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February 2000, Volume 4, Issue 1

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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.

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, February 9, 2-3:00 pm. Seth North Hall, Room 112.

Psychology Club Meeting.

Wednesday, March 8, 4:15 pm. Judd Hall Lounge, Room 200, Wesleyan University  (Please note that this is a change from the 2/9 date)

Dr. Nathan Fox will present a colloquium entitled:

“Infant temperament and development: Predicting for some of the people some of the time.” Dr. Fox is from the Department of Human Development at the University of Maryland. For more information, call 860-685-2760 or see www.wesleyan.edu/psyc

Wednesday, February 16, 12:00 -1:00 pm. Meet the Faculty Luncheon. Room 015, Seth North Hall.

This event is limited to those students currently enrolled in Psychology 113. A free lunch and an opportunity to meet the psychology faculty.

Wednesday, February 23, 4:00 pm, Founder's Hall

Mary Brosnahan, Executive Director of the Coalition for the Homeless in New York City will be presenting a talk "Understanding the Causes of Homelessness in America Today and Developing a Means to Provide Shelter for Everyone." Refreshments will be served.

Friday - Sunday, March 24-26, Eastern Psychological Association meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Five students from the Psychology Club are planning on attending. There will be several faculty from the Psychology Dept who will be making presentations at the conference.

On the Web

We all know that there are many forms of intelligence and now there is a website that lets you explore alternative measures of intelligence. Check out the various IQ tests listed at:

www.2h.com/Tests/iqalt.phtml.   Among the measures are the: Wedding IQ test, Nutrition IQ Test, Emotional IQ Test, New Age IQ Test and Garbage IQ Test. Check it out and discover where your genius lies!  

Need Some Money for School?

There is a new website: www.freescholarships.com that is giving away daily
scholarships of $10,000!  This is essentially a drawing; it is not based on grades or financial need.  In addition, there are monthly drawings for $25,000 and quarterly drawings for $50,000 scholarships.  Why the free money?  Well they want to get some information about you--demographics, consumer interests, etc.--via a questionnaire, which they then sell to other businesses.  If you can stand the spam that you'll probably get, then its probably worth the effort check out their website.  They also claim that you can choose to opt out of the information-selling process, i.e., keep your info private, and still be eligible for the scholarships.

Here's some money specifically for Graduate Students. The CCSU  Foundation is having another round of scholarships for full and part-time graduate students. Eligibility requirements:

    1) Completed 15 hrs of graduate study at CCSU
    2) Have a GPA of 3.50 or higher
    3) Submit 2 letters of recommendation from people who can attest to your
        participation and leadership in the University and/or community service
        activities
    4) Submit 500-1000 word essay entitled Personal Growth through 
        Education.

Copies of the application materials can be obtained from the Graduate office or from your advisor.  Application Deadline: March 1, 2000

Y2K Update


Faculty and students from the other CSU campuses have been invited to participate in our Psychology Day event scheduled for Thursday, May 11. Information on the student poster session is now posted on the Department website: www.psychology.ccsu.edu (click on Y2K Conference). In addition to the poster session, there will be guest speakers, the 27th Annual Honors Award Program, initiation of new members into Psi Chi, the national Psychology Honorary, as well as food, music, etc.

Chair's Corner

You can now find out who your advisor is by clicking on advisor list on the dept website. If the information listed is not accurate, please e-mail me (Goldsteinm@ccsu.edu) and let me know.

An opportunity to serve. CCSU runs a group called the Tutor Corps at New Britain High School.  These are CCSU students who tutor ninth grade students who are at-risk of not completing high school. These are students who WANT to receive tutoring. The Tutor Corps desperately needs more CCSU students to participate. For more information, please contact:  

Margaret M. Ferrara
Director of Office of Field Experiences
Central CT State University
860-832-2416

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.

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