Welcome to the first issue of Volume 5 for the GeT: The News! Download the PDF here.

Amanda Brown opens the issue by sharing information from the  September  GeT: A Pencil community meeting. She notes that the community  has experienced significant activity since the last newsletter, including member participation in conferences at local and national level. These events provide valuable opportunities for community members to share insights, collaborate on projects, and engage in discussions, fostering the expansion of the community. Recent updates from individual community members were shared, as well as the Working Groups.

Laura Pyzdrowski, one of the editors of the upcoming  edited GeT: A Pencil volume, reflects about her experiences working on the volume and also shares the current status of the volume.

Cathy Gorini recently published a textbook, Geometry for the Artist (Gorini, 2023), that shows how art can enrich the teaching of geometry. The main topics are symmetry, perspective, fractals, lines and curves, surfaces, Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, and topology. In her article she shares some ways to incorporate art into a geometry course.

In this issue’s Getting to Know Community section you have the opportunity to learn more about Martin Flashman, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Cal Poly Humboldt, who is an active member of the ESLO Working group.

We hope you enjoy this issue and will consider contributing an essay in the future. We also welcome any feedback about the newsletter: GRIP@umich.edu