The SPS has seven unique roles
within the physics community:
(as it reads in the AIP's
SPS Homepage)
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Encouraging undergraduate research experience as a teaching tool.
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Promoting science literacy and appreciation through physics outreach programs
to grades K-12 and the general public.
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Through SPS alumni and the members of Sigma Pi Sigma, the Society maintains
the only institutionalized structure the physics community has for communicating
with the "friends of physics" that exist throughout all walks of life in
society.
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The SPS provides an effective signpost for educating the student on the
many career options, in addition to traditional physics, that come with
a degree in physics.
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The active SPS chapter is an especially effective student recruitment and
retention tool for the physics department.
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The SPS is a gateway society to the other professional societies in physics.
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The SPS provides training for leadership. Through SPS activities, students'
professional development, communication skills, leadership qualities, and
professional networking is enhanced in ways that cannot be realized in
course work alone.
The SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma are sponsored by the American Institute of
Physics (AIP). The AIP is a "society of
societies," with ten Member Societies, besides the SPS and Sigma
Pi Sigma.
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