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Ian Walton
Last Updated 8/19/08

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Ian resumed a partial teaching load in Fall 2007 following his
Academic Senate service.
In November Ian was awarded the 2007 John Vasconcellos Faculty
Advocate of the Year Award from the Faculty Association for California
Community Colleges (FACCC) in recognition of his statewide work as
Academic Senate President.
Ian served as President of the statewide Academic Senate for
California Community Colleges from July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007.
As past president, he is currently chair of their Noncredit Ad Hoc
Committee. and in 2007-08 he was chair of their Educational
Policies Committee.
Office Location: Main Building N2-403
Office Phone and Voicemail: (408) 855-5323
Ian began working as a full-time math instructor at Mission College
in 1978.
He was Mission College College
Academic Senate President from 1990 to 1994 and again from 1997-98. (M.C. Senate web page.)
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Ian with ASCCC Past President Hoke Simpson (02) | Ian with ASCCC
Past President Kate Clark (04)

Ian has a B.S. in Pure Mathematics
from the University of St. Andrews
which he attended from 1969 until 1973. St. Andrews University was
founded in 1410 as the first university in Scotland. One of his
favorite web pages is a Math History Archive at St. Andrews at St. Andrews Math
History.

In 1973 he
received a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
He received a Masters degree in Mathematics in 1975 and a Ph.D. in 1977
for research in Differential Equations.
At Mission College, Ian was chair of the math department/division
for many years and
President of the Mission College Academic Senate from 1990 to 1994 and
1997-98.

He is also a former negotiator and webmaster for the faculty union,
ACE.
After being local senate president he taught a regular load for
three years and was then involved in a Title III
project to investigate new methods of delivery for our algebra
curriculum. This resulted in the use of new technology mediated
learning software produced by local startup company Academic Systems of
Mountain View.
For more information on Academic
Systems (now Plato) and mediated learning check
out their Academic
Net Website

In Fall 96 Ian began to work for the Academic Senate for California
Community Colleges by serving on their statewide Educational Policies
Committee . In Fall 97 he was elected to the fifteen member Executive
Committee of the State Academic Senate as representative for Area B
(the San Francisco bay region). From 1998 to 2001 he was chair of the
Academic Senate Technology Committee and helped to publish a series of
position papers on technology in education. In 2001 - 02 he was chair
of the Senate's Occupational Education Committee and this year he
chairs the Local Senates Committee. In April 2002 he was re-elected for
a third term as Treasurer, one of the five officers of the Academic
Senate. He also chaired the Senate's Budget Committee and served as
liaison to many of the Chancellor's Office technology and workforce
advisory committees, and to the Intersegmental Committee of Academic
Senates (ICAS) of the three higher education systems in California. He
is also a Senate appointee to the mathematics editorial review board of
the MERLOT project. In May 2003 he was elected as Vice President and
served two years while also chairing the Educational Policies
Committee. He served as President of the Academic Senate for 2005 -
2007. Issues of particular interest included revising the math and
English competency requirements for an associate degree and the
resultant systemwide Basic Skills
Initiative. He also assisted in
the creation of the new Student Senate for California Community
Colleges (SSCCC). As past president he has continued with committee
work for the Academic Senate. To
find a selection of adopted position papers and Rostrum articles that
include Ian's work, go to the ASCCC
website.

Awards
In 1988 Ian received the Mission College
Faculty member of the Year Award.
In 1989 he received the Mission College
Award for Excellence in Teaching.
In May 1996 he was selected by the Santa
Clara Valley Mathematics
Association as their college level Outstanding Mathematics Teacher of
the year.
In Fall 1997 he received a "Courageous Leadership" Award from the
Community College League of California.
In September 2006 he received the
California Community College
Excellence in Technology Leadership Award in a ceremony at the
September Board of Governors meeting in Sacramento.

Ian in Sacramento with Chancellor Drummond, BoG Member Carolyn Russell,
Larry Toy, Patrick Perry and BoG President George Caplan
In
December 2006 he received a special award from the California
Mathematics Council, Community Colleges in recognition of his work on
implementing higher graduation competencies in mathematics and English.
In November 2007 he was awarded the 2007 John Vasconcellos Faculty
Advocate of the Year Award from the Faculty Association for California
Community Colleges (FACCC).
Presentations
In April 2002 he presented at the
American Association of Community
Colleges annual convention in Seattle, along with his former
dissertation advisor Ed Landesman of U.C. Santa Cruz. He made a similar
presentation in November 2001at the League for Innovation conference in
Minneapolis and in April 2001 at the Technology in Education Conference
in Ontario, CA They have also made similar presentations at the the
Community College League for Innovation Conference in Phoenix, in
November 96, at the California, Mathematics Council in Monterey in
December 96, at the State Academic Senate in San Francisco in April 97,
and at the Eighth National
Conference on Teaching and Learning,
Jacksonville, Florida, and at the Technology in Education Conference,
San Jose, and again at the same conference in Santa Clara in April
1998. His Academic Senate work involved numerous breakout and keynote
presentations at conferences throughout California.
Ian lives near the beach in Santa Cruz and in his spare time he
likes to sing and play Celtic folksongs with a Santa Cruz Guitar
company guitar.
In May 96, he played the "BraveHeart" selection of Scottish battle
songs in the center space at Mission College and in May 97 performed a
selection of songs for the college's Earth Day celebrations and in
April 2001 for the college's Ethnic Day activities.
He also writes articles on his outdoor and teaching activities,
including:
'The maids have all gone from Glen
Brittle' an article about a reunion climb in the Cuillin of Skye,
published in 1997 by the leading annual British climbing publication,
the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal,
'Land of Desert and Ice' an article
about a backpack trip to arctic Canada's Ellesmere Island, published in
1995 by the Austrian Alpine Club Newsletter,
'Teaching in the Wilderness' an
article on the similar personalities encountered in the classroom and
while leading wilderness trips, published by the CA State Academic
Senate in the 1993 edition of Forum magazine,
'The Stories Students Tell' an
article consisting of quotations from students in Mission College's
Math G - Math for Liberal Arts class, published by the CA State
Academic Senate in the 1998 edition of Forum magazine.
Outdoor Activities

In winter he likes to snow ski and in summer he hikes and leads sea
kayak trips for the Sierra Club National Outings program to Alaska's
Glacier Bay, Prince William Sound, Kenai Fjords and Misty Fjords. He
has also explored in Greenland and Ellesmere Island in arctic Canada.
In summer 04 he guided a nine day Sierra Club trip called "Kayak the
Glaciers - Prince William Sound".
For pictures go to 2004 Kayak Pictures
Click for more general information
on Sierra Club Outings.
Click
for a larger picture of Ian paddling below Tiger
Glacier, Prince William Sound.
Follow this link to see more photographs of sea
kayak trips to Prince William Sound.
Follow this link to see some photographs of
climbing in Scotland.
Recent Classes
Fall 2008 Ian will be teachingMath for Liberal Arts Students.
Spring 2008 Ian taught Finite Math.
Fall 2007 Ian taught Finite Math.
Ian was on 100% reassigned time to the Academic Senate and not
teaching 2004 - 2007.
Spring 04 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 03 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Spring 03 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 02 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Spring 02 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 01 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Spring 01 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 00 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students and an
online version of Intermediate Algebra, using Academic Systems software.
Spring 00 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 99 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students and
Intermediate Algebra using Academic Systems software.
Spring 99 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 98 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students and
Intermediate Algebra using Academic Systems software.
Spring 98 classes included Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 97 classes included Elementary Algebra using Academic Systems
software, and Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Spring 97 classes included Elementary Algebra using Academic Systems
software, Algebra Review, Statistics and Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 96 classes included Elementary Algebra using Academic Systems
software, Statistics and Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Spring 96 classes included Statistics, Business Calculus and Math
for Liberal Arts Students.
Fall 95 classes included Intermediate Algebra, Trigonometry,
Business Calculus and Math for Liberal Arts Students.
Click for Links to Previous
Semester Class Materials.
Spring 08 Math 8 | Fall 07 Math 8
Fall 03 Math G | Spring 03 Math G
Fall 02 Math G | Spring 02 Math G | Fall 01 Math G
Spring 01 Math G | Fall 00 Math G | Fall 00 Math C - Online
Spring 00 Math G | Fall 99 Math G | Fall 99 Math C
Spring 99 Math G | Fall 98 Math G | Fall 98 Math C
Spring 98 Math G | Spring 98 Math A | Fall 97 Math A
Fall 97 Math G | Spring 97 Math 10 | Spring 97 Math G
Spring 97 Math A | Fall 96 Math 10
Monday/Wednesday | Fall
96 Math 10 Tuesday/Thursday
Fall 96 Math G
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