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MESSAGE Engage with Psi Chi's Request a Mentor and/or Ask an Expertprograms.Psi Chi recently launched a mentor program that provides members the opportunity to request a mentor or volunteer to be a mentor.At the moment, the system has many more mentor requests than it does available mentors.The mentoring system-designed by Psi Chi's incredible Information Services staff-allows for an efficient matching between mentors and mentees and allows for connections beyond the resources available at any individual institution (our UCA students often believe that their only options in psychology are counseling, school psychology, and experimental psychology because that is all they see in our department).If you don't feel that you are in a position to step into a mentoring relationship and you want to contribute more broadly, you can also engage with the Ask an Expert program.Ask an Expert allows members to connect with the expertise of Psi Chi members from across the Society.The richness and utility of the answers is directly connected to the engagement of experts with the system.Just as there is value in reconnecting with your chapter regardless of how psychology fits into your career, there is incredible value in having mentors and experts who come from a broad background.Psychology is application from airports to zoos, so our mentors and answerers need to represent that same diversity.You can get more details on both the mentoring service and Ask an Expert HERE.3. Read and contribute to Psi Chi's publications.Psi Chi staff and members contribute to a variety of different publications include a journal, magazine, digest, blog, podcast, webinars, eBooks, and the annual report (see the ENTIRE LIST).These publications range from peer-reviewed research to career advice.Articles are written by undergraduate members to professional members.The breadth and representation of psychology in the publications is one of their greatest strengths.Psi Chi's skilled communications team creates highly professional publications and has created a publication process that is supportive of authors throughout their entire professional journey.One particular outlet that I would encourage you consider is the "Psychology in the Headlines" section of Eye on Psi Chi (full disclosure: I'm the editor for this section, but that's not why I am encouraging it).Each entry in this column is a 400-word (not counting title and references) connection to psychology today (the brevity of these entries is why I am encouraging this column.Writing a full article for the magazine or for the peer-reviewed journal is often inaccessible to professionals outside academia or other writing intensive areas.But a 400-word summary?That's totally doable).This connection can be a discussion of cutting-edge research, a primer on current-best practices in an area of application, a unique application of psychological science/practice in a professional context, or exploration of how psychology applies to current events and challenges.The best headlines are written by the people who are directly involved in the work or events.These entries provide a great opportunity to highlight the breadth of psychology, to demonstrate the exceptional work being done by Psi Chi members, and to help expand our Psi Chi connections.Learn more about the headlines HERE. Invest in Psi Chi's grants, awards, scholarships and other programs.As a member of the Psi Chi Board of Directors, chapter advisor for the past 16 years, and Psi Chi member for, umm … longer than that, I am proud of the Society's history and the work that it does to fulfill the mission of "recognizing and promoting excellence in the science and application of psychology."It is my hope that we can not only sustain what we are doing in our grants, awards, and scholarships, but that we can increase the number of members that we support, the diversity of support opportunities, and the amount of support that is provided.
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