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• The lunch meeting was awesome! He told me about his work...and was even interested in what I was currently do- ing. ... [as] a first-time ASA [attendee], meeting with Dr. ________ one-on-one was really valuable.
• Yes, it was one of [the most] memorable/valuable time[s] for me during the conference.... [She was] a big guy in my area of speech communication. [Such a thing] is some- times hard/rare for me (students).
Members are glad to participate; most offer to do so again. Here are some sample comments.
• The meeting was a bit awkward at first, but we had a good lunch in which I got some notion of what the student was interested in.... [It] bore fruit later as I was able to intro- duce the student to people he expressed an interest in meeting or I thought he might enjoy meeting. At a subse- quent conference, I was also an alternative person for him to come up and talk to. I should add that the first student I met at these lunches some years ago still comes to me occasionally to keep in touch and to ask for career advice.
• I definitely think the lunch meeting was useful for the student. I was able to describe various ASA activities. The student had no intention of attending TC meetings, but after our discussion, he attended [Physical Acoustics] on Tuesday and Noise on Thursday.
• I believe the meeting was useful and interesting for [her].... We had a lot of overlap in our interests and I believe I was able to give her advice and a perspective that she hasn’t gotten from her other mentors.... It is a great way to re- ally spend some time getting to know one of the student members.
In summary, Students Meet Members for Lunch has proved to be a successful although not a widely enough known pro- cedure for students to connect and interact with ASA members.
news from the Acoustical society foundation
Mission of the Acoustical Society Foundation Board: To support the mission of the ASA by developing financial resources for strategic initiatives and special purposes.
One of the most prestigious awards from the ASA is the Rossing Prize in Acoustics Education. The prize was estab- lished in 2003 from a generous gift to the Acoustical Soci-
ety Foundation Fund by Thomas D. Rossing to recognize an individual who has made significant contributions to- ward furthering acoustics education through distinguished teaching, creation of educational materials, textbook writ- ing, and other activities. It represents a convergence of four overlapping facets of the Society. First, the prize recognizes the valuable contributions of outstanding teachers across the spectrum of acoustics knowledge and research. Surely, each one of us owes a profound debt to the dedicated mentors who have aided and guided our work. The 11 recipients of this award to date come from a wide range of technical ar- eas, but all have shown by example and tutelage the benefits of helping and mentoring new talent in our fields. Second, the award reflects the profound generosity and leadership of one of ASA’s most revered members, Professor Thomas Rossing, who himself is an exemplary teacher, author, and educator. Third, the recipient of the prize presents a formal lecture, the “Acoustics Education Prize Lecture,” in a session sponsored by the Committee on Education in Acoustics at the ASA meeting at which the prize is acknowledged. This ensures the opportunity for all members of the Society to glean insight into the talents and expertise of the prize win- ner. And fourth, the prize represents the support and goals of the Acoustical Society Foundation to provide a vehicle and endowment to fulfill our mission and to perpetuate the goals of our Society. The prize consists of a medal, a certifi- cate, a $4,000 stipend, and reimbursement of travel expenses to attend the ASA meeting where the medal and certificate are to be presented.
Two years ago, the Rossing Prize winner was Juliette Loup of the Department of Physics at the University of New Orleans; her Acoustics Education Prize Lecture was entitled Time- Frequency Analysis for Acoustics Education and the Listening to Whales in the Gulf of Mexico. And just last year, the prize went to Uwe Hansen of the Chemistry and Physics Depart- ment at Indiana State University; he spoke about Educating Mechanical Engineers in the Art of Noise Control. Stay tuned: we will meet this year’s winner at the fall ASA meeting in Jacksonville, FL.
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