The current host of SAS, the University of North Dakota, would like to announce that we will be sending out a call for proposals for the next SAS Host institution for the years of 2010-2013 in the Fall of 2009. So, get your students together within your Counseling Psychology department and start dialoguing about working together to compose a proposal to host SAS!

You may be asking - what are they talking about; hosting SAS? Every three years the institution that hosts SAS changes to a new counseling psychology department. UND has hosted since August of 2007 and prior to that Marquette Univeristy hosted from 2004-2007, and so forth. This process has been occuring for alomost 30 years! UND will be sending out directions and details about how to apply to host SAS shortly after the Annual APA Convention in August 2009, so most of your questions and concerns will be answered then, but please feel free to email the current SAS Co-Chairs if you have any questions now (Dan Walinsky and Christine Even).

Hosting SAS is a great opportuunity to be intimately involved in leadership within the Society of Counseling Psychology! It opens many unique doors that only a very few students have the opportunity to experience (i.e., being voting members of the SCP Executive Board, working one on one with the SCP Presidential Cabinet, etc). What you need to know is that these proposals are student driven and creatively developed with student ideas! Students should start talking to their department faculty to gauge support for hosting SAS and to identify those faculty that may be interested in serving as the SAS faculty advisor if your school should host SAS. You will also want to start talking with all students within your department to find out who is willing and able to devote time and energy to running the national SAS organization! Speaking with your advisors about taking this on is also encouraged as they can give you insight about how to juggle responsibilities.

We hope that you will be starting the process of considering your counseling psychology department for this outstanding and exciting opportunity! Once agian, please contact us if any quesiton arises - we are more than happy to help you answer questions and to encourage you along this process!

Click here to download the application now!