Sunday, March 31, 2013

Next Chapter Meeting, Service Events

Chapter Meeting: How To Choose Grad Schools!

Dr. De Los Reyes will be hosing our next chapter meeting. He wll be presenting on how to choose graduate schools and graduate school mentors. Come with questions, or just come to listen! At this meeting Psi Chi will also be giving away free GRE sample tests for students to pick up and take home. When completed, students may bring back the test to us for scoring. At a later meeting, each of the students who turned in a test will be provided with one-on-one advising frmo a Princeton Review teacher/representor on how to improve scores based on their person performance on the test.

This is all FREE, and comes along with FREE PIZZA and soda at the meetings. Normally this kind of GRE practice would cost a good bit of money so please come take advantag of this opportunity!

When: Monday, 4/8, 6:00pm
Where: BPS1142


Service Event: Terp Service Day

We already posted about this, but we don't want you to forget!

Sign up for Terp Service Day!  The event will take place on April 20th and has a variety of locations that you can choose from to sign up for.

To participate, you must register.  Please visit this website for registration and more details about the event:
http://thestamp.umd.edu/student_involvement/lcsl/events/terp_service_days for more details
To receive service credit, please bring in the Terp Service Day memorabilia that will be awarded to you for participating to a Psi Chi chapter meeting.


Service Event: Children's National Medical Center Donation Drive


Psi Chi members, our March service event has been pushed to the first week of April.  You can fulfill your service requirement by donating an item to the Children’s National Medical Center donation drive, which will take place this Wednesday, April 3rd in BPS 1142 between 5:30 and 7:00 pm.  All donation items must be new.  Please visit the links below before deciding to donate.

Donation guidelines:
http://www.childrensnational.org/GetInvolved/DonatePatientFamilies/guidelines.aspx

Examples of types of donations CNMC is looking for:
http://www.childrensnational.org/GetInvolved/DonatePatientFamilies/wishlist.aspx

Your contribution will help boost the spirits and lower the agony of children undergoing difficult treatments for medical illnesses at CNMC!

Friday, March 29, 2013

Service Event: Terp Service Day!

Psi Chi members, do you want to participate in a service event that is active, inspirational, and will connect you with other service-minded terps?  Sign up for Terp Service Day!  The event will take place on April 20th and has a variety of locations that you can choose from to sign up for.

To participate, you must register.  Please visit this website for registration and more details about the event:

To receive service credit, please bring in the Terp Service Day memorabilia that will be awarded to you for participating to a Psi Chi chapter meeting.

Note: Psi Chi’s service event for March got delayed and will be pushed to next week.  Look out for details about another service event shortly.

When: April 20th
Where: Varies, see event details.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Survey about Last Night's Meeting

Hi everyone! If you attended the meeting last night with Steve Young about internships, please fill out the survey below! It will help us and the department of psychology improve upon these types of presentations.

Thank you!

https://umd.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cJjanKFx4GdUXbL

Sunday, March 10, 2013

George Mason Internship Opportunities

Internship in DC this summer!
LIVE. LEARN. INTERN.
Summer 2013 in Washington, DC
6–9 Credits and guaranteed internship placement
Downtown DC Housing
All students earn transferable credit from George Mason University and are placed with an internship within their area of interest. Programs have different areas of focus including public policy, economics, international affairs, journalism, communications/public relations, business/government affairs, and nonprofit sector/community service.
Apply Online: www.DCinternships.org
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Don't forget about our chapter meeting this week!
Psychology academic adviser Steve Young will discuss internship opportunities and answer any questions that  you have.
When: Tuesday, March 12 at 7:00pm
Where: BPS1142
Free pizza and soda as usual!

Friday, March 8, 2013

Next Psi Chi Meeting!


Chapter Meeting!
Psychology academic adviser Steve Young will discuss internship opportunities.  Don't miss this!
When: Tuesday, March 12 at 7:00pm
Where: BPS1142
Free pizza and soda as usual! :)

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Psychology Career Workshop!

Not sure of what careers are related to your Psychology major? Attend this workshop to learn about career pathways within and outside of traditional Psychology related fields!

 Sponsored by the University Career Center & The President's Promise.

When: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 
Where: Biology-Psychology Building, room 1232

Check here for RSVP and more details:

http://www.careers.umd.edu/events_description.cfm?event_id=3654