Psi Chi Digest #169
12/10/2010
SUMMARY:
- Conference Travel Grants Available
- Faculty Advisor Leadership Training Opportunity
- Apply to Co-Host 2011 Synergy Conference
- Merchandise MEGA-Sale!
Conference Travel Funding Available
Psi Chi is pleased to offer a total of $8,000 in funding for Travel Grants to attend
a Psi Chi Regional Convention. These grants are available for both undergraduate
and graduate members. The deadlines and link to the application process for each
region are as follows:
Eastern - February 6, 2011
http://www.psichi.org/regions/east/TravelGrantInfo.aspx
Rocky Mountain – March 15, 2011
http://www.psichi.org/regions/rockymtn/TravelGrantInfo.aspx
Southeastern – February 1, 2011
http://www.psichi.org/regions/southeast/TravelGrantInfo.aspx
Southwestern – January 15, 2011
http://www.psichi.org/regions/southwest/TravelGrantInfo.aspx
Western – February 15, 2011
http://www.psichi.org/regions/west/TravelGrantInfo.aspx
Questions about the Psi Chi Travel Grants can be sent to Melissa Strickland at melissa.strickland@psichi.org.
If you are an undergraduate attending a different conference and presenting a research
paper or poster, you may consider applying for a CUR Student Travel Award. These
awards are available for juniors and seniors whose research mentor or institution
is a member of CUR. Guidelines for this program can be found at
http://www.cur.org/socscistudenttravel.html or by contacting James LaPlant
at jlaplant@valdosta.edu.
Faculty Advisor Leadership Training Sessions January 20 and July 29, 2011
The national Mortar Board honor society has created LEAD: Leadership Excellence
and Advisor Development for advisors of all experience levels. Two day-long sessions
are scheduled for January 20, 2011 in St. Petersburg, FL, and July 29, 2011 in Chicago,
IL. LEAD addresses many of the issues that all societies’ advisors face. It is not
just Mortar Board-specific. The program’s faculty is experienced professionals who
have served as advisors to many student organizations and have quantifiable expertise
to share during this day-long interactive workshop. Participants will learn how
to:
- effectively advise a collegiate chapter's leadership team;
- cultivate relationships among a diverse group of students;
- enhance students’ co-curricular education through many opportunities for teaching
and interacting outside of the classroom;
- help chapter leaders apply their existing skills to the one-of-a-kind leadership
situations that they face;
- enhance their own interpersonal assets to work best with millennial students;
- create and maintain a strong advisor team to help their chapters and balance their
workloads; and
- Apply best practices in student organization advisement like fundraising, member
motivation, conflict resolution, and risk management. Details and a registration
form are available at www.mortarboard.org/LEAD.
Apply to Co-host the fall 2011 Synergy Conference!!!
Psi Chi and Psi Beta are seeking 1-2 chapters from each organization to co-host
the 6th Annual Synergy Conference in fall 2011. The Synergy conference is intended
to promote collaboration between the sister organizations of Psi Chi and Psi Beta.
Such collaboration could be especially beneficial to both chapters in locations
where the Psi Beta members frequently transfer to nearby universities having a Psi
Chi chapter.
The 2010 theme of the Synergy Conference held at Community College of Denver was
the psychology of happiness Link. The host chapters may choose the theme for the
2011 conference. Interested Psi Beta chapters should contact a nearby Psi Chi chapter;
then an officer from one of the chapters needs to complete and submit the form located
at survey by February 18, 2011. Psi Chi and Psi Beta support the conference with
$1000 each. The host chapters may use the $2000 for expenditures such as an honorarium
for the keynote speaker, renting conference space, printing programs, etc. Host
chapters may seek further financial support by applying for a Psi Beta/Psi Chi collaboration
grant of $500. Here is a link for more information on the collaboration grant.
Great Deals on Psi Chi National Merchandise! Limited Quantities! While Supplies
last!
The Psi Chi Central Office is taking orders for hugely discounted merchandise bearing
the National colors and seal. We still have Honor Cords at $4 each, Blue White and
Gold Medallions and Gold Medallions at $5 each, and National Tassels at $2 each.
This will never happen again! Stock up for your chapter’s Spring Graduation.
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