PsychNotes

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.

Special Y2K Issue

The 3^rd Annual Psychology Day and 27^th Honors Program will be held on Thursday, May 11 in the Constitution Room on the 2^nd floor of Memorial Hall. Highlight of the day include: a poster session featuring presentations by psychology students from all CSU campuses, an outstanding guest speaker, Dr. John Connolly, and various fun events. The schedule for the day is presented below.

Thursday, May 11, 2000

Constitution Room (2^nd floor of Memorial Hall)

Central Connecticut State University

Schedule of Events

10:00-10:45 am Registration/Poster setup

10:45-11:00 Welcome

11:00-11:45 Who wants to be a Psychologist? - quiz show
format

12:00-1:15 pm              Conversations in the Discipline Faculty
         Luncheon
         Student lunch in adjacent dining hall (See
         RSVP below)

1:20-2:20 Student Presentations

2:25-3:45                    Guest Speaker: John F. Connolly, Ph.D.,
         Dalhousie University

         Use of Imaging Techniques to Map Cognitive
         Function

3:45-4:00 Refreshment Break

4:00-4:45 Student Poster Session

4:45-5:00 Outstanding Poster Awards

5:00-7:00 Musical entertainment with Montez Johnson

6:00-6:45 Buffet Dinner

7:00-8:30 Honors Program & Psi Chi (YX) Initiation

Volleyball,Video Pinball and Foosball games will be available all day.

FFFRSVP REQUIRED: If you do not have a CCSU meal plan and wish to have lunch, you must let us know by May 5^th. Contact Dr. Marc Goldstein 860-832-3112 or e-mail: Goldsteinm@ccsu.edu

Because of large demand, a second section of Psy 221, Research Methods in Psychology I, has been added. It will meet in the 8 week session on Tues and Thurs evening from 5:30-8:00 pm (code # 2430, section 61). The instructor will be Dr. Steven Horowitz. This course listing does not appear in the Summer School Bulletin but will be offered.

This will be my final edition of PsychNotes as Chair of the Psychology Department. After serving 2 terms (6 years) as Chair, I am returning to full-time teaching beginning in Fall 2000. Dr. Frank Donis will be the new Department Chair.

It has been a privilege to work with my faculty colleagues and you, the students, since 1994. It has been a powerful learning (and sometimes humbling) experience. To paraphrase Charles Dickens “It has been the best of times; It has been the worst of times.” The Department has seen a significant turnover in faculty, has survived devisive internal squabbles, has developed a number of new courses, and is now engaged in a long-term planning that may likely lead to some notable changes in our curriculum.

The Department, in my opinion, is now in a “good place.” Faculty morale seems high (must be all those drugs in the water cooler) and faculty are particularly productive. I believe we have become more student-centered in recent years and now provide more opportunities for students to become engaged in the work of the field, either through research projects, independent studies or internships.

Working with students has always been one of the more delightful aspects of my job as Chair and I want to thank you for the opportunity to serve you. I wish you all the best and hope your experience with Psychology at CCSU has been a positive one.

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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