Alpha Phi Sigma Chapter XI

10/16/2017

Hi All,

Don't forget about our first meeting of the year tomorrow, October 17, at 9:00 pm in the Grad Office McMullen 007. We will be welcoming new members, talking about the conference in New Orleans during 🎉Mardi Gras 🎉, and more!

05/08/2017

Many thanks to Austin and Kevin for coming out and helping clean up our highway! It was a beautiful day!

Good luck to everyone on your finals, and best of luck to our graduates!

Everyone staying at St. Ambrose, I hope you will continue to contribute to Alpha Phi Sigma!

03/10/2017

We are now ten days away from the departure date for ACJS in Kansas City, MO. Please contact the Executive Board if you're planning to attend, or might attend. Because we've been able to secure some money from fundraising, the rental car and gas money can be covered out of the Honor Society's funds and we can carpool down to the conference.

Additionally, you can recoup $200 for one conference if you are a graduate student. Please contact Kevin for details. All you need to do is keep your receipt for the hotel.

The conference lasts Tuesday through Friday, 21-24 March, so we will be driving to Kansas City on Monday and returning Friday.

We'll follow a similar format for the Midwest Sociological Society, which will last from Thursday through Sunday, 30 March – 2 April.

Also, if you're interested in networking and making business cards for the event based on your membership in ΑΦΣ, please let us know and we will be happy to help based on designs used by prior members.

02/19/2017

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for helping out with Trivia Night, and to single out a few in particular!

Firstly, thank you to everyone who attended. We made a good sum of money and it will help us offset the rental car costs associated with driving to Kansas City, MO for the annual ACJS meeting!

We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks in particular to Ms. Voelkers, without whom no Trivia Night would have taken place this year or last year. She's been our greatest asset throughout the process and done so much good for our honor society. It was our honor to present her with a small token of our gratitude!

Additionally, we'd like to thank Team 5, the winners of Trivia Night! The powerhouse team edged out Team 4 in the final round to take home the prize. In addition to being trivia champions, they revealed themselves to be profoundly generous: they returned the prize money to support the honor society's activities. Thank you so much!

Finally, I'd like to personally thank my fellow Executive Board members. Without them, we wouldn't have much of an honor society to participate in. They're the engine of our organization, and I'm grateful to have their support.

Looking at the upcoming conferences, I think we're in for a great time!

02/19/2017

Important announcement for students who would like to attend the Midwest Sociology Society (MSS) annual meeting in Milwaukee, WI this year! The conference is taking place from 30 March through 2 April. Since it's not in Chicago this year, I've changed my mind about attending the entire conference and will encourage everyone else to attend if you are interested in the latest research in the field of sociology. Like the ACJS, these annual meetings comprise roundtables, presentations, and other interactive events where you can engage with researchers, network, and learn what is being accomplished in the field of sociology!

The links are below. They include everything you will need to attend the conference. If you register online, the price for a year in the MSS is $50. Registration is open for the next couple of weeks, so you can save money ($20) by registering early!

The MSS is also hosting several events that might interest you, including tours and a trivia night. I've included a link describing the tours. They include a tour of the sustainable urban farm in Milwaukee, a pub crawl, and a tour of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Finally, I've attached a link for the conference hotel below, but don't take this as a requirement. There may be nearby hotels with more competitive prices. If you're interested in staying at the Hilton using their discounted conference rate, please use the below link.

If you're interested in attending, please let the executive board know as soon as possible so we can get a headcount! Also, please do start the process to register and organize your attendance to save money!

This is a great opportunity for those who are interested in sociology. We highly encourage attendance so you can get the most out of what our field has to offer!

http://www.themss.org/who-we-are/join-the-mss/

http://www.themss.org/annual-meeting/tours/

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/M/MKEMHHF-MIDSS-20170329/index.jhtml?WT.mc_id=POG

The Midwest region includes the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois, but any research worker or any other person employed as a sociologist, or any persons interested in the field of sociology, shall be eligible for regular member...

02/15/2017

Everyone, I'd like to get this information out quickly so that you can act on it and secure your ACJS membership if you're planning on attending the conference in Kansas City, MO this year. Follow the link below if you don't have an account with them yet, and follow the steps to sign up.

If you already have an account, use that information to log in.

Use the "Student" radial dial for the student rate. It should be $30.

If you'd like to join us for the conference, then please hurry, registration closes tomorrow!

https://acjs.site-ym.com/general/register_member_type.asp?

02/10/2017

Come join us tomorrow at the Rogalski Center ballroom when we host our annual Trivia Night! Teams of up to eight per table at $10 a head, and bar service available.

Proceeds go directly to our Honor Society's conference travel this year to offset costs and enable more members to attend. Please help support our efforts to learn and grow in our academic field!

01/20/2017

And important deadline for the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) is coming up on February 17th. If you would like to apply for a grant from the MSS, please follow the link below for instructions.

The MSS grants over $28,000 per year, so if you have a project you want completed, this is a great opportunity!

http://www.themss.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MSS-LRP-RFP-2017.pdf

01/20/2017

We would also like to notify everyone that Presidential and Vice-Presidential nominations for National Student Officers (not Chapter XI officers) are currently open. If you know someone you would like to nominate for National Student Officer, or you would like to apply yourself, then please use the link below to find more information.

The deadline for nominations is January 27th!

If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

http://files.ctctcdn.com/1736e23c001/e53409c8-9b48-4de3-81ae-4b656c90f772.pdf

01/20/2017

We recently received a generous offer from the Gainesville, FL police department asking for certified and non-certified law enforcement candidates to apply for positions in their department. Gainesville is the location of the University of Florida.

Most applicants from St. Ambrose will likely be non-certified, which means that you have no current law enforcement certification, and need sponsorship to the Florida Police Academy.

To qualify as being certified you must have either military or police law enforcement experience totaling at least two years, or 18 months with the State of Florida.

I've attached the link to apply here. Non-certified applicants must apply by March 12th, and test on April 10-12th!

The application must contain a background data packet, background waiver, and physician recommendation forms. If you are interested and would like more information, then please let me know and I can give you a point of contact at the Gainesville PD!

http://cityofgainesville.org/humanresources/employmentopportunities

Employment Opportunities

01/20/2017

Hello everyone, and welcome back to St. Ambrose for the spring semester! We hope that everyone had a great break, and time to celebrate the holidays with your families.

As the semester begins, we'd like to start by disseminating some information from ACJS about scholarships available through our honor society.

Some of them are individual scholarships and grants, and others are for the chapter as a whole (including one for t-shirt design). If anyone would like to compete for these scholarships, please do so! The deadline for submission is January 30th, 2017, so don't delay!

I've attached a link to the .pdf file with instructions here. More to follow!

http://files.ctctcdn.com/1736e23c001/6e2e16f2-69ca-4c08-927e-14786c1b54bd.pdf

12/21/2016

Here's a message for those of you who are planning to participate in the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) conference this April. It's in Chicago, so we usually just drive out in the morning and drive home in the evening, and split the expenses.

If you need help getting links for a submission, please let me know in the comments and I'll forward it to you.

Happy holidays!