AWIS-WV
Newsletter
August 1999
Association
for Women in Science-West Virginia promoting equity in science and math
for the women and girls of West Virginia.
Highlights
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Dr. Dale Birkle reports that she is spending the next six months on sabbatical in the laboratory of Dr. George Koob, Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. Dale also reports that she was promoted to full professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, WVU School of Medicine. Dr. Dale Birkle was honored by WVU this year with the Mary Catherine Buswell Award for outstanding service to the women of WVU and the State. Interested parties can read about the award and Dale's nomination at http://www.wvu.edu/~acadaff/buswell_selection_criteria.htm
AWIS MEMBERS PARTICIPATE IN 1999 DICKINSON SYMPOSIUM
The 1999 Dickinson Symposium, a yearly event sponsored by the WVU Center for Women's Studies, was held in March and April, and prominently featured several AWIS-WV members. The symposium, entitled "Taking Care/Taking Charge: Women, Technologies and the Future", focused on women's use of technology, especially computers. The first event in the symposium was a panel discussion, organized by Dr. Dale Birkle, which featured AWIS members Dr. Linda Vona-Davis, Dr. Carolyn Carter and Dr. Ann Chester. The title of the panel was "Building the future one girl at a time: Mentoring for equity in science and technology." Dr. Davis used a web-based presentation to highlight the AWIS-WV web site and the Expanding Horizons Workshops that the Chapter has organized throughout the State. Dr. Carter used video technology to explain a mentoring project of the Appalachian Educational Labs, called Visions, which reaches out to rural and urban girls with long term mentoring efforts. Dr. Chester explained the Health Science Technology Academy, a multi-year project that mentors boys and girls with year round activities and summer sessions at WVU School of Medicine.
In April, AWIS member Stephanie Caswell-Schuckers participated in a panel discussion entitled, "Women using technology to promote, maintain or restore health." She was joined by Vickie Chase, RN, and Dr. Sue Light in a panel moderated by Fredona Stenger, MSN. Dr. Caswell-Schuckers described her research in biomedical signal processing and its applications for predicting and detecting diseases, particularly cardiovascular abnormalities. Dr. Light and Ms. Chase discussed their work on new technologies used to detect breast cancer.
The Chapter has been contacted by the Hart Field Coalition, a community group involved with promoting the Morgantown airport, to help organize an "Aviation Day" at the airport. Permission from the airport, and commitments from a number of aviation-related groups have been secured, so all systems are go! Mark your calendars for April 29, 2000 (rain date to be announced). We are planning an EYH-type event for about 200 junior high and high school children that will feature, in addition to hands-on workshops, ground school and plane rides provided by area pilots. The program will be conducted in collaboration with WVU Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Morgantown Pilots Association, the Waynesburg Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association, the WV Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol, Hart Field Coalition and AirCorps Services, among others. We need pilots, aviation mechanics, engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and anyone in an aviation-related career to help lead aviation-related workshops. Contact Linda Vona-Davis (293-1280) for more information.
See
the Internet Resource Aviation Resource
Section for additional links.
NEW
CHAPTER OFFICER
The time has come for new hands, hearts and minds to take over the
Chapter. Because each candidate was running unopposed, it was not necessary
to hold an election.
Linda
Vona-Davis, who has served as President-Elect for the past two years will
be assuming the Presidency. Helen Lang and Judith Westerik have volunteered
to serve as Secretary and Treasurer, respectively. Erica Harvey has agreed
to serve as President-Elect, and will take over as President in 2001.
Dale Birkle will now become Past President. The contact information for
each of the new officers appears at the end of this newsletter.
Linda Vona-Davis, President
Surgery
P.O. Box 9238
HSC WV University
Morgantown, WV 26506-9238
W (304) 293-1280 H (304) 291-3232
dvona@wvu.edu
Erica Harvey, President-Elect
RR2 Box 152
Fairmont, WV 26554
(304) 367-4498(w) (304)367-9636(h) elh@fscvax.fairmont.wvnet.edu
Judith Westerik, Treasurer
WVSOM
400 N. Lee St
Lewisburg, WV, 24901
645-6427(w) 647-4257 (h) 645-4859(f)
jwesterik@wvsom.edu
Helen Lang, Secretary
P.O. BOX 6300
WV University
Morgantown, WV 26506-6300
293-5603, ext 4312
hlang@wvu.edu
PLEASE
PAY YOUR DUES!
A recent inquiry to National AWIS has revealed that many of you have
let your membership lapse, or have never joined. Please make an effort
to pay your dues to the National organization. Dues are billed on a sliding
scale based on income. As a member, you will receive a very interesting
and useful journal from National AWIS four times per year. The latest
issue of this journal was full of really great articles on career alternatives
for scientists, in addition to the regular features (sources for grants,
book reviews, interviews, public affairs information, chapter news, web
site alerts, etc.). We also would appreciate it if you would pay Chapter
dues when you send your check to AWIS, and specify that you are a member
of the West Virginia Chapter, as that money comes back to the Chapter
to support our activities (like mailing this newsletter!). Chapter dues
are $10 per year, free for students. Membership information can be obtained
at the AWIS web site.
