A. Letter from Student Liaisons

Dear Environment Section Student Members:

    Welcome to the APHA Environment Section for those of you who are new, and hello again to the veterans.  My name is Rebecca Tave Gluskin, and Taylor Anderson and I are the Environment Section student liaisons. This is our second year on the committee, and we have lots of great things planned. We are also a resource for you. Please contact us with ideas, questions and introductions.

    By joining this APHA section you have taken a step in the right direction down the environmental health career path. But it is not enough to just have your name on a list - we encourage everyone to get involved: volunteer for committees, write for the Section Newsletter, review abstracts and help plan for the Annual Meeting. Through these actions, you will enhance your membership and make important contacts in the field. Active involvement also makes you a desirable candidate for the Section travel scholarships.

    Check out the Student Lounge Web site and the Links section at http://depts.washington.edu/aphaenv/students.htm for further information about opportunities in the field of environmental health and in the APHA Environment Section. We look forward to working with you and hopefully seeing you at the November Annual Meeting in D.C.

Best regards,

Rebecca Tave Gluskin (New York University) and Taylor Anderson (Portland State Univeristy)

    B.   Solicitation for Future “Student Corner” contributions

    The “Student Corner” portion of our seasonal newsletter is intended for use by and for the benefit of our student members.  We encourage student members to send text by the appropriate deadlines for upcoming issues of the APHA Environment Section e-newsletter to Andrea.Wismann@uchsc.edu.   We encourage short update reports from our section’s Student Involvement Committee and news pertaining APHA’s Student Assembly of interest to our section membership.