The Student Sections Committee (formerly the Student Activities Committee and Student Branches Committee) serves to represent the student members of the American Nuclear Society and their Student Sections. The SSC promotes the participation of students within the Society and facilitates communication between the Student Branches, their members, and ANS National.
Major Duties:
- Select hosts for the national student conferences and promote these events.
- Coordinate and facilitate student participation in ANS national conferences.
- Approve the nomination of student representatives to run for Student Director on the ANS Board of Directors
- Establish and maintain communication with and among student sections.
- Ensure the well being of ANS students nationally
The 2018 ANS Student Conference, Nuclear Equality in Policy, Energy Access, & Within the Engineering Community, will be held at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, April 5th-7th. Check out their website!
2017 ANS Annual Meeting: Innovating Nuclear Power
San Francisco, CA, June 11-15, 2017
Monday, June 12, 6-8 pm, Concourse D
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Announcements
- The ANS Winter meeting will be October 29th-November 2nd at the Marriot Wardman Park in Washington, DC
- The SSC Meeting is on Monday, October 30. Location is TBD. All are welcome!
- Signup for the Student Program is now open. Sign up when you register for the meeting. Space is limited!
- Signup for the Student Poster Session is also available. Submission of the abstracts or summaries is due Friday, September 29th.
- Congratulations to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Section as recipients of the 2016-2017 Samuel Glasstone Award!
- The 2017 updates of the Student Conference Proposal and Planning Manuals are now available.
- The website for the 2018 Student Conference, Nuclear Equality in Policy, Energy Access, & Within the Engineering Community, is now live. Mark your calendars for Apr 5th-7th, 2018.
- ANS is awarding up to $1500 to local and student sections for outreach events during Nuclear Science Week, October 16th-20th. To be considered, submit a PIA Cash Assistance Grant application before September 3, 2017.
- Please limit requests to no more than $1000. There is no minimum request.
- Check out the new Featured Outreach page for activities other sections are putting on. Submit your ideas to the SSC, and they may be featured on our website!
- Thank you everyone for attending the 2017 Student Conference, and to the University of Pittsburgh Student Section for a fantastic weekend!