DATE: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
TIME: 1PM EST
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Region 2 Agenda
1. Welcome
2. Introduction
3. Announcements
ü NBC http://www.aaps.org/nationalbiotech/
ü AAPS AM & Expo: San Antonio, Texas, USA
ü Student Events
http://www.aaps.org/Meetings_and_Professional_Development/Conference_Mini_Sites/2013_AAPS_Annual_Meeting_and_Exposition/Students/
ü Section Mentoring Programs
ü Please visit you sections students’ page for more details.
ü Student Chapter of the Year Awards
ü June 15 ,2014
ü AAPS Social Media
ü Blog http://aapsblog.aaps.org/
ü SKYPE
ü Recruitment Materials Available
ü Please send requests to Megan with your address and amounts.
ü Monthly Student Emails
ü 3rd Tuesday of every month
ü Graduate Focus
ü Student Chapter RENEWAL DOCUMENTS (Due October 15, 2013)
ü http://www.aaps.org/Sections_and_Groups/For_Students/Student_Chapter_Renewal_Documents/
ü Student Chapter Executive Council Elections
ü Must occur PRIOR to the AAPS Annual Meeting & Exposition
ü Terms valid 10/15 - 10/14 yearly
ü Student & Postdoc Outreach Development (SPOD) Committee
http://www.aaps.org/Sections_and_Groups/For_Students/Student/Postdoctoral_Outreach___Development_Committee_(SPOD)/#SIP
ü Student Initiated Programs (SIP)
ü SPOD Power Point Presentation for chapters
ü U.S.A. Science and Engineering Festival 2014
ü INTEL
ü K-12 Outreach Supplies
ü Visiting Scientist Program Requests http://www.aaps.org/vsp/
4. Other
5. Discussion
Attended
· Texas Tech University:40 students, participate in student science fair for middle school students, seminars series invite other departments.· Union University-faculty come and talk about their research, secure tours in industry, attend St. Jude, VSP interested, community service activities food bank
· University of Florida: last year had lecture series, once lecture per month, many socials events like bowling.
· University of Mississippi: 50 members, back to school lunch in a park, 3-4 industry speakers.
· University of Puerto Rico: orientation time in August and September, focused last year a lot on community service, invited speaker previous chair/alumni, dinner for homeless, 5K HIV race, work in 3 kings workshop( collected used toy, fixed them and distributed them ) challenge in school is to keep members bc they have a small school, but are working on it.
· University of Tennessee, Memphis- student presentations for journal club, provide pizza, academic seminars, one social event take to baseball or basketball games.
· West Virginia University, SPOD SIP event, volunteering and outreach with Ronald McDonald House, staying that their hospital, tours with industry and NIH, one seminar this fall.
Absent
Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil)
Florida A&M University
Mercer University
Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Morelos
University of Charleston, WV
University of Georgia
University of Houston
University of Kansas
University of Porto (Portugal)
University of Sao Paulo (Brazil)
University of Texas at Austin