[phas-dept] Sigma Pi Sigma Induction -- now confirmed at Luigi's!

Tue Apr 30 07:44:33 CDT 2013

 I will not be able to attend the induction ceremony due to prior committment elsewhere.

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 A. R. Chourasia
 Professor
 Department of Physics & Astronomy
 Texas A&M University-Commerce
 Commerce, Texas 75429

 Office: 903-886-5485
 Lab.:   903-886-5491
 Fax:    903-886-5480
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From: phas-dept-bounces at tamuc.edu on behalf of Kurtis Williams
Sent: Mon 4/29/2013 4:52 PM
To: Physics & Astronomy Department
Subject: [phas-dept] Sigma Pi Sigma Induction -- now confirmed at Luigi's!

Hello everyone,

This Thursday's Sigma Pi Sigma induction will be in the back room at Luigi's this Thursday from 6-8pm. 

If you have not yet responded to the original invitation (included below), please do so soon so we can confirm a number with Luigi's.

---- Original Invitation ----

You are cordially invited to the 2013 Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society induction ceremony, as the following students and faculty are welcomed into the society:
Ms. Jessica Zimmerman
Mr. Jacob Stahl
Mr. Carlos Mendoza
Mr. Andrew Dahir
Dr. William Newton
Dr. Kurtis Williams

The ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 2, from 6-8pm.  Location is still TBD.

The induction ceremony will include a delicious meal graciously provided by the Department of Physics & Astronomy.  Close family members and significant others are invited.  Dress code is semi-formal.  Members of Sigma Pi Sigma should dig out their key pin and wear it with pride.  

In order to help us plan for the occasion, please return the following information to me by the end of the day on Thursday, Apr 25:

Name:
Email:
Number attending:
Number of vegetarian meals:

Some information on Sigma Pi Sigma, from their website:

Overview

Sigma Pi Sigma exists to honor outstanding scholarship in physics; to encourage interest in physics among students at all levels; to promote an attitude of service of its members towards their fellow students, colleagues, and the public; to provide a fellowship of persons who have excelled in physics. Sigma Pi Sigma's mission is not completed in the induction ceremony with the recognition of academic accomplishment. In the four dimensions of Honor, Encouragement, Service, and Fellowship, the mission of Sigma Pi Sigma takes a longer view.

Founded in 1921, Sigma Pi Sigma is a member honor society of the Association of College Honor Societies. Our society has some 75,000 historical members. Election to Sigma Pi Sigma is a lifetime membership.

The Society of Physics Students <http://www.spsnational.org/>  (SPS) was formed in 1968 with the union of Sigma Pi Sigma and the AIP Student Sections. Today Sigma Pi Sigma is housed within the SPS.

Membership

Sigma Pi Sigma chapters are restricted to colleges and universities of recognized standing that offer a strong physics major. The chapters receive into membership undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members, and a few others in closely related fields. Students elected to membership must attain high standards of general scholarship and outstanding achievement in physics.

Certain high numerical standards for admittance are established by chapter bylaws and the national constitution. Undergraduate candidates must be in the upper one-third of their class in general scholarship to meet the minimum standard that chapters may use. A higher minimum average is often established for physics courses. Undergraduate candidates must have completed at least three semesters of full-time college work and at least three semester courses in physics that can be credited toward a physics major. Graduate students and faculty members may be elected at any time. Students who are not physics majors can be elected, provided that they meet the standards and have demonstrated an interest in physics.

A chapter can elect to active membership qualified students and faculty members in nearby colleges that do not have a Sigma Pi Sigma chapter. Physicists in industry and government laboratories, as well as secondary school physics teachers, can be elected on the basis of their professional record.

Dr. Kurtis A. Williams
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Texas A&M University - Commerce
Tel: (903) 886-5516
Kurtis.Williams at tamuc.edu

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