TRIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
“Pi Gamma Mu Honors America's Past, Plans the World's Future”
October 20-22, 2011
Registration and tour information for the International Convention are now set. Plan to join us in Washington, D.C.
Registration - the fee will be $18 per person, which must be received at headquarters by Monday,
October 3. This fee includes the dessert bar on Thursday evening, October 20.
Registration form – http://organization.northgeorgia.edu/pigammu/ICONF.pdf
Tour - Delegates are invited to participate in a Tour of the Mall: "It's a Mall World After All" led by Secretary-Treasurer Larry Heck.
Paper Proposals – Pi Gamma Mu student members may propose to present papers at the convention. Pi Gamma
Mu will pay for one night’s lodging at the Holiday Inn Airport Hotel in Arlington, VA for each student member
whose proposal is accepted and who presents his or her paper at the international convention. Paper submissions
should be in
the form of an oral presentation (with a PowerPoint presentation being an optional enhancement) or in the form
of a poster at the convention. Regardless of the presentation format, proposals for this convention must
be submitted in the form of a completed
research paper or, at a minimum, a complete draft of a paper. One should submit his/her proposal to Dr.
Charles W. Hartwig, chancellor of the South / Southwest Region of Pi Gamma Mu by E-mail to hartwigc@astate.edu (and
send a "CC" to convention-committee chairman Barry D. Friedman at bfriedman@northgeorgia.edu );
attach the research paper as a Microsoft
Word document and specify whether the student wishes to deliver an oral presentation or display a poster.
Other word-processing software is unacceptable. Proposals must be received by the chairmen of
the Committee of Readers and of the convention committee no
later than September 19, 2011. (Other members of the Committee of Readers: Dr. Stephen E. Medvec, Holy
Family University, Philadelphia, Penn., and Dr. Janice K. Purk, Mansfield University of Pennsylvania, Mansfield,
Penn.)
If a student presents a poster, the poster must display (a) a summary of the research project, including the
thesis statement or hypothesis, (b) an outline of the methodology and information discovered, and (c) the findings,
including a statement of whether the thesis statement or hypothesis was supported or unsubstantiated.
Service Project – We are asking delegates to bring a stuffed animal to the convention. It would be nice to
have the toys indicate what state they are representing (e.g., holding a state flag or wearing a ribbon with
the name of the state on it). We will pretend to have a national Constitutional Convention for the proposal of
amendments to the U. S. Constitution. The toys will be collected and donated to a local battered women's shelter.
One of the ideals of Pi Gamma Mu is Social Service, and we want to leave Washington, D.C. knowing that we were
able to help some children.
Registration form – http://organization.northgeorgia.edu/pigammu/ICONF.pdf
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.
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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.
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ISSR The International Social Science Review
Dean Fafoutis of Salisbury University in Maryland is the editor of the ISSR, Pi Gamma Mu’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.
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