Student-Led Physical Sciences Organization is Honored with Award from the National Office of the Society of Physics Students as an Outstanding Chapter

The University of Colorado Denver chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS) has won an Outstanding Chapter Award from the SPS National Office. This is the second year in a row that the chapter has been recognized for its excellence as a top-tier student-led physical sciences organization, a designation given to fewer than 10 percent of all SPS chapters at colleges and universities in the United States and internationally.

SPS is a professional association designated for students and membership is open to anyone interested in physics and related fields. SPS operates within the American Institute of Physics (AIP), and umbrella organization for professional physical science societies.

The SPS chapter at CU Denver is advised by Kristopher Bunker and is led by student officers. The chapter maintains a website with more information at spsdenver.blogspot.com

SPS chapters are evaluated on their level of interaction with the campus community, the professional physics community, the public, and with SPS national programs. The Outstanding Chapter Award recognizes high levels of outreach as well as unique approaches to fulfilling the mission of SPS to "help students transform themselves into contributing members of the professional community."