Counseling Honor Society: Chi
Sigma Iota
Chi Sigma Iota
is the international honor society
for students, professional counselors and counselor educators established at
Ohio University in 1985.
Our
mission
is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership and excellence
in counseling, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and
clinical excellence in the profession of counseling.
Benefits of Membership in Chi
Sigma Iota
Professionalism
CSI
values high standards in the relatively young and emerging field of counseling.
Along with credentialing, standards, and graduate school accreditation, CSI is
striving to define and unify the counseling profession. One way we do this is
through active, service oriented university based chapters composed of neophyte
and experienced professional counselors.
Recognition
Recognition for the pursuit of personal excellence is a fundamental purpose of
the Society. It is through the efforts of individual members that the collective
influence of the Society is realized. As a consequence, the Society seeks to
identify and encourage all those who have made a commitment to excel in all that
they do. From the time of their first invitation to join the Society and
throughout their professional careers, CSI strives to support and promote the
activities of its members and chapters. In addition to the membership
certificate and recognition pin, members are encouraged to wear honor regalia at
official functions as both a sign of their accomplishments and continuing
commitment to excellence.
Exemplar
The CSI
Exemplar is distributed three times a year to all CSI members, and is the main
communication for informing members on a variety of professional topics and
issues as well as activities of the Society. Its content encourages a commitment
to and enthusiasm for academic and professional excellence in counseling.
Periodically an additional issue is published on special topics such as
mentoring and passageways to the profession. All past issues of the Exemplar are
available on this web site.
Leadership Development
Developing leaders for the Society as well as the profession is a part of the
CSI mission. The CSI officers, Scholars, and Academy of Leaders for Excellence
are a rich source for a variety of leadership development activities. These
include occasional papers, articles and workshops focused on leadership. In
addition to annual leadership training at the Spring conference, CSI leaders
conduct leadership training at the chapter level. These activities augment the
fellowship and intern programs of the Society.
Annual Conventions
During
the Spring of each year, CSI meets concurrently with the American Counseling
Association (ACA). The annual meeting serves as an ideal time to network with
other counseling professionals and students, attend exciting workshops, and
recognize outstanding academic and professional achievement. CSI also provides
leadership training and related programs at the convention.
In order to
join, you must have completed one full semester of counseling courses (9
credit hours) with a 3.5 GPA or above. You may join online at :
http://www.csi-net.org/
for a fee of $35.00 per year.
You must indicate
that you wish to join EKU’s chapter, which is called Epsilon Kappa
Upsilon.
Please contact Dr. Stephanie Hall (EKU’s Faculty Advisor for Chi
Sigma Iota) at
stephanie.hall@eku.edu (or 859.622.8679, Combs 401) for
more information.
