<div dir="ltr">Welcome back, everyone! <div>With the start of a new semester, we at SPS (Society of Physics Students) would like to invite you to the first meeting of the Fall! The meeting will be held in <b>room 127</b> of the science building this coming <b>Thursday, September 11th, at 3:00 p.m</b>. </div><div><br></div><div>In this first meeting, we will all introduce ourselves and the organization, brainstorm ideas for outreach (for example; visiting high schools to give talks/demonstrations), plan monthly movie nights in the planetarium, elect officers into position, and discuss recent scientific discoveries. The best part? There will also be PIZZA and refreshments! </div><div><br></div><div>We look forward to meeting new members and to working with you all over the coming months! If you have any questions regarding the meeting or the organization, feel free to contact me! </div><div><br></div><div>Take care,</div><div>Alexander Spahn</div><div>Acting President of SPS</div><div><br></div><div>------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>A (relatively) brief excerpt about SPS:</div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px">The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a professional association explicitly designed for students. Membership, through collegiate chapters, is open to anyone interested in physics. The only requirement for membership is that you be interested in physics. Besides physics majors, our members include majors in chemistry, computer science, engineering, geology, mathematics, medicine, and other fields.</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px"><img src="http://www.spsnational.org/about/images/sps_sigma_logos.jpg" alt="SPS & Sigma Pi Sigma" width="86" height="80" hspace="3" align="right"></p><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px">Within SPS is housed</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px"> </span><a href="http://www.spsnational.org/about/sigma.htm" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px;color:rgb(0,143,190);text-decoration:none">Sigma Pi Sigma</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px">, the national physics honor society, which elects members on the basis of outstanding academic achievement. </span> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px">This unique two-in-one society operates within the</span><a href="http://www.aip.org/" style="color:rgb(0,143,190);text-decoration:none;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px">American Institute of Physics</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px">, an umbrella organization for ten other professional science societies.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px">The SPS exists to help students transform themselves into contributing members of the professional community. Course work develops only one range of skills. Other skills needed to flourish professionally include effective communication and personal interactions, leadership experience, establishing a personal network of contacts, presenting scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and outreach services to the campus and local communities.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:18.66666603088379px"><br></span></div><div><div><br></div>
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