The following section contains information on
activities and programs of interest to WAS student-members.
- Travel/Conferences
- Student Activities Report (Fall 2001)
World Aquaculture '2002
Aquaculture
America '2002
6th
Latin American Aquaculture Congress & Expo
Student Activities Committee Chair's Report
WAS Annual Board Meeting
Orlando, FL
January 2001
2000-2001
Student Activity Committee Members:
Bonnie Brown
(chair)
Heidi Erickson (student
liaison w/ US Chapter and NL Section editor)
John Ewart (coordinator
of employment service)
Lindsay Laird (United Kingdom)
Kwei Lin (Thailand
- liaison w/ Southeast Asia Chapter)
Lisa Owen and Sinead Malone (liaisons to AquaTT Ltd, Ireland)
Jim Tidwell (WAS
institutional memory)
Johan Verreth (Netherlands)
Student Activity
Committee Charges
The committee undertook the following charges for the 2000-2001 period:
Promote student membership and activities in WAS
Implement the recently approved "Comprehensive Student Policy"
Action items:
1. Promote implementation of the WAS Comprehensive Student Policy
2. Enhance student membership
3. Continue / enhance placement services
4. Organize student activities during WAS Annual Conferences
5. Promote other student activities, as appropriate, particularly via Chapters
6. Establish activities to interest and assist our student members who live or work outside North America
7. Work w/ students to determine strategies that will retain their loyalty as full members in due course
8. Cooperate w/ the Promotions and Membership Committee and the Finance Committee to establish a dues structure that will increase and maintain student membership
9. Collaborate with Electronic Networking Committee to support and maintain the WAS Student Web Page
Note
The Chair of the SAC has enjoyed working with WAS Students, the Board and the Excom since 1997 and feels it is time to pass the torch to a new coordinator. The new person selected should have demonstrated commitment to student issues, not just be a good teacher. It would be beneficial if the new chair also has the expertise to facilitate getting the student materials onto the WAS web page as this is the major portal through which students around the globe can realize the substantial benefits of their membership in the Society.
Electronic Networking
Although Student page materials were sent to the administrator last year, they are not posted on the WAS site. The Committee had excellent and constructive discussion. Essentially, the SAC’s recommendation is to provide a means for the Student Pages to be set up and maintained remotely by a knowledgeable member of the SAC and maintained on that member’s institutional server. This follows the model of the WAS Employment Service page and would only require a link from the WAS home page. The pages (html code) exist already through the prior efforts of Rex Caffee. The most obvious candidate to charge with posting and frequently updating the Student Pages is the new Chair of the SAC. When a student page again comes available, the contents should include at a minimum:
a) the Comprehensive Student Policy
b) detailed information on the Pre-Conference and Best Paper/Poster Student Awards programs
c) calendar
d) membership information
e) student spotlight
f) issues forum
g) planned student activities at the annual meeting
h) planned student activities at other (regional / Chapter) WAS meetings.
Awards
The student awards process has been streamlined and facilitated by making a “Judging Book” available at the WAS booth during the annual conference. This year, the book will be prepared jointly by the Honors & Awards Chair and the USAS as directed by the Excom. Because the student pages are not available on the WAS web site, little communication occurred regarding what awards are to be made and how to implement student awards (Pre-conference and Best Presentation). This problem would be remedied substantially by making the Comprehensive Student Policy and other student web pages available to WAS members.
Activities
For the past two domestic meetings, a Special Session entitled "Aquaculture as a Career" has been offered with much acclaim.
Conclusion
The Committee welcomes additional suggestions, comments, and discussion from the Board regarding the activities listed above.
Respectfully submitted February 2001 - Bonnie L. Brown, Chair Student Activities
Please direct site
comments to: Heidi S. Erickson
Please direct WAS questions to: WAS Home Office
This page was last updated on: May 2, 2001
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