- Violet Compton Renick
Updated: Oct 28, 2020
We are excited to announce the attached call for applications for:
2020 SoCal SETAC Student Attendance Awards
&
2020 SoCal SETAC Student Diversity Attendance Award
We will award $200 to one graduate student AND $200 to one undergraduate student presenting at the SETAC North America 41st Annual Meeting, SciCon2, November 15–19, 2020. An additional $200 SoCal SETAC Diversity Attendance Award will be granted for either an undergraduate OR a graduate student to increase diversity at the SETAC North America Annual Meeting. In addition to award funds, each student will receive a 1-year membership to our the SoCal SETAC Regional Chapter.
Applications are due 11:59 PM PST Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Contact Board Member Varenka Lorenzi at varenka.lorenzi@csulb.edu with any questions and please help us spread the word by posting and forwarding the attached to SoCal students/faculty.
- Violet Compton Renick
Updated: Oct 13, 2020
SoCal SETAC is excited to announce our virtual Fall meeting - featuring 5 minute student lightning presentations!
Please save the date: October 16th from 2-4 PM.
Registration is free and open until Thursday October 15, 12 noon.
- Violet Compton Renick
Congratulations and welcome to our new Board members and officers! We want to thank all of our candidates for their support and willingness to serve our SoCal SETAC Regional Chapter.
Our new elected 2020–2022 SoCal SETAC Board Members are:
Academic: Andrea Bonisoli-Alquati (Cal Poly, Pomona)
Public: Leslie Nanninga (City of San Diego)
Private: Barbara Orelo (Enthalpy Analytical, San Diego)
Student: Kara Wiggin (SIO/UCSD)
They will join our 2019–2021 SoCal SETAC Board Members:
Academic: Varenka Lorenzi (CSULB)
Public: Ashley Parks (SCCWRP)
Private: Kate Buckley (Wood)
Student: Amanda Russell (CSULB)
We are pleased to introduce our new SoCal SETAC Vice President and Newsletter Editor, Karin Wisenbaker (Aquatic Bioassay) who served as a Private Board Member for the past two years.
Nick Hayman (NIWC Pacific) will progress from Vice President into the role of President and serve as our fearless leader this season. Erika Holland (CSULB) will also progress from President to Co-Past President and Chris Stransky (Wood) will stay on with us as Co-Past President. Chris & Erika will co-lead our 2021 Annual Meeting in the spring.
Violet Renick (OC Sanitation District) will enter her 4th year as our wizarding Webmaster while Joe Freas (Aquatic Bioassay) will head into his 10th year as our treasured Treasurer. Misty Mercier (Physis Environmental Labs) will begin her 5th year and Alvina Mehinto (SCCWRP) will begin her 3rd year, sharing the sizeable role of Co-Secretaries.
Lastly, we want to bid a fond farewell to our outgoing Board Members Mary Woo (CSUCI), Jun Zhu (LARWQCB), and Student Board Member Nicol Parker (UCSB). Thank you for your dedication and service to SoCal SETAC these past two years!
