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Southwest Division. (Division News). As incoming president, I am excited to be involved with theleadership of the Southwest Division. My goals are to establish goodcommunication among states that will allow us to work together and shareideas, promote professionalism through certification, explore ways toraise levels of teaching by extending the arm of MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)to new members,and support the states as they endeavor to more fully meet the needs ofexisting MTNA members.We welcome Mary Louise Beckstrand, NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of MathematicsNCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of MusicNCTM North Carolina Transportation MuseumNCTM National Capital Trolley MuseumNCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , as competition chair. Apast Utah MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system.(2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. president and high school competition coordinator, shebrings great expertise to this new position. She will be assisted byCharles Asche, Mallie Riecken, NCTM, Kathryn Denos, NCTM, and TammyNakasato, competition coordinators. The Southwest Division Competitionswill be held at the University of Arizona (body, education) University of Arizona - The University was founded in 1885 as a Land Grant institution with a three-fold mission of teaching, research and public service. , Tucson, January 3-5, 2003.It is encouraging to hear of exciting events being carried out ineach state. California and Arizona hold their state conferences in thespring. New Mexico New Mexico,state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). , Hawaii, Nevada and Utah are preparing for fallconferences, offering teachers a wide array of workshops and cliniciansto choose from and hands-on experiences for their students.I wish to thank Scott McBride Smith, NCTM, for his superbleadership and direction over the past two years. His vast experienceand knowledge have greatly benefited our division. I have big shoes tofill!--Geri Cheney, NCTMCentervi11e, Utah