APAGS Three Unique Characteristics Finances are tight 68% graduate - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Nabil Hassan El-Ghoroury, Ph.D. Associate Executive Director APAGS

Three Unique Characteristics  Finances are tight  68% graduate with some debt  22% with debt > $100,000  Average debt – $78,000 HSP, $48,000 Research  Students are mobile  How many of you have moved in the past 3 years?  Students are online  Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Three Strategies for Recruitment  Money, Money, Money  Offer scholarships (that require membership) to recruit students  APAGS offered $2000 in scholarships – resulted in at least 52 new members (52 x $54 = $2808 in new dues)  Student Focused Programming  Programs that focus on starting your career – how to find postdoc, how to write early grants, lessons learned on the path to becoming a psychologist  Keep Dues Low Cost

Three Strategies for Retention  Provide Opportunities for Leadership  Voting seat on your board, participation in committees, student reviewer/editor of journal  Website/Social Networking – Ideal place!  Provide a Sense of Community  Use listservs, social networking to create connections between members  Provide mechanisms for formal and informal mentoring  Provide information that is relevant to students  Newsletter, journal, website

Outstanding Division Award  $1500 prize to the Division that demonstrates a commitment to graduate students – leadership, development, programming  Deadline May 13, 2011