| 1988 |
18,000 members
• APA Council of Representatives votes unanimously for the establishment
of an APA student organization.
|
| 1989 |
• APAGS publishes first issue
of its newsletter.
• At the first APAGS midwinter meeting students choose American Psychological
Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) as the group's name. |
| 1990 |
• APAGS committee
members attend APA boards, committees and divisional meetings, establishing liasionships
with various groups, such as APA's Council of Representatives and the National
Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology. |
| 1991 |
• APAGS becomes an ad hoc committee
reporting to APA's Board of Directors. |
| 1992 |
26,000
members
• APAGS establishes the first APAGS Campus Representative program to, among
other goals,advocate for prescription privileges for psychologists. |
| 1993 |
• APAGS obtains a full voting
member seat on the Committee on Accreditation.
• It begins a liaisonship with the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral
and Internship Centers to address the decreasing number of internship sites. |
| 1994 |
• A new position
on the APAGS Committee is developed for research and science advocacy. |
| 1995 |
• The Advocacy Coordinating
Team is formed to address student concerns in the political arena.
• APAGS begins advocacy efforts on internship concerns, which leads to a
new uniform notification day and the clearinghouse. |
| 1996 |
31,000
members
• APAGS announces new grant program administered by APAGS-APA Committee on
Ethnic Minority Affairs to sponsor regional multicultural events.
• APAGS establishes student reviewer positions for APA journals. |
| 1997 |
41,000
members
• All APAGS members are eligible to present in an APAGS program at APA's
Annual Convention.
• APAGS launches a Web site (www.apa.org/apags).
• APAGS becomes involved in APA's Disaster Mental Health Network through
the Practice Directorate and state psychological associations. |
| 1998 |
• APAGS member
added to the Ethics Code Revision Task Force. |
| 1999 |
• APAGS member is appointed
as a representative to APA's Board of Directors.
• APAGS introduces several topical listservs for members. |
| 2000 |
48,000-plus
members
• Honorary Presidential Citation awarded to APAGS by APA President Pat DeLeon,
PhD, JD.
• APAGS co-hosts a National Psychology Graduate Student Rally on Capitol
Hill to recognize contributions of psychology research, trainees and interns.
• APAGS partners with state and provincial psychological associations. |
| 2001 |
• APAGS joins APA's Advisory
Committee on Colleague Assistance to help counter distress and impairment in the
profession. |
| 2002 |
• APAGS establishes
a new Ambassador Program at convention. |
| 2003 |
59,700
members
• APAGS chair serves as full voting member on APA's Council of Representatives
and non-voting member on the Board of Directors.
• APAGS celebrates 15th anniversary.
• gradPSYCH magazine launches. |
![[issue cover]](http://gradpsych.apags.org/images/cover-may03.jpg)
