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Psi Chi Digest #134 7/31/2008 SUMMARY:
APA/Psi Chi National Convention The Psi Chi program at the convention can be found here. It is now less than 2 weeks until the start of Psi Chi’s 79th Annual Convention in Boston. If you will be attending the conference, please consider the following Psi Chi Programs: Thursday, August 14 Psi Chi/Frederick Howell Lewis Distinguished Lecture Students and Faculty as Partners in the Letter of Recommendation Process Speaker: Drew C. Appleby, PhD Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis 1:00 – 1:50 pm Meeting Room 208 - Boston Convention Center Friday, August 15 Psi Chi Poster Session 12:00 – 12:50 pm Exhibit Halls A & B1 – Boston Convention Center Research Awards Ceremony 2:00 – 2:50 pm Meeting Room 257B - Boston Convention Center Saturday, August 16 Symposium: Panel on Mentoring the Nontraditional Students 12:00 – 12:50 pm Meeting Room 206B – Boston Convention Center Symposium: Honoring Virginia Andreoli Mathie, PhD for Her Contributions in Psychology and Psi Chi 1:00 – 1:50 pm Meeting Room 256 – Boston Convention Center Psi Chi Hospitality Suite This year the Psi Chi Hospitality Suite will be located in the Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel. Please make plans to stop by for programming or refreshments. Psi Chi Hospitality Suite Hours
Psi Chi Hospitality Suite Programming: Friday, August 15th Conversation hour with Psi Chi President-Elect, Scott VanderStoep, PhD, and Executive Director, Martha Zlokovich, PhD. 4:30 – 5:30 pm Saturday, August 16 Q & A for Psi Chi Faculty Advisors Dr. Vincent Prohaska, Psi Chi National President 9:00 – 10:00 am Conversation Hour with Drew Appleby, PhD Psi Chi/Frederick Howell Lewis Distinguished Lecture 10:00 – 11:00 am Archives Booth at the APA Convention At this year’s APA convention in Boston, the Archives of the History of American Psychology will have a booth in the exhibition hall of the Convention Center, booth No. 1143.
Please come by for a visit and learn about the exciting developments in Akron including plans for the Center for the History of Psychology. 2009 National Leadership Conference It is now less than 50 days until online registration opens for Psi Chi chapter presidents or presidents-elect, and faculty advisors. Purpose The National Leadership Conference (NLC) will provide workshops, keynote speakers, and interactive sessions that will help Psi Chi chapter presidents develop leadership skills they can use to be effective leaders of their chapters and in their professions. The NLC also will help Psi Chi faculty advisors enhance their leadership skills and ability to mentor emerging leaders within their Psi Chi chapters. If you will be attending the conference, please consider the following Psi Chi National Leadership Conference Programs: Leadership in Community January 2-4, 2009 Marriott Nashville Airport Hotel Nashville, TN The National Council is honored to have two keynote speakers who are internationally recognized leaders in psychology. Betty Siegel, PhD Distinguished Chair of The Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Character, and President Emeritus at Kennesaw State University (GA) Leadership That Invites Success Alice Eagly, PhD James Padilla Chair of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Psychology, and Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University (IL) Through the Labyrinth: the Advantages and Disadvantages of Women as Leaders Online Registration Registration Opens: September 17, 2008 at 12:00 noon EST Registration Deadline: September 30, 2008 at 5:00 pm EST Registration will only be accepted online at www.psichi.org Registration Fee: $220 per participant. All registrants must register using the online registration portal This page will not be available until September 17, 2008 at 12:00 noon EST Psi Chi Funding: For the FIRST 76 eligible chapter presidents, president-elects, and faculty advisors who register for the conference, Psi Chi will pay for the hotel room and room tax (double occupancy), and reimburse the registrant for travel up to $400 (registrant must provide a receipt for airfare, train fare, or bus fare, or a record of mileage). For more information on funding, please visit the NLC funding page. Change in Delivery Options / Shipping Fees Due to rapidly increasing fuel prices and the subsequent result on shipping prices, Psi Chi will now offer an Expedited Delivery Option providing a 2-day delivery for both membership materials and merchandise. The cost for this option will be $30 in the continental U.S. and $35 for outside the continental U.S. The Overnight Option will no longer be available and will be replaced with this new Expedited Delivery Option. For more information regarding Psi Chi merchandise, visit www.psichi.org or contact Lynn Hawkins (lynn@psichi.org) at 423-756-2044, Ext. 17. This message is the 134th in a series of email news digests from the Psi Chi National Office. Psi Chi sends this digest to all chapters and those members who choose to subscribe. Chapter officers and advisors should share relevant news with their chapter's members. Contact Psi Chi as follows: REGULAR MAIL: Psi Chi National Office P.O. Box 709 Chattanooga, TN 37401-0709 STREET ADDRESS: 825 Vine Street Chattanooga, TN 37403 PH: (423) 756-2044 FX: (877) 774-2443 psichi@psichi.org http://www.psichi.org |
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