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February 2002, Volume 6, Issue 3
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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.
As chair of the Psychology Department, I hope that this
semester is going well for faculty, students and staff.
I am available in the chair’s office, Room 212-Marcus White Hall.
Phone: (860) 832-3108. E-mail: donis@ccsu.edu
This Spring Semester the Psychology Department is at full strength with 20 full time faculty and18 part time faculty. Drs. Chavarro and Sherman have resumed their full time teaching duties. Dr. Chavarro is available for advising and consultation in Barnard Hall Room 012 (832-3117), and Dr. Sherman in Marcus White Room 203 (832-1646).
Registration for the Fall 2002 Semester will continue to be
on-line; however, there is a very important change. To be able to register on-line students will be required to
provide a “pin number” which can be obtained from the student’s advisor.
The purpose of this new policy is to ensure that students meet with their
advisors before registering for courses. If
a student cannot meet with his/her advisor, the psychology department will have
an advising table in operation approximately one week before the beginning of
the registration period. Students
will be able to obtain advice and their “pin number” from faculty advisors
in this table. More details will be
provided at a later time.
This year the Psychology Department at Central Connecticut
State University will host the 5th Annual Psychology Day Conference.
The Psychology Day Conference is a free, day-long event that will feature
scholarly and social events for both faculty and students. We will start with a
morning poster session that will highlight the research, internship, and other
accomplishments of undergraduate and graduate students from the psychology
programs of the four CSU universities. A complimentary catered lunch will be
served to faculty and student presenters. In the afternoon, there will be oral
presentations from specially selected students.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Joshua Aronson from the
Department of Applied Psychology at New York University. Dr. Aronson studies the
psychology of stigma – the way human beings respond to negative stereotypes
about their racial or gender group. Following the keynote speaker, several
students will receive awards for outstanding posters and presentations.
More details about the program will be provided at a later date.
Information regarding the poster session is available on our Department’s Psychology Day web page: www.psychology.ccsu.edu/postersession
All
Psychology majors are encouraged to join the Psychology Club.
The club meets several times each semester, and sponsors a number of
events such as speakers and an annual trip to a psychology conference.
The President of the Psychology Club is Liz Ferreira (e-mail is Gidget1280@aol.com).
The Faculty Advisor to the club is Dr. James Conway (Marcus White 215,
832-3107, or conwayj@ccsu.edu).
Psychology
Majors are invited to join Psi Chi – The National Honor Society in Psychology.
The purpose of Psi Chi is to encourage excellence in scholarship of the
individual members, and to advance the science of psychology.
We have had a chapter of Psi Chi at CCSU for over 30 years.
The criteria for joining are:
·
Each candidate must have completed at least 12 semester hours in
Psychology including Psychology 221 (Research Methods I)
·
The candidate must have an overall GPA of 3.25 and a GPA in Psychology
courses of 3.5.
Dr.
Horowitz is the advisor for the CCSU chapter of Psi Chi. For further information
contact him:
Office:
Barnard 014
Phone:
(860) 832-3119
E-mail:
Horowitz@ccsu.edu
Mail:
Psychology main office in Marcus White (second floor).
Francisco
Donis, Chair
Psychology Department
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.