A reminder that the annual South Wide Forest Disease Workshop will be held 29 June-2 July 2009 in Greenville, South Carolina at the Hyatt Regency Greenville hotel. Please visit the SWFDW website (https://fp.auburn.edu/sfws/enebak/swfdw/swfdw.html) and be sure to make your hotel reservation as soon as possible. We have a block of 25 rooms set aside for the group until 8 June, please make your reservations by this date. Room rates are $92.00 (USD) per night plus tax for single occupancy (add $10 for each additional room occupant). Here are the details: Date: 29 June -2 July 2009 Place: Hyatt Regency Greenville, 220 North Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601 Phone reservation: (864) 235-1234 or 800-233-1234. Ask for the "South Wide Forest Disease Workshop" group rate. Visit http://greenville.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp for hotel information. Registration fees: Professional: $195 per person; student: $175 per person. Deadline for registration is 23 May 2009 and a late fee of $50 will be added after this time. Registration fees include Monday mixer, meeting room costs, snack and coffee breaks, and the field trip, lunch, and banquet on Wednesday. Abstracts and Posters: Call for Paper Presentation and Poster Session. If you are interested in making a paper presentation or participating in the poster session, please send your abstract to Bill Jones (wejones(a)fs.fed.us) by 30 April 2009. Please see website for mailing address. Outstanding Forest Pathology Paper Awards: Two awards for outstanding forest pathology papers will be awarded; one for RESEARCH and one for EXTENSION. Authors should provide a reprint for material published January 2008 through June 2009, labeled for category of entry; Research or Extension. The papers will be posted on the web and voted on by the SWFDW membership. Papers to be considered must be received no later than April 30, 2009. email reprints to Scott Enebak at enebasa(a)auburn.edu An exciting field trip is planned for Wednesday, 1 July. This field trip will highlight several pathology issues in upstate South Carolina such as screening hybrid chestnut seedlings and the role of fire on plant diseases, just to name a few issues. Please feel free to forward this information to others who might be interested in attending. Hope to see you in Greenville on 29 June! Dr. Lori G. Eckhardt Assistant Professor & Director Forest Pathology & Entomology Forest Health Dynamics Laboratory Forest Health Cooperative 3301 School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Bldg Auburn University, AL 36849-5418 Phone: (334) 844-2720 Lab: (334) 844-1058 Fax: (334) 844-1084 Email: eckhalg(a)auburn.edu Website: https://fp.auburn.edu/sfws/eckhardt/ "A professor can never better distinguish himself in his work than by encouraging a clever pupil, for the true discoveries are among them, as comets amongst the stars..." Linnaeus