The Latest YPAB News

By: Kate Gawel

With both the Spring Meeting and Student Regional Conferences quickly approaching, YPAB is focused on preparing for a wide variety of programs and events.

Next Conference Call

YPAB conference calls are typically held on the first Wednesday of the month from 3-4pm EST. Our next conference call is tentatively scheduled for March 7. If you are interested in participating in the call or would like more information about what YPAB is currently working on, please email Robin Ng at ypab@aiche.org to be added to our listserv. Once on our listserv, you will receive meeting notices for each month's conference call as well as meeting minutes after the call.

Spring 2012 Meeting

Currently YPAB is focusing a lot of effort on the 2012 Spring Meeting in Houston, held the first week of April. At the meeting, YPAB will be co-sponsoring a number of sessions as well as a networking mixer. If you are interested in finding out more about the 2012 Spring Meeting or are interested in helping to plan YP events for the 2013 Spring Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, please contact Meagan Lewis at melewis25@gmail.com.

2012 Student Regional Meetings

YPAB is currently seeking YP volunteers throughout the country to participate in the student regional conferences. If interested, please see the article in this edition of the YP newsletter titled "Student Regional Conferences: Call for YP Volunteers" or contact Luke Richardson at luke.richardson@arkema.com.

2012 Annual Meeting

The 2012 Annual Meeting will be held in Pittsburgh this year during the last week in October. YPAB is currently looking for volunteers interested in helping to organize student programming, YP programming, and a YP social. No prior experience with YPAB is necessary, new graduates and members, as always, are welcome. If you are interested, please contact Robin Ng at ypab@aiche.org.

Transition to Young Professionals Committee (YPC)

The YPC Bylaws have been submitted for approval to the Career & Education Operating Council (CEOC) and are currently being voted on. We hope to be approved as a committee sometime this spring. For more information see the article in this edition of the YP newsletter titled "The Transition from YPAB to YPC: How Does It Affect Me?".

AIChE Young Professional Newsletter

YPAB hopes to continue to publish newsletters on a quarterly basis. We are looking for volunteers interested in helping with the newsletter either by writing articles or editing them. We also would like to include more information about what YP local sections across the country are doing in our future Upcoming Local YP Section Events articles. If you are interested in volunteering or advertising future programming in the newsletter, please email Kate Gawel at katherine.gawel@gmail.com.