Education Committee Establishes New Student Chapter Benefits
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The Public Relations and Publicity Committee Promotes Society Events Julia M. Phillips* AT&T Bell Laboratories
The Public Relations and Publicity Committee is the newest committee of the MRS. The charter of the Committee is to disseminate information about the Society and its activities to MRS members, potential MRS members, and the press, in addition to playing a role in the smooth running of MRS meetings. To date the primary responsibility of the Committee has been distribution of press releases and announcements regarding MRS meetings, awards, and special events such as plenary sessions. The articles you may have seen in trade publications such as Physics Today a n d Semiconductor
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regarding MRS meetings were written on the basis of material supplied by the Public Relations and Publicity Committee. Of course, in order to be most effective, information on MRS must be disseminated widely to publications which are read by members of the materials research community. The Committee has assembled an extensive list of such journals, as well as news publications in areas where meetings are held. This has played a major role in the
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increased attendance at recent MRS meetings. The Committee also has responsibilities toward the publication of the MRS BULLETIN. The Calendar showing meetings of interest to MRS members, which has become regular feature of the BULLETIN, was instituted and is maintained by the Committee. MRS members who know of meetings which should be included in the Calendar are encouraged to call me at (201) 582-4428 with the information, so that the Committee can continue to expand its coverage of these upcoming events. Informing potential members of the Materials Research Society of its activities
and the benefits of Society membership is accomplished through the wide distribution of brochures about the Society. The most recent brochure was designed by the Committee. Many new members were registered as a result of its dissemination. Oversight of the publicity-related functions at MRS meetings is also a responsibility of the Public Relations and Publicity Committee. These functions include training audio-visual personnel and overseeing meeting photography. Packets are also assembled for distribution to the press who attend. At the 1984 Fall Meeting, lay language abstracts were collected from selected authors. These were distributed to the press, and also appeared in the MRS BULLETIN.
All of these activities contribute to the growth and vitality of MRS by providing useful information to interested persons, helping membership growth, and contributing to the success of MRS functions. 'Julia Phillips is chairperson of the Public Relations and Publicity Committee.
Education Committee Establishes New Student Chapter Benefits Linn W. Hobbs* Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Two new programs have been instituted specifically to benefit MRS Student Chapters. The Student Travel Award and the Distinguished Lecturer programs were recently approved by the Council to enable studen
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