Nominations for Membership Due March 6, 2008

Deadline for Nominations for Membership is March 6, 2008

The Committee on Membership of the University of Michigan Chapter of Sigma Xi is requesting that its current members assist in soliciting nominations for Full and Associate membership.You also might know of Associate members who now are eligible for promotion to Full Member status. Furthermore, there might be members of other Sigma Xi chapters who would wish to transfer their membership to the University of Michigan Chapter. Graduate and undergraduate students are eligible for Associate membership.

Sigma Xi is an honor society and therefore the standards for admission are designed to be highly selective. Generally, Full membership is reserved for those individuals who currently hold a doctorate and/or who are recognized for their achievements as creative and original investigators. It is more appropriate to nominate for Associate membership those individuals who have demonstrated high potential for original and creative research.

The Committee on Membership relies heavily upon the nominators to make these distinctions and to nominate individuals for either Full or Associate membership based upon their assessment of the nominee's stage of professional development. Associate members may become eligible for promotion to full membership as their scientific achievements merit.

Nomination or Promotion Forms:

Click HERE to download MS Word nomination form

or obtain these forms from:

Richard Robertson, Ph.D.
Materials Science and Engineering
2146B H.H. Dow
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2136
(tel: 734-763-9867) or by email to rer@umich.edu

All nomination forms must be fully completed, signed by two Full, active members of the University of Michigan Chapter and submitted with a current curriculum vitae. For Full Member Status you must include two recent publications. You might wish to consider at this time those students and colleagues who could be eligible for election to membership for this year. Full-time, degree-seeking students are eligible to pay annual dues at a reduced rate of $25.00. For full fee structure, see http://www.sigmaxi.org/member/dues/details.html )

Become an Active Member!

Those of you who have not contributed your membership dues in recent years are encouraged to reactivate your membership. Your dues help to support the activities of your Society and your Chapter. The following are some of the benefits of active membership in Sigma Xi:

All active members are entitled to receive the American Scientist. When two members reside in the same household, they may request that only one individual receive this journal. The individual who does not receive the journal can obtain a reduction in dues equal to one-half of the annual membership fee.
Any active Full or Associate Member who has paid annual dues for the immediately preceding 10 years and who has reached the age of 65, or who, at any age, has paid annual dues for the immediately preceding 30 years, may upon retirement request emeritus status. The annual dues of an emeritus member are one-half of the current dues for an active member.