American Society of Plant Biologists Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Section - PowerPoint Presentation

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American Society of Plant Biologists Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Section

2019 Business Meeting

August 6

th

, 2019

San Jose, CA

Past-Year Activities

Organization of the Plant Biology 2019 PUI Faculty

Development Workshop

Maryann Herman, Grace Miller, Derek Gingerich

2. Organization of the Plant Biology 2019 PUI Career Panel

Karen Hicks, Catharina Coenen

3. Initiation of the PUI section mentoring network

Karen Hicks, Catharina Coenen

4. Awarded an NSF conference grant ($41,061)

Maryann Herman, the PUI section steering committee, and ASPB staff

5. Reorganized leadership structure and elected a new steering

committee member

Section Leadership

Chairperson (one-year term)

Maryann Herman, St. John Fisher College

Steering Committee (three-year terms)

Karen Hicks, Kenyon College

Andreas Madlung, University of Puget Sound

Liza Conrad, Eckerd College

Grace Miller, Taylor University

Derek Gingerich, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

Section Representative to Council and Membership Committee (three-year term)

Leeann Thornton, The College of New Jersey

Section Membership

Total Membership: 111 

Breakdown:

ASPB Founding Legacy Members – 1

Retired – 1

ASPB Professional – 84

ASPB Postdoc – 8

ASPB Graduate – 3

ASPB Undergrad – 6

Non-ASPB Members – 8

Financial Report

Andreas Madlung

carry over from previous year

636

2016

2017

2018

2019 (July)

from ASPB (for workshop or section)

2000

2000

2500

3500

from NIFA for workshop, travel awards

25,000

workshop registration fees

3020

section dues

700

1253.68

room set up and AV (workshop)

-2500

food during workshop

-2754

buisiness meeting

-330

Sum/balance

636

5389.68

Section Probationary Period

“After approval of the petition by the council and the board of directors, the section may organize under probationary status for three years, after which the board of directors will approve or disapprove permanent status, or extend the probationary status for an additional three years. If a section fails to be approved for permanent status after the second probation, it shall be disbanded.”

“Any section which fails to maintain a minimum number of active members of the Society equal to one percent of the voting Society membership shall have its representation on the council terminated.”

Source: ASPB Constitution

https://aspb.org/about/constitution/

ASPB Council and Membership Committee Report

Leeann Thornton

-talked about the officer nomination process and ways to improve transparency

-elected Laura Wayne as the representative from Council to the Board of

Directors.

-learned about the ASPB Forward project; professional development is a

common theme across all sections/committees.

-ASPB wants more coordinated efforts between sections and committees;

synergy.

-there were questions for us about whether we want to be involved in

planning the UG session at the conference.

-ASPB budget: working towards more sustainable use of funds.

Future Activities - Discussion

Development of section constitution and bylaws.- Leeann

Faculty Development Workshop at Plant Biology 2020- Liza

Mentoring network- Karen

Recruitment/growing membership- Derek

Plantae social media presence- Grace

PUI career panel webinar- Grace

Newsletter article- Andreas

Submit NSF conference grant proposal- Andreas

Other Initiatives?

- Collaboration with Education committee and other ASPB groups

- Career panel or PUI concurrent session at Plant Biology 2020

- Meetup with PUI faculty at Plant Biology 2020

PUI Section Information

https://aspb.org/aspb-sections/pui/

https://community.plantae.org/organization/pui-section/dashboard

2019 PUI Workshop Survey: PUI section question

(54 respondents)

Writing a conference grant proposal to fund activities at the national meeting and travel grants for faculty involves a significant amount of time and effort for the PUI section leadership. In the future, should we pursue grants for our national meetings and travel grants?

Strongly Agree: 38/54

Agree: 16/54

If there is a half-day workshop at Plant Biology 2020, and you are likely to attend, what would be your preferred workshop topic(s)? Select all that apply.

Time managemant

27.78%

15

Funding

48.15%

26

Mentoring models

37.04%

20

Collaborations

42.59%

23

Lab management

46.30%

25

Building institutional support

40.74%

22

Research project design

20.37%

11

Journals and publication

20.37%

11

Tenure and promotion

27.78%

15

Please indicate your priorities for PUI section activities:

HIGH PRIORITY

MEDIUM PRIORITY

LOW PRIORITY

Hold annual workshops at the Plant Biology meeting

90.74%

49

9.26%

5

0.00%

0

Build a database of contact information for careers networking, mentoring, and professional development https://jobs.plantae.org/jobseekers/

51.85%

28

44.44%

24

1.85%

1

Promote interaction between PUI faculty through an on-line platform for teaching tools and best practices. using Plantae https://community.plantae.org/organization/higher-education/dashboard

42.59%

23

55.56%

30

1.85%

1

Promote interaction between PUI faculty through regional undergraduate research symposia

56.60%

30

32.08%

17

11.32%

6

Provide a conduit for information regarding PUI career- such as featuring PUI professionals and PUI students and their experiences through Plantae

42.31%

22

50.00%

26

5.77%

3

Provide a connection between talented undergraduate researchers and R1 institutions for summer research opportunities or graduate education.

42.59%

23

38.89%

21

16.67%

9

Coordinate with other societies and organizations (such as CUR) to provide support and resources for PUI section members.

33.96%

18

56.60%

30

7.55%

4

Work with ASPB and the Membership committee to recruit new members to the Society

43.40%

23

37.74%

20

18.87%

10

Expand the PUI workshop to be an “add-on” full day workshop prior to the annual meeting

29.41%

15

31.37%

16

39.22%

20

Develop collaborations with PUI-associated people within plant-specific groups (ie. Botanical Society of America, American Phytopathological Society, Canadian Plant Biology Society)

40.38%

21

38.46%

20

19.23%

10

Develop collaborations with PUI-associated people in larger non plant-specific groups (ie. Genetics Society of America, American Society for Cell Biology, Ecological Society of America)

26.92%

14

36.54%

19

34.62%

18

Develop collaborations with PUI-associated people in areas outside of biology (

ie

. American Chemical Society, American Physical Society)

19.23%

10

30.77%

16

46.15%

24

To Volunteer

Contact: Maryann Herman (mherman@sjfc.edu)