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Subject Area

Section 2: The Virginia Academy of Science - Considering its History and its Roles

Document Type

Article

DOI

10.25778/CCJV-7A21

Abstract

As a newcomer to Virginia in 1968, I learned that annual meetings of the Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) were regarded as an excellent place for students to have their first experience giving a talk about their research to fellow scientists, and a place for faculty to get to know other Virginia scientists in their fields. Over the next four decades William and Mary students (undergraduate and graduate) and I were presenters or co-authors of 42 talks or posters at VAS annual meetings, 29 of them based on studies of plant ecology across Virginia. Two were talks by colleagues with whom we shared ecological data, part of the continued interaction with other botanical scientists across Virginia that was so enriching to our studies. Seven of the student presenters later published their work as articles in the Virginia Journal of Science. The Academy has been an integral part of my career for over half its existence! Long may it serve Virginia’s scientists and their students!

Comments

This is based on an invited talk given at the spring 2023 meeting of the Botany Section of the Academy.

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