Fall 1996 Edition
You are formally invited to attend the 1997 NCSA Annual Meeting at the Broyhill Inn and Conference Center at Appalachian State University while winter is still upon us. We are planning an interesting program centered upon the uses of technology in the sociological enterprise, but we also want you to have a chance to appreciate the scenery and the recreational opportunities of the season. (You do ski, don't you?)
We have reserved thirty rooms at the Broyhill Inn so accommodations will be convenient to the meetings. We hope that you can come early and stay for an extended visit.
Those of you who attended the last NCSA meetings in Boone will remember a delightful evening at the Appalachian Culture Center where we were entertained by Mary Green, a local balladeer and story teller. We are planning a reprise of that session for Thursday evening, Feb. 20.
On Friday, Feb. 21, the meeting will convene. Our theme this year is "The Sociological Web: Teaching, Technology and the Tools for the 21st Century." As always, we anticipate a lively and enlightening series of panels and presenters.
We are looking forward to your visit and invite you to linger in the area after the meeting. We have some of the best ski slopes on the east coast. Come and try them. And, lest you worry about getting around in the land of ice and snow, we are rarely shut down. The Department of Transportation keeps the roads clear and the traffic moving. We welcome you to Appalachian State and are proud that we can again host our annual meeting.
The NCSA tradition is to organize panels in which participants discuss their experiences and ideas as these relate to issues suggested by the theme. We are interested in your experiences with computers, the Internet, data bases, information access and exchange, remote teaching or any of the other information processing technologies currently available. We are particularly interested in what you may have used in your classes, research, or exchanges with colleagues and the potential uses of these technologies as part of the sociological endeavor.
Some suggestions for panels thus far include:
In what has become another part of our tradition, panel participants are always interesting, insightful and, at times, provocative. If you are interested in becoming part of that tradition and remembered as interested, insightful and provocative by your colleagues, join the program! We value your contributions and will be happy to provide you a venue. If you have ideas you wish to share, are interested in organizing or participating on a panel, please contact me using the technology of your choice.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Nominations may be made by an individual other than the nominee, an academic department, government agency, or employer. The nomination should include a summary of appropriate evidence, including information about items such as:
The winner will be recognized at the annual meeting and receive a
plaque and NCSA lifetime membership. Previous winners of this award
include Joseph Himes,
Isabelle Powell, Alfred Denton, Odell Uzzell, Ben
Judkins, Ella Keller, and Lee Dodson.
This is a good opportunity to recognize a colleague who has labored
long and hard for the discipline.
The deadline for nominations is 5 PM
on Jan 10, 1997. Nominations should be sent to Jacquelyn Freeman,
Department of Sociology, ASU, Boone, NC 28608 (phone 704-262-6393).
Each year the NCSA gives the Joseph S. Himes Award to the outstanding
undergraduate paper of the year. Now is the time to encourage your
talented undergraduates to rework that exceptional term paper,
independent study project, or senior thesis into a research paper and
submit it for consideration. Papers should be submitted in triplicate to
Professor Robert A. Wortham, Department of Sociology, NCCU, Durham, NC
27707. Deadline for submission is Jan. 10, 1997. A $50 award will be
presented to the winner at the NCSA annual meeting.
There have been years in which no award was made because of the dearth
of submissions. Please help us recognize the work of outstanding student
sociologists by encouraging them to submit their papers for
consideration.
NCSA President Bob Moxley and members of the NCSA Executive Council encourage all sociologists,whether professionals or students, to join the state association.
"We need every sociologist to be a part of this organization," said Moxley, "no matter where that person may work. At large university, at a community college, or in an applied setting. Our discipline and its practitioners will all benefit from a strong state sociological association."
"We would like for current members to pay their dues and to recruit their colleagues and students for membership in our association as well," said Pat Rector, Secretary-Treasurer of the NCSA. Dues are for the calendar year beginning Jan. 1. We are now soliciting for the 1997 annual dues.
Dues are still $7 per year for regular members and $1 per year for student members. There is no charge for institutions of higher learning. Payment may be sent to Pat Rector, Sociology Department, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC 28144.
How can you know when you last paid your dues? Look in the upper right hand corner of the mailing label on this issue of SOCIATION. The two digits there indicate the last calendar year in which your dues were paid.
Last year, the NCSA published its first directory of members. Although there were some errors, most members responded favorably to the directory which included all the colleges, universities, and community colleges in the entire state as well as listings for more than three hundred sociologists. Publishing a revised and updated directory is currently under discussion.
NCSA members are asked to fill out the membership form included in this edition of SOCIATION to reflect their most current information.
North Carolina Sociological Association Membership Application/Renewal Form
Regular membership in the NCSA is open to any person engaged in teaching or research in sociology, or in a field of applied sociology. Student membeship is open to any actively enrolled student whose major interest is sociology. Members receive SOCIATION, the Bulletin of the NCSA, three times per year and are invited to attend the annual meeting of the association in the spring. Dues are for one calendar year. The Association is now soliciting dues for calendar year 1997.
Name:____________________________________________
Institutional Affiliation:_______________________
Institutional Address:___________________________
Office telephone:____________________
Office FAX: _________________________
Office e-mail address:_______________
Disciplinary areas of interest. Please list two. (For example,
stratification, complex organizations, marriage & family, etc.)
________________________________
________________________________
Permanent Home Address:____________________________
___________________________________________________
Home phone:________________________________________
Home FAX: __________________________
Home e-mail address: _______________
I prefer to have SOCIATION mailed to me
____at my office/business/school address
____at my permanent home address
Type of membership:
____student (dues $1 per year)
____professional (dues $7 per year)
Please enclose a check for your 1997 dues in the amount indicated above.
Make all checks payable to the North Carolina Sociological Association.
Mail this form and your check to:
Dr. Pat Wyatt
Secretary-Treasurer, NCSA
Department of Sociology
Catawba College
Salisbury, NC 28144
Questions about membership and dues should be directed to Dr. Wyatt. If you have any difficulties concerning the receipt of SOCIATION (incomplete address, misspelled name, new apartment number, etc.), please contact its editor, Lee Dodson, Rockingham Community College, P.O. Box 38, Wentworth, NC 27375-0038 (910-342-4261, ext. 155; e-mail: nldodson@nr.infi.net).