{"id":2144,"date":"2022-08-17T14:30:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sicb.burkclients.com\/wp\/?page_id=2144"},"modified":"2022-10-11T15:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T15:47:19","slug":"fall-2022-division-of-vertebrate-morphology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sicb.burkclients.com\/wp\/?page_id=2144","title":{"rendered":"Fall 2022: Division of Vertebrate Morphology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Message from the DVM Officers<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Rick Blob<\/strong>, Chair (chair.dvm@sicb.org<\/a>); Nicole Danos<\/strong>, Program Officer (dpo.dvm@sicb.org<\/a>); Vanessa Young<\/strong>, Secretary (secretary.dvm@sicb.org<\/a>); Lara Ferry<\/strong>, Chair-Elect (chairelect.dvm@sicb.org<\/a>); Alice Gibb<\/strong>, Program Officer-Elect (dpoelect.dvm@sicb.org<\/a>); Adrien Arias<\/strong>, SPDAC Representative<\/em><\/p>\n

Greetings everyone!\u00a0 It\u2019s a pleasure to reach out as your DVM officers to report on events from the past several months and look ahead to events for SICB 2023 and beyond!<\/p>\n

To begin, we\u2019ll re-introduce ourselves:\u00a0 DVM officers are Rick Blob (Chair), Nicole Danos (Program Officer), Lara Ferry (Chair-Elect), Alice Gibb (Program Officer-Elect), Vanessa Young (Secretary) and Adrien Arias (SPDAC Representative).\u00a0 Please reach out to any of us with items you would like to have attention from DVM.<\/p>\n

Our current group of officers will be in place through the end of the 2023 meeting in Austin. New terms will begin at the end of the meeting, with Lara Ferry starting as Chair, Alice Gibb starting as Program Officer, and Rick Blob moving to the position of Past Chair. Thanks very much to Nicole Danos for her hard work as Program Officer, especially during the challenges of the past years! We\u2019re also excited to welcome our new Secretary-Elect.<\/p>\n

Spring 2022 Election Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Crystal Reynaga (she\/her), Assistant Professor of Biology, Dickinson College<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Congratulations to Crystal Reynaga on her election to DVM Secretary-Elect!\u00a0 Crystal will begin her term as Secretary-Elect at the conclusion of the SICB 2023 annual meeting.<\/p>\n

Thanks again to our candidates, and to the nominating committee for their efforts.<\/p>\n

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Announcing New DVM Initiatives<\/strong><\/h2>\n

One of our key activities since our last newsletter was to survey DVM members on some proposed uses for Divisional discretionary funds. Thanks to the over 100 members who provided feedback for these important decisions about how we can use Divisional resources. The three proposed initiatives all received strong (> 80%) support:<\/p>\n