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Psi Chi would not be the success it is today without the time, energy, and support of its faculty advisors and coadvisors at more than 1,090 chapters nationwide. Besides providing a strong link to the institutions and the psychology departments, advisors contribute valuable insight, experience, and continuity to the chapters and the honor society as a whole. Because the student leaders and members graduate and leave campus, faculty advisors have a crucial role in ensuring that incoming members are fully aware of the history, policies, and procedures of the chapter and the national organization. Advisors should be catalysts for each new set of chapter officers, making suggestions and recommendations that guide the officers in effectively carrying out the chapter's purposes and goals. Faculty advisors must be full-time faculty members at the school with the chapter, must hold a doctoral degree in psychology (i.e., PhD, PsyD, EdD), and must be a member of Psi Chi.”

The Central Office has compiled the following resources to assist advisors with chapter relations. For further assistance, contact the Central Office by email or by phone at 423-756-2044.

Suggested Responsibilities

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Suggested Responsibilities

• Facilitate selection of members. Assist in developing group cohesiveness and an atmosphere conducive for members to work and achieve effectively.
• Certify the qualifications of prospective members, verifying that they rank in the upper 35% of their class and have an adequate GPA and number of psychology hours.
• See that the chapter inducts new members at least once each year and that all members are registered at the Psi Chi National Office.
• Keep a permanent record of members.
• See that the chapter reports activities to the National Office at least annually.
• Have available the most recent chapter materials, including the Psi Chi Chapter Officer Guidelines, the Psi Chi Constitution, and Eye on Psi Chi (Psi Chi's magazine).
• Attend as many chapter meetings and activities as possible.
• Make suggestions on how the chapter can participate in scheduled school activities.
• Help to establish procedures for publicizing Psi Chi's goals, functions, and benefits of membership to psychology students and the campus at large.
• Motivate and guide members to develop leadership and responsibility, to pursue psychology, and to do well academically.
• Develop rapport among members, and between members and the faculty.
• Show concern for and interest in all chapter members.
• Stimulate interest in the goals of Psi Chi and encourage participation in chapter projects, programs, and activities.
• Encourage members to attend chapter meetings and state, regional, and national psychological association conventions when feasible.
• Encourage students to enter papers in Psi Chi's graduate and undergraduate research award competitions, to present papers at conventions and conferences, and to apply for Psi Chi research grants.
• Guide the chapter officers in implementing goals and in planning and conducting programs, projects, and activities.
• Assure chapter officers that you want them to succeed, both in operating the chapter and in excelling in their education and careers.

Awards

Changing Advisors

Chapter Officers

Conventions

Forms

General Information

Humor (as in keeping it)

Members

Networking (with other chapters or advisors)

Publications

Regional Information

Staying Current

Submitting Reports