Psi Chi Digest #134
7/31/2008
SUMMARY:
- APA/Psi Chi National Convention
- 2009 National Leadership Conference
- Change in Delivery Options / Shipping Fees
APA/Psi Chi National ConventionThe 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 LectureStudents 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 Session12:00 – 12:50 pm
Exhibit Halls A & B1 – Boston Convention Center
Research Awards Ceremony2:00 – 2:50 pm
Meeting Room 257B - Boston Convention Center
Saturday, August 16Symposium: Panel on Mentoring the Nontraditional Students12:00 – 12:50 pm
Meeting Room 206B – Boston Convention Center
Symposium: Honoring Virginia Andreoli Mathie, PhD for Her Contributions in
Psychology and Psi Chi1:00 – 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
| Thursday, August 14th |
4:00 – 6:00 pm |
| Friday, August 15th |
4:00 – 6:00 pm |
Saturday, August 16th
|
9:00 – 11:00 am |
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 President9:00 – 10:00 am
Conversation Hour with Drew Appleby, PhD
Psi Chi/Frederick Howell Lewis Distinguished Lecture10:00 – 11:00 am
Archives Booth at the APA ConventionAt 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.
Thursday, Augugust 14
|
9:00 - 12:30 |
Friday, August 15
|
11:00 – 1:00
and
3:00 - 5:00 |
| Saturday, August 16 |
11:00 – 1:00 |
| Sunday, August 17 |
9:00 – 11:00
|
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 ConferenceIt is now less than 50 days until online registration opens for Psi Chi chapter presidents or presidents-elect, and faculty advisors.
PurposeThe 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 CommunityJanuary 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, PhDDistinguished Chair of The Siegel Institute for Leadership, Ethics & Character, and President Emeritus at Kennesaw State University (GA)
Leadership That Invites SuccessAlice Eagly, PhDJames 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 LeadersOnline RegistrationRegistration 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 portalThis 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 FeesDue 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.
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