SIOP understands that finances can be tight for Student Affiliates and wanted to help by offering an early bird renewal drawing, exclusively for students.

Roughly 1,000 students were entered in our drawing, simply for renewing their dues by June 15. SIOP is happy to announce the three lucky students that won free registration for the 35^th Annual SIOP Conference.

In balloting that ended July 19, SIOP voters approved an amendment creating a new Diversity and Inclusion Portfolio Officer on the Executive Board.

They also ratified a provision limiting the eligibility of current officers to run for future seats on the board, a measure intended to assure that officers serve the entire term for any elected position.

SIOP President Eden King introduced the amendment creating the Diversity and Inclusion Officer as part of her closing plenary presentation at the 2019 SIOP Annual Conference.  

The amendment was first proposed by several committee representatives, including Ismael Diaz, Mindy Bergman, and Enrica Ruggs, and Membership Portfolio Chair Allan Church at the end of the 2018 Conference. The Amendment was unanimously approved by the Executive Board in January 2019 for presenting to the membership for a vote.

Online proposal submission for the 2020 SIOP Annual Conference, April 23-25 at the JW Marriott in Austin, Texas, is now open! The submission deadline is Wednesday, September 11, 2019 at 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time. No exceptions will be made for late submissions. SIOP members have already received an email notifying them of the call. Didn’t get the email? Please make sure to update your SIOP profile.

The Distinguished Early Career Contributions Award-Practice is open for nominations until the end of July. If you or a colleague defended your PhD dissertation less than 10 years ago, you may be eligible.  The criteria and submission information for this Distinguished Award is available at http://www.siop.org/Foundation/Awards/Distinguished-and-Career-Awards

One of the privileges of being a full member of SIOP is the ability to vote on issues that directly affect the Society. The Executive Board recently voted to support two changes to SIOP’s Bylaws. In accordance with Article IX (Amendments) of the Bylaws, member voting on the two proposed amendments concludes on July 19, 2019.