Psi Chi social!

Please join us for our last event of the semester, a Cook Off & Game
Night, where you get to judge snacks made by the board and enjoy some
fun games with fellow psychology majors!
Also, we will be giving out the certificates to the newly inducted members!
It'll be a great way to welcome new members, reconnect with older
members, and de-stress before finals week.
Also, you can earn a service credit for attending by bringing a
donation of school supplies for the Family Crisis Center!


Wednesday, December 7th
7 pm
1142 BPS


Hope to see you there!

Family Crisis center fundraiser next week!

Our chapter will be holding a fundraiser for the Family Crisis Center
on Thursday, November 17 from 10 am to 4 pm. We will have a table
outside of Stamp to collect school supplies and money, which will
later be used to buy gift cards for families in need.

We will need volunteers to stay at the table and help collect
donations. If you would like to volunteer, please sign up for a
minimum of one hour on one of the time slots on our google doc:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsixGqaPXJoUdGJOanJGNFRKcXlxcGJmbEhpcDdTc2c

Volunteering for an hour will count towards your service requirement
for being an active Psi Chi member! And if you can't make it out to
volunteer, please stop by and make a donation.


If you have any questions regarding this event, please email
ruthludlum@gmail.com.

Graduate student panel next chapter meeting!

Next Tuesday, November 15th at 6:00 pm, Psi Chi will be hosting a Graduate Student Panel with an
interactive question and answer session. Come learn more about grad
school and ask your questions! We will be hosting graduate students
from several major areas of psychology & human development.

Dr. Ryan Curtis Relationship workshop Tonight!

Hello Psi Chi Members!

Dont forget to come to Psi Chi's "relationship workshop" with
Dr. Ryan Curtis tonight! - everyone is welcome!
Bring any relationship, communication, or general psychology
question that you have for Dr. Curtis (don't worry, it can be
anonymous!). This will be a fun, interactive way to have your
relationship questions or problems answered.

Time: 6:00PM
Where: BPS1142

Don't forget to bring friends!

BPA hosts Dr. Cheryl Boyce - Careers in Psychology and Funding Opportunities

The Black Psychology Association would like to invite you to their upcoming GBM this Thursday (10/27) @ 5:15pm in 1142 Bio/Psych Building. Dr. Cheryl Boyce will be speaking about Careers in Psychology and Funding Opportunities!

Dr. Cheryl Boyce:
- Chief of the Behavioral and Brain Development Branch
- Associate Director for Child and Adolescent Research
- Works within the Division of Clinical Neuroscience and Behavioral Research

This is a great opportunity for students to learn about the psychology/health/medical field, and an opportunity to network with an accomplished Psychologist!

Event Details:
When: Thursday - October 27, 2011
Where: Bio/Psych Building - Room 1142
Time: 5:15pm

Dr. DeLosReyes Speaking about Research Experience

Tomorrow, October 18th at 6:00PM in BPS1142, we are hosting our a chapter meeting.
Dr. De Los Reyes will be presenting on "Gaining Research
Experience". Come hear valuable information from a faculty member on
how you can become an RA and what to expect from your undergraduate
research experience!

Nationally known researcher, Nick DiFonzo, to speak at University of Baltimore

Event Details:

University of Baltimore is hosting a nationally known researcher, Nick DiFonzo, to speak at UB on October 20th. They have him scheduled to speak at 4:30 on the 20th in the Performance Theater at the Student Center (5th floor), with light fare and refreshments to follow. There is no charge for the event.

Topic:

Rumor Accuracy: Ferreting Facts or Fashioning Fallacies?

Rumors have a bad reputation as being false, but is this reputation deserved? Dr. DiFonzo describes how some situations and circumstances lead to true rumors, while others to false ones. This covers accuracy base rates, the Matthew Accuracy Effect, attention deficits, memory limits, motivations in rumor spread, checking norms, collective intelligence, and the percolation model of rumor accuracy. Helpful to anyone seeking to be a better "rumor consumer," or seeking to understand how groups get it right-or wrong.

Psi Chi Coordination:

If you are interested in attending this event, please contact Psi Chi at (psichi.umd@gmail.com) and we will try to arrange for more convenient transportation. This is a great opportunity to get to know fellow Psi Chi members from other chapters in Maryland!

Volunteer opportunity!

We will be having a banner- decorating event for Psi Chi's homecoming parade banner!

It will take place this WEDNESDAY Oct 12th at 6pm in 1142 BPS. Attending this event will count as a volunteer activity towards active membership!

Psi Chi's Got the Hook-up! Chapter Meeting November 1st

Bring your friends, roommates, significant others, anyone interested in a “relationship workshop”. Come get communication tips and advice on your (anonymous) relationship issues from our in-house relationship expert, Dr. Ryan Curtis!
Tues, Nov 1st at 6 pm
1142 BPS
This is one chapter meeting you won't miss this!

ACTIVE MINDS - STOMP OUT STIGMA

Active Minds, a student organization aimed at increasing mental health awareness, is hosting "Stomp Out Stigma" on Tuesday, October 4. Make sure to stop by Hornbake Plaza between 9am and 3pm to check it out. (Rain date is October 5)

If you are interested in helping Active Minds on Tuesday for at least one hour, please send your name, phone number, email, and what time you can help to ruthludlum@gmail.com before Tuesday. 9am and earlier times would be most helpful! Any Psi Chi members that help can use this to fulfill their volunteer requirement. 

Princeton Review Chapter Meeting Oct. 4th

Princeton Review is going to be giving a presentation at our next Psi Chi meeting on Oct. 4th at 6:00PM in BPS1142 in order to talk about GRE, MCAT and LSAT tests, strategies for the tests, the changes for the new GRE test and the resources that Princeton Review can provide to our members!

Here's some of the benefits Psi Chi members receive:

- 10% Princeton Review courses and resources to all members
- 20% Princeton Review seminars to all members
**They will be raffling a FREE Princeton Review course!!!***

YouTube Psyc Contest!

Want to win $2,000 or an iPad 2 ?!

Check out this website to see how.

http://umdpsyc.blogspot.com/2011/09/youtube-contest-win-2000-or-ipad-2.html

Nominate Fellow Psychology Members

The Office of Parent and Family Affairs is currently accepting nominations for different awards. A great way to bring attention to the Psychology department and Psi Chi is nominating those that model excellence and leadership in the department!

The award opportunities are posted on the PSYC E-news blog:

http://umdpsyc.blogspot.com/2011/09/office-of-parent-and-family-affairs.html

First Chapter Meeting!

Our first chapter meeting of the year will be held next tuesday on September 20th in BPS1142 at 6:00 PM! Come out and meet the director of Undergraduate Studies for the Psychology Department, Dr. Roberts, and hear "how psychology students can be taken seriously".

Kick Off Information Session for Interested Members

This coming Thursday, September 15th at 6:00PM in BPS1142, Psi Chi will be hosting our Kick Off Information Session for Psychology students that are interested in joining our organization. At this information session you will get the opportunity to meet our new executive board members AND learn about the application process, opportunities our organization has for you and how to become involved. We are looking forward to meeting everyone!

Greetings from the President!

Hello current and perspective Psi Chi members! My name is Brandon Bowers and I will be the President of the UMD Psi Chi chapter this year. We have formed an energetic and enthusiastic Executive Board that is ready to create new opportunities for psychology majors and we are thoroughly looking forward to getting to know and working with each of you. Fall recruitment is right around the corner so be sure that you stay posted on when deadlines are to hand in applications. We don't want anyone to miss out on the opportunity to join Psi Chi so please feel free to contact any member of the board, or send an email to psichi.umd@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as we can!

Research Opportunity

The Maryland Child & Family Development Laboratory is recruiting
motivated, responsible undergraduate students to serve as research
assistants in the coming year. There are several projects that
research assistants may be asked to work on: infant understanding of
relationships, parent-child responses to emotional stimuli, and
parent-teen relationships. Tasks include recruiting and scheduling
participants, lab visit data collection with families, observational
data coding, data entry, and other various research tasks. Students
can volunteer or earn course credit.

Interested applicants should fill out an online application at
cassidylab.org by clinking on the link on the right side of the
webpage that says "apply online."