to 600 Students", Mats Selen, Physics Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Friday at 3:45 pm.* *"Recent Advances in Observational Astronomy", Jim Kaler, Astronomy Department, University of Illinois, Urbana, Friday evening banquet speaker, 8:30 pm.* *"Progress in Material Science", Ian Robertson, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Saturday at 10:00 am.*