We are happy to announce the dates for the first annual student conference for the newly created California SMM Student Chapter. Our first annual meeting will be held on Saturday October 26th and Sunday October 27th at the University of California Santa Cruz. Registration/abstract submission is now open and we welcome submissions from both undergraduate, graduate, and recently graduated students. Go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6JLLKXDto register/submit an abstract. Click here<http://smm.pbsci.ucsc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/California-Student-SMM-2013-Meeting.pdf>, or check out our website <http://smm.pbsci.ucsc.edu/meetings/> for more information on the meeting. Please email us at californiastudentsmm@gmail.com if you have any questions! Cheers, Sarah and Liz -- Sarah Peterson and Liz McHuron California Student Chapter of the Society for Marine Mammalogy