Histology professionals,

We regret to announce that we will not be organizing a meeting for 2024. We will miss seeing you all and hope to have something great in store for 2025.

Please consider taking a short two-question survey to help us gauge the level of interest for our Spring 2023 Symposium. Click here

Region IV Update: July 15, 2022

Region IV Director: Dawn Schneider

I hope everyone is having a great SUMMER!!! I know I am! It definitely has been a hot one so far with a few breathers (down to 49 degrees last night and felt wonderful). My vegetable plants sure do enjoy the heat as long as I water them every day if no rain. Before you know it fall will be here.

The NSH Board of Directors is still planning on having our Symposium in Reno, NV October 14-19. We are planning on having a HYBRID meeting which means you can either attend in person or virtually. Some people cannot travel yet so we hope to have a good mixture of attendees whether in person or virtually. The room rates for Reno are very affordable which is to our advantage. We are working with the local people in Reno and plan on following the guidelines they recommend for COVID protocols. The Program Committee is doing good with the meeting planning. Sign in to NSH.org to register if you haven’t already. The House of Delegates will not be virtual this year, but must attend in person. The HOD will convene on Tuesday, Oct. 18th at 3:30 pm. We are in need of Delegates to sit in the House, so if you are interested, please contact your State Society Presidents. If you are interested in volunteering to help at the Convention, please log onto NSH.org to see volunteer opportunities. I know I am excited to get back to an in person meeting. Hope to see you in Reno!!!!

The results of the elections that were held in April are: President Elect-Joanna Barton, Region 1-Luis Chiriboga, Region IV-Dawn Schneider, Region VII-Andre Zamorano and Treasure-Liz Chlipala. Congratulations to the new and returning board members.

In June Sharon Kneebone, our Executive Director, left NSH for another opportunity. We were saddened by Sharon’s departure and recognize everything she had done to bring NSH to where we are today. We are excited to announce that NSH has named Aubrey Wanner as our new CEO, Executive Director. We are excited that Aubrey, who had been working as Deputy Director for several years, agreed to move into the position of Executive Director. Aubrey brings with her a wealth of knowledge of the intricate workings of NSH since she has been with us since 2005 and will do a great job in her new position. Please welcome Aubrey to her position if you get the chance.

For Education, Online Study Tools, Checklists and Reference Guides other than the NSH Symposium please check out www.NSH.org for information. They have a great line up scheduled for their Education Series.

As always, Please stay safe and healthy during these trying times. If you have any questions, please contact me at dawn.schneider2@aspirus.org (new email).

2019 Indiana Society for Histotechnology

Spring Symposium

The Magic of Histotechnology

Featuring magic by Tim Ingersoll

March 1^st & 2^nd, 2019

See more on the Events page!

2018 Indiana Society for Histotechnology

Spring Symposium

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES:

Microscopically & Globally

March 2^nd & 3^rd, 2018

See more on the Events page!

It is with big regret that we announce the death of Larry Fields. Here is the information we have. A more detailed tribute will follow.

Lawrence Douglas Fields 69, of Greenfield, passed away July 7, 2017. He was born in Bridgeport, OH on January 18, 1948. He was preceded in death by his father, Lawrence E. Fields and brother Edward Fields. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Deborah; two sons, Lawrence (Janet) Fields II, Brandon (Heidi) Fields; 8 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; mother, Marie Fields; and sister, Jody Hunter.

Visitation will be held Friday, July 14, 2017 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. Funeral services will be on Saturday, July 15, 2017 at 12 p.m. at Flanner and Buchanan - Washington Park East, 10722 E. Washington St, Indianapolis. 

Published in the The Indianapolis Star on July 12, 2017

2016 Indiana Society for Histotechnology

Spring Symposium

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES:

The Future of Histotechnology

March 4^th & 5^th, 2016

See more on the Events page!

Thank you to those who attended the Indiana Society for Histotechnology Spring Symposium. This is a reminder that to receive a contact hour certificate for the meeting you must report your attendance to NSH through the NSH Contact Hour Portal  - ce.nsh.org

Instructions for adding your hours to your account are located below.  If you have any questions, please contact the NSH office, 443-535-4060.

Kind regards,

Diane Sterchi

ISH Education coordinator

Directions for Submitting Your Hours to the NSH Contact Hour Portal

1) Login to NSH Contact Hour Portal – ce.nsh.org (do not use www prior to the web address)

a. First Time to the Site? – complete the “Not Yet Registered” form to create your contact hour portal user account.  Once you have created a user account you will be asked to complete the user profile form (your name, address etc).  To complete the profile and access hours from previous events you will need your NSH Customer ID number in the first step.  NSH members can find their Customer ID# on their NSH membership cards.  If you don’t know your Customer ID number contact NSH at histo@nsh.org. 

2) Once you are logged in select “Session Tracker” from the top navigation

3) Add your Contact Hours for an event

a. Step 1: Year: Select the year in which the event was held.

b. Step 2: Event Title: All events approved in a specific year for contact hours by NSH are available to you to in this drop down list.  Select the name of the event you attended. You will find your event name listed on the front side of this contact hour tracking sheet

c. Step 3: Session Title: Select a workshop you attended – each workshop needs to be added individually.  The number of contact hours awarded for this session is preset and cannot be edited.

d. Step 4: Add: Click on Add and your workshop will appear in your session log listed below.

4. Print your contact hour certificate

a. Click on the box next to each session you would like to appear on your certificate. 

b. Make sure you click all of the sessions from one event if you want them to appear on one certificate.

c. If you want all of your hours for a specific year you will need to click on all of the sessions from that year.

We've added a new job posting! Head over to the Employment page to see full details.

We've added some additional links to continuing education options on our education page. There paid options as well as some that are free (free is good, right?)