Nearly half of the attendees were students, and more than 200 international participants traveled from 50 countries to attend, including Australia, Botswana, Canada, China, France, Guatemala, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sweden, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan and Venezuela.

At the meeting, Li-fei Wang from National Taiwan Normal University, one of four opening presenters, described the origins of counseling psychology in her country and how psychologists have made counseling more accessible by construing it as "going to class and receiving education and not treatment."

ICPC attendees formed working groups on a variety of topics, including the advancement and enrichment of counseling psychology in international settings, best practices of prevention, practicing feminist/multicultural therapy in a conservative environment, international research and teaching alliances, responding to hate in institutions of higher education, transgender concerns and training models.

At the closing session, several attendees remarked that they finally felt included in a U.S. professional conference because of the global diversity of the participants and the international programming.

Survey data, press releases, statistics, awards and photos will be posted at http://internationalcounselingpsychologyconference.org.

Div. 2 provides new psychology teaching resources

Visit Div. 2's (Society for the Teaching of Psychology) Web site, www.teachpsych.org, to access the Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology. Through the site, teachers can download syllabi for psychology courses and access resources on incorporating diversity into classes.

Also, the division's Departmental Consulting Service can provide a list of qualified consultants to review psychology programs. For more information, visit www.teachpsych.org.

Div. 32 to host annual conference before APA's Annual Convention

Div. 32 (Society for Humanistic Psychology) will hold its second annual conference Aug. 11-13, the three days prior to APA's 2008 Annual Convention in Boston. Conference presenters include Roger Brooke, PhD, Duquesne University; David Cain, PhD, California School of Professional Psychology, San Diego, Alliant International University and Chapman University; Robert Elliott, PhD, Pacifica Graduate Institute; Larry Leitner, PhD, Miami University; and Maureen O'Hara, PhD, National University.

For more information, e-mail or visit www.apa.org/divisions/div32/ for registration information.

Div. 45's book series to focus on racial and ethnic groups

Div. 45 (Society for the Psychological Study of Ethical Minority Issues) is launching a book series on the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States.

The books will contain original material on the methodological, substantive and theoretical areas related to cultural, racial and ethnic psychology. The division welcomes submissions of proposals from authors. Send proposals to the series editor Frederick Leong, PhD, of the Center for Multicultural Psychology Research at Michigan State University.

Div. 52 presents first global psychology book award

Div. 52 (International) awarded James Georgas, PhD, John W. Berry, PhD; Fons J.R. van de Vijver, PhD; C¸i˘gdem Ka˘gitc¸ibas¸i, PhD; and Ype H. Poortinga, PhD; the Ursula Gielen Global Psychology Book Award for "Families Across Cultures: A 30-Nation Psychological Study" (Cambridge University Press, 2006).

The book provides cross-cultural comparisons of the concept of "family" in 30 countries. In addition, the volume contains concise summaries of family life in each nation studied. Georgas will present the results of his team's research project at APA's 2008 Annual Convention in Boston.

Div. 55 seeks nominations for prescriptive-authority award

Div. 55 (American Society for the Advancement of Pharmacotherapy) welcomes nominations for outstanding contributions to the prescriptive authority movement.

The Patrick H. DeLeon Prize is awarded annually to a graduate student or early-career psychologist who has written an outstanding paper, thesis or dissertation in the areas of clinical psychopharmacology or the advancement of psychologists' prescriptive authority.

Submissions may be published or unpublished, but should reflect work done as a graduate student. Submissions with multiple authors are considered. However, the applicant should be at least the second author on the paper. A $500 award will be given to the winner, along with a plaque at APA's Annual Convention. Nomination by professors or advisers is ideal, but self-nominations are also encouraged.

Deadline for submissions for all awards is June 15. Please submit papers, letters of nomination and other documentation to Morgan T. Sammons, PhD.

—D. Schwartz