Chapter Heritage Award

Time was when groups and organizations elected historians to keep track of and record their activities and achievements. HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF YOUR PI GAMMA MU CHAPTER? Some chapters have traditions that span the whole 85 years of the organization’s existence while others have only been recently chartered. But whether yours is an older chapter or a recent one, preserving and recording for posterity that history and those traditions is important.

In this vein, the Pi Gamma Mu Board of Trustees last fall created Chapter Heritage Awards and encourages its chapters to make application. There is no deadline: applications will be reviewed as they are submitted. Chapter Heritage awards were approved to promote two general goals: (1) encourage chapters to explore and record their histories or (2) prepare a nomination for some faculty adviser (past or present) to the PGM Hall of Fame. These awards are in the amount of $300 and support the research costs necessary to bring these projects to fruition. Read more >

Period of Great Growth: Chapters Move from 123 to 150.

Excerpt from Notes from the President, PGM Newsletter, November 08: As we move toward this year’s Pi Gamma Mu Triennial Convention in Atlanta Georgia, it is time to review new priorities and progress over the last three years. Pi Gamma Mu membership has always been a favorable factor in members getting a job and is considered a plus in Federal Service. Our PI Gamma Mu Board of Trustees recently voted to work with the career service Experience to establish a Career Center for members. The new Pi Gamma Mu Career Center will enable student s and faculty advisers to search for jobs and internships on an extensive internet employment jobs listing service provided by Experience. We have experimented with the service and found the jobs national in scope and also found references on this service to be favorable. In addition to job search, the PGM Career Center will help students build portfolios as well as provide articles of guidance in contemporary professions. We expect the new PGM Career Service to be operational by the beginning of next academic year. We appreciate Sue Watters and the PGM Board of Trustees working with Experience to get this important career service operational. Read more >

Pi Gamma Mu had a Party: A Political Party!

When Pi Gamma Mu's 2008 triennial international convention convened on October 23, 2008, there were just 12 days to go before a captivatingly historic presidential election. Delegates gathered at the elegant Hilton Atlanta Airport hotel to celebrate politics, history in the making, and riveting societal change. It was a perfect time to reflect on what the social sciences contribute to our understanding of social systems, on the potential of social-science research and humanitarian action to improve the quality of life and alleviate suffering, and on the mysteries and wonders of how people organize their neighborhoods and their organized establishments.
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Chapter Reactivation

Pi Gammu Mu has started a nationwide drive to reactivate lapsed or inactive chapters. To reactivate your chapter, simply click here and fill out this simple online form to start the process. There is no charge for this service and we will immediately begin processing your chapter's reactivation. More >

Looking for a job? Want to advance your career?

Pi Gammu Mu and Experience have partnered to provide you exclusive member-only access to jobs, internships, and other opportunities—job shadows, informational interviews, webinars, networking connections, competitions and more. Join the community now >

ISSR The International Social Science Review

Dean Fafoutis of Salisbury University in Maryland is the editor of the ISSR, PGM’s flagship publication. He is searching for a few well written research papers suitable for inclusion in the next edition. Papers must focus upon interesting and/or timely topics. Many great papers are written every year by students in history, political science, sociology, anthropology, economics, international relations, criminal justice, social work, psychology, philosophy, history of education, and cultural/human geography.Think of the best paper you wrote for class and consider submitting it. You can find more information on the How to be Published page.