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APAGS News
ACT honors outstanding student advocates The APAGS Advocacy Coordinating Team (ACT) congratulates its state advocacy coordinators and campus representatives for their outstanding efforts as part of the ACT network, which monitors legislative activity that affects psychology and promotes student advocacy. The following students were recognized between June and August 2005. The ACT Excellence in Leadership Award winners are:
The ACT Campus Leadership Award winners are:
For more information on the ACT Network, visit www.apa.org/apags/advocacy/act.html. ACT also awarded 2005 convention travel grants to the following two outstanding ACT representatives:
Run for an APAGS committee position Develop leadership skills, represent student colleagues and advocate nationally for psychology by serving on an American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) committee. APAGS members are eligible to run for one of the following elected positions, which begin in August:
APAGS is also accepting applications for several subcommittee chair positions. Subcommittee chairs are appointed because the work of each APAGS subcommittee requires particular experience and expertise in specific areas. APAGS members are eligible to submit applications for one of the following appointed positions, which begin in August:
The application deadline for all positions is Feb. 10. Applicants must be APAGS members, actively enrolled as students in good standing in a graduate psychology program and at least two years from graduation at election time. For detailed position descriptions and information on how to apply, visit www.apa.org/apags/getinv/posdesc.html. Present at convention! The 2006 APA Annual Convention, Aug. 10–13 in New Orleans, might seem far off, but the APAGS programming proposal deadline is fast-approaching. Application materials are due to APA by Dec. 2. Students who present gain networking opportunities and invaluable public-speaking experience, says APAGS Convention Committee Chair Marina Field, a third-year social and organizational psychology student at Columbia University. "This is really an opportunity where students can choose to practice their skills and shine,"she notes. For 2006, the committee seeks submissions on a wide range of topics. "We try to make our programming geared so that there's something for everyone, regardless of your specialty," she explains. The committee will review the proposals and select the programs early next year. To learn more about submitting programs for next year's convention, visit www.apa.org/apags.convention. APAGS follows APA rules for convention submissions. Apply for the 2006 Graduate Student Ethics Prize The APA Ethics Committee and the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS) are seeking submissions for the fifth Graduate Student Ethics Prize, an annual prize for a graduate student paper on psychology and ethics. The winner receives $1,000, a round-trip ticket to APA's 2006 Annual Convention in New Orleans, Aug. 10–13, and three nights of hotel accommodation. The winner will accept his or her prize at the convention and present a talk about the winning topic and have the paper published in Ethics & Behavior. "Psychology and ethics" broadly includes any empirical or theoretical paper that examines psychology and ethics in relation to science or research, practice, education, public interest or theory of ethics. The paper must indicate why its particular focus is worthy of attention. The prize is open to any APAGS member currently enrolled in a psychology graduate program. The student author must be able to claim sole authorship of the paper, and fleshed-out papers written for ethics courses are acceptable. The awards committee will judge papers based upon quality and originality of ideas, clarity of analysis and expression and adequacy of literature review. For submission guidelines and further information, visit the APA Ethics Office Web site at www.apa.org/ethics. For more on the 2005 winner, see page 35. Nominate your state association APAGS seeks nominations from students for the 2006 Outstanding State, Provincial or Territorial Psychological Association of the Year Award. APAGS, APA's Committee for the Advancement of Professional Practice and Div. 31 (State, Provincial and Territorial Psychological Association Affairs) present this $1,500 award each year to a state, provincial or territorial psychological association (SPTA) that has demonstrated exemplary commitment to promoting graduate student development and joint APAGS/SPTA membership. The application deadline is Jan. 31. SPTAs that have won the award within the last five years are not eligible for the 2006 award. To nominate an association, visit www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html. Committee on Ethic Minority Affairs offers minority recruitment grants The APAGS Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs seeks applications for two $500 grants for projects that aim to recruit, retain or enhance the training of ethnic-minority psychology graduate students. Examples include workshops, conferences, speaker series, mentorship programs and the development of student organizations with a focus on multiculturalism or ethnic-minority concerns. Applications are due Dec. 1. Visit www.apa.org/apags/members/schawrds.html for details. Apply for professional development award APAGS offers the $500 Stuart C. Tentoni Outstanding Professional Development Program Award to encourage students to submit proposals for APAGS convention programming and to attend and participate in APA's Annual Convention. There is no formal application for this award, and all accepted program submissions that meet the award criteria are automatically nominated. The 2005 award was presented to Anya T. Griffin, of the Department of Mental Health Services at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, for chairing the program titled "Diversity Within Internship Training: Intern Perspectives on Clinical Practice." Other presenters included: Cheryl F. Cabero, Francisco Rocco, Ginger Apling, Tricia Fong and Robert W. Colegrove, EdD. —E. PACKARD AND D. SMITH BAILEY
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