This story appears in The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society's student newsletter Professional Preface, vol. 7, no. 2, p. 2.

Outstanding Accomplishments!

Congratulations to the four outstanding Joint ASM/TMS Student Chapters that won the 2000 Chapters of Excellence Awards.

Most Improved Chapter Michigan Technological University Faculty Advisor: Douglas Swenson Chapter Chair: Richard Leslie	Michigan Techological University— Left to right: Tony Cimbalik, Amy Mikkola-Streicher, Nathan Tervo, and Rick Leslie.

Member Development & Chapter Management University of British Columbia Faculty Advisor: Mary Wells Chapter Chair: Matthew Lehmann	University of British Columbia— Left to right Zhendong Liu, Joydeep Sengupta, Erik Silden, Carolyn Moorlag, Matthew Lehmann, Sridevi Raman, Winky Lai

Career Development University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Faculty Advisor: Garry Warren Chapter Chair: April Lokey	University of Alabama— Left to right: Julie Wagner, Kristel Ary, Sarah Agee, Patrick Henry

Technical Programming University of Florida Faculty Advisor: Richard Connell Jr. Chapter Chair: Elyssa Cutler Promotion of the Field University of Florida	University of Florida— Left to right: Eric Caldwell, Tara Plew, Robert Proctor, Amy Gibson, Matt Beckler

Any active student chapter affiliated with ASM or TMS is eligible to submit a report. A selection committee consisting of ASM and TMS professional members chooses the awards.

For information on how to submit a report call Tara Braden at (724) 776-9000 ext. 259, or send an e-mail to tbraden@tms.org.

The awards will be presented at the 2000 TMS Fall Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri. Winning chapters receive a plaque and $500.