Scand-LAS annual meeting scholarships
The Scand-LAS board received a huge amount of good applications for this year’s scholarship and is pleased to announce that the following 12 people have received a scholarship for the 39th Annual Scand-LAS meeting in Ystad:
Camilla Hartmann Friis Hansen, DK (Scand-LAS Journal Scholarship)
Sakari Laaksonen, FIN (Scand-LAS Journal Scholarship)
Helen Otterå, N
Sofia Salicath, N
Elin Holmroos, SE
Sandra Ohlsson, SE
Natalie Sleiers, SE
Tine Larsen, DK
Anne Marie Karnøe, DK
Lene Vammen Søndergaard, DK
Janne Koch, DK
Lotte Nielsen, DK
We are looking forward to seeing all of you in Ystad.
The Ulla Kristina Stephens Travel and education Award
In the beginning of March 2008, I applied for the Ulla Kristina Stephens Travel and education award for animal technicians.
With a thirst of knowledge and only a dream of attending the AALAS in my mind, I submitted my application and recommendation to the Scand-LAS board.
After that, I was waiting, I hoped but really not expected a positive answer. I mean it is only one technician from all the Nordic countries and Estonia that have this fantastic opportunity to get this award.
You can imagine my surprise and happiness when I, a month later got the Ulla Kristina Stephens Travel and Education Award!!!
I really cannot describe my feelings afterwards. I felt like I had won on lottery...Once in a lifetime!
My trip to USA, Indianapolis took place in November 2008, from the 4th until 13th of November.
After many e-mail contacts combined with support during spring, summer and fall from Ulla Kristina Stephens, Fred Douglas (who is the manager of animal facilities at Purdue University) and my director Ann-Christine Eklöf, I finally put my feet at Indianapolis ground.
The first four days I had the amazing opportunity of spending time whit one of the most generous men in the world, Fred Douglas, at his animal facilities at Purdue University. I learned and saw so much and had so much fun that I will never forget!!
After my days in Purdue, I went to the AALAS meeting, catch up with Kristina Stephens, that woman is a gift to the world! Without her, this experience of mine never had happened. A lot of this changed my life in a very good way.
The meeting was quite overwhelming, everything is so big!! So much good learning and interesting persons.
And the fantastic thing is, everyone cares for animals!! Can’t say more than this was the happening of the year 2008 for me!
For all technicians in all Nordic countries and Estonia, APPLY!!
This is an opportunity and an experience you do not want to be without!!
I like to thank:
Ulla Kristina Stephens for being such a good mentor and for funding and planning this trip including all visits outside the AALAS conference. For her generosity to let technicians have this opportunity for further education and for just being who she is.
Fred Douglas and his family for taking such good care of me during my first days in USA. For showing me the animal facilities and how they work at Purdue University.
Ann-Christine Eklöf for in all time and weather helping and supporting me and always being by my side when ever I needed.
Scand-LAS for being a link in the chain making this trip a dream of mine, possible.
All my best!
Christina “Kickan” Ljung
Important message!
To you, who has got an invoice for membership fee in Scand-LAS, in which the fee is
275 SEK.
In order to be able to pay to a bank in your own country you should pay as follows:
In Denmark 190 DKK
In Norway 230 NOK
In Finland 26 Euro
In Estonia 400 EKK
Regards
Barbro Salomonsson
Participated Exhibitor Scand-LAS 2009
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