ASA President Bob Rodriguez explains the success of the ASA’s Continuing Education program and describes other kinds of continuing professional development our association should support.

Here are the 2012 election results for the 2013 ASA Board of Directors and chapter and section officers. All terms will begin January 1, 2013.

The ASA Committee on Minorities in Statistics will host a diversity workshop and mentoring program at JSM from July 29 to August 1. Students, faculty, and professional statisticians from government and industry are encouraged to participate.

The National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education is interested in input that can inform new activities and programs to support and improve K-12 mathematics education.

The 12th biennial Islamic Countries Conference on Statistical Sciences (ICCS-12) will be held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, from December 19–22.