NCB News and Updates

NCB President’s Spring Letter 2012

Dear North Central Branch Members:

I hope everyone is having an enjoyable and productive spring!  The NCB-ESA annual meeting is scheduled for June 3-6, 2012 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lincoln, NE, beginning at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday June 3rd and running through noon on Wednesday June 6th.  The Embassy Suitesis located in downtown Lincoln near popular shopping, entertainment, and sightseeing venues including the historic Haymarket District, Lied Center for Performing Arts, and University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus.  Other points of interest within a few minutes by car include the Nebraska State Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, the Lincoln Children's Museum, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, and the Lincoln Children's Zoo.  Hotel amenities include complimentary airport shuttle, a swimming pool and whirlpool, fitness center, business center, on-site dining, in-room coffeemaker, mini-refrigerator, and microwave, and complimentary high-speed wireless internet.

I want to remind you of two important rapidly approaching deadlines:

  1. Early Bird Registration is available through May 4, 2012. Higher registration rates will apply after the May 4th deadline.When registering, don’t forget to sign up for one or more of our special events.
     
  2. Reservations at the Embassy Suites Hotel are guaranteed through May 13, 2012. You can still make reservations after May 13, butspace may be limited. Check-in dates for the meeting are May 31 – June 7, 2012.

Program Chair Bob Wright and Local Arrangements Co-chairs Shripat Kamble and Gary Brewer have developed an exciting and scientifically stimulating meeting program.  Highlights include nine meeting symposia and over 100 student competition papers and posters.  Twenty students will receive $250 Presidential Travel Scholarships.  In addition to the scientific program, the 2012 NCB meeting will include a welcome reception, student mixer, industry-sponsored graduate student luncheon, awards luncheon, insect photo salon, and of course, the Linnaean Games competition.  Optional special events at the meeting include a Saltdogs baseball game, tour of the UNL Entomology Systematics Research Collections, attending the UNL Entomology Hall Open House, and/or a field trip to Spring Creek Prairie.  These activities will provide unique opportunities to network with fellow entomologists, and for students to become acquainted with potential future employers.  For additional information on the 2012 North Central Branch meeting, please visit our meeting website at http://www.entsoc.org/northcentral/2012-north-central-branch-annual-meeting.

 

I look forward to seeing everyone in Lincoln!

 

Fred Baxendale
NCB-ESA President