Greetings!

Congratulations to Andrew Schwendemann, your newly elected Student Representative (2007-09)! Andrew and I will serve concurrently during 2007-08. A special thanks to all of you who voted; voter turnout for this election was very high!!

I hope to see many of you in Chicago for Botany 2007. This should be an exciting meeting and there will be several professional and social events aimed at students. Here are some of the many opportunities to watch for:

NSF Funding Opportunities: An Informal Discussion for Students: Saturday 1:00-2:00 (F2001).

Preparing Figure Files for Publication Workshop for authors: Sunday 10:00 – 12:00 (W10)

Scientific Writing and Editing workshop: Sunday 1:00- 5:00 (W11)

Graduate School, Post-Doc, Job Fair: Sunday 5:00-6:30.

BSA Student Mixer: Monday 5:00-6:00

New Member Social: Tuesday 5:00-7:30

“What Works for Me: Transitioning into Graduate School”: Wednesday 10:30-12:00. Discussion Session (D03).

I want to extend a special invitation to Sherwin Carlquist’s Panel Discussion Session (D04), “Occupations in the plant sciences: Asking the right questions, finding the right answers and sharing life experiences”: Monday 12:00-1:30. If you plan to attend, please email Bill Dahl at wdahl@botany.org by June 30th so we can order enough lunches. This promises to be a great event with panelists Warren Wagner, Carolyn Ferguson, and David Spooner present to answer your questions! On that note, we are seeking questions that we can give to the panelists before the meeting so that they can shape the conversation around what you are most interested in. If you have any questions you would like to discuss, please send them to wdahl@botany.org.

You can browse the entire conference program, and if logged in, can build your own custom schedule at http://www.2007.botanyconference.org/.

Cheers,
Mackenzie Taylor
Student Representative
Botanical Society of America
mackenzie@utk.edu
www.botany.org
www.BotanyConference.org
www.PlantingScience.org

Mission: The Botanical Society of America exists to promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere.