Scholarships Federal Benefits of Membership

According to a letter dated April 13, 1973, If you are a member of Pi Gamma Mu, the U.S. Civil Service Commission (now you could qualify to be the recipient of a U.S. Office of Personnel Management) $2000 or $1000 award to attend graduate stated, “Membership in a national honor school. society meets one of the requirements for

entrance at the GS-7 level in numerous Pi Gamma Mu's scholarships are intended professional and technical occupations in for the first or second year of graduate work the Federal service. However, applicants in the areas of sociology, anthropology, must meet all of the requirements as political science, history, , described in the particular Federal Job , public administration, Announcement covering the positions for , law, , which they apply." This affords a very psychology, and human/cultural geography. tangible acknowledgement that

organizations maintaining Other interdisciplinary fields will be standards merit distinction and is another considered on an individual basis based benefit of membership in Pi Gamma Mu. Benefits of upon the degree to which the social sciences are an integral component of the overall Membership course of study.

Applications must be fully completed and received at the Pi Gamma Mu office in Winfield—or postmarked—no later than February 15. See website for full application requirements. Pi Gamma Mu

1001 Millington Street, Suite B Pi Gamma Mu awards 10 scholarships each Winfield, KS 67156 year. Why not be one of the next recipients?

Phone: 620-221-3128 www.pigammamu.org Fax: 620-221-7124 [email protected] Recognition Publication Opportunity What is Pi Gamma Mu? At Pi Gamma Mu we make sure that honor Students (as well as students receive appropriate recognition and an professors) have an array of membership services including: Pi Gamma Mu is the oldest and preeminent opportunity to publish in an lifetime membership, an elegant membership honor society in the social sciences. Our international journal. certificate, a membership card, a lapel pin, the mission is to encourage and promote Virtually every edition of the online Pi Gamma Mu Newsletter, and online excellence in the social sciences and to uphold International access to the International Social Science the ideals of scholarship and service. Pi Review contains the work of Review. Gamma Mu serves the various social science at least one chapter sponsor

disciplines which seek to understand and and at least one student explain human behavior and social member of the honor society, relationships as well as their related problems and publishers have asked and received and issues. Currently, there are around 150 permission to reprint student-written articles in

active chapters in the United States and other widely distributed publications.

overseas.

Show your Pi Gamma Mu Pride

Pi Gamma Mu helps its members to look like Pi Gamma Mu members! We make attractive and

A Multidisciplinary Approach fun items available to our members. For example, we offer (in blue and Pi Gamma Mu's constitution defines the social Our multidisciplinary approach allows people white, Pi Gamma Mu's colors) to drape over sciences to include the disciplines of history, in various disciplines/majors to socialize with your graduation regalia when you political science, sociology, anthropology, and learn from each other. Some chapters graduate. We also have clothing and novelty economics, psychology, international relations, operate social-service projects including items available on our Web site and on our criminal justice, social work, social volunteers from various departments. CafePress storefront. philosophy, history of education, and cultural/

human geography. Membership is also Present Research Papers extended to interdisciplinary social science Students can propose to present their research Students can Run for Office! areas that build on the core social science at Pi Gamma Mu conventions. Presenting a Student members participate actively in disciplines, such as business and society, paper can help jump-start student’s desire to governing Pi Gamma Mu. At each triennial education, minority studies, public pursue a graduate degree—and Pi Gamma Mu convention, the student members elect administration, international studies, public often will help pay for some of their travel two students to serve on the international Board finance, leadership studies, consumer behavior, expenses. of Trustees for the new three-year period. Both student trustees then attend the annual board