17-Sep-2008

Bylaws revisions:

ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP

Old. Section 1. Members.  The membership categories of FUN shall consist of Regular Members, Fellows, Student Members, Organizational Members, and Sustaining Members. Acceptance to the Regular, Student, and Organizational membership categories requires written application to the Secretary. Acceptance to the Sustaining Associate membership categories is at the invitation of the President (with the approval of the Executive Committee). Fellow status is automatically granted on reaching 10 years affiliation with FUN.

NEW 1. Members.  The membership categories of FUN shall consist of Regular Members, Fellows, Student Members, Organizational Members, Contributing Members and Sustaining Members. Acceptance to the Regular, Student, and Organizational membership categories requires written application to the Secretary. Acceptance to the Contributing Member category is at the invitation of the President (with the approval of the Executive Committee). Fellow status is automatically granted on reaching 10 years affiliation with FUN.

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

Old. Section 1. Officers.  The Officers of FUN shall be as follows: a President, a President-elect, a Past President, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. They shall hold office until their successors are elected. The President-elect shall be elected annually for a period of one year by a mail vote of the Regular Members, and shall automatically succeed to the office of President at the end of the President's term, specifically at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting following the election. At the same time the previous President-elect shall become President and the previous President shall become Past President. The Secretary and Treasurer shall be elected once every two years for a two-year term of office. Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws, each officer, except the Secretary and Treasurer shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting or any special meeting held in lieu thereof, or until a successor is chosen and qualified. Each officer shall, subject to these Bylaws, have in addition to the duties, responsibilities, and powers herein set forth, such duties, responsibilities, and powers as are commonly incident to the office, and such duties, responsibilities, and powers as the Executive Committee shall from time to time designate.

New. Section 1. Officers.  The Officers of FUN shall be as follows: a President, a President-elect, a Past President, a Secretary, Treasurer-elect, and Treasurer. They shall hold office until their successors are elected. The President-elect shall be elected annually for a period of one year by either paper or electronic ballot from the Regular Members, and shall automatically succeed to the office of President at the end of the President's term, specifically at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting following the election. At the same time the previous President-elect shall become President and the previous President shall become Past President. The Secretary and Treasurer-elect shall be elected once every two years for a two-year term of office.  The Treasurer-elect shall automatically succeed to the office of Treasurer at the end of the Treasurer's term, specifically at the conclusion of the Annual Business Meeting following the election.  Subject to the provisions of these Bylaws, each officer, except the Secretary, Treasurer-elect and Treasurer shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting or any special meeting held in lieu thereof, or until a successor is chosen and qualified. Each officer shall, subject to these Bylaws, have in addition to the duties, responsibilities, and powers herein set forth, such duties, responsibilities, and powers as are commonly incident to the office, and such duties, responsibilities, and powers as the Executive Committee shall from time to time designate.

Old. Section 6. Treasurer.  The Treasurer shall be a Regular Member of FUN and shall take office for a term of two years following the Annual Meeting at which the election results were announced and shall not serve more than three consecutive terms in this office if so elected. The Treasurer shall serve as senior financial officer and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed in these Bylaws. The Treasurer shall have authority to sign checks and drafts on behalf of FUN for disbursement of funds for duly authorized purposes of FUN as provided by these Bylaws or by vote of the Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall render to the President and the Executive Committee at its regular meetings, or when the Executive Committee so requires, an account of the financial transactions and status of FUN. An annual report of the financial status of FUN shall be delivered to the members at the Annual Business Meeting.

New. Section 6. Treasurer positions.  The Treasurer-Elect and Treasurer shall be a Regular Member of FUN and shall take office for a term of two years each following the Annual Meeting at which the election results were announced for the Treasurer-elect. The Treasurer shall serve as senior financial officer and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed in these Bylaws. The Treasurer shall have authority to sign checks and drafts on behalf of FUN for disbursement of funds for duly authorized purposes of FUN as provided by these Bylaws or by vote of the Executive Committee. The Treasurer shall render to the President and the Executive Committee at its regular meetings, or when the Executive Committee so requires, an account of the financial transactions and status of FUN. An annual report of the financial status of FUN shall be delivered to the members at the Annual Business Meeting.  The Treasurer will also be responsible for preparing the Treasurer-Elect to succeed the office when the Treasurer’s term ends.  The Treasurer-Elect shall assist with the Treasurer’s duties as needed, and prepare to assume the Treasurer’s duties.

ARTICLE VII - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Section 1. Executive Committee.  The affairs of FUN shall be managed through an Executive Committee consisting of four elected Councilors and the President, President-elect, the Advisory Board of Past Presidents, Treasurer, Treasurer-Elect and Secretary. All members of the Executive Committee shall be entitled to one vote each except for the presiding officer, who shall vote only in the case of a tie.

ARTICLE VIII - VACANCIES

Old. Section 1. Officers.  Should the Office of President become vacant, the President-elect shall become President and serve the remainder of the term as well as the succeeding term. Should the position of President-elect become vacant between the annual election and the Annual Business Meeting, the Executive Committee shall by majority vote elect a member of the Executive Committee to serve in an interim capacity until a replacement can be elected. Should the Office of Secretary or Treasurer become vacant, the Executive Committee shall by majority vote elect a Councilor to serve in an interim capacity until the next duly elected candidate assumes office.

NEW  Section 1. Officers.  Should the Office of President become vacant, the President-elect shall become President and serve the remainder of the term as well as the succeeding term. Should the position of President-elect become vacant between the annual election and the Annual Business Meeting, the Executive Committee shall by majority vote elect a member of the Executive Committee to serve in an interim capacity until a replacement can be elected. Should the Office of Secretary become vacant, the Executive Committee shall by majority vote elect a Councilor to serve in an interim capacity until the next duly elected candidate assumes office. Should the Office of Treasurer become vacant, the Treasurer-elect shall become Treasurer and serve the remainder of the term as well as the succeeding term.

ARTICLE XI - COMMITTEES

Old Section 8: Finance Committee.  The Finance Committee shall consist of the Treasurer, acting as Chair, the President, one member from the general membership, and one member from the Executive Committee appointed by the chair of the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee shall be responsible for oversight and administration of all financial dealings of the society.

New. Section 8: Finance Committee.  The Finance Committee shall consist of the Treasurer-elect, the Treasurer acting as Chair, the President, one member from the general membership, and one member from the Executive Committee appointed by the chair of the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee shall be responsible for oversight and administration of all financial dealings of the society.

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7-Sep-2008

SOMAS-URM: Support of Mentors and their Students

in the Neurosciences from Underrepresented Minority Groups

The SOMAS Program is pleased to announce the 2009 SOMAS-URM summer fellowship program designed to support junior faculty (untenured/pre-tenure assistant professors, typically within 5 years of having completed Ph.D. and postdoctoral training) in the neurosciences seeking to launch research programs with undergraduate student collaborators. Faculty from predominantly undergraduate institutions will be eligible for awards of up to $8,000 to cover a supply budget, summer student housing, faculty and student stipends, and travel expenses to the joint Annual Meetings of the Society for Neuroscience and Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience. Selections will be made based on the justifications for and the quality of the proposed research experience for the undergraduate. Preference will be given to faculty from underrepresented minority groups (URM), to faculty from institutions serving women and/or minority groups, or to faculty who have identified URM students as research collaborators. Special consideration will be given to faculty members with little experience in grant-writing and who are just beginning their research programs.

Application deadline is December 1, 2008, with awards made in early February for the 2009 summer research effort. Up to four awards will be made for the 2009 program. For more information, go to www.somasprogram.org<http://www.somasprogram.org/>.

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07-Sep-2008

Program and Department Consultations Service link

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NEURON (NorthEast Undergraduate (and grad) Research Organization for Neuroscience) is having 2008 NEURON in New England Annual Meeting on Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Simmons College, Boston MA 02115. For more informatioin and registration see the NEURON web site at:
http://www.albany.edu/neuron/conference/index.html

It has been an active first year for Nu Rho Psi, The National Honor Society in Neuroscience. To date, the society has established 9 new chapters in 7 different states. The first chapter was placed at Baldwin-Wallace College, which is also the location of the National Office. The awarding of this first charter was closely followed by chapters at Baylor University, Macalester College, Drew University, University of St. Thomas, Knox College, Johns Hopkins University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, and the University of Scranton. We have inducted 81 student and faculty members so far.

Applications for establishing a new chapter are being accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis throughout the year. Apply now.

For more information go to:

http://NuRhoPsi.orgl , or contact the Executive Director of Nu Rho Psi, Dr. G. Andrew Mickley , Professor and Chair of the Neuroscience Program, Baldwin-Wallace College, email: amickley@bw.edu , phone: 440-826-2194. 

FUN member, Robert, Calin-Jageman, has developed a directory of undergraduate neuroscience programs at http://nsmajor.homeip.net . Please check out this website and help refine the information about your programs and institution!

From: Robert Calin-Jageman [mailto:rcalinjageman@dom.edu ]
Subject: Directory of Undergraduate Neuroscience Programs

I'm working on founding a neuroscience major at Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. I wanted to canvas the programs offered at other institutions, and I was surprised to find it rather difficult to determine which schools do/don't offer a neuroscience major.

I ended up writing some automated scripts to harvest a comprehensive list of undergraduate neuroscience programs. Basically, the bot searched Google for "neuroscience major" and "neuroscience program" within the domain of every higher ed institution I could identify. Programs were identified as possible if they returned 1-2 hits, likely if they returned > 2 hits. The top hit was logged as the program url. This netted 185 likely and 177 possible programs, nationwide (from 747 institutions).

As this seems like it might be a useful resource for other FUN faculty members, I've posted the resulting directory online at http://nsmajor.homeip.net

The online directory can be queried by institution type, state, and the likelihood of having a program. Links to the institution and program are provided.

Because web harvesting is always imperfect, I have added a feature to let others suggest changes to the directory (e.g., if I missed a program, falsely identified a program, and/or harvested the wrong URL for a program). You can help greatly improve this list if you take a moment to find your home institution and suggest any necessary changes.

If this would be useful for FUN, I'd be glad to mirror this for the FUN website, or just have it linked in.

Please submit Undergraduate SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES to Alan Gittis

Dear Colleagues,

I am editing the Summer Internship Opportunities which is linked to the FUN website- http://www.psych.westminster.edu/psybio/internops.htm .

Please send me the URLs of internship opportunities for undergraduates not currently posted or in need of update

Thanks very much!!

In fact, there are many ways to get to the FUN website, but all of them lead to the same place. The shortest route to FUN is <funfaculty.org >. Persons who like to type and enjoy multi-syllabic speaking and spelling (and think others enjoy it too!) prefer the <www.undergraduateneuroscience.org > address.

Whether you prefer funfaculty.org or undergraduateneuroscience.org , you'll still have the same FUN once you get there!

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