This news summary is a service to our members and is from the Executive Office of the American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, Maryland.

Table of Contents

• U.S. Physics Team Announced
• Meeting Reminders
• New at the AAPT Online Store
• Manage Your Membership

The 24 finalists for the 2005 U.S. Physics Team have been announced, and the schedule for the nine-day training camp, May 14-23, 2005, has been set. The 2005 International Physics Olympiad will take place in Salamanca, Spain, July 3-12, 2005. Information on the finalists can be found at http://www.aapt.org/olympiad2005/team.cfm

Have you submitted your Session and Workshop Request forms for the AAPT Winter 2006 National Meeting in Anchorage, AK? The deadline is May 1. The meeting is going to be extra special this year, the theme is going to be "Celebrating AAPT’s 75th Anniversary."

For more information on submitting a Session Request go to http://www.aapt.org/Events/sessionrequest.cfm

For more information on submitting a Workshop/Tutorial Request please go to http://www.aapt.org/Events/wksprequest.cfm

Don’t forget to get your applications in by June 1 to take part in the annual Apparatus Competition to take place at the AAPT Summer 2005 National Meeting.

For more information go to http://www.aapt.org/Contests/apparatus.cfm

For a limited time, the AAPT Online Store is now offering World Year of Physics novelty items. Don’t let 2005 pass yo by without making your purchase(s). To order your products go to http://www.aapt.org/Store/products.cfm?category=world%20year%20of%20physics

With a simple click of a mouse you can update your membership. You can go online to update your membership information, renew it, and even add an online journal. To access your membership page just go to https://www.aapt.org/Membership/myaccount.cfm

Sign up for one of the Area Committee listservs or other listservs. We have just added a Physics First listserv and a New Faculty listserv. For more information go to http://www.aapt.org/Membership/listservs.cfm