TREASURER'S REPORT Carl Hunt, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN December 1, 2011 As we near the end of our fiscal year (December 31), it is apparent that ARPAS continues to be on a very sound financial foundation. Our expenses for the year are...
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Bill Braman, PhD, PAS December 1, 2010 It is a distinct honor to serve as your ARPAS president and to provide you a midyear update of my term. Recently, ARPAS reached a milestone as we reached 1,600...
DUES, CEUs, and NEWS Kenneth Cummings, PAS, Dipl. ACAN, Exec. VP, ARPAS December 1, 2010 The first two topics are, unfortunately, repeated in almost every ARPAS newsletter. When a year, decade, century, or millennium passes in which every member is...
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONAL ANIMAL SCIENTIST AWARD Kenneth R. Cummings, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN December 1, 2010 Three past-presidents of ARPAS were recipients of the 2010 Distinguished Professional Animal Scientist Award.
UPDATE ON THE ARPAS FOUNDATION ARPAS Foundation Committee: Darrell Johnson, PhD, PAS; Kenneth Cummings, PhD, PAS; Moe Bakke, PhD, PAS December 1, 2010 Although there have been several articles in previous ARPAS Newsletters about the establishment of an ARPAS Foundation, many of you are still not well informed on its...
2011 ARPAS SYMPOSIUM John Wagner, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN, President-Elect, ARPAS December 1, 2010 “Using Meta-Analysis to Evaluate Multiple Study Data” will be the topic of the 2011 ARPAS Symposium to be held in conjunction with the joint meeting of...
PAS JOURNAL REPORT D. Wayne Kellogg, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAN, Editor-in-Chief, Professional Animal Scientist December 1, 2010 The 26th volume of the Professional Animal Scientist (PAS) was completed recently with 671 pages. This issue was smaller than the 684, 742, and 815 pages in...
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ANIMAL SCIENCES (ACAS) REPORT Benjy Mikel, PhD, PAS, Dipl ACAFS, President, ACAS December 1, 2010 The American College Animal Sciences (ACAS) has had an active year this past year. During the annual meeting in July and through our monthly conference calls, the...
POTENTIAL FREE MEMBERSHIP IN ARPAS! December 1, 2010 ARPAS Professional Relations Committee Report Now most of you may be thinking, "I don’t need to read this committee report," but read on because you may just...
MEMBERSHIP GROWS Joe Harrison, PhD, PAS, and Moe Bakke, PhD, PAS December 1, 2010 In spite of the difficult financial times, we are seeing growth in our membership. Two notable growth categories are Board Certified members, and those that have...