Monday, December 04, 2006

Hey Club!

I just received the information for the NESA Regional competition that is being held at Penn State from February 23-25, 2007. The registration fee is $65 per student, and the hotel rooms will be $62 plus tax per night. The registration fee includes a t-shirt, snack on Friday night, Saturday morning breakfast, Saturday lunch, Saturday evening banquet and dance, and a continental breakfast on Sunday.

For those of you who aren’t familiar with what goes on at Regionals, I’d first like to stress that it is a TON of fun (seriously!). On Saturday morning, we will be doing livestock judging in an arena. We will rotate in stations of beef cattle, dairy cattle, horses, sheep, pigs, and a "mystery category", and for each category we will be ranking the animals in order of best to worst. Don’t worry if you have never judged livestock before, most of us haven’t! We’ll have some practice sessions beforehand so everyone has a basic idea of what to look for. Then in the afternoon, we will be doing the quiz bowl and paper presentations. Quiz bowl teams will consist of 4 quiz-bowlers plus one presenter (or it can be a 4 person team and one person will have to do both quiz bowl and a presentation). The quiz bowl is basically like jeopardy where each person holds a buzzer and whoever buzzes in first gets to answer the question. Most of the questions are of topics we have covered in our animal science classes…many are from ANSC101!! It follows tournament-style elimination, and the final two teams face off in front of everyone. The paper presentations are a review of peer-reviewed research articles, where we present the topic in front of judges using a power point presentation. They are limited to 8 minutes long. It really isn’t as scary as it sounds, I’ve presented the past 2 years and it’s really quick and painless. The banquet and dance on Saturday night is beyond amazing, enough said.

So far the plan is to rent university vans to drive up there Friday mid-morning, and we will return on Sunday afternoon.

I highly encourage you all to attend Regionals, it is a great way learn more about livestock, as well as a time to bond with fellow Animal Science Club members. If you are interested, take a moment to ponder it and please reply to me at jscib@udel.edu by WEDNESDAY December 6th at midnight. You will need to make a check out to Animal Science Club for the $65 registration fee. You can give the checks to us on Wednesday evening at Longwood Gardens, or you can put them in the Animal Science Club mailbox in 104 Townsend Hall by FRIDAY afternoon.
Also, if you have written any paper reviews of any topic involving animal science, even if you are not planning on attending the competition, please email me (jscib@udel.edu) the word document of the paper, as well as the power point if you have one. If we cannot come up with enough pre-made presentations, we will have to write them up ourselves, and I’m pretty sure no one would really want to do that.

Remember, if you plan on going to NESA in February, email me (again, jscib@udel.edu) by this Wednesday to let me know you’re in, and include your t-shirt size (S-XL). If you have any questions regarding the competition, or anything really, don’t hesitate to ask!!
Good luck studying for exams…

Love, Jenna

Friday, December 01, 2006

Here are the minutes for our last business meeting of the semester

Treasurer’s Report

$1112.70

Steve Cook sent a thank you email to the club thanking us for all of our hard work.

Amazon Gift Wrapping Fundraiser

Due to some confusion, we will not be able to do gift wrapping this Sunday. This has been changed to Thursday, 7th (reading day) from 9am to 1pm. If you are able to go, please email Danielle at dsmarsh@udel.edu. Those going will meet in the Russell Lot at 8:30 on Thursday morning.

Longwood Gardens

Our meeting next week will be our annual Christmas trip to Longwood Gardens. Two graduate students from the Longwood Gardens Graduate program will be giving us a tour. We will also be getting 20 free tickets. If you are still interested in going, please email me (jenp@udel.edu). We will be meeting at 5 in the Russell Lot next Weds. We will be leaving at 5:15 at the latest, so please be there at time.

Regionals

Regionals will be held from Feb 23-25 at Penn State. Registration is approximately $55. Hotels are usually about $70/night, plus a little pocket money for food during travel days (all food on Saturday is provided). If you are interested in going to regionals, email Jenna (jscib@udel.edu).

Holiday Dinner

Our holiday dinner will be on December 9th at 6:30 at Dr. Griffiths house. Please email me if you are interested in attending. If you do go, it is suggested you bring a gift (no more than $5-7) for a gift exchange.

That’s it for the semester. Good luck on finals, and have a happy holidays!

~Jen

Thursday, November 09, 2006

Hey everyone, here are the minutes for the meeting held on 11/8

Treasurer’s Report

Account - $1112.70

Zoo Trip Recap

The trip to the Baltimore Zoo was a huge success. We had a backstage tour to the Africa area (including zebras, African birds like an ostrich, and two rhinos). We even got to pet a rhino. We also got a tour of the vet clinic and saw the surgery rooms and saw some of their experiments.

Longwood Gardens

We are going to Longwood Gardens on December 6th (the last day of class). If you want to go, please email me in the next week. I will no longer be adding people to the list at 9pm on Weds the 15 (next week).

Steve Cook

We will be going to Steve Cook’s farm on Saturday the 18th. We will be leaving at 7:30am from the Russell Lot. We will be building stuff and working with pigs. Steve will be providing a bbq lunch. We will also have some regionals practice. If you would like to come, please email me.

Fundraising

We will be participating in the Amazon.com gift wrapping fundraiser in December 3rd from 2-6. We will be meeting at 1:30 in the Russell Lot

Next Meeting

Next meeting will be a social dinner at the Texas Roadhouse in Bear. We will be meeting in the Russell Lot at 5pm. Please note the time change. If you would like to come, please let me know. If not, there will be no meeting in Sharp next week.

General Announcements

AZ Flock a Friend Fundraiser

Alpha Zeta is having a fundraiser where for $4 you can have a flock of flamingos placed on the front lawn of a friend with a personalized message. Please contact any of the Alpha Zeta members at jenp@udel.edu, woltersm@udel.edu, or emcd@udel.edu.

Equestrian Team Grandma Corbi’s Cookie Dough Fundraiser

Want to get some cookie dough? The equestrian team is taking orders until the week after Thanksgiving, and you should be getting the dough before finals! Contact cberdolt@udel.edu, diamond@udel.edu, or nlhughes@udel.edu for more information.

Circle K

Next Tuesday, Circle K the service club is having a fundraiser at California Tortilla. Between 4 and 10, order something and say "Circle K," and part of the proceeds will go to Circle K. Contact ajervis@udel.edu for more information.

AIDS Orphans South Africa

If you just can’t get enough California Tortilla, on Thursday, between 4 and 2am, the proceeds benefit AIDS Orphans South Africa. The password is "battle." Afterwards, head over to the Scrounge for Voices Against Hunger, an a capella concert.

Philadelphia Zoo Internship

*Please remind your students about the upcoming intern information session on Saturday, November 11 at **2pm.** Thanks!*

It is that time of year again, and we at the Zoo are looking forward to working with your students!
If you have students that are interested in careers with animals, a Philadelphia Zoo internship is a "should" experience.
If you have students that are interested in a career at a zoo or aquarium, a Philadelphia Zoo internship is a "must" experience.
The Philadelphia Zoo, America's first zoo, is dedicated to its mission of conservation, science, education and recreation. Our core purpose is to advance discovery, understanding and stewardship of the natural world through compelling exhibition and interpretation of living plants and animals.
One of the ways the Philadelphia Zoo fulfills its mission is through our internship program. Zoo staff train tomorrow's conservation leaders to care for animals and educate the public about their role in protecting our natural world.
On *Saturdays, November 11, January 20 and March 3 at **2pm** *the Philadelphia Zoo invites biology, animal science, zoo science, environmental science, zoology, environmental education and museum education students to the Zoo to meet Zoo staff to discuss internship opportunities. Students will have a chance to hear from Zoo staff that supervise interns, ask questions about the internships and take tours of the internship areas that involve animal care.
Please advertise this information on your career service websites and event calendars. I would also greatly appreciate you forwarding this information to professors and department chairs of the aforementioned disciplines. I have attached descriptions of our animal care related internships. Please pass on this information to interested parties.
Students can email me directly at malone.maureen@phillyzoo.org <mailto:malone.maureen@phillyzoo.org> to sign up to attend an information session. I will then provide students with transportation, parking and location information.
If you would like a flyer about the information session or have another format that you would like me to send this information, please let me know.
Thank you for your attention to this request,

/Maureen Malone/
Volunteer Program Manager
The Zoological Society of Philadelphia
3400 West Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19104-1196
215-243-5326 fax 215-243-5292
malone.maureen@phillyzoo.org

Colvin Scholarship Foundation and certified angus beef scholarship Applications are available at http://www.certifiedangusbeef.com/press/csf/index.php.
For more information, please contact: Vickie Catteau at 800/225-2333, Ext. 268, or by e-mail at vcatteau@certifiedangusbeef.com National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Convention
Many of you received an announcement for Student Workers to assist with the 2007 Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show in Nashville, Tenn. this Jan. 31- Feb. 3, 2007. I just wanted to remind you that the applications are due next Friday, November 17. Attached is the application form and job description, or you can visit http://www.beefusa.org/NEWS2007STUDENTWORKERANNOUNCEMENT28184.aspx

Working at the Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show is a great opportunity for students to network with beef industry leaders, state affiliate and beef council staff and allied industry representatives as well as NCBA staff. NCBA will select between 10-15 students to help us with various activities through out the week in Nashville. We will pick up the student’s registration fee, lodging and most meals. The students are only responsible for their transportation to Nashville and their spending money during the week. Please contact Shenoa French, sfrench@beef.org or me, if you have any questions about the student worker positions.
Again this year, there is a student rate available to attend the convention if you would like to bring a student group to the meeting. But, this year, we are pleased to offer a FREE day in the Trade Show on Saturday, Feb. 3 from 9:00am – 2:00 pm. A special feature on Saturday is our First Annual Career Fair to be held in the Trade Show. For information on the Career Fair, contact Erica Spiegle at espiegle@beef.org . (Erica also coordinates our student intern positions in Washington, DC).
For information and to register for the convention, visit www.beefusa.org
Thank you for your help in getting the word out about our student activities and opportunities at the 2007 Cattle Industry Convention and Trade Show. I hope to see you in Nashville! Again, please let me know if you have any questions.

Renee
Renee Lloyd
Director, Production Systems
9110 E. Nichols Ave., Suite # 300
Centennial, CO 80112
Direct Line: 303/850-3373
Fax: 303/770-7109

Remember, next weeks meeting will be at the Texas Roadhouse
~Jen

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Hey everyone, here are the minutes from the meeting held on Weds, November 1

Treasurer’s Report

Account - $1112.70

Halloween Potluck Dinner Recap

There was good food, good costumes, and Rocky Horror. What more could you want?

Zoo Trip

Our trip to the Baltimore Zoo is this Saturday, November 4th. We will be meeting AT 8 AM in the Russell Lot. If you need directions to the Russell Lot please email me (jenp@udel.edu). If you have not paid your $12.75, please contact Danielle as soon as possible (dsmarsh@udel.edu). The list of people going to the Zoo will be attached. We will be taking backstage tours of giraffes, rhino, elephants (or frogs depending on weather), and the vet clinic.

Longwood Gardens

We will be going to Longwood Gardens on Weds, Dec 6th (the last day of class). We have contacted the Longwood Garden Graduate program for a guided tour. If you are interested in attending, please email me and include whether you can drive or not.

Steve Cook

Our service trip to Steve Cook’s farm will be on Saturday, November 18th. We need to be there at 9 AM, so we will probably be leaving a little before 8. We will be getting farrowing crates ready, vaccinating sows, and building a fence. Steve will also help us review judging in preparation for regionals. He will be providing a lunch of hamburgers and hot dogs, so if you are coming and don’t eat those foods, please bring your own lunch. If you would like to come, please email me and include weather you can drive or not.

Amazon Gift Wrapping

Amazon.com is having a gift wrapping event through December. We go to a location in New Castle for a 4 hour shift and are paid per package. We were planning on going on December 3rd, where we would be paid $.75/package. We can go with a maximum of 20 people. The shifts are either 9 to 2 or from 2 to 6, and were are probably going to the morning shift. If you are interested in attending, email Danielle at dsmarsh@udel.edu.

General Announcements

This Friday is HOLAween in the Trabant MPR from 7-12.

~Jen Puttress
ANSC Club Secretary

Friday, October 27, 2006

Hey everyone, here are the minutes to our meeting held on October 25th.

Treasurer’s Report

$1112.70

Halloween Potluck

The Halloween Potluck dinner is this Sunday, the 29th. It’s going to start at 6:00. Please note the time change. It will be held at 54 New London Rd. If you need directions, please email me (jenp@udel.edu). Costumes are strongly encouraged. If you would like to attend, please email me and I will put you on the list. The current list will be attached.

Zoo Trip

Our trip to the Baltimore Zoo is on Saturday, November 4th. We will be leaving at 8am from the Russell Lot. The tours that were decided on were the giraffe, rhino, elephant (or frogs depending on weather), and the vet. We will either be going to three or four of these tours. The tickets are $12.75 to be paid as cash or check to Danielle ASAP. Since we have pre ordered tickets, we do not know if we can add anyone to the trip. Please email Kaitlyn at kaitlyn@udel.edu.

Guest Speaker Updates

We have had two people volunteer to be guest speakers at some point. The equine vet at New Bolton Center would love to talk with us as would Marci Trover, a club alumni who teaches the animal health 111 lab. Amanda Kilby also has several connections for people to come speak with us about working in the production part of the industry. Jenna is also going to try to get some current students at UPenn and maybe an admissions officer to come and speak with us next semester.

Longwood Gardens

We are in the process of putting together our annual Longwood Gardens trip. It will be held on December 6th, the last day of classes. Our tour guides (Longwood Grad Students) would like us to be there at 6pm.

Steve Cook

We will be volunteering at Steve Cooks farm on Saturday Nov, 18th. More details are forthcoming, but we are going to ask him to help us with judging in preparation for Regionals.

General Announcements

Dues! Next week is the final week for dues. $15 for new members and $10 for former members.
Newark Car Wash said we would get $4 for every car that goes through the was, and we could even set up a stand to sell stuff. Since it is a tunnel car wash, we could theoretically do it now, but most likely we will do this in the spring (March?).

HOLA will be sponsoring HOLAween on Friday, November 3rd in the Trabant multipurpose room starting at 7pm. It is free, and there are prizes for costumes.

On Saturday, Nov 4th at 6pm, the Indian Student Association will be having a fashion show and fundraiser.

For all those coming to the potluck, I’ll see you on Sunday, if not, I’ll see you at the next meeting.

~Jen

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Hey everyone, here are the meeting minutes for the meeting held on October 18.

Treasurer’s Report
$2980.98

Halloween Potluck Dinner

The Halloween Potluck dinner is going to be held on Sunday, October 29 at 6:30. It will be held at Jen and Danielle’s house at 54 New London Rd. We sent around a sign up, a copy of which is attached. If you are planning on attending, please email me at jenp@udel.edu and tell me what you are bringing. It could be food, or things to eat off of. We still need someone to bring plastic utensils, so if you live in the dorms and can’t cook, that would be an easy thing to get.

Zoo Trip

Our trip to the Baltimore Zoo is going to be on Saturday, November 4th. We will be leaving at 8 from the Russell Lot. The cost will be $12.75/ticket. Please send your tour choices to Kaitlyn ASAP. They are as follows: rhinos, giraffes, elephants, warthogs, frogs, vet hospital, chicken (behavior). Please pick your top four.

Speaker updates

All of our possible speakers are still being contacted.

Longwood Gardens

For the past two years, we have gone to Longwood Gardens on the last day of class to see the Christmas lights. Last year we even got a tour from some grad students involved in the Longwood Gardens grad program. We are planning this trip again, so keep the date open.

Other Announcements

Newark car wash wants groups to come and wash cars there as a fundraising opportunity. This will probably happen sometime in the spring.
Our service trip to Steve Cook’s farm will be happening on Saturday, Nov 18.

I’ll see you all next week!


Halloween Potluck Dinner

Jen - ziti
Danielle - ziti
Kaitlyn - vegitables
Melissa Diamond - plates
Staphanie Moran - dessert
Allison Jervis - dessert
Robert Gooden - cups
Vince - drinks
Erin McDowell - mac and cheese
Tom Hart - dessert
Katie K - ?
Stacy - Salad
Michelle Lapera - napkins

Friday, October 13, 2006

Hey everyone, here are the minutes for our meeting on Weds. October 11

Treasurer’s Report
account-$1312.60

Ag Carnival

Ag Carnival went spectacularly. Out combined team AB came in third place! Good job guys. Our second team stayed with tradition and finished last, but with a valiant effort. If you have any pictures from Ag Carnival please email either Stacy Green (sgreen@udel.edu) or Michelle Lapara (mlapara@udel.edu) with them as soon as possible so they can be in the scrapbook.
AgrAbiligy Auction
We raised a total of $1018 at the auction. Excellent job to everyone! The money was gained from the auction and also via donations from alumni, including Dr. Gaines, a former president of Animal Science Club. Thank you to everyone who helped getting donations and who helped out at the auction in any capacity~

Kilby Cream Fundraising Event

The fundraising event will take place this Sunday at Kilby Cream from 2-5 pm. We will most likely be helping only in a volunteer capacity. However, if you have any cloths you want to donate, please be sure that you deliver it to Jenna before 2pm this Friday (the 13). Cloths should be long sleeve shirts and long pants. If you need to location of Jenna’s house please email her at jscib@udel.edu. If you want more information (directions, etc) about the event, please email Amanda at akilby@udel.edu.

Halloween Potluck Dinner

Our next social event is quickly coming up. We are going to have a Halloween potluck dinner (costumes encouraged). We will have it on Sunday, October 29, starting between 6 and 6:30. This is parents weekend, but we still hope you all will be able to stop by. Jen and Danielle have graciously donated their house as the venue. Sign ups for food/supplies will be next week, so think about if you will be able to make or bring anything to the event.

Baltimore Zoo

Kaitlyn has gotten in touch with alumni Linda Pill at the Baltimore Zoo. She is willing to give us a backstage tour on a Saturday on the stipulation that we arrive there at 9 (before the zoo opens). We will be going on Saturday, November 4th, so keep that date open. Here is a list of things we can see at the zoo. Please email Kaitlyn (kaitlyn@udel.edu) your top four choices for exhibits. Also email her if you want to sign up to go.
• Rhino barn
• Giraffes
• Elephants (weather permitting)
• Warthogs
• Golden frogs (they’re doing research on them)
• Tour of animal hospital
• Chicken training and behavior

Steve Cook

We will be taking our fall service trip to Steve Cooks farm on Saturday, November 18th. Supposedly we will be helping out with sows.
Other Events
We are talking to the vet to the Brandywine Zoo as a possible speaker. Also, by this Monday we should know if we will be able to get a tour of the New Bolton Center.

Other Announcements

This Tuesday, Sigma Alpha will be selling candy grams in Trabant.

See you next week!
~Jen

Friday, October 06, 2006

Treasurer’s Report
The account has $1312.60

Dues
Weds was the final day for dues. If you still want to be an active member this year, please email Danielle at dsmarsh@udel.edu and see if you can work out a place to meet. New members owe $15 and returning members owe $10.

Cowtown Rodeo and Kilby Cream
Both trips were a lot of fun! If you have any pictures from the events, please email Stacy at sgreen@udel.edu. If you participated in the Kilby Cream trip, please email me and let me know. Thanks

Ag Carnival
Ag Carnival is this Saturday on Webb Farm. Check in is at 9:30. If you don’t have a ride to Webb Farm, three of our members (Lorna, Kaitlyn, and Erin) have volunteered to take people up. Meet them in the Russell lot (our normal meeting place) at 9:15 and they’ll take you guys up. If you know you’re going to have problems getting up to Webb farm, email me and I’ll set something up for you.
We have several items to auction, including certificates from Freddy’s DP Dough and Shaggy’s. We also have several from salon’s, nail places, and Tan Inn. We are going to make a Food Gift Basket and a Beauty Gift Basket. An alumni also mailed us enough stuff to make 2 Got Milk gift baskets. We also have several shirts and an autographed book. Thank you Tyler, Kaitlyn, and Lisa.
There will be Ag Carnival t-shirts for sale and ag school license plate rims for $10 and $5 respectively.
The teams for Ag Carnival are as follows, please note several changes:
Team A Team B Team C
Tom Hart Vincent B Robert Gooden
Erin M Kaitlyn L Oscar Romero
Stacy G Smarsh Dawn L
Cody H Shannon T Jessica D
Jessica B Michelle P Allison M
Lauren H Tanya M Alicia G
Melissa D Emily A Tyler L
Janine P

Bolded names are the captains, they are responsible for making sure there team is signed in and for deciding who will participate in which events. I will email them the final list of their teams on Friday along with events so you can decide who goes where. This is you last chance to email me if you are going to miss Ag Carnival. If you are not going to be able to attend and you are on this list, it is your responsibility to let me know!

Nationals
If you are interested in attending the National Convention this winter in Florida, please email Jenna at jscib@udel.edu for more information.

Committee Meetings
Pre-Vet: Looking into a speaker (Dr. Dyer?) or a trip to the New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania.
Livestock: a possible guest speaker from Hatfield tentatively scheduled for the 18th of this month.
Service: A trip to Steve Cooks farm is being scheduled for the end of November.
Social: The zoo trip is in the works. We are also thinking of having a Halloween Potluck. It will probably be sometime during the weekend of the 27th, 28th or 29th. This is parents weekend, and I think a nice potluck dinner on a Sunday night would be nice. This will be discussed more after Ag Carnival.
Fundraising: Amanda Kilby may still need help at her families festivities. Email akilby@udel.edu for more information. It is on Sunday the 15th. We really, really need fundraising ideas. One was working concessions at a Blue Rock game, but the season is rapidly coming to a close, so we’d have to plan that for next spring probably. Email any fundraising ideas to dsmarsh@udel.edu.

See you on Saturday for anyone participating in Ag Carnival, if not, I’ll see you next week!

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Hey everyone, here are the minutes for the meeting held on September 20th.
Treasurer’s Report
The account is at $1312.60
Dues
The last day for dues is at next weeks meeting (September 27th). New member dues are $15 and returning member dues are $10.
Newark Community Day
We made $142.50 in donations. Good job! Again, the most popular attraction was face painting, although the fish did bring a good amount of people as well.
Cowtown Rodeo
We are going to Cowtown Rodeo this Saturday. Cowtown was called, and we can have one person in line with the money to buy tickets. Tickets are $8/person. Please try your best to bring exact change. The rodeo starts at 7:30, and we were advised to be there at 6:30. Please arrive at the Russell Lot at 5:30, we will be leaving at 5:45. The Russell Lot is behind the Russell Complex, right of Lovett and Haines. An attached list will have all the people signed up for Cowtown. If you are on the list and cannot make it, please email me at jenp@udel.edu. If you are not on the list and would like to come, email me as well, including name, if you can drive, and if so, how many people can fit in your car.
Kilby Cream
Next weeks meeting will be a social/educational event at Kilby Cream. Kilby Cream is a creamery owned by the family of club member Amanda Kilby. It is about 20-30 minutes away in Cecil county, Maryland. We will be having ice cream and seeing how it’s made. We will be meeting in the Russell Lot at around 5:15-5:30, and leaving as close to 5:30 as we can. So do not go to Sharp Lab next week! Attached is a list of people who have signed up. If you have decided you don’t want to go, please email me. If you haven’t signed up and would like to come, email me with you name, if you can drive, and if so, how many people.
No Show, No Call Policy
With so many trips coming up, I thought it would be a good idea to review the no call no, no show policy. If you sign up for an event, and cannot attend, it is your responsibility to let someone know. We do not want to be late for events because someone does not show up. Also, all members get points for attendance. Points can be used at the end of semesters, usually as discounted or free admission to an event. You will lose a point for each no call, no show. Again, please be responsible and let someone know if you are not going to attend an event you signed up for.
Ag Carnival
Ag Carnival is fast approaching. Ag Carnival is on Saturday, October 7th. Animal Science Club is sponsoring the charity auction benefiting AgrAbility. Flyers were passed out this meeting for handing out to the public. Do not put flyers on the walls or bulletin boards on campus, they are not stamped. However, you can put them on your doors in the dorms. Our goal is to get the public out to the auction, which begins at 1. So, if you have family or friends in the area, try to get them to come out! Also, we are still trying to come up with a list of things to auction, so everybody that has ideas or definite things to auction, email Jenna at jscib@udel.edu.
Stacy made letters to mail to our alumni asking them to either come and bid, or for help donating objects or services. Thank you, Stacy.
Attached is a list of people signed up for Ag Carnival. I have arbitrarily put you into 3 teams. These teams are not final. If you are not on the list and would like to participate in Ag Carnival, please email me. If you are on the list and either can’t do Ag Carnival, or are going to be on another team, email me! Thanks.

I’ll see you next week! Remember, we are meeting in the Russell Lot for a trip to Kilby Cream.
~Jen

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Hi everyone, here are the minutes for our meeting held 9/13.

Treasurer’s Report
account- $1312.60

Dues
Please bring dues by our meeting on Sept 27. Our dues for new members is $15 and for returning members is $10. Cash or check, please make checks out to Animal Science Club

Newark Community Day
We are planning on using our donations for the Walk for Animals sponsored by the Delaware Humane Society on October 1st. Then, whatever we raise for that we will match from our donations and give to the Windcrest (sp?) Adoption center. For more information on the Walk for Animals or to sign up for our team, email Kaitlyn Lutz (kaitlyn@udel.edu).
We now have the coupons for our goldfish. We have decided to make the price $1/3 tosses.
If you would like to sign up for a shift, please email me at jenp@udel.edu.

Cowtown Rodeo
Our trip to cowtown rodeo is on Saturday, September 23. The price is $8/person for the group rate or $12/person individual. The rodeo starts at 7:30, we need to be in line at 7 at the latest, and it takes about a half hour to get there. If you are interested in going and have not signed up, or have signed up and have since realized you can not go, please email me at jenp@udel.edu.

Ag Carnival
Ag Carnival is on Saturday, October 7. We have decided not to sponsor a physical event, but instead to concentrate on our AgrAbility auction. Please bring ideas of what we can get to auction off. Some ideas from today are tickets to a sporting event/zoo/aquarium, we can contact a beef farmer for some cuts of meat, gym membership, or peddle tractors. If you have more ideas please email Jenna at (jschib@udel.edu). In addition to thinking of things to get donated, we also have to start publicizing the event to bring in people from the community who have money. If you are interested in being on a team and have not already signed up, please email me at jenp@udel.edu.

Steve Cook
Every year we try to go to Steve Cooks farm. So far there are several possible dates at the end of the fall where we can help Steve prepare beef cows for show or vaccinate sows before farrowing. There is no sign up yet, but be prepared for future information.

Block & Bridle National Convention
The national block and bridle convention is being held January 25-27 2007 in Kissimmee Florida. If we register before October 16 the registration is $185/person and there is a special rate of $89/room at a local hotel. This event is a leadership event with one day of tours of local agriculture facilities and one day of speakers. The tours this year range from meat processing plants, fruit, ranches, horses, and wildlife. The tours are on a first come first serve basis, so registering early is key. In order to cover some of the costs, we are going to try to get supplemental money from the school. One of the organizers of the convention this year is Kathleen, a former Animal Science Club president now at the University of Florida.

Friday, September 08, 2006

Hey everyone, here are the minutes for our meeting on 9/6

Approval of Secretary’s Minutes from last week

Treasurer’s Report
account- $693.06
We are also looking to change banks from WSFS to either Citizens Bank or Delaware National, both of which have no maintenance fees for checking account, something we had trouble with in the past.

Dues
Club dues are due to the treasurer on Sept. 27. New members pay $15 and old members pay $10.

Newark Community Day
Newark Community day is Sunday, September 17. It is a community street fair event. We use this event to raise funds for a charity to be decided on later. Last year we gave to Louisiana Humane Society. We need a table and chairs, so if anyone has a table and some chairs, please email me at jenp@udel.edu.
We are planning on having a fishbowl toss. Winners would get a coupon redeemable for a goldfish at a local pet store. Price has yet to be decided, but some possible numbers would be $.50 for a toss and $1.50 for five tosses. We signed up for shifts during the meeting. They are as follows:
9:30-11:30
11:30-1:30
1:30-3:30
3:30-5:30
Erin McDowell
Michelle Pasawicz
Lisa Brody
Matt Mullin
Amanda Kilby
Erin Stough
Allison Mecaughey
Chelsea Berdolt
Lorna Dougherty
Genia Pultorak
Haley Tammany
Danielle Smarsh
Dawn Lenihan
Tanya Mejia
Janine Poreda
Jen Puttress
Shannon Thomas
Kendra Daniels

Stacy Green
Jessica Donnelly
Nicole Hughes


Kaitlyn Lutz
Allison Goodman



If you would like to help out for a shift, please email me. We would like more people at our middle shifts, especially members who have done community days before. Also, please come with ideas for a charity for our next meeting.

Cowtown Rodeo
Cowtown is a rodeo held in south Jersey. It was decided we would be going on September 23. There is a fee to get in, but if there are more than 20 people going, we can get a group discount. If you are interested, please email me with you name and if you can drive a car, and if so, how many people. Also email me if you signed up, but have since decided you can’t come.

Baltimore Zoo
We are trying to get a trip to the Baltimore Zoo organized. We are trying to in touch with Linda Pill, a former student. They no longer do behind the scenes tours, but there are besides the scene tours done by docents. If we decide to go by ourselves, the fee would be $11.50 if we have a group of 20 or more, or $15 if there are less than 20 people. The trip has been tentatively scheduled for mid October.

Ag Carnival
Ag Carnival is a competition sponsored by AgCC where all ag organizations compete against each other in competitions such as tug-of-war, pie eating, and pumpkin chucking. It is being held on Saturday, October 7 this year. Each group participating is in charge of sponsoring an event. Animal Science Club traditionally sponsors both a physical event, and a charity auction to help AgrAbility. AgrAbility is an organization that helps disabled farmers in the Delmarva area. Since the auction is our event, we need to publicize well in the community, and decide what we want to auction. Last year, our auction item also was part of our event, peddle tractors. Please bring ideas for an event or auction item to our next meeting.

Committees
At the end of the meeting we voted on committee chairs and then broke into committee meetings. All active members must be on a committee.

Fundraising Committee
The fundraising committee is chaired by our treasurer, Danielle Smarsh. There most important thing right now is deciding on who to donate to from our Community Day donations. They are also thinking about getting local farmers to bring/donate pumpkins at our Halloween event for children to paint. They were also thinking about doing clean up at places like Dovar Downs and after football games to get paid for our time.

Pre-Vet Committee
The pre-vet committee is being co-chaired by Vincent Baldanza and Tom Hart. Right now, they are thinking of possible speakers, such as a bird/wildlife vet, and equine vet, or a possible trip to Camden Aquarium.

Social Committee
The social committee is being co-chaired by Chelsea Berdolt and Matt Mullin. Right now, the social chairs are helping to organize the trip to Cowtown, and a possible social event at Kilby Cream ice cream parlor with a tour around the dairy farm. They are also thinking of ice breakers to do at the beginning of meetings so everyone gets to know the new members.

Livestock Committee
The livestock committee is being chaired by Lisa Brody. They are thinking about a possible speaker from Hatfield.

Service Committee
The service committee is being chaired by Erin Stough. The service committee is planning service activities at Delaware Humane and possibly having a blanket and food drive for dogs and cats. They are also thinking about going to schools to talk about the animal science major to those who may not know too much about it.

Other News
Animal Science club is looking for two volunteers to be our representatives at AgCC. Meetings are every other Weds (or Weds as needed) at 4:45. A ride will be provided to Animal Science Club after. If you are interested, please email me back. The position will be given out on a first come basis.

Australia Study Abroad this winter. Dr. Saylor and Dr. Barber will be taking a group to Australia this winter and are still looking for those interested. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Saylor at bsaylor@udel.edu. Freshman are welcome. The deadline is Sept. 25, so please hurry so your spot is not taken. Check out the UD study abroad page. The application is also here. http://international.udel.edu/studyabroad/programs/database.asp?PWDID=392 this is the page for the ANSC program.
http://international.udel.edu/studyabroad/default.asp and this is the site for all of international studies.

The animal science club has a website. It should be updated this weekend. Check out pictures from last year! Information should be up to date soon! http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/ansci/index2.html

Have a great weekend, and I’ll see you next week
~Jen

Friday, September 01, 2006

Hello ANSC club members old and new! Here are the minutes for our first meeting on Weds, 8/30/06.
Introductions
President- Jenna Scibilia is a Junior Animal Science major with a minor in Spanish. Her other activities include AgCC, Ag Ambassadors, Sigma Alpha, and gymnastics club. Last year she was club treasurer.
VP- Kaitlyn Lutz is a Senior Animal Science major with a minor in biology. Kaitlyn is also an Ag Ambassador. Last year she was the livestock committee chair.
Treasurer- Danielle Smarsh is a Junior Animal Science major. She also is an Ag Ambassador, in AgCC, and HTAC, an on campus theatre group. Last year she was the service committee chair.
Secretary- Jen Puttress is a Junior Animal Science major with a minor in biology. She also participates in Ag Ambassdors, AgCC, and Alpha Zeta. Last year she was one of the club historians.
Historian- Stacy Green is a Junior Animal Science major. She is also in Ag Ambassadors, ALD, AgCC, and Alpha Zeta. This is her second year as club historian.
Historian-Michelle Lapera is a Sophomore Animal Science major. Her activities include Ag Ambassadors and Sigma Alpha. Last year she was the pre-vet committee chair.
Advisors- Our advisors are Dr. Griffith and Dan Severson.
Upcoming events in September:
Trip to Cowtown Rodeo on a Saturday.
Newark Community Day is on Sunday, September 17. We use this event to raise donations for an animal related charity. Last year we raised money for the Louisiana SPCA. This year we will be giving out coupons for free goldfish and have our usual face painting.
We are planning a trip to the Baltimore Zoo at the end of the month. More information will be forthcoming.
Meeting Agenda:
For the first meeting we had a social event to introduce our new members to each other and to our old members. We made, and ate delightfully sweet ice cream.
Information for interested students who could not attend this meeting:
I apologize for the late email with the information, but there was some miscommunication with Event Services. For those of you who could not attend, do not worry. In fact, we really hope that you attend our next meeting. For those that can not attend due to class/lab conflict do not worry either. We hold many weekend events that you are encouraged to participate in, and you can always start attending business meetings in future semesters. Don’t let your class conflicts discourage you from being a part of the club.
Next meeting:
For now, the meeting next week will be in the same place at the same time. However, there will be another email next week confirming the location, as the room we were in was less than optimal, we’re going to try to fix that. For now, we will be meeting in 103 Sharp Lab at 5:30. For those who don’t know where Sharp Lab is, it is the building next to Gore Hall on E. Delaware.
Next meeting we will be deciding on committee chairs. Please consider being a chairperson.
Social Committee: Committee duties include planning social events which promote fellowship among members.
Fundraising Committee: Committee duties are to design and run fundraising activities for the club. The Treasurer shall serve as Chair of this committee.
Livestock Committee: This committee is responsible for organizing and planning all livestock activities. The livestock committee should arrange for at least one guest speaker per semester.
Pre-vet Committee: this committee is responsible for organizing and planning all pre-vet, companion animal, and exotic animal activities. The pre-vet committee should arrange for at least one guest speaker and/or event per semester.
Community Service Committee: this committee is responsible for planning all community service events.
Please keep in mind that all active members must serve on a committee, so if you don’t want to be a chair, please think about which one you would like to help out with.
We have a lot of exciting events planned for this semester. See you next week.
~Jen Puttress
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Monday, May 08, 2006

Hey Animal Science Club!

We had our last business meeting of the semester on 5/3. Here are the minutes from the meeting:

Treasurer's Report
Account: $553.78
*We made $170 from donations and $119 from the Plant Sale on Ag Day!!*

Ag Day Report
Although Ag Day was a success overall, and we hope everyone had a great time.. there's always room for improvement. One of the problems we had was with kids feeding the animals with the rations they had mixed. Also, some of us felt that we might have stretched ourselves a bit thin and had too many things going on (facepainting, plant sale, mixing feed, the animals, etc.). Ideas for next Ag day include: have one cohesive theme, condense our activities, do demonstrations throughout the day (the sheep shearing was a hit!), less animal pens?, educate club members about the animals before Ag Day, and have a better layout under the tent.
Also.. don't forget to give Jenna your late t-shirt payments of $5!

Banquet
The Banquet is this coming Wednesday, 5/11 at 5:30pm at Timothy's. We will be meeting in the Russell lot at 5pm to carpool over. If you haven't already paid Jenna, remember to give her your money for Banquet! ($10 for active club members and $19 for non-active/non members.)

Advisor Appreciation nominations
AgCC is collecting nominations for the best advisor of the year. This can be an advisor from a club, academic advisor, lab, etc. A 1-page typed nomination is due by May 9th to the AgCC mailbox in 104 TNS, or you can email it to Stacy at sgreen@udel.edu. There will be a free luncheon on Reading Day (May 18th) from 12-2 in the Commons to recognize the winner. Even if your advisor doesn't win.. he/she will still get a note in recognition for being nominated.. so send in those nominations!

Elections
Here are our new officers for next year:

President: Jenna Scibilia
Vice President: Kaitlyn Lutz
Treasurer: Danielle Smarsh
Secretary: Jen Puttress
Historians: Stacy Green and Michelle Lapera

Congratulations, guys! Also, as part of their election speeches, everyone gave some fundraising ideas for next year.. these include: ping pong-ball toss for a goldfish (either an actual fish, or a coupon for one), donate time to clean-up an event for money (Dover Downs, the Bob for Concerts?), sell baked goods in front of Walmart (they'll double the profits), sell pizza or lollipops, try and sell general ANSC t-shirts, spaghetti dinner, or sponsor a movie night (or other event) and sell popcorn, candy, etc.

Miscellaneous
-Sally mentioned the ANSC Club in the AgrAbility newsletter!
-Please send in your club pictures to Jen at jenp@udel.edu
-Meeting time for next semester: 5:30pm Wednesdays (keep this in mind when doing your schedules)

Alright. Thus concludes my last minutes to the ANSC Club as Secretary. It's been great fun, and I hope that everyone has enjoyed reading them these past two years. >tear< I look forward to seeing you all at the Banquet this Wednesday for one last hoorah!

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary

Monday, May 01, 2006

Hey Animal Science Club!

First of all, thank you to everyone who helped with the Animal Science Club on Ag Day... you guys rock! Now here are the minutes from last week's meeting:

Treasurer's Report
Account: $553.78

Committee Reports
Service: We had AgrAbility posters to put up on Ag Day.

Pre-Vet: We have a potential speaker for the Fall.. more details at a later date.

Livestock: No report at this moment.

Fundraising: You can print out extra Plant Sale forms from our website at http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/ansci/. We really need to get on the Plant Sale at full force, so put them in faculty's mailboxes, talk to your professors, ask the teacher's aides, bug your friends and family, etc. The Plant Sale forms will be due on Wed. 5/10 morning (you can put them in the ANSC Club mailbox in 104 TNS). However, if you already have them, please bring them in at next week's meeting. Although people can pay for the plants when they hand in the forms, money is due at pick-up on Thurs 5/11.

Social: If you have not signed up already, please email Robert at rcgood@udel.edu if you want to go to the Banquet. Also, include in your email whether you want Chicken Marsala or Asian Stir Fry Veggies for your meal. The cost of Banquet is $10 for active members or $19 for non-active members. All guests invited by the Club (i.e., alumni, our advisors, Richard, Larry, Dr. Emara, Dr. Kung, Scott, etc.) will be covered by the Club. The Banquet starts at 5:30pm, but we will be meeting at 5pm in the Russell parking lot to drive over. As a reminder, the Banquet is on May 10th at Timothy's. And please, if you have not already done so, email one of the officers with awards that you would like to give your fellow members at Banquet.

Ag Day
Ag Day was yesterday from 10-4. Thanks to everyone who came out and made it a wonderful event! As a reminder, you must have helped out with Animal Science Club at Ag Day to be an active member of the club.

Officer Nominations for Next Year
At this week's meeting (5/3), all members who are nominated for an officer position will give a short speech, which should include their history of involvement with the club and one creative fundraising idea for the club. If you would still like to be nominated for a position, please email me at jesshall@udel.edu before Wednesday's meeting. Here's a brief overview of the different positions:
Historians (2): Responsible for annual scrapbook, taking pictures at all club events, maintaining alumni mailing lists, compiling annual alumni newsletter, and maintaining the club's website.
Treasurer: Collects all dues and receipts and keeps an accurate inventory and slaes record. Also, needs to submit a yearly treasurer's report and annual budget. He/she is chair of the fundraising committee.
Secretary: Keeps accurate records of all club meetings, sends out minutes, conducts club correspondence, submits new member list to National Block and Bridle, and keeps track of active member status.
Vice President: Presides in absence of the president and is responsible for organizing Ag Day. Also, is responsible for room reservations, membership recruitment events, and organizes activities night.
President: Presides over all regular meetings, prepares meeting agendas, and serves at representative to AgCC. Also, enforces constitution and bylaws.

Miscellaneous
-We will decide on the meeting time for next year at our next meeting!
-Please email Jen at jenp@udel.edu with club pictures. She'll be working on the scrapbook and needs them ASAP.

That's it for this week's minutes. See you at our next meeting on Wednesday, 5/3 at 5:30pm in MEM 111!

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Hello Animal Science Club!

Wednesday's meeting started off with a guest speaker, Dr. Culp, who is a UD ANSC Club Alumnus and Veterinarian in the Army Corps. Hopefully everyone enjoyed his presentation and found it informative! For those of you pursuing veterinary school, keep in mind the scholarship and funding opportunities provided by the Veterinary Army Corps! We also had two representatives from Huntingdon Life Sciences tell us about position and internship availabilities (www.huntingdon.com). Following our guest speakers, there was a short business meeting.

Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,029.30

Plant Sale
Plant Sale Forms were handed out at the meeting. Pick-up for the plants will be on May 11th.

Ag Day
Ag Day is next Saturday!! A sign-up sheet for shifts (set-up, general Ag Day, and clean-up) was sent around. Please email Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu to sign-up for a shift if you weren't at the meeting. Also, because the Ag Day t-shirts were a little more expensive than we had planned, we're asking that members pay $5 for a shirt to help cover costs. You can pay for your shirt either at next meeting or at Ag Day.

Tour of Dairy
A few of our members helped give a tour of our dairy to two disabled women before the meeting. Despite a rocky start (flat tire), all went well, and the women were very appreciative. Nice job, guys!

Officer Elections
We will have nominations for next year's officers at the next meeting. So start thinking about positions that you would be interested in!

Banquet
Our Banquet will be on May 10th at Timothy's. We will send around a sign-up sheet at the next meeting. Dress for the Banquet is "nice"--aka, no jeans or sneakers. You don't have to get super fancy, but this is our chance to get dressed up a bit.. so have fun with it. Also, please send in your award nominations to one of the officers (not to someone you're nominating, though)!!!

Miscellaneous
Concerning the zoo trip for next semester, it looks like it's going to be too expensive to have a behind-the-scenes tour at the Philadelphia Zoo, so we're going to look into perhaps having Linda Pill show us around the Baltimore Zoo again. Also, we got a thank-you card from the AgrAbility speaker. She was very appreciative of all the money we raised for AgrAbility, and she will keep us posted on how our donation will be spent.

That's it for this week's minutes. See you all at next week's meeting on 5/26 at 5:30pm in MEM 111.

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary

Monday, April 24, 2006

Hello Animal Science Club!

Wednesday's meeting started off with a guest speaker, Dr. Culp, who is a UD ANSC Club Alumnus and Veterinarian in the Army Corps. Hopefully everyone enjoyed his presentation and found it informative! For those of you pursuing veterinary school, keep in mind the scholarship and funding opportunities provided by the Veterinary Army Corps! We also had two representatives from Huntingdon Life Sciences tell us about position and internship availabilities (www.huntingdon.com). Following our guest speakers, there was a short business meeting.

Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,029.30

Plant Sale
Plant Sale Forms were handed out at the meeting. Pick-up for the plants will be on May 11th.

Ag Day
Ag Day is next Saturday!! A sign-up sheet for shifts (set-up, general Ag Day, and clean-up) was sent around. Please email Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu to sign-up for a shift if you weren't at the meeting. Also, because the Ag Day t-shirts were a little more expensive than we had planned, we're asking that members pay $5 for a shirt to help cover costs. You can pay for your shirt either at next meeting or at Ag Day.

Tour of Dairy
A few of our members helped give a tour of our dairy to two disabled women before the meeting. Despite a rocky start (flat tire), all went well, and the women were very appreciative. Nice job, guys!

Officer Elections
We will have nominations for next year's officers at the next meeting. So start thinking about positions that you would be interested in!

Banquet
Our Banquet will be on May 10th at Timothy's. We will send around a sign-up sheet at the next meeting. Dress for the Banquet is "nice"--aka, no jeans or sneakers. You don't have to get super fancy, but this is our chance to get dressed up a bit.. so have fun with it. Also, please send in your award nominations to one of the officers (not to someone you're nominating, though)!!!

Miscellaneous
Concerning the zoo trip for next semester, it looks like it's going to be too expensive to have a behind-the-scenes tour at the Philadelphia Zoo, so we're going to look into perhaps having Linda Pill show us around the Baltimore Zoo again. Also, we got a thank-you card from the AgrAbility speaker. She was very appreciative of all the money we raised for AgrAbility, and she will keep us posted on how our donation will be spent.

That's it for this week's minutes. See you all at next week's meeting on 5/26 at 5:30pm in MEM 111.

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary
Hello Animal Science Club!

Wednesday's meeting started off with a guest speaker, Dr. Culp, who is a UD ANSC Club Alumnus and Veterinarian in the Army Corps. Hopefully everyone enjoyed his presentation and found it informative! For those of you pursuing veterinary school, keep in mind the scholarship and funding opportunities provided by the Veterinary Army Corps! We also had two representatives from Huntingdon Life Sciences tell us about position and internship availabilities (www.huntingdon.com). Following our guest speakers, there was a short business meeting.

Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,029.30

Plant Sale
Plant Sale Forms were handed out at the meeting. Pick-up for the plants will be on May 11th.

Ag Day
Ag Day is next Saturday!! A sign-up sheet for shifts (set-up, general Ag Day, and clean-up) was sent around. Please email Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu to sign-up for a shift if you weren't at the meeting. Also, because the Ag Day t-shirts were a little more expensive than we had planned, we're asking that members pay $5 for a shirt to help cover costs. You can pay for your shirt either at next meeting or at Ag Day.

Tour of Dairy
A few of our members helped give a tour of our dairy to two disabled women before the meeting. Despite a rocky start (flat tire), all went well, and the women were very appreciative. Nice job, guys!

Officer Elections
We will have nominations for next year's officers at the next meeting. So start thinking about positions that you would be interested in!

Banquet
Our Banquet will be on May 10th at Timothy's. We will send around a sign-up sheet at the next meeting. Dress for the Banquet is "nice"--aka, no jeans or sneakers. You don't have to get super fancy, but this is our chance to get dressed up a bit.. so have fun with it. Also, please send in your award nominations to one of the officers (not to someone you're nominating, though)!!!

Miscellaneous
Concerning the zoo trip for next semester, it looks like it's going to be too expensive to have a behind-the-scenes tour at the Philadelphia Zoo, so we're going to look into perhaps having Linda Pill show us around the Baltimore Zoo again. Also, we got a thank-you card from the AgrAbility speaker. She was very appreciative of all the money we raised for AgrAbility, and she will keep us posted on how our donation will be spent.

That's it for this week's minutes. See you all at next week's meeting on 5/26 at 5:30pm in MEM 111.

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary

Monday, April 17, 2006

Hey Animal Science Club!

A big thanks to our guest speaker from Perdue! Following our speaker's presentation, there was a short business meeting. Here are the minutes from this past Wednesday's meeting:

Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,029.30

Next Week
Before next week's meeting on 4/19, a few of our members will be giving a tour of the dairy to a disabled woman. If you are part of this group, please meet at 4pm at the dairy. Danielle will send out a reminder email next week.
Also, we will be having a guest speaker at next week's meeting: Dr. Culp from the Army Corps. We hope that you will come out and listen to what's sure to be an interesting presentation from Dr. Culp!

Ag Day
This year at Ag Day we're not going to have any of our conventional crafts. Instead, we will let the kids mix feed to form rations for typical ruminants or nonruminants. There will be posters explaining the nutritional requirements for ruminants (sheep) and nonruminants (chickens), and the kids will be able to bring home their mixed feed samples. In addition, we will have animals, plant sale forms, and AgrAbility posters.
We discussed what we should do about Ag Day shirts--if we should buy extras and sell them. As per vote of the club, we decided that the club will pay for the Tshirts and that we will buy about 15 extra shirts (5 small, 5 medium, and 5 large).

Plant Sale Forms
We are still waiting to hear back from Dr. Emara concerning the varieties of plants we will be selling.

High School Quiz Bowl Competition
There was a committee meeting about the High School Quiz Bowl, and Jenna reported on the committee's decisions. The committee had decided to appease the department by limiting the Quiz Bowl Competition to 4H high school kids, who may be interested in coming to UD, so that we could double our competition as a recruitment tool. However, Dan Severson brought up some concerns about our target audience and proposed "recruitment tool" plans. So, the committee will discuss this further and report back to us on a later date. They will be meeting with Dr. Gelb soon to discuss this and other issues.

AgCC Officers Needed
AgCC, which is composed of representatives from the different clubs in the Ag College, is looking for new officers for next year. If you are interested in nominating yourself, please contact Amanda at akilby@udel.edu for an application form. Also, mark your calendars for the Advisor Appreciation lunch on May 18th from 12-2 in the Commons.

Banquet
The ANSC club banquet will be held on May 10 at Timothy's. Please send any award nominations to Amanda, Jess, or Carolyn. **Don't send your nomination to the person you're nominating**

That's it from this week's meeting. See you at our next meeting on Wednesday, 4/19 at 5:30pm in 111 MEM!

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary

Friday, April 07, 2006

Hello Animal Science Club!

Thanks to Jen Puttress, here are the Minutes from this week's meeting:

Treasurer's Report
$1029.30

BusinessAgrAbility

Our guest speaker from last week is unable to come to Ag Day this year, and would like us to display some of the literature at our table at Ag Day.

Steve Cook

Because of our difficulty helping out Steve Cook this year (we got lost) we're going to have to reschedule for next semester.

Guest Speaker

Next week, we will have a guest speaker from Perdue. Please come and bring questions. He will be speaking about work in animal industry.

Dairy Tour

Our tour of the dairy for a disabled woman will take place on Weds, April 19 at 4pm. A sign up sheet was sent around to give the tour.

Guest Speaker

That same day, at our meeting, Dr. Culp, and Army Corps. vet will be speaking to the club.

Plant Sale

Plant sale order forms will be distributed as soon as we have all the plant names. This will be our major fund raiser for the spring, so everyone sell. Especially to faculty members! Another idea is to place adds in the UD classifieds. More about this will be discussed next week.Car WashThe car wash fundraiser for the spring has been scrapped in favor of concentrating our efforts on the plant sale to raise money.

Banquet

The ANSC club banquet will be held on May 10 at Timothy's. Please send any award nominations to Amanda, Jess, or Carolyn. **Don't send your nomination to the person you're nominating

**AG DAY

Ag Day is Saturday, April 29. We decided to have a display about feed for our education display. We will also have a "make your own animal feed" activity for kids. The animals we will be concentrating on are sheep (ruminants) and chickens (non-rum). In addition, we will have facepainting. The shirts will most likely cost $7-$9. The exact cost will be known by next meeting.

High School Committee

If you are on the committee for the high school quiz bowl or are interested in helping out, we will be meeting at 5, before the next business meeting in 111 Mem.

Delaware Humane Society

There was not enough info for the tentative service activity at the Delaware Humane Society, so the trip has been put on hold.

New Business

License Plate Rims

License plate rims from AgCC that say "UDel College of Ag and Natural Resources" will be on sale at Ag day for $5. If you want one before, contact Amanda at akilby@udel.edu.

AgCC elections

AgCC is holding elections for officers soon. If you live on campus, self-nomination forms will be distributed through mail, if you live off campus, they can be found in 104 TNS. Positions are President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and three Members at Large (Public Relations, Fundraising, Club Coordinator).

TA Positions

Dan Severson is looking for TA's for next semesters ANSC 111 lab. If you are interested, please email him at severson@udel.edu.

Monday, March 27, 2006

Hello Animal Science Club!

I hope everyone is having a great Spring Break! Here are the minutes from last week's meeting:

Guest Speaker from AgrAbility
Sally Van Schaik came to talk to us about AgrAbility and how the organization has helped disabled farmers succeed in agriculture. Sometimes they need groups to help in building stairs, etc., so she will be in contact with us in the event that they could use our assistance with such a project. Also, she asked that if anyone has questions or ideas, or if you'd like to attend their Advisory Committee meeting, then you should contact her at svanschaik@gt.esdel.org or 877-204-FARM (3276). Our club has helped fund some of their projects, and Sally wanted to express her thanks for our generous donations. Before she left, we presented her with a check for AgrAbility in the amount of $595, which we raised during the auction for Ag Carnival.

Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,029.30

Banquet
You can still email Robert (rcgood@udel.edu) about food choices for our Banquet at Timothy's on Wednesday, May 10th. Here are our choices for side dishes, meat and dessert.
CHOOSE 2Queen Prime RibSirloin Au PoiveChicken MarsalaBroiled Flounder Buerre Blanc (Served in butter & White Wine Sauce)Asian Vegetable Stir FryChicken KievJerk Pork ChopsChicken Cordon Bleu
Served meals come with same sides and dessert options
CHOOSE 2Long Grained Curried RiceFresh Steamed Assorted VegetablesBaked PotatoCole SlawMashed PotatoesMacaroni & Cheese
CHOOSE 1Fresh Hot Apple Pie a la modeNY Style CheesecakeAssorted Dessert Plate
All entrees are served with tossed or Caesar salad, hot tea, coffee or iced tea

High School Judging/Quiz Bowl Competition
A meeting was scheduled (for outside of club business meetings) to discuss this idea further. If you are still interested in being a member of this committee, please email Jenna at jscib@udel.edu.

Service Activity
Steve Cook's didn't happen last Sunday, because the people who went got lost. In order to prevent this confusion for future trips to Steve Cook's farm, we talked about possibly posting directions to Steve's on our website. Unfortunately, the rest of our semester is rather busy, and Steve is busy throughout April, so we will not be able to reschedule Steve Cook's for this semester. Instead, as another service activity, we will look into helping out at the Delaware Humane Association sometime in April.

Animal Technician/Intern Needed
Melissa Goodson, a 2005 Animal Science UD Alumnus, wanted to spread the word that her company, Huntingdon Life Sciences, is expanding their toxicology department and is looking for technicians. This is a great opportunity for graduating Seniors looking for jobs in the field, or for an undergraduate who would like an internship for the Summer. Huntingdon Life Sciences, situated in central New Jersey, is one of the world's largest Contract Research Organizations. For more information, you can either get in contact with Melissa (862-432-6688) or you can check out the HLS website at http://www.huntingdon.com/.

Alright. That concludes the minutes from last week's meeting. Enjoy the rest of your Spring Break... and we look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Wednesday, 4/5 at 5:30pm in MEM 111.

~Jess Hall
ANSC Club Secretary

Monday, March 20, 2006

Hello Animal Science Club!

I hope everyone had a lovely Saint Patrick's Day! Here are the minutes from last week's meeting:


Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,118.79

Committee Reports
Service: Helping out at Steve Cook's is today, Sunday. A few members from the club will give a dairy tour for the disabled woman at around 4pm on Wednesday, April 19th (email dsmarsh@udel.edu if interested in helping!). Also, we will be having our AgrAbility Speaker, Sally, come talk to the club on Wednesday, March 22nd.
Pre-Vet: Dr. Pope was contacted and is really interested in talking to the club. He will be our Pre-Vet guest speaker on Wednesday, April 19th.
Livestock: We will have a guest speaker form Purdue on Wednesday, April 12th. Also, if you have any ideas concerning future Livestock committee-run activities, please email Kaitlyn at kaitlyn@udel.edu. A few suggestions included a behind-the-scenes tour at the Philadelphia Zoo or a visit to an Amish Farm.
Fundraising: Our Fundraising Committee Chair was not at the meeting, so we will discuss Plant Sale Forms and a date/location for the Car Wash at the next meeting.
Social: Our Banquet will be Timothy's on Wednesday, May 10th. Here are our choices for side dishes, meat and dessert. Please e-mail Robert at rcgood@udel.edu with your votes on the three items before Wednesday's meeting!
CHOOSE 2Queen Prime RibSirloin Au PoiveChicken MarsalaBroiled Flounder Buerre Blanc (Served in butter & White Wine Sauce)Asian Vegetable Stir FryChicken KievJerk Pork ChopsChicken Cordon Bleu
Served meals come with same sides and dessert options
CHOOSE 2Long Grained Curried RiceFresh Steamed Assorted VegetablesBaked PotatoCole SlawMashed PotatoesMacaroni & Cheese
CHOOSE 1Fresh Hot Apple Pie a la modeNY Style CheesecakeAssorted Dessert Plate
All entrees are served with tossed or Caesar salad, hot tea, coffee or iced tea.

*Reminder to Committee Chairs: Please fill out event reports online on the Club's webpage!

Ag Day
We discussed some potential crafts for Ag Day, including picture frames, pig noses, duck or elephant puppets, or general paperbag puppets. We will finalize our Craft options at a future meeting. Also, we brainstormed some ideas for our educational posters, such as posters with farm animal information or interactive posters with velcro animals. We decided that the club will break-up into committees after Spring Break to further discuss/outline poster ideas. Instead of handmaking our posters this year, we thought we'd take it one step further and get them printed out (possibly laminated?). Dr. Griffiths also suggested that we include a "Who are you, and where are you now?" poster with pictures of Alumni and post-it-notes, so that Alumni can fill in their information. Lastly, concerning Ag Day t-shirts, Carolyn will get them printed at Taylor's Inc. If you are interested in getting an Animal Science Club Ag Day T-shirt, please contact Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu.

High School Judging/Quiz Bowl Competition
Dr. Griffith's reported back on the Department's discussion of our High School Judging/Quiz Bowl Competition idea. The Department had a few primary concerns about our competition. First of all, they feel that we need to redefine our audience. We had originally intended our competition to be open to Delaware FFA and 4H clubs and Delaware High School students, with the hopes that this competition would get these students interested in possibly pursuing our program at UD. However, most Ag High School students aren't college-bound. So, we would need to redefine our population of interest to either Delaware Ag clubs or Delaware High School students, because these two populations are very different, and it would be hard to accommodate them both. Next, there is little to no support among the faculty to hold the livestock judging aspect of our competition. There are many reasons against livestock judging, namely, our farm doesn't have good classes of animals to judge from. Although one of our attempts with this competition is to "get the College of Ag back to 'Ag'," we have to keep in mind what is contemporary in the field. And the fact is, the field is moving away from livestock judging and focusing more on form and function. So we need to rethink a lot of things concerning our goals for this competition. If we leave out judging, should we have more of an academic triathlon? Also, perhaps we should include the Food Science Club? These are just a few of the concerns we need to address before we can move forward.
We would like to establish a committee that will be responsible for organizing this competition. If you are interested in being a member of the committee, please email Jenna at jscib@udel.edu.

Social Activity
Thanks to Robert, we had an Animal Science-related game of Jeopardy. Good game, everyone!

Alright. That concludes the minutes from last week's meeting. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Wednesday, 3/22. at 5:30pm in MEM 111. Remember that we will have our AgrAbility speaker at Wednesday's meeting!

~Jess Hall
ANSC Club Secretary

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Hello ANSC Club!

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful weekend. Here are the minutes from last week's meeting:

Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,074.30

Committee Reports
Service: Unfortunately, Steve Cook cannot accommodate us for the April 22nd date...however, he really needs help on March 18th or 19th. So if enough people could/can want to go, we could go on the 19th (next Sunday). Anyone who is interested should please email Danielle (dsmarsh@udel.edu) asap so she can be in touch with Steve! A few members from the club will give a dairy tour for the disabled woman at around 4pm on Wednesday, April 19th (email dsmarsh@udel.edu if interested in helping!). Also, we will be having our AgrAbility Speaker come talk to the club on Wednesday, March 22nd.
Pre-Vet: Concerning a Pre-Vet speaker for March 22nd, a few different people have been emailed, including a researcher on campus and an Army Corp. Vet. More information about our speaker next meeting.
Livestock: We will have a guest speaker form Purdue on Wednesday, April 12th.
Fundraising: The club voted on whether or not to hold a Car Wash or a Dog Wash or both. We decided to just concentrate on a Car Wash, and the location/date of the Car Wash will be discussed next meeting.
Social: We voted and decided that the location of our Banquet will be Timothy's, and it will be held on Wednesday, May 10th (clear your calendars!). Robert will look up a tentative menu and the club will be given options to choose from at a future date. Also, the club will discuss prices/person when it gets closer to the Banquet. *Reminder to Committee Chairs: Please fill out event reports online on the Club's webpage!

Regionals
Amanda took our thank-you card and cakes to the ANSC office on Monday. Also, notice that our accomplishments at NESA made it into Talk of Townsend... once again, congratulations to everyone who participated! Check out our website for photos from Regionals. http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/ansci/

Ag Day T-shirt Vote
We voted on a club t-shirt design for Ag Day at the meeting. The club decided on Carolyn's idea with the "Duck, Duck, Blue Hen" theme. Please contact Carolyn if you would be interested in a shirt (cschnek@udel.edu).

Ag Day
As in previous years, the club will have a petting zoo, face painting, educational displays, and arts & crafts at Ag Day. Please start thinking of craft ideas, and we will vote on them at this week's meeting. Also, start thinking of ideas for our educational displays. (We will work on our posters/displays at the few meetings right before Ag Day.) Not only will our club need lots of help from members on Ag Day, but the Ag Day Class is also asking for volunteers. Please contact Sarah Moore at smoo@udel.edu if you are interested in volunteering. Also, consider submitting t-shirt ideas to the t-shirt design competition held by the Ag Day Class. Lastly, the club voted to donate money to Ag Day so that we will get our name put on the official Ag Day shirts.

High School Judging/Quiz Bowl Competition
Amanda and Jenna met with Dr. Gelb, the ANSC department chair, to discuss the practicality of our idea to hold an ANSC competition for Delaware High School students. They told him what we plan on doing and how it will benefit the ANSC Club and the Ag College. Dr. Gelb was enthusiastic about the idea, but he will have to discuss it with other faculty members at the next Department meeting. Dr. Gelb recommended that we keep it small-scale (just Delaware FFA clubs and High School students), and that we start looking into budgeting and donations. Also, we will need to set up a committee that will be responsible for planning this event, which we anticipate will be held in the Fall. Please start thinking about if you'd like to be a part/head of this committee.

Alright. That concludes the minutes from last week's meeting. We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on Wednesday the 15th at 5:30pm in MEM 111.

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Howdy ANSC Club!

Here's the minutes from Wednesday's meeting, which was held at the lovely California Tortilla on Main Street. Thank you, Robert, for organizing our meeting's special location!

Treasurer's Report
Account: $1,074.30

Committee Reports
Service: We are scheduled to help out on Steve Cook's Farm on April 19th. Danielle will be contacting Barbara Graham at the Mary Campbell center to set up a dairy tour for the disabled woman. Also, we will be having our AgrAbility Speaker come talk to the club on Wednesday, March 22nd. In order to publicize this event so that others interested in AgrAbility may come listen to our speaker, we will put an advertisement in Talk of Townsend and put in a plug at AgCC.
Pre-Vet: More information on Pre-Vet speakers at future meetings.
Livestock: Concerning guest speakers, we are waiting to hear back from the Purdue representative. We will provide further details on Livestock speakers/trips at future meetings.
Fundraising: We will start advertising for our Plant Sale around April 1st. As far as other fundraising ideas, we hope to have another Car Wash when it gets warmer, and we also talked about potentially doing a Dog Wash. The club has had problems with Dog Washes in the past, so we need to discuss this idea further. If you have any other fundraising ideas, please contact Jenna at jscib@udel.edu.
Social: We're still discussing the location for our Banquet. Possible places include The Tracks or Timothy's. The Social committee will look into places/prices and have more information at next meeting.
*Reminder to Committee Chairs: Please fill out event reports online on the Club's webpage!

Regionals Report
Everyone who went to Regionals (NESA) this past weekend at UMass had an excellent time. And not only did we all have lots of fun, but we also did rather well for ourselves. The events started early Saturday morning with livestock judging, where we were all surprised to see that the "special class" was not alpaca (which we had studied how to judge the night before!) but tobacco leaves. (Apparently the Amherst area is big on Tobacco.) Then after judging livestock in the freezing cold, we braved our way through the snow to UMass' campus for the Quiz Bowl competitions and Research presentations. For the Quiz Bowl, one of our teams came in 2nd place, and they actually got to play the final round in front of everyone in a huge auditorium! Some other highlights were Erin McDowell for placing 6th in the Paper Presentations (thank you to Danielle Smarsh for donating your PowerPoint presentation!), Carolyn Schnek for winning 1st place in the Individual Research competition, and congratulations to all of our team members for helping Delaware place 4th for the overall competition!! Everyone did an awesome job! And to thank Dr. Gelb and the ANSC Department for covering our hotel costs at Regionals, a Thank You card was sent around at the meeting, and we plan on leaving a cake in the ANSC department office for the secretaries and faculty. We're all very proud of our club's success, and here's to future wins at NESA!

Ag Day
We're still discussing Ag Day T-shirt ideas. Carolyn came up with an idea of playing on "Duck, duck, goose," but instead of a goose, using a blue hen. Her idea is included at the end of the minutes. Please draw up any other T-shirt ideas you may have, and we'll vote on them at the next meeting.

Other
-The Extension Scholars program applications are due April 7th.
-Amanda received an alumni email from Karen Knutsen, who suggested that we include a column in the next alumni newsletter about what alumni are doing. The club also thought of possibly setting up a Yahoo account for alumni to log in and tell us about where they are now and what they're doing. If you have any suggestions on how we can keep tabs on our alumni, please email Amanda at akilby@udel.edu.
-Those who went to Regionals were so enthusiastic about their experience, that some of the club members have expressed interest in possibly hosting a high school-level judging and quiz bowl competition next year here at UD. This is a big idea that would require lots of help and commitment, but if we'd like to host something like this in the future, then it's important that we start thinking about it now. However, we should also keep in mind that it may be Delaware's turn to host Regionals in 2010! (The last time UD hosted Regionals was in '96.) In any case, if you'd be interested in helping out with something of this nature, please voice your opinions at future meetings, or email Amanda at akilby@udel.edu.

Alright. That's it for this week's minutes. Have a great weekend, everyone! And see you at next week's meeting on Wednesday, 3/8 at 5:30pm in Memorial 111.

~Jess
ANSC Club Secretary

Friday, February 24, 2006

Animal Science Club meeting 2/22 minutes (Thanks to Jen Puttress!)

Treasurer’s Report
Account: $1074.30

Committee Reports
Service
The AgrAbility speaker will be speaking to us on March 22, and would also like to extend an invitation for anyone else to come. Possible ways to advertise the visit are emailing club representatives, Talk of Townsend, and flyers around Townsend.

Fundraising
Dr. Emara says the plants are ready. We now need to make order forms and put them in mail boxes and around Townsend. Dan suggested we physically ask people to buy as well, especially Professors in the Ag school and on the farm. Any that are not sold through the orders will be sold at Ag Day.

Social
Next meeting will be a restaurant trip. The club decided to meet at California Tortilla at 55 E. Main Street. So far we have 18 people signed up to come, but if you would like to add your name to the list, please email Robert at rcgood@udel.edu by Tuesday, Feb. 28th. We’ll be meeting at California Tortilla at 5:30, and will hold a meeting while we eat.

Livestock and Pre-vet
Both committees are pursuing possible guest speakers.

Old Business

Regionals
15 people will be coming, so Carolyn added an extra room. There will be 5 people per room (3 rooms) plus Dan in his own room. Carolyn will also be bringing air mattresses, and extra blankets and pillows should be provided by the Howard Johnson.
*Please Pack Light*
The possibility of vans is bleak. Probable drivers will be Amanda K., Carolyn, Kaitlyn L., and maybe Erin.
Erin still needs a presentation!!! If anyone has a paper and powerpoint from ANSC 111, please email it to her at emcd@udel.edu.

Scrapbook/Website
Supplies are ready for the scrapbook.
Committee heads, please check the Committee page on the website for an activity sheet, and fill out one for any past activities, and fill one out for any future activities that fall under your committee.

Ag Day
T-Shirt Ideas
Are we going to use the Ag Day theme, or will we make a clever saying t-shirt? Please bring an idea and a sketch to the next meeting so we can vote!!!

Please go to the website for club updates!!!
http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/ansci/index2.html

Our next meeting will be Wednesday, March 1st at 5:30pm at California Tortilla! Hope to see you all then!

~Jess Hall
ANSC Club Secretary

Monday, February 20, 2006

Hey ANSC Club!

Here are the minutes from Wednesday's meeting:

Treasurer's Report
haven't gotten the books yet

New Officers/Committee Chairs
After a club vote, we inducted new members in to our open officer and committee chair positions. These were the results:

Treasurer: Jenna Scibilia
Historian: Stacy Green
Pre-Vet Chair: Michelle Lapera
Social Chair: Robert Gooden
Livestock Chair: Kaitlyn Lutz

Congratulations to all of our new officers/committee chairs!

Committee Reports
Service: AgrAbility speaker is tentative for our March 22nd meeting. Also, we are planning to help out on Steve Cook's farm on April 19th. In addition, if there is anyone interested in helping give a farm tour (with a dairy interest) to a wheel chair-bound woman, please email Danielle at dsmarsh@udel.edu.
Fundraising: We hope to have another Car Wash on May 6th. Carolyn's mom has donated a huge bag full of towels to the club, so this time we'll be better prepared to dry the cars. Thanks, Mrs. Schnek!
Social: The Social committee came up with some potential activities for the semester. These include bowling, ice-skating, Dave & Buster's, etc. If you have particular social activities that you'd like to see the club do, please email Robert at rcgood@udel.edu. Also, we started to discuss where we'd like our end-of-the-year Awards Banquet. Robert will look into a few places and give us options to vote on.
Livestock: The Livestock committee would like to try and get someone from the poultry industry (maybe Purdue?) to talk to the club. More information concerning a livestock speaker will be discussed at future meetings.
Pre-Vet: The Pre-Vet committee talked about getting an Animal behaviorist or a Wildlife specialist as a guest speaker for one of the meetings. If you know of someone in one of these professions, please contact Michelle at mlapera@udel.edu.

Ideas for the Semester
Dr. Griffiths had two great suggestions for the semester. First, she recommended that we try and get the Animal Science Club's very first president to come back and give us a talk. He works for the Delaware Humane Association, so perhaps he could give us ideas for a service activity. Second, Dr. Griffiths suggested that we open the floor during meetings to give members an opportunity to share good news. This "good news" can come in a variety of forms, such as who got into Vet School or Grad school, exciting internships and summer plans, job offers, etc. Meeting times are a great chance for our members to receive support and praise from other members. So, please don't hesitate to share your good news with the rest of us!

Website/Scrapbook
Jen met with other members to sort photos for the scrapbook. If anyone has any pictures from last semester's activities, please email them to Jen at jenp@udel.edu. Or, bring them to next meeting.

Ag Day
Although we've got over 2 months until Ag Day, it's important to start generating ideas and get the ball rolling. The overall theme for Ag Day is "Sowing the seeds of the future." We were thinking of playing off of this logo to come up with our own theme. Please start thinking of ideas, and we'll vote on a theme at a future meeting.

Regionals
We're going to Regionals next weekend! The plan is to take two University vans, leaving Friday, 2/24 at 12:30pm from the Russell lot, and returning on Sunday evening. The vans cost $43/day plus gas. The members voted and decided that the club will pay for the cost of the vans. And remember, if you're presenting a paper at Regionals, please make sure to have something ready by next Friday! Further questions should be directed to Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu.

That's it for this week's minutes. Our next meeting is Wednesday, 2/22 at 5:30pm in Memorial 111. See you then!

Monday, February 13, 2006

Welcome back Animal Science Club!

Here are the minutes from our first meeting of the semester:

New Officers and Committee Chairs Needed
The Executive Board went through a few changes this past Winter Session. One of our Historians, Jodi Lasko, graduated over Winter, and our Treasurer, Matt Brodsky, decided to take some time off from school. In order to run smoothly, the club is looking for members to fill these vacancies and assume their duties ASAP. If you would like to run for Historian or Treasurer, please email me at jesshall@udel.edu before Wednesday. The club will take a vote at the next meeting. (Duties for Treasurer include: collecting dues and receipts, keeping accurate inventory, handle all expenses, submit annual treasurer's report, and serve as Fundraising Committee Chair. Duties for Historian include: help in compiling scrapbook, take pictures at events, and maintain club website.)
The club is also looking for a new Social Committee Chair and a new Pre-Vet Committee Chair. If you are interested in either position, please email before Wednesday, and we will vote on this next meeting.
*Reminder* If you are interested in running for next year's President, then you must have at least served as a committee chair. We encourage all of our members to consider our open positions as an excellent opportunity to get more involved with ANSC Club.

Scrapbook
We are still debating whether we want our scrapbook to follow the National Block and Bridle guidelines in order to be submitted, or if we want our scrapbook to be more of a personal-picture-album-type scrapbook. If we want to turn it in to BB, then it will require committee chairs to keep better documents of activities. Please take a look at the requirements (http://www.blockandbridle.org/AWARDS/scrapbk.htm) , and we will take a final vote on the matter at the next meeting.

Alumni Newsletter
Our Alumni Newsletter was sent out over Winter Break. Thanks, Jodi!

Semester Calendar
Please check out our revamped club website at http://copland.udel.edu/stu-org/ansci/index.html. It contains up-to-date club minutes and a calendar of events for the Spring Semester. If you would like to see the ANSC Club do certain events or activities this semester, please share your ideas by emailing Amanda at akilby@udel.edu. One of our most important events this semester is AG Day, and we'd like to dedicate the club meeting before AG Day entirely to preparation for the event. We would like to think of new crafts and possibly incorporate an educational theme. Although we will discuss more about AG Day at future meetings, please start brainstorming ideas. Also, start to think about awards you'd like to give out at our Awards Banquet at the end of the semester.

Regionals
We will be taking University vans and leaving for Amherst at 12:30pm on Friday, 2/24, and returning to Delaware on Sunday, 2/26. Remember that you will need at least one nice outfit for the awards dinner. Also, please be prepared if you will be presenting a scientific paper at the meeting. (Email Carolyn at cschnek@udel.edu for more information.)
There will be a livestock judging practice at Amanda's house on Friday, 2/17. We will be meeting in the Russell lot at 3:45pm to drive over. If you are going to Regionals, we ask that you make an effort to come to this practice, as it should be very beneficial.


That's it for last week's minutes. Please be reminded that there will be committee meetings this week. Also, our meeting has been moved to Wednesdays at 5:30pm in Memorial 111. Take note of this change, and we're sorry if this comes as an inconvenience to any of you.

See you Wednesday, 2/15 at 5:30pm in MEM 111.