The Student PostDoctoral Affairs Committee (SPDAC) brings together student and postdoctoral leadership across all SICB divisions. This committee consists of appointed student or postdoctoral representatives from each SICB division and a chair appointed by broader SICB leadership. SPDAC works to improve student and postdoctoral experiences within and outside of SICB membership through student and postdoc-led support, change, resources, and initiatives. Learn more about SPDAC projects and committee members below.
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- Student/Postdoctoral Affairs Committee (SPDAC) Mission and Guiding Principles:
- Did you know that undergraduates, post-baccalaureate researchers, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers make up more than 60% of SICB membership? The Student/Postdoctoral Affairs Committee (SPDAC) is the official representative body of these student and postdoc communities within SICB.
- SPDAC’s mission is to advocate for and raise awareness of the needs of our student and postdoctoral members. We strive to promote belonging and inclusiveness, community building, educational improvement, and professional and career development for all early career members of the Society.
- Student/Postdoctoral Affairs Committee (SPDAC) Mission and Guiding Principles:
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- What does SPDAC do?
- Plan a professional development workshop at the Annual Meeting.
- Host an informational booth at the Annual Meeting.
- Run the New Student Orientation at the Annual Meeting.
- Organize social events for student and postdoc members at the Annual Meeting.
- Assist with planning events at regional SICB conferences throughout the year.
- Facilitate virtual working groups on topics such as applying for academic jobs throughout the year.
- Participate in monthly planning meetings together with the committee chair.
- Help guide SICB towards a vision of the society that fits SPDAC’s 2024 Strategic Plan to better serve its student and postdoc members.
- Student members of SPDAC also serve ex officio (as non-voting members) in Divisional Executive Committee meetings.
- What does SPDAC do?
– How can you get involved in SPDAC?
– If you are a current graduate student or postdoc and are interested in serving as your division’s Student/Postdoc Representative, please reach out to your divisional Executive Committee and let them know! Members serve 3 year terms, or until they are no longer a student or postdoc, so positions often open up each spring or summer. You can contact the committee chair via the email address listed below.
Members
Contact the committee chair via chair.spdac@sicb.org
The committee consists of a chair, who is a Full Member of SICB and who is appointed by the President for a term of three years; the committee chair is a member of the SICB Executive Committee and an ex officio member of the Broadening Participation Committee. In consultation with each Division, the President appoints a Student or Postdoctoral Member to represent the Division; the terms of appointment are flexible but not more than three years.
-SICB Bylaws, Article XV, Section 7.
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