Member News Obituary: Andria Erzberger
Andria (Andi) Erzberger died August 30 after a long struggle against cancer. Andi was an outstanding high school physics teacher, a 26-year member of AAPT, a founder of the Contemporary Physics Education Project, initiator of the Particle Adventure in her high school classroom, a leader of PTRA, an original leader of QuarkNet, winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 1991, and a recent recipient of AAPT's Distinguished Service Citation. She was always full of enthusiasm and ideas. Her service to the physics community was invaluable. She will be sorely missed by thousands of students and friends.
—Clarence Bakken (and AAPT Staff)
New Member Benefit: Congress Web
Take action and write to your senators and congresspersons in support of increased funding for science education. AAPT makes it easy for you through Congress Web and the Legislative Action Center.
PER-CENTRAL Digital Archive Now Live
The Physics Education Research-Community Enhancing Network for Teaching, Research, and Learning is pleased to announce the launch of its digital archive. Access is free and with an account users can browse through the database, submit resources to be included in the collection, maintain a discussion forum, and create your own personal "filing cabinet" of previously searched items.
Contributions to ComPADRE SoughtComPADRE and the Physical Sciences Resource Center (PSRC) are looking for good materials that can be added to the collections. To submit materials or register (free) click
here.
2007 NCUR/Lancy Initiative: Call for Proposals The Initiative is designed to provide exceptional undergraduates with the opportunity to do original work in close collaboration with faculty mentors. The program will make grants to institutions only. Please see proposal guidelines
here.
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