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Society of Physics Students
The Society of Physics Students is a professional physics association
explicitly designed for students. Membership is open to anyone interested
in physics. The Society provides each student the opportunity of participating
in the physics community on a professional basis. For $13 per year,
members of SPS receive Physics Today, The Journal of
Undergraduate Research in Physics, and the SPS Newsletter,
which covers local, regional, and national SPS activities and includes
the latest job information. Also available are scholarships and reduced
rates on journals published by the American Institute of Physics.
The Towson Chapter of SPS also sponsors activities during the school
year. Recent activities include three picnics, trips to NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Centre and the Space Telescope Science Institute, and
several bagel sales. The chapter also co-sponsors the bimonthly
department seminars. Plans for the future include trips to Aberdeen
Proving Grounds and, in conjunction with the Chemistry club, to
NIST.
In addition, SPS is associated with Sigma Pi Sigma,
the physics honour society.
For a Membership application, please come to the Department of
Physics, Astronomy & Geosciences office in Smith 445, or talk
to one of the officers:
Mike Davis, President
John Vittuci, Vice President
Josh Giltinan, Secretary
Panagotis "PK" Kolias, Treasurer
Dr. Phuoc Ha, advisor
Sigma Pi Sigma
Sigma Pi Sigma is a nationally recognized scholastic honor society
within SPS. It is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies
and is an affiliated society of the American Institute for the Advancement
of Science.
Membership in the Towson State University chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma
is limited to those who meet the following criteria:
have at least 27 credit hours at TU
have at least a 3.0 overall cumulative average
have completed at least 9 hours in physics at TU beyond the 200
level
have at least a 3.25 cumulative average in all physics courses
are in the upper third of the class.
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