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Nabil Hassan El-Ghoroury, Ph.D. Associate Executive Director APAGS

Three Unique Characteristics

 Finances are tight

 68% graduate with some debt  22% with debt > $100,000  Average debt – $78,000 HSP, $48,000 Research

 Students are mobile

 How many of you have moved in the past 3 years?

 Students are online

 Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Three Strategies for Recruitment

 Money, Money, Money

 Offer scholarships (that require membership) to recruit

students

 APAGS offered $2000 in scholarships– resulted in at

least 52 new members (52 x $54 = $2808 in new dues)

 Student Focused Programming

 Programs that focus on starting your career – how to

find postdoc, how to write early grants, lessons learned

• n the path to becoming a psychologist

 Keep Dues Low Cost

Three Strategies for Retention

 Provide Opportunities for Leadership

 Voting seat on your board, participation in committees,

student reviewer/editor of journal

 Website/Social Networking – Ideal place!

 Provide a Sense of Community

 Use listservs, social networking to create connections

between members

 Provide mechanisms for formal and informal mentoring

 Provide information that is relevant to students

 Newsletter, journal, website

Outstanding Division Award

 $1500 prize to the Division that demonstrates a

commitment to graduate students – leadership, development, programming

 Deadline May 13, 2011