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Sociology Club (Officers, Statement of Purpose, Activities, AKD Honors Society, Links)

All students welcome (Majors/Minors). Come join us for new topics every week. Potential discussions/movies/guest speakers include topics about:

• WAR & PEACE
• RACE & CLASS
• GENDER & SEXUALITY
• CRIME & DEVIANCE
• FAMILY & MARRIAGE
• POLITICS & SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
• RELIGION

We meet every Thursday 6-7:50 pm in 101 Lawson Hall.

*Refreshments will be provided*

 

The Sociology Club offers students the opportunity beyond classroom study. Members can engage in activities that include service projects, social events, field trips, and guest speakers. The Sociology Club also conducts fundraising projects. Some of these funds can enable the Club to send students to several conventions. These conventions provide opportunities to attend paper presentations sessions on many topics and to meet sociology faculty and students from throughout the Nation. Sociology Club members are encouraged to present their own papers in competitive and non-competitive student paper sessions at these conventions. The American Sociological Association has membership benefits for university sociology students, and majors should consider pursuing membership.

 

 

Officers - 2008/09

President: TBA

Vice President:TBA

Treasurer: TBA

Secretary: TBA

 

For more information, contact:

Cathy Field

Faner, 3386

Phone: 618/453- 7698

email: field@siu.edu

 

Graduate Assistant: Evonnia Woods ewoods@siu.edu

 

Statement of Purpose

 

The purpose of the Sociology Club is to increase interaction among students, faculty, and staff at Southern Illinois University Carbondale as well as members of the local community and the professional sociological community in an effort to:

• Provide an understanding of sociology and how important it is in every discipline.
• Provide a service to the community.
• Secure a sense of personal and professional growth in sociology.
• Provide information on careers and college opportunities.

Prospective Activities

• Gather items for the homeless and organize a box-a-thon.
• Volunteer at local community centers.
• Participate in a Career Day.
• Have Sociology Faculty guest lecture.
• Develop a program or seminar informing about important student issues. (Ex. Stress Management or Freshmen Fifteen)
• Have fundraising activities.
• Graduate student panel about graduate school.

 

Links

SIUC Opportunities for Undergraduate Research

 

 

Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) Sociology Honor Society

 

SIUC is pleased to be a member of Alpha Kappa Delta: The International Sociology Honor Society.Alpha, Kappa, and Delta (the first letters in the Greek words Anthropon, Katamanthenein, and Diakonesein) translates to: "To investigate humanity for the purpose of service."

To be a member, you must meet the following criteria:

 

Undergraduate Students:

1. Officially declared sociology major or demonstrate serious interest in sociology within an official program of the host institution.
2. Must be at least a junior (third year) by standards of the host institution.
3. Must have accumulated the equivalent of an overall grade point average of 3.0 by a four point scale where A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0.
4. Must have maintained the equivalent of a 3.0 grade point average in sociology courses taken at the host institution prior to initiation.
5. Must have completed at least four (4) regular courses in sociology prior to initiation (exclusive of extension of courses graded pass/fail).