Why should our Hellenic Student Association become a member of NHSA? 1. Becoming a member of NHSA is good for networking and finding sponsors for your local Hellenic Student Associations (HSAs). As a NHSA member, your HSA will expand its activities outside of your area, coordinate efforts with other Greeks, Greek-Americans and Cypriots who form a strong academic, professional and living community in the US nowadays. 2. NHSA can use its resources and connections to provide any type of support and help to the local HSA and the local academic community. 3. NHSA, as a central umbrella Association, can initiate large-scale activities that benefit every local HSA. Examples include academic information campaigns in Greece, organization of costly lecture series by important persons of Greek heritage, exchange of students etc. 4. The NHSA Conventions that will be held twice a year, is a good experience, especially for small HSAs that have the opportunity to share their problems/concerns/difficulties, get advice/solutions and discuss ideas about events. 5. Future career opportunities 6. In terms of organizational matters, NHSA can provide you with sample handbooks, Constitutions and any other useful information, especially if you have just started your HSA and need help making it work and bringing the local Greek community together. 7. Member-HSAs also have access to NHSA’s different databases, such as the PhD students list in the US, the scholarships database, the Professors forum and the contact information of all HSAs and local academic communities in the US. 8. Representatives from local HSAs can participate in NHSA elections, assume a position in the NHSA Board and actively help NHSA represent and unite Greek, Greek-American and Cypriot students and academic scholars in the US. 9. Member HSAs are given the opportunity to project their university/area, as well as, their local activities by organizing one of the two NHSA Conventions which bring together Greek, Greek-American and Cypriot students, academic scholars and other prominent figures from around the US. Top How can our local HSA become a member of the NHSA? In order to become a NHSA member, one member of your local HSA executive Board has to sign the NHSA Membership Agreement, after reading the NHSA Constitution. The membership needs to be renewed every year (in October, assuming that you will have host elections by then) after an invitation email which will be sent by the NHSA Vice President of Internal Affairs to the person who served as the main contact person during the previous school year, or to the Board’s email address (if applicable). Make sure that the Board members of one year will be in contact with the Board members the next year. Top Membership Fee There is no fixed fee for becoming a member of the NHSA. However, contributions are very much needed and welcome! They should be addressed to the NHSA Treasurer, after contacting him/her and arranging the transfer accordingly. Certain HSAs, for example, can reserve a specific amount of money ($20-$100) in their yearly budget to contribute to NHSA. Top | 
