2018 Report: Student Affiliates of Seventeen (SAS)

Abstract

Ball State University has had the privilege of serving as host institution for Student Affiliates of Seventeen (SAS) for 2 years. The purpose of SAS is to increase student membership and engagement in the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP), provide students with opportunities to learn and network, and highlight counseling students’ accomplishments. The SAS executive board developed two broad goals for the 2017–2018 year, including outreach to nonmember counseling students and engagement of SAS members. Inspired by the SCP and other divisions, SAS placed an emphasis on webinars as a means to engage and provide information to a geographically diverse membership base. The SAS executive board has conducted outreach, organized student programming, distributed funded awards, and had an active presence at various conferences. Furthermore, SAS has provided members with resources including networking, funding opportunities, and leadership positions.

Student Affiliates of Seventeen (SAS) 2020 Report: Transitioning to Leadership in a Historic Year

“…Membership development was a key priority of SAS’s student leaders during the organization’s previous tenure at BSU (Colbert & Schoener, 2018; Schoener & Colbert, 2019). During this period from 2016–2019, SAS membership held constant (Schoener & Colbert, 2019) despite declining membership overall within APA and SCP (Heesacker, 2018).…”

“…Student Affiliates of Seventeen (SAS) is the national student organization of Division 17 of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Society of Counseling Psychology (SCP). Established in 1977, SAS was created to include students in governance of the division, provide leadership development opportunities, and socialize potential future professional leaders within SCP (Colbert & Schoener, 2018; Glidden et al, 1993). The organization is led by a board of graduate students within an APA-accredited counseling psychology doctoral program that is selected to host SAS on a rotating three-year basis.…”