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CANDIDATES FOR VICE-CHAIR WILL BECOME CHAIR OF SECTION AFTER ONE YEAR AS VICE-CHAIR ROB POODIACK, NORWICH UNIVERSITY Rob Poodiack is an Associate Professor at Norwich University, where he's been since 1999. He did his graduate work at the University ofVermont in analysis, but spends more time investigating technology in the classroom. An MAA member since 1997, Rob has been the Contributed Papers Coordinator for the section since 2004 and organized the Vermont dinner meeting this past year. He has also been the coordinator for the NESMAA Collegiate Mathematics Competition since its inception in 2006. Rob was the Local Arrangements Chair for the Spring 2001 meeting at Norwich and a co-presenter of the Summer 2002 Short Course. Rob served on the local arrangements committee for Mathfest 2002 in Burlington, VT. At Norwich, Rob is co-advisor of the student section of the MAA and has organized an Integration Bee to kick off Mathematics Awareness Month every April. KAREN STANISH, KEENE STATE COLLEGE Karen Batt Stanish, an assistant professor of mathematics at Keene State College, has been involved with the Northeastern Section since she entered the section in fall 2002.  She was a Section NExT fellow from fall 2002 until she received tenure in spring 2008.  She co-coordinated the Undergraduate Student Paper session from fall 2005 through fall 2007. Then in spring 2008, she took over coordination of the Section NExT program.  She continues to coordinate the Section NExT activities and will also be the program committee chair for the spring 2009 meeting.  Karen greatly enjoys teaching undergraduate mathematics, and she pursues scholarship in this area.  In addition, Karen also has research interests in the area of nonassociative algebra.  Karen received her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics/Computer Science from Stonehill College and her Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics from the University of Virginia.  Outside of her mathematical life, Karen enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and attending Red Sox games. The full Newsletter in PDF Format