Spring Issue 2006

Another Blockbuster Year for Continuing Education Course Offerings

The Continuing Education (CE) Committee would like to extend its appreciation and thanks to everyone who participated in the CE courses at the 2006 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California this year. Registration for our courses exceeded 2,400 for the 11 courses that were offered.

Such a success is a direct result of the interesting and varied course offerings, and the hard work and efforts put in by the speakers, course chairs, and CE committee course liaisons. The Continuing Education Committee very much appreciated the course chairs and the speakers who generously contributed their time in organizing the courses and preparing presentations and course handouts. A special thanks goes to our dedicated graduate students, listed below, whose participation and assistance were an essential part of helping to keep the courses running smoothly, and to the SOT staff members who quietly take care of the myriad of details involved in planning and executing this program.

The high quality educational courses that are presented at the annual meetings come about based on proposals submitted by our members, and the CE Committee appreciates continued input regarding new and interesting ideas for courses from our members.

Finally, as a note to the Regional Chapters, please remember that the CE Committee maintains a list of speakers in our Speakers Bureau. This list is comprised of those individuals who were found to have done a particularly outstanding job presenting during CE courses over the last several years. SOT will help underwrite the costs of bringing these individuals to your local chapter meetings. (Funding for Regional Chapter Activities and Speakers.) As one of the most under-utilized resources of SOT, please consider contacting SOT for more information on bringing one of these dynamic speakers to your event. If you have questions regarding this program, please contact Nichelle Sankey at SOT Headquarters.

Thanks again to everyone who participated helped make this year's program a success.

2006 CE Student Volunteers

Lauren Aleksunes
Irene M. Baskerville-Abraham
Jaya Chilakapati
Kristina D. DeSmet
Ankur V. Dnyanmote
Anne Gilson
Jessica Houghton
Tisha King Heiden
Michele Merrill
Alejandro Molinelli
Elizabeth Myers
Sheung Ng
Prajakta S. Palkar
Chunli Quan
Sharmilee P. Sawant
Tina Stevens
Lauren Tarantino
John Urban
Elizabeth Vancza
Steve Yee