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Northwest Division. (Division News). Alaska MTA held its state conference on May 10, 2003, at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Sessions presented by Maria Ippolito, Steve Hesla, 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 , Tim Smith and Amir Khosrowpour included "Teaching Tips," "Motivation," "Dealing With Performance Anxiety" and the "Art of Phrasing." Khosrowpour, 2002 MTNA MTNA Music Teachers National AssociationMTNA Middle Tennessee Nursery Association (McMinnville, Tennessee)Collegiate Piano Competition winner, traveled to Alaska to perform a recital and give master classes through a grant from MTNA and support from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Idaho MTA's (IMTA IMTA Instituto Mexicano de Tecnolog��a del Agua (Mexico)IMTA International Map Trade AssociationiMTA Institute for Medical Technology AssessmentIMTA International Modeling and Talent AssociationIMTA Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture ) state conference was June 12-14, 2003, at Albertson College in Caldwell. IMTA teamed with Albertson College's International Festival for Creative Pianists for some combined sessions. The conference theme for was "Preparing for Competitions." Honors' recital and Boise area students were encouraged to attend the Student Day Camp. A fundraiser for IMTA was a Silent Auction Room. Evening concerts included programs from jazz to classical music, and Khosrowpour was a featured recitalist. Oregon MTA (OMTA) will hold its state conference August 7-10, 2003, in Ashland, the magical city of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October. and the Open Air Britt Music Festival. Both festivals will be part of the OMTA conference. Some of the outstanding presenters scheduled are Sophia Gilmson of the University of Texas, Joel Schoenhals of the Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University,mainly at Ypsilanti, Mich.; coeducational; founded 1849 as a normal school, became Eastern Michigan College in 1956, gained university status in 1959. , Rachelle McCabe, NCTM, of Oregon State University Oregon State University,at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. and Garrick Ohlson, internationally known pianist. --Marilyn Brossard, NCTM Burlington, Washington