Meeting Minutes - 09/07/05

Officers Present
President - Nicole Mumford
Vice President - Stephanie Strouse
Secretary - Carrie Conley
Psi Chi Liason - Andrew Powers
Communications Director - Andrew Willhoit

Public Activities

Welcome to Psychology Club
- meetings will be the first Wednesday of every month at 4:30 in Sabin
103

Introduction of new officers

Purpose of Psychology Club
- to learn more about the field of psychology and prepare for the
future, either employment or graduate school

Psi Chi
- National Honor Society for psychology
- 3.0 GPA or higher
- ceremony in late April
- more information will be available later

Website
- has links to Psi Chi information , t-shirt sales, officer contacts,
etc
- http://www.uni.edu/psych/club/

Thanks to Otto Maclin, previous advisor for all his help
- courses - sensation and perception, conditioning and learning,
history and systems
- research areas - eyewitness identification, reducing false
identifications

Introduction of new Psychology Club advisor, Andy Gilpin
- courses - history and systems, stats, behavior modification,
developmental psychology, introduction to psychology
- research areas - computer simulation

Introduction of Kim Maclin
- courses- introduction to psychology, psychology and law, social
psychology, emotion and motivation
- research areas - criminal stereotypes and their effects

Other research areas
- find out professors research interests on the psychology department
website - http://www.uni.edu/psych/
- visit with faculty and get involved
- can get credit for some research

Future topics for meetings
- any suggestions???
- next month - GRE preparation, careers in psychology, possible guest
speakers
- Nov - gripe session about courses and professors, book exchange,
voting for teaching award
- Dec - graduate school applications, working on your VITA
- future - trip to MHI in Independence

Position of Treasurer still open
- email Nicole ASAP - nikkimum@uni.edu
- must be member of Psi Chi

 

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