Student
Information
Information for students attending the 2008 WDAFS Annual Meeting that will be
convened in Portland, May 4-9
Reduced Registration
Transportation
Accommodations
Employment Opportunities
Student Recruitment Flyer
Student Activities
Student members of the American Fisheries Society will receive three full days of fisheries sessions, four nights of socials, plus an eventful student activity calendar at a reduced early registration fee of just $90 (student non-member fee is $135).
Public transportation is excellent in the Portland area and there is no need to rent a car. Portland has an easy-to-use public transportation system consisting of the TriMet bus and light-rail systems.
For more information on transportation, go to our Plan Your Trip page.
The Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center-Lloyd Center welcomes the 2008 WDAFS Annual Meeting, May 4-9, 2008. Reservations may be made online by visiting http://doubletree.hilton.com/en/dt/groups/personalized/RLLC-DT-AFS-20080503/index.jhtml. You may also call (503) 281-6111. Ask for the rate code AFS to receive the special negotiated rate. Rooms will fill fast thus make your reservations well in advance.
For those students that commit to working at the meeting, complimentary lodging will be provided. Please contact Ian Reid at fisheater67@hotmail.com or (541) 261-2722 for additional information.
For more information on accommodations, please go to our Lodging page.
Attention Fisheries Students: We Need Workers for Western AFS Meeting!
How would you like to earn free* registration and lodging to the 2008 Oregon Chapter-Western Division American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in Portland, 5-9 May? We are looking for professional, trustworthy student workers to assist with a variety of logistical support tasks including:
Audiovisual support (PowerPoint and lights) in speaker room
Assembling and disseminating attendee packets at the registration desk
Providing directions and information to meeting attendees
Assisting with the raffle and auction
Helping with the running race
Setting up and taking down poster presentations
In addition to helping serve the noble cause of fisheries conservation, expanding your fisheries education, and networking and meeting interesting people, you will also be compensated for your labor ($8/hour). And you will still have plenty of time to attend technical presentations and enjoy social events.
To sign up to work at the Annual Meeting please contact
Ian Reid, Oregon Chapter American Fisheries Society Vice President at
fisheater67@hotmail.com or (541) 261-2722
*Free registration based on working the equivalent of registration costs ($90, or 11 hours of work). Free lodging is available to the first 30 students who commit to work at least 11 hours during the four-day conference and will be shared, gender-segregated, hotel rooms.
Student
Workshop (Free)
Leave Your Mark: Lessons Learned about Creating Natural Resource Careers that
Make a Difference
This
interactive session brings to students the results from Mike Fraidenburg’s book,
Intelligent Courage: Natural Resource Careers that Make a Difference.
Participants will examine challenges that they will encounter in their careers,
success factors that helped the inspiring people interviewed in the book to meet
these challenges, and the personal attributes that are an adaptive way to think
about career development. The implications from this work show how the model of
natural resource work is out-of-date and that there is substantial leadership
opportunity in crafting a new model of natural resource work. Expect this
workshop to have all of you thinking about strategies for creating the career
direction you want. The student workshop will be convened Sunday, May 4, from
5:15 p.m.—7:00 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center
Portland-Lloyd Center.
Student-Mentor
Social
Due to the huge success during previous meetings, we will once again be
facilitating a student-mentor social in Portland. Students and professionals
will have the occasion to discuss experiences, opportunities, and challenges in
fisheries careers in a one-on-one forum during the student-mentor social on
Tuesday, May 6, from 6:00 pm.—7:00 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel and Executive
Meeting Center Portland-Lloyd Center. Employers, professors, professionals, and
graduate program representatives are encouraged to attend.