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March-April 2001, Volume 5, Issue 2

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Please Note Changes to Psychology Day
Schedule Below!!

Welcome to the PsychNotes Website!!

PsychNotes, a regular publication of the Psychology Department at Central Connecticut State University, is intended to inform members of the Psychology community (faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, alumni) about current happenings in the Department.

To keep up with the changes on this website, we've made it easy to use a free service called Mind-it, a free, Web-based software tool that automatically sends you an e-mail whenever a web page you've selected has been updated. The instructions for using Mind-it are at the end of this newsletter.

Student/Faculty Events and Issues

Advising Table for Psychology Majors (April 9^th to the12^th)

This spring registration will be conducted online using Banner.  This means that all students will be able to register from any computer that is connected to the internet.  For some students registration will start on April 16^th but you will get specific instructions from the Registrar’s Office on how and when to register.  It is very important that you consult your advisor to plan your course schedule before registration starts.  In case you are unable to meet with your advisor, the Psychology Department will have an “Advising Table for Psychology Majors” in operation during the week of April 9^th to the12^th (from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.), in the Alcove in front of the Marcus White Lounge (second floor).  This will help you with planning your course schedule for the Fall 2001 Semester. 

If you don’t have an advisor, please see the department secretary in Room 213, Marcus White, to be assigned one.

Annual CSU Psychology Day

This year’s CSU Psychology Day will be hosted by the Psychology Department at Eastern Connecticut State University on May 10^th.  A brief description of the schedule follows:

10:00                          Welcome Remarks        
                                  Peter Bachiochi, ECSU  

10:15 - 11:30             Poster Session                                             

11:30 - 1:00               Free Lunch for Students in Hurley Dining Hall

11:30 - 1:00               "Conversation in the Discipline" Lunch for CSU Psychology Faculty
                                    in Faculty Dining Room

1:00 - 2:00                 Presentation: Intensive Behavioral Intervention for Children with Autism:  When We Ask the Hard Questions the Answers Aren’t Nearly So Easy

Michael D. Powers, Psy.D.
The Center for Children with Special Needs, Tolland, CT and
Yale Child Study Center Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, CT

2:00 - 2:15                 Break, Snacks, Q&A

2:15 - 3:00                 "Who Wants to Be on Psychology Survivor Island?" 
                                    Student Competition

3:00 - 3:30                 Award Presentation and Closing Comments

Department of Psychology 28^th Annual Honors Night

This year’s Psychology Honors Night will be held on May 2, from 7:00-9:00 p.m., in Founders Hall.  Dr. Peter Rosa, Vice President for Students Affairs will address the honorees and their guests, and Ivelisse Suarez will deliver the Valedictory Address.

There will be an informal social gathering immediately following the program.

What to do with a BA or MA in Psychology

A panel discussion on career opportunities for those seeking an undergraduate or Master's degree in psychology will be held on:

Wednesday, April 18

6:30 - 7:45 pm

Room 108 (Stanley Room) in Maria Sanford Hall

Panelists include:

Sally Cobrain, MA, Cooperative Education, CCSU

Tara  L'Heureux, Ph.D., Program Coordinator, I/O Psychology, University of New Haven

David Wall, Webmaster, Siemon Co. (CCSU, BA in Psychology)

Linda Dadario, MSW, Program Director, Olympus Healthcare (CCSU 1992, BA in Psychology)

Questions about the BA/MA panel discussion? Please call (860) 832-3118 or e-mail Dr. Laura Bowman at Bowman@ccsu.edu

Using Mind-it to keep current with PsychNotes

The instructions below will tell you how to set this service up for PsychNotes -- And remember, you only need to do this ONCE.  After you do, Mind-it will send an e-mail to notify you of updates to the site, and the e-mail message will contain a hyperlink you can click on to visit PsychNotes.

(1) Type in your e-mail address in the box below where it says "Enter email address".
(2) Click the "Mind-it" button and you will be taken to the Mind-it web site.
(3) You will be asked for a password; YOU DO NOT NEED TO GIVE THEM YOUR CCSU PASSWORD -- You should create your own password especially for Mind-it.  Then, just follow instructions (you don't need to do much more).
(4) Wait and your browser will automatically take you back to the PsychNotes web site.