Image: Kathrin Stanger-Hall, Associate Professor in Plant Biology and Director of the National Academies Southeast Summer Institute, was awarded ORAU* funding for the First Southeastern Scientific Teaching Network Conference, July 20-22, 2016 in Athens, GA. The ORAU Event Sponsorship program is a highly competitive program with University-selected proposals competing for funds. The Southeastern Scientific Teaching Network Conference was awarded the maximum award amount ($4,000) this year in a very strong competition. Way to go! *Oak Ridge Associated Universities, a 121 member university consortium of major PhD granting institutions. Photo caption: 2013 National Academies Southeast Summer Institute leadership team with Kathrin Stanger-Hall (right) and Peggy Brickman (3rd from left) from Plant Biology.