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“West Virginia Wetland”
Diorama to Be Named in Honor of Former WVAS President, Ron Fortney
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The 2010 Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2010, at WVU Morgantown
and will feature an astronomy symposium on "The Invisible Universe".
The 84th Annual Meeting of the West Virginia Academy of Science
was held on March 28, 2009 at Glenville State College.
Meeting
program and abstracts
The 2010 West Virginia State Science and
Engineering Science Fair (WVSSEF) will be held on March
26 & 27, 2010. Details surrounding this event can be found online at
http://www.fairmontstate.edu/academics/collegeofscitech/wvssef.asp
2010 Toyota International Teacher Program to Costa Rica , a fully-funded professional development program for U.S. educators,
is now accepting applications. Funded by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A.,
Inc., and administered by the Institute of International Education, the
program aims to advance environmental stewardship and global
connectedness in U.S. schools and communities. The program will take
place June 18 - July 3, 2010 and the deadline to apply is January 6,
2010. Full-time classroom teachers and librarians of all subjects for grades 6 - 12 are eligible to apply!
Application
information
Earth Day 2009, April 22, will mark the beginning of the Green Generation Campaign. This two-year initiative will culminate with the 40th anniversary of Earth Day in 2010.
According to the Earth Day Network the upcoming negotiations for a new global climate agreement coming up in December
makes Earth Day 2009 an important day of action and civic participation, to defend the Green Generation’s core principles: Family with windmills: Renewable energy for future generations.
Read more about Earth Day 2009 at the
Earth Day Network, EnviroLink,
and EarthDay.gov.
Notice to Emeritus members -
please consider donating
your collections of the Proceedings to the West Virginia Academy of
Science to help complete the collections in libraries.
The 2011 Annual Meeting will be held at WVUIT in Montgomery.
The 2012 Annual Meeting will be held at WV State
University in Institute.
Newsletter submissions may be
sent anytime to Marcia Harrison, Newsletter editor, either by mail
or e-mail to
wvas@marshall.edu
WVAS
News
The West Virginia University Astronomy Club is
celebrating the International Year of Astronomy by holding a series of
public lectures throughout the year covering all areas of Astronomy. This global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to
society and culture commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first use
of an astronomical telescope by Galileo Galilei. The aim of the Year is to stimulate worldwide interest,
especially among young people, in astronomy and science under the
central theme "The Universe, Yours to Discover". IYA2009 events and
activities will promote a greater appreciation of the inspirational
aspects of astronomy that embody an invaluable shared resource for all
nations. Further information
 “West Virginia Wetland”
Diorama to Be Named in Honor of Former WVAS President, Ron Fortney.
The West Virginia University, Division
of Forestry and Natural Resources, is in the process of developing a
natural history museum to display many of the state’s native wildlife
species in natural habitat dioramas.
The museum is being designed to educate students and the general public
about species and the habitats they occupy. The
“West Virginia Wetland”
diorama will be named in honor of former WVAS President, Ron Fortney. To make this
display possible we estimate we will need a minimum of $30,000. You can
also help out by encouraging others to donate to this lasting legacy for
Ron Fortney. If you want to donate, please contact Jim Anderson at
(304) 276-8956 or
jim.anderson@mail.wvu.edu. Please make your checks payable to The WVU Foundation, Inc., write “Ron Fortney Wetland Display” in the memo
line, and send to: Jim Anderson, Associate Professor, Wildlife Ecology
and Management, West Virginia University, Division of Forestry and
Natural Resources, PO Box 6125, Morgantown WV 26506. Every dollar is
very important and is tax deductible. Further
information...
The WV Academy of Science was recognized in "On
This Day in West Virginia History..." for its organization in Morgantown on November 28, 1924.
Proceedings to the West Virginia Academy of Science library collections and archives:
Proceedings to the West Virginia Academy of Science
Table of Contents
(with search engine).
The West Virginia
Academy of Science is an organization to meet and work with professional
associates in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Engineering,
Geology, Mathematics, Mining, Physics, Psychology and Education, History
and Philosophy of Science and Social Science. It is a corporation
chartered by the authority of the West Virginia legislature for the
advancement of scientific knowledge and the promotion of scientific work
in West Virginia.
For additional
information or if you would like to make a submission to our newsletter,
contact
wvas@marshall.edu.
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Jay Lockman, Green Bank Telescope Principle
Scientist, presented a keynote address entitles, "The history and
scientific accomplishments of the Green Bank Observatory".
Michelle Benson (left), Buckhannon Upshur Middle School,
was presented the 2009 John Warner Teacher-of-the Year Award by host
committee member, Kevin Evans.
Joe Evans and Kevin Evans,
Glenville State College, were two of the organizers of this year's
meeting. Thank you to all the Glenville team that made this a
great meeting!
photos by Drew Moody, Glenville State College
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