Description: Since 1977, the mission of the CAS/SOA Joint Committee on Minority Recruiting has been to support the education of and provide monetary assistance to qualified minority students African Americans, Hispanics, and Native North Americans to pursue an actuarial career. This article describes the 1998-99 activities of this Committee.

Description: The Actuary Vol. 22, No. 11. The Subcommittee on Minority Recruiting, which actively encourages qualified minority students to enter the actuarial profession, has just released its new brochure for use in minority recruiting.

Description: This section consists of the following reports, Activities of the Subcommittee on Variable Contracts of the ALC-LIAA Actuarial Committee, Alternate Routes, and Recent Mortality under Individual Immediate Annuities. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1969, Vol. 21, Pt. 2, No. 61.

Description: A student describes her experience attending an SOA Center of Excellence school.

Description: This article promotes more interaction of academics and the actuarial profession by way of The American Risk and Insurance Association. While there are many SOA members who are also ARIA members, many others are either unaware of ARIA's existence or uninformed about its activities.

Description: This article discusses the successes and plans for the SOA’s University Outreach Program.

Description: Formal report of the Accreditation Implementation Task Force to the Board of Directors at its June 2005 meeting. This document contains general objectives of the task force, membership and structure information, and the group's strategic plan for implementing an accreditation program for actuarial science academic programs.

Description: This article provides a status report on the criteria for achievement of the CAE Centers of Actuarial Excellence designation.

Description: This article is about the Society is becoming significantly more active on the international scene. Specifically, the activities of ambassadorial visits to Asia and Australia were described.

Description: Discussion of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union: Opportunities and problems for the actuarial profession and the industries it serves. The panel explored for each country: • The background and current economic situation of each country • Trends in governmental programs • Expansion of insurance markets • Development of employee benefit programs • Building the actuarial profession: education and research