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WSHS Summer Board Meeting-Nice Job, People...
President, Martha Pope, convened the 2008 Summer Board Meeting Saturday, 9AM, July 26 at Phenopath, Seattle. The majority of the board was present to proceed with various subjects on the agenda. Subjects included: evolution of an electronic Newsletter, Introduction of Kelly Turner as its newly appointed editor, website additions, Clover Park's Histotechnology program progress and student successes, the Bylaws revisions, Delegate funding to the NSH, NSH and the WSHS responsibilities for the 2010 Seattle Symposium/Convention, Elections for 2009-2010.
Site selection, speaker listings and other preliminary work are already getting underway for Spring Meeting 2009.

A Special Thank You to Patti Loykasik for hosting the event, the lunch preparations and to Phenopath for the use of their facility.

Please watch for developing stories on the above agenda items in the following weeks. There is much in the pipeline and members will be entitled to join in some serious, exciting and fun-filled challenges. Mark this event - Next Board Meeting will be October 25

Educational Scholarship Offer from Newcomer Supply
Newcomer Supply has made (9) $500 scholarships available for first time attendees to the NSH Symposium/Convention.
Requirements for the Newcomer-Newcomer Award:
X I am a member of NSH
X I need the additional funding
X I plan to utilize the funds to attend the Symposium/Convention in 2008
X I am a first time attendee to the S/C, or I have not attended a symposium in at least 5 years
One recipient will be chosen by random drawing from each region. Application deadline is August 15.
Click the following link to quickly apply for one of these awards:
NSH website: Newcomer Supply application
Good luck,
Carrie Diamond, Executive Director
National Society for Histotechnology, 10320 Little Patuxent Parkway, Suite 804, Columbia, MD 21044.
P: 443.535.4060 Direct: 443.535.4066 Fax: 443.535.4055
E-mail: carrie@nsh.org

NSH Region VIII Elections
Thank you for all those who voted and sent in their ballots by the July 1 deadline. NSH will tally the results; outcome should be announced sometime in September. A special thanks to Linda Cherepow and Kathy Rohrbach for taking the step forward to run as candidates in the Region VIII Director position. And the outcome is...

OPENINGS IN THE EMPLOYMENT SECTION FOR REVIEW!

EVENTS:
Forthcoming events in August are the Sun Valley Workshop on Skeletal Tissue Biopsy in Sun Valley, Idaho. Advance your job standings with Laboratory to Leadership Seminars in Bellevue, Washington. Just click on EVENTS for dates and information pathways.

Biotech Tracking
For those tracking biotechs, check out the interesting articles on the FierceBiotech. Read latest progress or regress in the various small and large research orgs. This site carries news, events, webconferences and more. See website www.fiercebiotech.com.

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Spring meeting topics have been archived in Downloads. Speaker contact information is available.

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WSHS Mission Statement
The purposes of this Society are to promote a greater degree of professionalism in the field of histotechnology by encouraging continuing education and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information.
Washington State Histology Society Constitution and Bylaws, Article I.

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