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(The follow information has been copied from http://spsnational.org/info/membership.htm.)
SPS Membership Information and Application
What
is SPS?
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.
Within the SPS, Sigma Pi Sigma, a nationally recognized scholastic honor society, elects members on the basis of outstanding academic achievement. This two-in-one Society operates within the American Institute of Physics (AIP).
Why
Join SPS?
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.
Locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, the SPS offers
the opportunity for these important enrichments to the student’s
experience.
What
Does it Cost?
To
cover in part, the cost of the Society’s services, members
pay annual national dues of $20.00. Dickinson's local SPS chapter will pay for 2/3 of your membership fee, $13 of the $20. There is no local membership fee.
What
Will I Receive?
Upon
payment of your $7.00 dues, you will receive:
How
do I Apply?
Contact one of your local SPS officers and ask for a membership application.
Free
Membership With One AIP Member Society
Undergraduates students can receive free membership in one of AIP's
ten member societies for up to three years when joining SPS:
The
American Physical Society (APS)
Promotes the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics
and all branches of fundamental and applied physics.
Optical
Society of America (OSA)
Devotes itself to the advancement of optics, pure and applied, in
all its branches.
Acoustical
Society of America (ASA)
Seeks to increase and diffuse the knowledge of acoustics and to
promote its practical applications.
The
Society of Rheology (SoR)
Promotes the advancement and applications of rheology, the science
of deformation and flow of matter, and its applications.
American
Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
Promotes the advancement of the teaching of physics and furtherance
of appreciation of the cultural role of physics.
American
Crystallographic Association (ACA)
Promotes the study of the arrangement of the atoms in matter, its
causes, its nature, and its consequences, and the tools and methods
used in such studies.
American
Astronomical Society (AAS)
Promotes the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches
of science.
American
Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
Seeks to promote the application of physics to medicine and biology.
AVS
Science and Technology Society
Promotes communication, dissemination of knowledge, recommended
practices, research, and education in the use of vacuum and other
controlled environments to develop new materials, process technology,
devices, and related understanding of material properties for the
betterment of humanity.
American
Geophysical Union (AGU)
Promotes the scientific study of the Earth and its environment in
space.