I’d like to extend a sincere Thank You! for the opportunity to introduce myself as your next HAPS Communications Committee Blog Master. My name is Brian Reid and I am a non-traditional, undergraduate senior in the Neuroscience Institute of Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
I’d like to thank Dr. Lois Borek for referring me to Dr. Kyla Ross (HAPS Steering Committee Chair) for consideration in the TA Apprenticeship Program for Anatomy I & II. I began to teach A&P I & II Labs in the Fall semester following my Apprenticeship, and with several years experience under the direction of Dr. Ross and now, Dr. Kavita Oommen and Kathy Rockwell, I continue to enjoy this contribution to my educational experience.
I became a student member of HAPS in 2016 when I attended the National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. I presented a workshop entitled “Learning How to Learn A&P, a TA’s Perspective” with my co-presenter, Emily O’Connell, TA;under the advisement and direction of the convention’s Co-Chair, Dr. Kyla Ross. We were thrilled with the overwhelming welcome and presented to more than 120 in attendance (standing room only!), and were honored to present again along with Shauna Cheesman, TA at the HAPS Eastern Regional Conference in Fort Lauderdale, October 2016.
I joined Communications Committee at the National Convention and am now happy to serve as your HAPS Blog Master for the spring 2017 term. My academic, professional, and life experiences, coupled with the advisement by Dr. Lois Borek and Dr. Kyla Ross, and now my affiliation with HAPS, a wonderful national organization of professionals, will ultimately pave the way for me to become an academic professional in the future.
I’d like to extend my gratitude to each of you in advance, for your contributions to the HAPS Blog and I look forward to working with everyone as Blog Master. Please email me with any ideas and certainly your submissions to the blog.
I look forward to meeting each of you in May 2017, Salt Lake City, UT.
See You There !
Bests,
Brian Reid
HAPS – National Convention 2017 – Salt Lake City, UT