Volunteer
Mentor Match Program - KAS needs volunteers to manage and promote our Mentoring program for students, K12 teachers, and professional scientists. Would you like to help us connect members & make an impact on people in STEM careers? Get in touch
Science Speakers Bureau - Graduate & professional members can join the Speakers Bureau to fulfill requests from teachers, librarians, summer camps, conference organizers, Extension, etc. Current members can log in and edit their profile to sign up
Section leadership - Section leaders play a role in organizing talks and poster sessions for the Annual meeting, and serve as liaisons to the Governing Board on behalf of their section. Section leaders are elected each fall by section membe
rs at the Annual Meeting.Committee service - Members may sign up in the Member Menu after logging in. Join our Policy Committee, our Education & Engagement Committee, our Industry Committee, or Grants & Awards.
Governing Board service
Most board members serve 4 year terms. We’re especially looking for candidates from our smaller schools, who seem to be generally under-represented on the KAS Governing Board. Nominations are collected each September for the October ballot.
Contribute to the Bench Talk podcast
KAS Annual Meeting each November - Faculty serve as judges for Junior Academy presentations. Other volunteers help with registration and logistics.