<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hello everyone,<div><br></div><div>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:</div><div>Ms. Jessica Zimmerman</div><div>Mr. Jacob Stahl</div><div>Mr. Carlos Mendoza</div><div>Mr. Andrew Dahir</div><div>Dr. William Newton</div><div>Dr. Kurtis Williams</div><div><br></div><div>The ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 2, from 6-8pm. Location is still TBD.</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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:</div><div><br></div><div>Name:</div><div>Email:</div><div>Number attending:</div><div>Number of vegetarian meals:</div><div><br></div><div>Some information on Sigma Pi Sigma, from their website:</div><div><h2>Overview</h2><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.spsnational.org/">Society
of Physics Students</a> (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.</p>
<h2><a name="membership"></a>Membership</h2><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dr. Kurtis A. Williams<br>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Physics and Astronomy<br>Texas A&M University - Commerce<br>Tel: (903) 886-5516<br><a href="mailto:Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu">Kurtis.Williams@tamuc.edu</a></div>
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