Spring Newsletter
Volume 5, Issue 2 - April, 1999
From Your President,
Dr. Ronnie Green:
I hope this spring newsletter finds your chapter having a great semester filled with a lot of fun and educational Block and Bridle activities. The National Block and Bridle Club is taking the leading role in developing a new Collegiate Livestock Leaders Institute (CLLI). This program is being formulated as a joint effort of Block and Bridle, the scientific societies which are part of the Federated Animal Science Societies (ASAS = American Society of Animal Science, ADSA = American Dairy Science Association and PSA = the Poultry Science Association), and several industry commodity organizations (National Cattlemen's Beef Association, National Pork Producers Council, etc.). The CLLI will be a three-part program. Students will be accepted by an application process. Each school will be allowed to nominate one student for each of the represented industries; beef, pork, equine, dairy and poultry. The top ten applicants will be selected to participate in each species group. The successful candidates will then participate in: 1) a leadership program at the annual convention of that commodity group (e.g., NCBA Annual Convention); 2) an internship with a staffer/leader within that organization while at the convention; and 3) a leadership forum at the respective scientific society meeting for that commodity (ASAS, ADSA, PSA). Selected students would receive a full scholarship to cover their complete expenses for the program. We have assigned working committees to develop the framework for the CLLI within each species. These committees are shown below. These committees are submitting working proposals to the National Block and Bridle officers by April 15th. The officers will then finalize the overall proposal for approval this summer by the partner organizations. We hope to have the bricks and mortar all laid so that we can begin the program with the calendar year 2000, so keep your ears open as we release more details. Advisors will receive more information on the CLLI at the summer ASAS Block and Bridle Advisor's Luncheon (scheduled for Wednesday, July 21st at the Westin Hotel; see back page).
1. If you haven't already, then mail a list of all new members to Dr. Harpster with $10.00 lifetime dues. A membership certificate will be returned for each new member.
2. BY JUNE 1: Send three copies of nomination credentials for Outstanding Senior
Award
(4-year schools) to Dr. Green.
3. BY JUNE 15: Send three copies of nomination credentials for Junior Scholarship
Award
(4-year schools) or Sophomore Scholarship Award (2-year schools) to Dr. Brown.
4. BY JUNE 15: Send three copies of Activities Form to Dr. Brown for judging.
5. BY JUNE 15: Send three copies of your Chapter Yearbook to Dr. Moore for judging.
6. BY JUNE 15: E-mail Abstract of yearly club activities to Dr. Moore. Abstracts must be received via e-mail or on IBM-compatible disk (in text or ASCII format).
7. BY JUNE 15: E-mail names of the new advisors and new officers to Dr. Green, Dr. Moore, and Dr. Harpster. List mailing addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail of advisors.
ADVISORS should plan to attend the Summer Advisors' Meeting that is held at the American Society of Animal Science national meeting. This year the meeting will be July 21 - 23, 1999, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Block & Bridle advisors' luncheon will be Wed, July 21, 12:00-1:30 p.m. at the Westin Hotel.
Wednesday, March 22: Local Attractions
Thursday, March 23: Opening Reception (evening), Advisor and Delegate Meetings, Dance
Friday, March 24: Tours of farms and attractions; Pig-picking (supper) and Entertainment
Saturday, March 25: Focus on Leadership Sessions and Workshops; Awards Banquet
Future Conventions: The 81st National Block & Bridle Convention
will be in St. Louis, Missouri, and our hosts are the University of Missouri
at Columbia and Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. For more information,
look on the B&B web pages at: http://www.asas.org/bandb/
American Society of Animal Science 1999 national meeting in Indianapolis,
Indiana, July 21-23, 1999, Indianapolis Convention Center. On the web at http://www.asas.uiuc.edu/99meet/Block
& Bridle Advisor's Luncheon/Meeting: Wed., July 21, 12:00-1:30
p.m. (Westin Hotel).
Graduate Study Abroad Opportunities: The Australian Education Office
would like us to let all Block & Bridle members know that there are opportunities
for American students to pursue graduate degrees at Australian Universities.
For more information, look on their website at: http://www.austudies.org/aeo/
Your National Officers
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President 1998 - 2000 Dr. Ronnie D. Green Department of Animal Sciences Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1171 Phone: (970) 491-2722 Fax: (970) 491-5326 E-mail: rdggene@lamar.colostate.edu |
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Vice President 1998 - 2000 Dr. A. Hayden Brown Animal Science Department University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: (501) 575-4855 Fax: (501) 575-7294 E-mail: hbrown@comp.uark.edu |
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Secretary-Treasurer 1996 - 2000 Dr. Harold Harpster Department of Dairy and Animal Science Pennsylvania State University 350 Ag Science and Industry Building University Park, PA 16802 Phone: (814) 863-0734 Fax: (814) 863-6042 E-mail: Harold_Harpster@agcs.cas.psu.edu |
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Editor 1998 - 2002 Dr. Jeannette A. Moore Department of Animal Science North Carolina State University Box 7621, 102 Polk Hall Raleigh, NC 27695-7621 Phone: (919) 515-4010 Fax: (919) 515-8753 E-mail: Jeannette_Moore@ncsu.edu |
