The Student Outreach Committee is one of 12
committees in the World Aquaculture Society. The committee is charged with
promoting student membership and coordinating student activities in WAS.
2001-2002 WAS Student Outreach Committee Members:
Heidi Erickson*
(chair)
University of Arizona, Department of Vet Sci/Micro
1117 E. Lowell, Bldg. 90, Tucson, AZ 85721
Tel: 520-621-8414 or 4438; Fax: 520-621-4899
Email: heidiserickson@hotmail.com
Amy Nickens* (student
liaison w/ USAS and USAS NL Section editor)
Louisiana State University,
Agricultural Center
Aquaculture Research Station
2410 Ben Hur Rd., Baton Rouge, LA 70820
Tel: 225-388-5427
Email: anickens@agctr.lsu.edu
Qiaoxiang (Daisy) Dong*
(student liaison w/ SEA Chapter)
Aquaculture Lab, Department of Biological Sciences
Florida Institute of Technology
150 West University Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32901
Tel: 321-674-7593
Email: daisy_dong@hotmail.com
Alejandro Flores (President
of LA Chapter)
Calle Segunda Lote 16 Manzana 2
Parque Industrial CP 23080
La Paz, B.C.S., Mexico
Tel: (1) 128-0600
Fax: (1) 128-0601
Email: aflorest@prodigy.net.mx
John Ewart (coordinator of
employment service)
University of Delaware, Delaware Aquaculture Resources Cntr.,
College of Marine Studies, 700 Pilottown Rd., Lewes, DE 19958, USA
Phone: 302-645-4060, Fax: 302-645-4007
Email: Ewart@udel.edu
Johan Verreth (Netherlands)
University of Wageningen
Dept. of Animal Sciences
6700 HB Wageningen
The Netherlands
E-Mail: Johan.Verreth@Alg.VenV.WAU.NL
Lisa Owen and Sinead Malone (liaisons
to AquaTT Ltd, Ireland)
AquaTT Ltd., 61 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Phone: +353-1-874-7088, Fax: +353-1-8747090
E-mail: lisa@aquatt.ie
Jim Tidwell (WAS
institutional memory)
Kentucky State University, Aquaculture Research Center, Frankfort, KY
40601, USA
Phone: 502-564-9103 Fax: 502-564-9118
E-mail: jtidwell@dcr.net
Lindsay Laird (United
Kingdom)
E-mail: l.m.laird@abdn.ac.uk
Student Outreach Committee Charges
Puropose: To promote student membership and activities in WAS and WAS annual conferences and other WAS sponsored events, and to develop WAS Chapter outreach services to promote Chapter student membership and activities at Chapter sponsored Aquaculture Conferences.
Action items/Objectives (2001-2002):
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
10. Develop and provide to WAS Chapters a WAS Chapter Outreach packet to assist WAS Chapters in promoting WAS Chapter student membership and implementing student activities and services at WAS Conferences and WAS/Chapter Co-Hosted conferences that take place in their respective region(s)
Please
direct site comments to: Heidi S. Erickson
Please direct WAS questions to: WAS Home Office
This page was last updated on: 6/19/2001
