Qualifications For Membership

Chapter 881

• A second semester sophomore standing.

• Transfer students must have completed one semester and at least 12 credit hours of course work in psychology at Culver-Stockton College.

• Completion of 12 semester hours in psychology and forty-five credit hours overall to be considered as a possible inductee.

• Registration for major or minor standing in psychology.

• Undergraduates who are elected to Psi Chi must have an overall cumulative GPA of 3.50; that is, they must rank in the upper 33rd percentile of their class in general scholarship.  In addition, students must have demonstrated superior scholarship in psychology earning a minimum GPA in psychology courses at CSC of 3.40.

• High standards of personal behavior.

• Fifteen or more hours of  community service volunteer work --  this does not include internships.

• A two-thirds affirmative vote of the present membership.

• Payment of all fees four weeks prior to the induction date. Currenty the induction fee is $55. This includes the National lifetime membership fee, the chapter induction fee, and the chapter dues for the current academic year.

***Notes***

• Once inducted, your membership in Psi Chi is transferable to other university and college undergraduate and graduate chapters.  The National induction fee, which is shown in the chapter's invitation for membership letter, is for lifetime membership.

• The chapter dues, currently $10.00, at Culver-Stockton College are annual fees that must be paid prior to being inducted and henceforth by September 15th of every academic year until graduation.  Payment of annual dues is required in order to maintain active membership status at C-SC, which is necessary for participation in chapter activities, events, and trips.

  Active members are eligibile for awards; e.g., The Chapter's Psi Chi Service Award.

  Additionally, only active members can apply "service hours" earned in Psi Chi to help meet the community service requirement of Culver-Stockton College and the psychology department.

  Also, only active members are eligible to make presentations at MPA, which is held in Chicago every spring. (Psi Chi member's who are presenting at MPA may have the cost of the round trip train ticket paid for by C-SC. Moreover, all active members, regardless if they are presenting or not, will have their MPA conference fee paid by the C-SC Psi Chi chapter.)

• The chapter induction fee is currently $10.00. This is a one-time fee used to help defray the cost of pre-induction and post-induction activities and refreshments.

• Formal "invitation letters" are mailed out sometime between August 15th and October 1st depending upon the date of the induction ceremony.  Upon receipt of an "invitation for membership," invited students have two weeks to pay all fees.  Fees are to be paid by check in the Culver-Stockton Office of Finanical aid.   Please make the check payable to Culver-Stockton College and make sure you make a notation on the check that is is for membership in Psi Chi: Chapter 881.

• If you feel that you meet the requirements and have not received an invitation letter please notify an officer of Psi Chi or the faculty sponsor, currently Dr. Bohémier, as soon as possible.

 

-- Updated June 22, 2007.