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The Seven Roles of SPS
The SPS
has seven unique roles within the physics community:
- Encouraging
undergraduate research experience as a teaching tool.
- Promoting
science literacy and appreciation through physics outreach programs to
grades K-12 and the general public.
- Through SPS
alumni and the members of Sigma Pi Sigma, the Society maintains the
only institutionalized structure the physics community has for
communicating with the "friends of physics" that exist
throughout all walks of life in society.
- The SPS
provides an effective signpost for educating the student on the many
career options, in addition to traditional physics, that come with a
degree in physics.
- The active
SPS chapter is an especially effective student recruitment and
retention tool for the physics department.
- The SPS is a
gateway society to the other professional societies in physics.
- The SPS
provides training for leadership. Through SPS activities, students'
professional development, communication skills, leadership qualities,
and professional networking is enhanced in ways that cannot be
realized in course work alone.
The SPS
and Sigma Pi Sigma are sponsored by the American
Institute of Physics (AIP). The AIP is a "society of
societies," with ten Member Societies, besides the SPS and Sigma Pi
Sigma.
The only
requirements for membership in the local SPS chapter are an interest in
physics and a small membership fee. Stop by our office if you have
any questions about SPS or about joining SPS.
Contacting
SPS: spslist@umich.edu
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