September 1999, Volume 3, Issue 2
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Who's New?
In our previous issue, we inadvertently left out Margaret Agama, M.D., M. Phil., from Ghana, who joins the Psychology Department as a Scholar-in-Residence this fall. She will be working with Dr. Mate-Kole and will be here until November 1.
Upcoming Events
Friday, October 1. 12:00-1:30 pm Founder's Hall (in Davidson Hall)
Jeffrey T. Barth, Ph.D., ABPP, will be presenting a colloquium entitled:
"Research on Head Injuries in Sports." Dr. Barth is the John Edward Fowler Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia and Director of the Neuropsychology Assessment Laboratories in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine at the University of Virginia’s Health Sciences Center. This presentation is part of the Colloquium Series from the Psychology Department and is hosted by Professors Joanne DiPlacido, Charles Mate-Kole and Laura Bowman, who received a grant from the University for this purpose.
Friday & Saturday, October 1 & 2. CT Psychological Association Annual Convention.
Ramada Plaza Hotel in Meriden. See Issue 1 for information on speakers, costs, etc.
Thursday, October 7. National Depression Screening Day. Various sites around campus:
Student Center Lobby, Library Lobby, Memorial Hall 2nd floor,
James Hall, etc.
Take free depression screening self test (also available at www.ccsu.edu/prevention/depres.htm).
Thursday, October 7. 7:00-8:30 pm. Self-Awareness: The Key to Growth.
Free workshop presented by the Mental Health Association of Connecticut, Inc. at the Mount Sinai Campus Auditorium, 500 Blue Hills Ave, Hartford, Advance registration required (800-842-1501, ext 13).
Wednesday, October 13. 4:15 pm Judd Hall Lounge, Room 200 (Wesleyan Univ)
James J. Jenkins, Ph.D., will be presenting a colloquium entitled:
"Remembering Things Unseen: False Memories. Dr Jenkins is from
the University of South Florida. For more information: 860-685-2760 or
www.wesleyan.edu/psyc
Thursday, October 14. 2:00-3:00 pm. Psychology Club Meeting North Room, Student Union. For more information, contact Catherine Morrell, Psychology Club president, at CMORR5489@aol.com or Professor Laura Levine, faculty advisor, at Levinel@ccsu.edu or 832-3109.
Thursday, October 14. 7:00-8:30 pm. The Percept Model: Taking Responsibility for our Internal Experience.
Free workshop presented by the Mental Health Association of Connecticut, Inc. at the Mount Sinai Campus Auditorium, 500 Blue Hills Ave, Hartford, Advance registration required (800-842-1501, ext 13).
Thursday, October 21. 7:00-8:30 pm. Exploring Personal Power.
Free workshop presented by the Mental Health Association of Connecticut, Inc. at the Mount Sinai Campus Auditorium, 500 Blue Hills Ave, Hartford, Advance registration required (800-842-1501, ext 13).
Friday & Saturday, Oct. 22 & 23. New England Psychological Association Annual Meeting.
The University of Hartford. See Issue 1 for information on speakers, costs, etc.
Thursday, October 28. 7:00-8:30 pm. Exploring Caring, Nurturing and Intimacy
Free workshop presented by the Mental Health Association of Connecticut, Inc. at the Mount Sinai Campus Auditorium, 500 Blue Hills Ave, Hartford, Advance registration required (800-842-1501, ext 13).
Psychology Humor
"An MIT student spent an entire summer going to the Harvard football field every day wearing a black and white striped shirt, walking up and down the field for ten or fifteen minutes throwing birdseed all over the field, blowing a whistle and then walking off the field. At the end of the summer, it came time for the first Harvard home football game, the referee walked onto the field and blew the whistle, and the game had to be delayed for a half hour to wait for the birds to get off of the field. The guy wrote his thesis on this, and graduated." Stolen unabashedly from the psychology humor page (http://www.fsu.edu/~cppanama/ipsp/humor.htm) which contains links to several psychology humor sites.
Job Watch
See Issue 1 for information on 4 Clinical Research Assistants (3 flex-time, 1 full-time) being sought by New Britain General Hospital, Behavioral Health Research Unit.
Y2K is coming!
No, its not a software bug; its the NEW Psychology Day celebration scheduled for Thursday, May 11. It will include both scholarly and social events. Activities will include a poster session where students can display information about research projects and internship experiences, our 27th Annual Honors Award program, the initiation of new members into Psi Chi, the national Psychology Honor society. We also plan to have music, refreshments, athletic events (faculty-student volleyball game???). More information will be provided as our plans develop. We need to have students to help us organize this event. Please contact Dr. Laura Levine (832-3109), advisor to the Psychology Club, if you can assist.
Chair's Corner: Why your classes are bulging!
This fall, we have 527 majors (484 undergraduates and 43 graduate students). Psychology is the largest major (by about 200 students!) on the campus.
I'm still looking for some student help in producing this web. If you'd like to see your name in print (as an editor), please contact me (Goldsteinm@ccsu.edu).
"In America, anyone can grow up to be President. That's one of the risks we live with."