No Fall ’20 Annual Mtg: Oct 24, Business Meeting and Teaching Discussion Instead.

Because of the pandemic we decided to not hold the Fall meeting this year, but instead will hold a virtual, full-membership Business meeting on October 24th, 2020, from 12:00pm-1:00pm.   All section members and interested parties are requested to attend. Zoom link and draft agenda are below.  Amongst our usual business, we will discuss some details of how the section will operate under the covid restrictions;  importantly, whether we will hold a yearly meeting for 2020-21 in the Spring, and what format is preferred (e.g. online-only, wait-and-see, etc.). 

In addition, just before the start of the Business Meeting, starting at 11am till Noon on that same day (Oct 24), we will also hold an informal discussion session, open to all our member educators–high school teachers, college-level instructors, professors, etc., as well as any other interested parties–for us to all share with each other our collective experiences on teaching under the Covid-related restrictions, such as online and hybrid class formats.   The goal is to for us to share effective methods.   So please also plan on joining us for that discussion time as well. 

-Justin Frantz,   Ohio University,  frantz@ohio.edu on behalf of the A-AAPT section officers

In Memoriam – Greg Puskar

We are very sad to report that we received news that Greg Puskar,  long-time member, officer, and our most recent section representative to the national AAPT, has passed away after battling a serious illness for some time.    Our thoughts and memories are with Greg’s family, and his home department at West Virginia University.