Clubs and Honor Societies

CLUBS 

Counselors for Social Justice 

Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) is a national division of the American Counseling Association. CSJ works to promote social justice in our society through confronting oppressive systems of power and privilege that affect professional counselors and our clients and to assist in the positive change in our society through the professional development of counselors. The Hood College CSJ chapter organizes regular events and professional development opportunities supporting those aims. 

HONOR SOCIETIES 

Chi Sigma Iota - The International Honor Society in Counseling 

Chi Sigma Iota (CSI) is an international honor society that values academic and professional excellence in counseling. CSI promotes a strong professional identity through members (professional counselors, counselor educators, and students) who contribute to the realization of a healthy society by fostering wellness and human dignity. CSI's mission is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership, advocacy, and excellence in counseling, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence in the profession of counseling. 

Membership in CSI as specified in the bylaws, is open to both students and graduates of counselor education programs. Students must have completed at least one semester of full-time graduate coursework in a counseling program, have earned a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 system, and be recommended for membership in CSI by the chapter. Faculty, alumni, and professional members shall have met the overall G.P.A. requirement as graduates of a counseling programs and be recommended to CSI by the chapter. The primary identity of these persons shall be as professional counselors including evidence of a state or national credential as a professional counselor. An invitation to membership is required. 

The Hood College Eta Chi chapter was established in December 2019. For more information, contact the chapter faculty advisors Dr. Erik Messinger and Dr. Amber Samuels or the current chapter president at etachicsi@hood.edu.