Regular Features

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ABLE News & Notes

Charlie Drewes Memorial Fund Accepting Contributions • Corey Goldman Wins National Awards • NSF-Sponsored DNA Microarray Workshop • News from NSDL Available • Wanted: Your ABLE Conference Experiences • Upcoming meetings

ABLE Calendar of Events

Articles

Why Students Can Learn More From Bad Professors
Ann Yezerski

Using Anatomy Field Trips to Augment Lab Experiences
Kathleen A. Nolan

ABLE Board Reports

President's Report
Bill Glider, President

Treasurer's Report
Alec Motten, Treasurer

Elections Are Coming!

Third year member-at-large (and nominations chair) Ann Lumsden reports that the ABLE Board has three vacancies: President-elect, Member-at-Large, and Secretary. This Labstracts issue features position duties and candidate statements. Ann says, "ABLE is so fortunate to have all of these very well qualified applicants. Be sure to vote when the ballots are done."

Candidates for President-Elect

• Duties of President-Elect
• Candidate Statements
  • Sue Karcher
  • Michael O'Donnell

Candidates for Member-at-Large

• Duties of Members-at-Large
• Candidate Statements
  • Kelly Bohrer
  • Dan Johnson

Candidate for Secretary

• Duties of Secretary
• Candidate Statement
  • Bob Hodson

2006 Annual Meeting Update

The 2006 annual meeting will be June 6-10 at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN.

Mini workshops: Thinking of presenting a mini workshop in 2006? Better hurry! Applications are due Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006.

**One presenter per mini will receive a $50 honorarium after the conference!**

Posters: Would you prefer to present a poster? You can do that too! Applications are due Friday, March 24, 2006.

Conference registration waivers are available to qualified applicants! The deadline is Wednesday, March 15, 2006.

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