is Monday, October 2, 2023 at 5:00 pm ET.

You can download the Call for Abstracts and access the submission site on the SEACSM Annual Meeting website.

We will have another Annual Meeting Planning newsletter on October 15. Until then, everything you need to know is on the on the SEACSM Annual Meeting website.

Every year, the ACSM Foundation awards thousands of dollars in research grants to student researchers and young investigators. The deadline to apply for the 2024 grants is November 10, 2023.

Students who are ACSM members are eligible. Students who aren't ACSM members can join for $30 for the first year. ACSM student membership is available to eligible undergraduate, graduate and medical students and includes access to career development resources and opportunities that will help them in and out of the classroom.

This grant will be designated for human research on the impacts of minimalist footwear on biomechanics, performance, injury and physical activity across the lifespan.

This award is meant to encourage human research in the area of physical activity, training and human performance relative to athletic events (e.g., track and field, hiking, trail running, road races, walking).

This award is meant to encourage research in thermoregulation, exercise and hydration.

One project focused on advancing research into the health benefits — physical, mental and emotional — of physical activity and sports will be funded.

This award is meant to encourage researchers early in their careers to become involved with physical activity epidemiology.

This award is meant to encourage the research of mechanistic, hypothesis-driven, basic and applied research in exercise science.

The SEACSM Minority and Health Research Special Interest Group (MHR-SIG) supports the National ACSM MHR-SIG’s purpose of providing a multidisciplinary forum for focused discussion and collaborative research on minority health issues, with particular emphasis on preventable disease conditions and cardiovascular disease risk factors. The new co-chairs are Lauren Reid, MPH, PhD and Kristin Mendez, MS, CSCS.

For more information about this SIG, please follow both the SEACSM and ACSM MHR-SIG on Instagram: @southeastern_acsm and @acsm_mhrsig. Our annual meeting will be held during the SEACSM conference in February 2024. We hope to see you there!

All EIM-OC registered campuses are invited to participate by creating a short video addressing this year’s theme, “Together We Move.”

The winner will earn ultimate bragging rights and $1,000 in prize money! Second and third-place schools will also receive prizes.

You can learn more at the EIM-OC Mascot Challenge website. The deadline to apply is October 16, 2023.

Check out the most recent job and graduate assistant positions now on our Jobs, Internships, and Graduate Programs page.

Employers and program coordinators: Instructions for sharing your job, internship, and graduate program opportunities are available there, too.

ACSM has a new career center to connect you with your next job. There are currently over 600 job listings, including 150 in the Southeast region.

Start your job search at https://careers.acsm.org/jobseekers/

The goal of the ACSM Strategic Health Initiative for Women, Sport, and Physical Activity (SHI-Women) is to address current issues facing women's health and fitness through clinical practice, research, public information, advocacy, and leadership/mentoring programs. Currently, females represent approximately 50% of the ACSM membership. Yet, less than 25% of those women have achieved fellowship status. Please consider volunteering to help the SHI-Women in building its mentoring program.

Any ACSM member in good standing who has achieved fellowship status is eligible to be a mentor. The commitment to serve is for a minimum of 3 months. For more specific information regarding the Mentoring Women to Fellowship Program, you can view the ACSM Become a Mentor webpage.

You can learn more about this and other volunteer opportunities in our region on our website.

Elizabeth Ackley, Ph.D. Roanoke College

David Fukuda, Ph.D. University of Central Florida

Zachary Kerr, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Zacharias Papadakis, Ph.D. Barry University

Brandt Pence, Ph.D. University of Memphis

Kimberly Reich, Ph.D. High Point University

Paula Seffens, Ph.D. University of North Georgia

Andrew Shanely, Ph.D. Appalachian State University

Toni Torres-McGehee, Ph.D. University of South Carolina

Srikant Vallabhajosula, Ph.D. Elon University

Danielle Wadsworth, Ph.D. Auburn University

Susan Yeargin, Ph.D. University of South Carolina

This year we want to connect members in the region by inviting departments/labs in the Southeast Chapter to be featured on our social media platforms! We would post your department/lab on social media based on the information you send. If you would like your department/lab showcased, please contact our Student Representative, Alyssa Parten at aparten@una.edu.

SEACSM Executive Board

Jonathan Wingo, President. University of Alabama, jwingo@ua.edu

Danielle Wadsworth, Past-President. Auburn University, wadswdd@auburn.edu

Kim Reich, President-Elect. High Point University, kreich@highpoint.edu

Gordon Fisher, At-Large Member. University of Alabama-Birmingham, grdnfs@uab.edu

Mallory Marshall, At-Large Member. Samford University, mmarshal@samford.edu

Sam Buckner, At-Large Member. University of South Florida, slbuckner@usf.edu

Scott Lyons, At-Large Member. University of North Alabama, slyons1@una.edu

Julie Marino, At-Large Member. University of North Carolina Charlotte, jmarin11@charlotte.edu

Alyssa Parten, Student Representative. University of North Alabama, aparten@una.edu

Adam Ibrahim, Student Representative. University of Tennessee, aibrah11@vol.utk.edu

Ryan Draper, Sports Medicine Physician Representative. Cone Health, timothyd72@yahoo.com Carolynn Berry, Executive Director. Winston-Salem State University, berryc@wssu.edu

Michael Berry, Exhibits, Sponsorships and Fund Raising. Wake Forest University, berry@wfu.edu

Lynn Panton, Representative to ACSM. Florida State University, lpanton@fsu.edu

Brian Parr, Communication Director. University of South Carolina Aiken, brianp@usca.edu