Current & Upcoming Events

AAUS BOD Call for Nominations

The 2013 AAUS Nominating Committee is seeking individuals to run for two executive officer positions; President-Elect and Secretary, and a Director-at-Large on the AAUS Board of Directors.

Commencing on January 01, 2014, the President-Elect will serve a two year term, automatically succeeding the President at the end of his/her term for a two-year term as President. The Secretary will serve a two-year term. Duties and responsibilities are detailed in the AAUS Bylaws available for reference at http://aaus.org/bylaws. The Director-at-Large position involves a three-year term.  Duties and committee responsibilities will be assigned by the President.

Qualified candidates must be voting members in good standing with the Academy.

Please submit nominations to one of three nominating committee members:

Christian McDonald, Chair (cmcdonald@ucsd.edu)

Steve Sellers (Steven_Sellers@nps.gov)

Dave Pence (dpence@hawaii.edu)

The nominating committee will present a list of nominees and candidate bios to the Board of Directors on March 31, 2013. Candidates will be asked to submit responses to several questions to be provided to the AAUS membership as part of the election process. An electronic poll will open on May 01 and close June 30, 2013. 

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FSU Panama City’s Dive Symposium

Florida State University Panama City will host “Deep Submergence: Past, Present, and Future of Oceanic Exploration” on Thursday, June 20. The symposium will give dive, engineering, math, technology, and science enthusiasts the opportunity to interact with professionals in the oceanic exploration industry as they discuss how they have redefined the scope of deep sea exploration. http://www.aaus.org/announcements#FSU