Newsletters
AWSS members receive three newsletters per year (April,
August, and December). Newsletters contain articles, member
profiles, member news, job and meeting announcements,
committee activities, and more.
Volunteer to edit a newsletter
Every newsletter is edited by a volunteer from the AWSS
membership. Would you like to volunteer to edit one of
the newsletters? E-mail Jamie
Patton.
AWSS Articles Online
Complete AWSS newsletters are not available online prior
to 2005, but many of our best articles are.
2007
~ Volume
One
(pdf)
2006
~ Volume
One (pdf)
~ Volume
Two (pdf)
2005
~ Summer
(pdf)
2003
~ Riparian
Soils and the National Riparian Service Team: Susan
Casby-Horton overviews the training and resources available
from the National Riparian Service Team, including PFC
(Proper Functioning Condition) training and publications.
~ Where
Have All the Students Gone? Part 2 of 2: Learning
from Cal Poly - A Success Story for Undergraduate Soil
Science. Victoria Smith interviews Dr. Thomas J. Rice.
2002
~ Where
Have All the Students Gone? Part 1 of 2: Victoria
Smith interviews Dr. Mary Collins of the University of
Florida about the declining number of undergraduate soils
majors.
~ So
Much Depends on So Little: Use an apple to demonstrate
the earth's limited resources.
~ For
Fun: Dirt Cake Recipe: Jane Karinen shares a recipe
for a soils-themed chocolatey dessert.
2001
~ AWSS
Adpots New Logo: A brief description of the creation
and adoption of the new AWSS logo.
2000
~ AWSS History:
Margie Faber, AWSS Historian, gives a concise chronology
of the history of AWSS from 1981-2000.
~ Telecommuting...
The Pros of It - Part 1: Susan Samson-Liebig discusses
the increasing importance of telecommuting in today's
work force.
~ Telecommuting...
The Pros of It - Part 2: Susan Samson-Liebig shares
her own personal experience with telecommuting as an NRCS
employee.
1999
~ A Soil
Survey Centennial Snippet: An excerpt from the article
"Investigations in Adapting the Automobile to Accurate
Soil Survey and Road Traverse Work," Texas Agricultural
Experiment Station Circular No. 19, December 1919.
~ Become
a Part of the GLOBE Project to Promote Soil Science in
the Classroom: Elissa Levine describes the GLOBE (Global
Learning and Observations to Benefit the Enviornment)
Project and how it can benefit students, teachers, and
scientists interested in soils and other components of
our environment.
1996
~ AWSS
Special Session at SWCS: Cheryl Simmons recaps the
1996 SWCS Conference, including the AWSS session: Culture,
Customers, and Conservation.
1994
Girls
and Science - What We Can Do!: Beth Schwarzman gives
encouragment and advice about being a mentor to girls
and helping them succeed in science.
Girls
and Science - What is Being Done: Laura Merkel talks
about Girls Count, a coalition of organizations dedicated
to encouraging Colorado girls to prepare for their future.
1993
~ Association
of Women Soil Scientists "Genesis": Barb
Leuelling shares her story of founding AWSS, her perspective
on the present, and her hope for the future.
1991
~ History
of AWSS: At the first AWSS meeting, founder Barb Leuelling
talks about the beginnings of AWSS.
1985
~ Poem:
A delightful poem by Peg Harris about the clash between
one woman's desire for education and her mother's expectations.
~ Soil
Scientist Blues: Barb Cencich writes about combating
the loneliness and isolation of "digging holes for
a living."
1984
~ Soil
Survey on the ATB: Barb Cencich extols the virtues
of the all-terrain bicycle as a vehicle for soil mapping.
More articles coming soon...
