MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Randy Shaver, PhD, PAS, Dipl. ACAS-Animal Nutrition December 1, 2009 It is a pleasure to serve as your president. My term is quickly nearing the halfway point, so it is time for a brief update.
MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE VP December 1, 2009 December is the month we start winding down those activities that are controlled by our annual calendar. We hope we have completed them or at least come up with a...
TREASURER'S REPORT Carl Hunt, PhD, PAS, Dipl ACAN, ARPAS December 1, 2009 Our organization continues to do quite well financially. We have reached the point in our fiscal year when we are beginning to receive new revenues from 2010 dues....
PAST- PRESIDENT'S REPORT Marit Arana, PhD, PAS, Dipl ACAS December 1, 2009 At the request of President Shaver, I am chairing the Strategic Plan/Vision Committee for ARPAS. ARPAS has not had a long-range planning committee since the 2003...
EDITOR-IN-CHIEFS REPORT D. Wayne Kellogg, PhD, PAS December 1, 2009 The 25th volume of The Professional Animal Scientist (PAS) was completed recently with 815 pages. This issue was larger than the 684 and 742 pages in the previous two...
HAVE YOU UPDATED YOUR CEUs? Betsy Wagner, PhD, PAS December 1, 2009 Renewing your membership with ARPAS includes keeping current with changes and advances in animal science. Members are required to have 16 continuing education units...
2010 MIDWEST ANNUAL MEETING James Woodford, PhD, PAS December 1, 2009 The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Branch of ADSA and Midwestern Section of ASAS will be held March 15–17, 2010, at the Polk County Convention Center in Des...
2010 ARPAS SYMPOSIUM Bill Braman, PhD, PAS, Program Committee Chairman December 1, 2009 ARPAS will sponsor a symposium titled “Nutrition Models—Where Are We Going in the Next Decade” at the 2010 ADSA-ASAS meetings to be held in July...
WASHINGTON, DC, AREA CHAPTER Bill Price, PhD, PAS, Dipl ACAN December 1, 2009 Three meetings have been held since August. Our September speaker was Richard Erdman, professor at the University of Maryland, who spoke on “An American’s...