<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hello everyone,</font><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It's that time of year to nominate yourself to be a part of the Graduate Student Psychology Organization (GSPO) executive board for the 2016-2017 school year! Being on the GSPO exec board helps you become more involved in your program (master's clinical, master's school, or doctoral clinical) as well as the psychology department overall. GSPO exec members are also eligible for scholarships from Graduate Studies, and it makes a nice extra line on your CV! GSPO puts on several events every year (i.e., Fall Social, Christmas party) as well as serves the community (i.e., </font><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:helvetica,arial,sans-serif;line-height:19.32px">SHSU Out of the Darkness Suicide Prevention Campus Walk, helping at Hospitality House).</span></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><b><font color="#0000ff">To nominate yourself</font></b><font color="#000000">, send an e-mail to </font><font color="#ff9900"><a href="mailto:gspo.shsu@gmail.com">gspo.shsu@gmail.com</a></font><font color="#000000"> with your name, the position you are applying for, and a short blurb (3-4 sentences) about why you want the position and why you think you will be good for the position by </font><b><u><font color="#0000ff">Friday, June 17, 2016.</font></u></b></span><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The positions are President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Master's Liaison. Some short descriptions of the responsibilities of each position as well as the current person in that position are listed below. Feel free to contact any person to discuss their responsibilities in more depth, ask questions, and learn more about the time commitment.</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>President (current president, Paula Bernhard)</b></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">serves as the point of contact for faculty in
relation to GSPO, contacts outside agencies for support and for hosting
events, leads exec board meetings and general member
meetings, organizes and keeps track of community service hours, plans
events, updates the SHSU OrgLink website<br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Vice-President (current VP, Laurel Mattos)</b></font></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The
role of the Vice President is broadly to support the other positions,
especially the President, in the planning and organization of events. The Vice
President may also wish to take a leading role in organization of community
service events. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Secretary (current secretary, Kelsey Maloney)</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Secretary serves as the communication person for GSPO, including sending out e-mails (like this one), helping organize and send the e-invites to our events, and keeping meeting minutes when the GSPO exec meets. The Secretary also maintains the contact information for students in each program in GSPO.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Treasurer (current treasurer, Joshua Camins)</b><br></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Treasurer's
main job is to keep track of GSPO funds. The Treasurer is responsible for
keeping track of dues paying members, and distributing funds for the various
events. All purchases go through the Treasurer. In addition, the Treasurer
holds the money box, and works with our bank account and any outside vendors.</span></p><p><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Master's Liaison (current master's liaison, Samantha Kempker)</b><br></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Master's Liaison is responsible for ensuring communication
among the various graduate programs, as well as aiding in the coordination of
GSPO's various social and community service events (i.e., Fall social,
Christmas party, puppy calendars, etc.).</span></p><p><br></p><p>Looking forward to your nominations!</p><p>The GSPO Exec Board</p></div></div>