| Last call for the 2024 chapter survey! Please see below for a link to our survey and complete it by June 16. Are you involved in the hiring process? See below for a chance to serve on our September panel! Contribute to the chapter by following links below to contribute to the history project and the DEI initiative! We also have a reminder from NCRAF about their RAC workshop and a save the date for our chapter dinner in New Orleans. |
| 2024 Chapter Survey |
Reminder to please complete our brief chapter survey by June 16 for the chance to win free registration to the 2025 Chapter Conference! This survey is for all who receive this email, whether you attended the 2024 conference or not. Your input is used to plan next year’s events to better serve the chapter’s interests. Thank you to the 32 people who have already responded for your input and ideas! 2024 Chapter Survey Link |
| Seeking Panelists for our Fall Event |
AMWA Carolinas is looking forward to co-hosting an in-person professional career development symposium with the North Carolina Regulatory Affairs Forum (NCRAF) on Thu Sep 12th, 2024 at the NC Biotechnology Center in Durham. The event will include a networking reception from 5:30 to 6:30 pm and a panel discussion from 6:30 to 8 pm. We are seeking the following panelists in the Triangle area working in the regulatory affairs and/or regulatory medical writing field: a talent acquisition specialist, a recruiter, a hiring manager, and a human resources specialist. Ideally, we seek panelists with at least 5 years of experience. The first half of the panel session will be geared towards the recruitment, screening, and hiring process and the second half of the session will be geared towards how artificial intelligence is involved in these processes. Panelist Interest Form |
| Chapter Dinner at AMWA 2024 |
Registration for the AMWA 2024 Medical Writing & Communication Conference in New Orleans is open, grab the lowest rates by registering before June 30! Save the date for our Carolinas Chapter dinner on October 24th (meet in the hotel lobby at 5:30). Venue and registration details to follow. |
| Chapter History Project |
AMWA Carolinas has launched an initiative to capture, digitize, and share our chapter history. We have a volunteer historian, Maria Cardenas, looking for the history of our Board, important milestones, and conference history. If you have chapter files, photos, or memories to share, please fill out our Chapter History Intake Form |
| Chapter DEI Resource Survey |
| Do you know of helpful diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) resources for medical writers? One of the ideas from our book club group was to facilitate DEI education by creating a repository of DEI resources on our chapter webpage. You can help by submitting DEI resources you have found helpful to our list – articles, courses, videos, books, websites, etc! Submit your suggestion here: DEI Resources for Medical Writers |
| Upcoming NCRAF Events |
| Registration for NCRAF’s 2024 Summer RAC Workshops is now open. The first session will be Jun 25 at 7 pm on Zoom. The cost is $75 and registration requires a NCRAF membership. For more information and to register, visit https://www.ncraf.org/. |
