Rocky Mountain Regional Welcome Letter (2009)
Dear Psi Chi Chapter Advisor,
There is so much to share with you! I am honored to be able to serve as your Rocky Mountain Regional Vice-President for the next 2 years. It was a close race, but I am very happy to have won (OK, so I ran unopposed…). I am humbled to follow in the footsteps of Regional VP Melanie Domenech Rodríquez (Utah State University), who has served the Rocky Mountain region with distinction for the last 4 years. Melanie and steering committee members Pam Ansburg (Metro State College of Denver, CO) and Mark Basham (Regis University, CO) have all worked to improve the programming and services provided to Rocky Mountain region, and I intend to continue their good work.
I am fortunate to have assembled a talented and dedicated steering committee who have helped me hit the ground running. Leslie Cramblet Alvarez (Adams State College, CO) and Steve Barney (Southern Utah University) have agreed to serve 2-year terms, and I am very thankful for their help. Add to the mix Martha Zlokovich (Psi Chi Executive Director), Lisa Mantooth (Psi Chi Executive Officer), additional talented staff at the Psi Chi Central Office, and my personal Psi Chi mentor Melanie Domenech Rodríquez, and you’ll begin to understand why I feel like I have my own dream team!
The remainder of this email contains 4 invitations to you, which I hope you will seriously consider.
INVITATIONS
- Become more involved in Psi Chi Rocky Mountain regional programming. The Psi Chi programming that is provided at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association continues to be strong each year, but one of my goals is to broaden the participation of chapter advisors who help provide programming. This is the first of many invitations to help me provide the best programming possible for students at RMPA each year.
- Join two listservs as they become available. I am working to create two separate listservs which I hope you will join; one for Psi Chi faculty advisors only, and another for Psi Chi advisors + chapter officers. I believe these two venues will allow for us to collaborate more easily, share problem-solving solutions, and stay better connected. Once established, I’ll invite you to opt-in, and I hope you’ll accept the invitation.
- Join us for the advisor appreciation luncheon at RMPA 2010 in Denver. As a way of saying ‘thank you’ to the chapter advisors in the Rocky Mountain region, the Psi Chi Central Office annually hosts an advisor luncheon at RMPA. To this luncheon we also invite the Psi Chi Distinguished Lecturer to join us, and for RMPA 2010 in Denver, our Distinguished Lecturer is Dr. Albert Bandura (who will be joining us for lunch!). This will be an RSVP/invitation-only event, so I hope you’ll be able to join us in Denver.
- Help plan the future for Psi Chi in the Rocky Mountain region. Students of the Rocky Mountain region deserve the best possible Psi Chi experience imaginable. Many of us can recall how our own undergraduate Psi Chi experiences helped shape the professionals we are today. The success of the Psi Chi Rocky Mountain region rests partly with me, and partly with you. I am inviting you to collaborate to help provide exciting and innovative programming and services to our students. Every idea is open to consideration.
- My hope is that you will accept all 4 invitations! The best way to contact me is via email (you’ll get the quickest response that way too) – elandru@boisestate.edu. You can contact Leslie at lcramblet@adams.edu and Steve at barney@suu.edu. Please email any of us if you have any questions, concerns, or comments. I look forward to working with all of you over the next two years – I hope you each find some time over the remaining part of the summer for rest and relaxation.
Take care,
Eric
R. Eric Landrum, PhD
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Department of Psychology
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725-1715
Secretary, APA Division Two
Society for the Teaching of Psychology
www.teachpsych.org
Vice-President, Rocky Mountain Region
Psi Chi (The International Honor Society in Psychology)
www.psichi.org