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Welcome
from VASTA's president Patty Raun
VASTA's Statements of Mission & Principles

NEWS

Apply for the Dorothy Mennen Research/Development Grant!

The VASTA Awards and Grants Committee is pleased to announce its first grant/award for 2011-12. VASTA's Dorothy Mennen Research/Development Grant award of up to $1000 to fund VASTA members for research or professional development. This is the fourth time VASTA has been able to offer this kind of grant, thanks to the success of our VASTA Endowment. As part of the ongoing mission of the organization, VASTA is very pleased to be able to support the profession by providing an opportunity to members for greater professional development.

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Workshops

We all know that summer is a great season for conferences and workshops to improve our skills or explore new interests. Many members may not realize that VASTA has two pages, that are maintained by our Officer of International Resources, on the site that list workshops & conferences, year-round, both in the USA and internationally. These can be found in the Workshops area on the navigation bar to the left or you can go directly to the United States and International pages. Robert Gontier is currently keeping up these pages, you can email him with any workshops you would like to publicize.

Announcements!

Members! If you need to make an announcement to all your fellow VASTA members, send a message to our Membership Director. This could include everything from a call for papers to job announcements. If you have a workshop or conference that you want to publicize that regards to voice, please get in touch with our Officer for International Resources.

VASTA Members

Remember all functions dealing with your membership can now be accessed via MemberClicks. If you sign in, you can update information for our database and the professional index, renew your membership, and access the Member Directory. Simply go to the VASTA MemberClicks Profile Login. All these can be accessed via the Navigation Bar on the left as well, under Membership. Go to letter

The Moving Voice

The Voice & Speech Review, the bi-annual journal of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association has published its newest edition, The Moving Voice. This edition explores the integration of voice and movement along with many other exciting articles dealing with private practice, speech and dialects, pedagogy, and much more.

Members of VASTA should automatically receive a copy of the journal. If you have not, please contact the editor. If you are not a member and would like to purchase this journal or earlier editions, they can be purchased online.

VASTA Store!

Show your pride in our organization at the 2009 Conference! VASTA now has a number of apparel, accessories, and house wares with the VASTA logo. A portion of all sales go directly to VASTA and its operating costs. Check it out!!!

VASTA Voice Online

In a commitment to educating individuals about voice and speech, VASTA makes all of the back issues of it's newsletter available online. Both the eNewsletter and the original paper VASTA Newsletter are all available under the Publications section of the sidebar.

If you are interested in seeing the current VASTA Voice, which has exciting information about the upcoming VASTA conference, make certain you Join VASTA. You can Join Online or in the Traditional way by sending the application via postal.

Institutions are Invited to apply to host a Fellow

VASTA is excited about its new Fellows Program, which connects qualified VASTA representatives with institutions in need of workshops, master classes and symposia. The purpose is to provide expertise in specific areas that may not be available in a given institution.

As a part of the VASTA Vision 2014 outreach advocacy goals, VASTA seeks to raise the profile of what we do as an organization, raise standards for practice within the profession and increase public awareness of effective, healthy and creative vocal usage.

VASTA Members: Know someone who could use a VASTA Fellow? Why not forward this announcement (pdf) to your friends, and encourage your colleagues to apply!

More information and the Application

Membership Enrichment Grants (MEG)

VASTA is now offering a Membership Enrichment Grants to those VASTA members who wish to host either a regional networking meeting or voice and speech trainers workshop. The application process is simple, follow the instructions posted on the web site, http://www.vasta.org/resources/meg.html, and contact the Past President, who will get back to you. VASTA can can assist you with expenses up to $500. Special consideration will be given to proposals that promote the exchange of ideas, techniques, and pedagogy to enhance our work as trainers and coaches. Applicant must be a member of VASTA for two years. Workshop participants need not be VASTA members. As a follow up, we ask that any recipient of a ROW submit a paragraph or two about your event for the VASTA Voice, the on-line news letter.

VASTA Medical Advisor
Yolanda Heman-Ackah, M.D. has been VASTA's Voice of medical reason for the past two years. She is available via email to answer any questions about medical voice problems, anatomy & physiology, voice care. You may email Dr. Heman-Ackah at vastamd@hotmail.com. Also, you can access the VASTA MD page via the navigation at the left of every page: it's listed under Resources.

VASTA Vision Available Online
A ten-year VASTA goal-setting retreat was held in Las Vegas on November 12 and 13, 2004. A group of twenty-four current and past VASTA board members met to chart the organization's next decade. The culmination of this experience was the development of the VASTA Vision document, which is now available for your perusal . This document is available under "publications" in the navigation scheme on the left side of every page of the website. (Please note that this was a part of the VASTA Voice Newsletter published in February 2005.)

Member Contact Info Update Form Now Available

Have you moved recently? You can now update your information in the VASTA Database through our online form. Use the navigation on the left of any page to select Membership, and then click on "Update Your Contact Info." This will guide you to the our database service, where you can update your Membership Profile. The information in your profile is what we use for all our contact information (like when we email the VASTA Voice) as well as your Professional Index form.

IPA Fonts

An update has been made to the IPA font set for Windows. It is downloadable as a single zip file and gives instructions to be set up as simply as possible for usage.

International Events New!
Prepared by Kara Tsiaparas, this resource lists events world-wide for Voice and Speech Trainers.

VASTA Bibliography
Brad Gibson, VASTA's Bibliographer maintains an online version of the VASTA Bibliography. Thanks in part to a grant from ATHE, records from the old paper version of the bibliography have been loaded into electronic format.   This searchable resource is a far more useful version and offers full boolean searching. The bibliography is located on Libraryworldcom.com's  website. To log in, follow this link, and enter the Library Name:  "vastabibliography" (no space) .  Then click "submit".   Once you've logged in, there will be further instructions on the welcome page. 
To submit books and resources to the bibliography, please use this online form to forward the information to Brad Gibson.

Though VASTA is an independent, incorporated identity, it is also
a Focus Group of ATHE - The Association for Theatre in Higher Education

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