Division 15’s Membership Committee is currently soliciting applications for its Graduate Student Ambassador program. The purpose of this program is to create a community of graduate students who will serve as liaisons between Division 15 and their institutions. Graduate students in Educational Psychology or related fields are eligible to apply.
Ambassadors will typically serve two years (all terms will end no later than students’ graduation). A maximum of two ambassadors will be appointed at each institution. Please click here to check for available slots at your local institution; note that any individual whose term ends in 2019 will create an opening at the corresponding institution.
Responsibilities include:
- Ambassadors will support general Division 15 awareness and growth within their programs and help disseminate D15’s most important messages. For example, ambassadors are asked to review Division 15 announcements and forward relevant messages, award calls, and event information to graduate students in their programs.
- Ambassadors will also serve as the point person for graduate students who have questions regarding Division 15 membership. They may also support recruitment efforts by sharing enrollment and renewal information among students in their graduate programs no more than twice per year.
- Ambassadors will foster communications between graduate students in their program and the Division. For example, ambassadors will relay the concerns and needs of their fellow graduate students to relevant Division 15 committees (e.g., Graduate Student Affairs Committee, Membership Committee, Early Career Committee, etc.) via short annual surveys.
Those interested may apply here. Ambassadors will be acknowledged on the Division 15 website, as well as at the annual Division 15 Business Meeting. The deadline to apply is May 24, 2019. Applicants will be notified of a decision by the end of June, 2019. If you have any questions about the program, please email Serena Shim at [email protected].