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Free international directories available
APA's Office of International Affairs has compiled two directories to help members contact their colleagues all over the world. The 2000 editions of International Psychological Associations and Related Organizations and National Psychological Organizations Worldwide provide contact information, including e-mail addresses and Web sites, for more than 160 international organizations.
To receive a free copy of the directories, contact the Office of International Affairs at the main APA address, (202) 336-6025; e-mail: S.Leverty.
Upgrade your Student Affiliate status to full Member status
APA Graduate Student Affiliates who have received or are about to receive their doctoral degrees are eligible to upgrade their Student Affiliate status to full Member status at no additional cost in 2000.
APA is currently sending applications to those with paid memberships. If you are eligible for full APA membership and have received this offer, please return your special upgrade application today or as soon as you become eligible. If you have not yet received this offer and want an upgrade application,
please contact Membership at the APA address, (800) 374-2721; e-mail: Membership
Look for CE workshop booklet in May Monitor
A tear-out booklet describing all of the continuing-education workshops offered during APA's Annual Convention in Washington, D.C., Aug. 48, will appear in the May issue of the Monitor.
APA's Continuing Education Program has scheduled many topics at members' requests to be included in half-day and full-day sessions. All workshops carry CE credit. In addition to last year's most popular workshops, APA will host many new workshops on such topics as adolescent self-injury, dual diagnosis, working with infertile clients, bioethics, executive coaching, dream analysis, religious issues, sport psychology interventions and treating the seriously mentally ill.
Mark your calendar to remove the booklet from the May issue so you can study it and enroll before popular workshops fill. You can also find the workshops listed on APA's Web site.
Remember: Enrollments are limited and many workshops fill within a month after registration begins.
Any questions about workshops should be directed to Jennifer Houley, APA CPE Programs, (202) 336-5993.
Education Directorate offers free list of graduate school openings
Student members may now receive this year's Graduate School Openings List, a compilation of graduate programs that have vacancies after the April 15 deadline. Only students who have not accepted an offer from a graduate program should utilize this service. The list, a free service offered by APA's Education Directorate, will be posted on the APA Education Web site the second week in May.
If you do not have access to the Web and would like a copy, please write or fax your request to Sharon Leiss, Attn: Graduate Openings List, Education Directorate, at the APA address, (202) 336-5710; fax: (202) 336-6130.
Minority program requests nominations
The Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs (OEMA) of the Public Interest Directorate develops strategies to increase the numbers of people of color who enter graduate-level training in psychology and ultimately become psychologists. To further this goal, a program called the Minority Undergraduate Students of Excellence (MUSE) has been created.
The MUSE program helps identify outstanding undergraduate students of color whose departments believe them to have the greatest potential to succeed in the field of psychology. Faculty chairs, program directors, advisors or mentors within the psychology departments or programs are asked to select undergraduate psychology majors who meet the following criteria:
* A student of color (African American/Black, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American/Pacific Islander, and/or Hispanic/Latino(a)).
* A psychology major who will be eligible to matriculate graduate-level training in the fall of 2001.
* A student who has demonstrated promise for success in graduate-level training and the intention of becoming a psychologist.
Upon the receipt of the recommendations from each candidate's psychology department, these students will be identified by OEMA and APA as Minority Undergraduate Students of Excellence in psychology. Students will be notified of their status, and their names and other pertinent information will be placed on OEMA's Web page, where it can be reviewed by all of the nation's graduate departments and programs in psychology.
To request an application or for additional information about MUSE, visit www.apa.org/pi/oema/muse/homepage.html or contact OEMA at (202) 336-6029; fax: (202) 336-6040; TTD: (202) 336-5662. The deadline for MUSE nominations is July 1.
Student volunteers needed as advocacy coordinators,
campus representatives
The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS)Advocacy Coordinating Team (ACT) is soliciting self-nominations from motivated students to serve as State Advocacy Coordinators and Campus Representatives. Students who serve in ACT have an excellent opportunity to learn and participate in shaping federal and state legislative issues that affect students and the profession of psychology.
ACT, a subcommittee of APAGS, is responsible for maintaining an active grassroots legislative advocacy network and for serving as a conduit for information between graduate students and APAGS. ACT also engages in legislative efforts on behalf of students studying and researching the science and practice of psychology and on behalf of individuals who receive psychological services.
The ACT committee's chair and six regional advocacy coordinators organize the advocacy efforts of 50 state advocacy coordinators and more than 400 campus representatives throughout the country. In turn, the state coordinators and campus representatives facilitate the exchange and dissemination of information between the APAGS Committee and 46,000 active APAGS members.
The state advocacy coordinators are essential to the campus representative program. In addition to recruiting and mentoring new representatives, the coordinators familiarize incoming students with APA's structure, their state psychological associations and other psychological associations. The state coordinators also organize graduate student forums in their states and work with local students, psychologists and community leaders to advance state and national legislation relevant to the practice and science of psychology. The ACT committee strongly encourages the coordinators to attend a local and state psychological association meeting to become involved with legislative issues and to meet politically active local psychology leaders. The committee prefers coordinators who have already served as representatives.
Both the representatives and the coordinators gain firsthand experience with advocacy efforts and legislative policy affecting the practice and science of psychology. These positions carry many important and exciting responsibilities with opportunities to develop local and national professional relationships with members of the psychological community.
To ensure that ACT continues to mirror the diversity of APAGS, nominations are encouraged from students within all psychology subfields, racial and ethnic minority students, students with disabilities, or gay, lesbian or bisexual students.
To apply to become a state coordinator or campus representative, send a statement of interest (350 words or less) to Chris Loftis (loftis@ufl.edu). If you have further questions about the positions or want to learn more about APAGS and ACT, please contact your Regional Activity Coordinator, listed below.
Eastern Regional Advocacy Coordinators:
* David Ballard (David.W.Ballard@Widener.edu): N.Y., N.H., Maine, Mass., Vt., R.I., Conn., N.J., Penn.
* Janel Heath (JanelHeath@aol.com): Fla., Ga., S.C., N.C., Va., Md., Ala., Del., Tenn.
Midwest Regional Advocacy Coordinators:
* Belen Gutter (btgutter@students.wisc.edu): Wis., Minn., Mich., Ohio, Ind., Ill., Iowa, W.V.
* Matt Baysden (baysden@okstate.edu): Okla., Ark., Miss., Ky., Kan., Mo., Colo.
Western Regional Advocacy Coordinators:
* Anh Diep (adiep@usd.edu): S.D., N.D., Mont., Wyo., Idaho, Wash., Calif., Neb.
* Catriona Buist (gbuisc@lake.ollusa.edu): Texas, N.M., Ariz., Ore., Nev., Hawaii, La., Ark.
Lesbian, gay and bisexual concerns committee
seeks new members
The Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns (CLGBC) seeks nominations for two positions beginning Jan. 1, 2001.
CLGBC is interested in nominees with strong backgrounds in research with expertise and experience in:
* Youth and family or workplace issues.
* International issues and psychological concerns.
* Human diversity including issues relating to bisexual or transgendered identity, the concerns of ethnic minorities or people with disabilities.
The committee welcomes nominations of ethnic-minority psychologists and other psychologists who are members of underrepresented groups.
The committee has six members, three women and three men, appointed for staggered terms of three years. It reports to the Council of Representatives through the Board for the Advancement of Psychology in the Public Interest. Committee members are required to attend two committee meetings a year in Washington, D.C., with expenses reimbursed by APA. Service on the committee also involves a substantial time commitment beyond the meetings themselves. A statement of the nominee's interest in and qualifications for CLGBC and a current curriculum vitae should accompany the nomination. Self-nominations are accepted. Send nomination materials by Aug. 1 to CLGBC Nominations, Public Interest Directorate, at the
APA address.
Report on salary levels available
APA's Research Office has released the 1999 Salaries in Psychology report. It provides the salaries of doctoral-level psychologists by position, primary employment setting, median years since doctorate, sex, race/ethnicity and geographic region.
In addition, the report gives the salaries of master's-level degree recipients in psychology by position, employment setting and median years since degree only.
This report may be purchased for $15. Requests may be made by mail to the Research Office at the APA address, or by phone at (202) 336-5980, by e-mail at Research, or by visiting the Research Office Web site at research.apa.org.
--M. WATERS
Personalized certificates of membership available
APA offers personalized membership certificates to APA Members and Associate Members. These attractive certificates include name, month and year of election and member status, and they're designed with APA's logo engraved in gol
d on acid-free stock paper. Members can purchase an unframed membership for $12.95. A certificate on a walnut-finish plaque is $24.95. A shipping and handling fee will be added for each item.
For a color flyer or to order the membership certificate, please contact APA Membership, (800) 374-2721, (202) 336-5580; TDD: (202) 336-6123; fax: (202) 336-5568; e-mail: Membership
Certificates are available only to APA Members and Associate Members.
Graduate students invited to apply for travel award
APA has applied for funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a bloc travel grant program that allows U.S. participants to attend the scientific program of the XVII International Congress of Psychology in Stockholm, Sweden, July 23-28. NSF funding will be used exclusively for scholars working in areas that are central to the foundation's mission. NSF will designate at least half of the awards to investigators who are either students or within eight years of receiving their doctoral degree. The deadline for submission is April 28. Applications are available from the Office of International Affairs at the APA address, (202) 336-6025;
fax: (202) 218-3599; e-mail: International.
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