What is the SAM Student Forum?
The SAM Student Forum, formerly known as the SAM Student Interest Group, is comprised of the student members of SAM. All students who join SAM are also automatically members of the Student Forum. Participating in Student Forum activities is simply one more way for students to become involved in the Society.

How does the Student Forum work for you?

• Announcements: Using the SAM newsletter, the SAM listserv, our student email list, and now this webpage, we keep you up-to-date on the latest student-related announcements and deadlines. Watch this spot for late-breaking news!
• Conference Activities: Every year we organize a student-only dinner and a student reception, and we also frequently put together session panels devoted to student concerns (recent sessions have included c.v. writing and alternative career paths for musicologists). We help staff the Silent Auction, proceeds of which help fund student conference travel. Finally, we make arrangements for a student rate at the conference hotel or find an alternative hotel close to the conference site and help students find roommates for the conference.

Upcoming Conference Announcements

• Travel Funds: Thanks to generous donations from SAM members and proceeds from the Silent Auction (held yearly at the conference site), monies are available for students to help defray the cost of conference travel. Applications are due 15 December 2005. For more information or to apply for travel funds, click here.
  
  
• Roommate Share: Need help finding a roommate for the next conference? We can help! Email Travis with your specific needs and we will do our best to match you with an appropriate student roommate.
  
  
• Mark Tucker Award: The Mark Tucker Award is given yearly for an outstanding student paper read at our national meeting. The award honors the life and work of Mark Tucker, a much beloved former member of SAM. Any student planning to read a paper at the next national conference is eligible to apply. Plan ahead for this application! A complete version of your paper will need to be sent to the committee well in advance of the conference. For more information about the award and application instructions, click here.
  
  
• Silent Auction: We will need all the help we can get at the next Silent Auction! Don't forget to stop by the auction site, meet Dianna Eiland, bid on books and music, and sign up for a time to help. We will especially need sorting help at the close of the auction on Saturday evening. Students who receive travel funds are expected to give a few hours of their time to the auction.
  
  
• Conference Events: Make room in your conference schedule for two student-only events! On Friday night we typically meet for a student-only dinner. We will post details about the location on the announcement board once we arrive at the conference site. We are also planning a student reception for Saturday morning. If you are awarded travel funds for the conference, you will receive your check at this reception. This is also a great opportunity to meet other SAM members! And...there will be food!

What would you like the Student Form to do for you?
The SAM board recently voted to changes our status from an interest group to our present designation, the Student Forum. The board also voted to allow us a guaranteed spot on the program every year. This is a great opportunity for us to put together sessions that speak to student needs and interests. We are always looking for ways to encourage student participation in conference activities, foster contacts with each other throughout the year, and encourage student members to become active, life-long SAM members. If you have any ideas or comments, please contact the Student Forum co-chairs, Travis Stimeling and Ryan Banagale

Student Email List: If you are a SAM student member and do not already receive email messages from us, contact Travis to be added to the list.

Want to know more about joining SAM? Click here!