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ith more than 1,150 chapters, Psi Chi members can make a significant impact in their communities. Reviewing Chapter Activities in Eye on Psi Chi is a great way to find inspirational ideas for your chapter and keep in touch with your chapter after you graduate. Activities are listed in the following categories: • COMMUNITY SERVICE • CONVENTION/CONFERENCE • FUND-RAISING • INDUCTION CEREMONY • MEETING/SPEAKER EVENT • RECRUITMENT • SOCIAL EVENT Share your chapter’s accomplishments with others in the next issue of Eye on Psi Chi! Chapter officers and advisors are encouraged to visit www.psichi.org/ default.asp?page=chapter_activities Submission deadlines* Fall: June 30 Winter: September 30 Spring: December 15 Summer: February 28 Reports received (postmarked) after the deadline will appear in the next issue of Eye on Psi Chi.
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ABBREVIATIONS ACHS APA APS EPA MPA NEPA RMPA SEPA SWPA WPA
Association of College Honor Societies American Psychological Association Association for Psychological Science Eastern Psychological Association Midwestern Psychological Association New England Psychological Association Rocky Mountain Psychological Association Southeastern Psychological Association Southwestern Psychological Association Western Psychological Association
CHAPTER ACTIVITIES
EAST Allegheny College (PA)
CONVENTION/CONFERENCE:
Collaborating across five academic honor societies at Allegheny College (Tri Beta, Lambda Pi Eta, Lambda Sigma, Sigma Tau Delta, and Psi Chi), the student founders of GatorCon2019 launched a successful inaugural event to hopefully be continued throughout the years to come. Students of all class years were invited to present their passions, original ideas, and research in short, powerful, TEDx-styled talks. The purpose of this convention was to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and showcase academic excellence across all divisions through short, compelling talks while being entirely student produced. Seven student speakers presented on various topics during a two-hour long convention. Students, faculty, administration, and community members were all in attendance.
FUND-RAISER: A fund-raiser was
organized by the chapter and Sigma Tau Delta to benefit the Alec Dale Fund and the Meadville Public Library. The Alec Dale Fund covers miscellaneous expenses (e.g., travel expenses, application/entrance fees) associated with students traveling to research presentations. In the past year, a fire broke out in the
Meadville Public Library that required major renovations to the space. Together, both boards helped raise money for these organizations through a studentrun haunted house in which an academic building was converted into a haunted maze for students to (a) walk through while other students popped out to scare them and (b) play zombiethemed games of hide-and-seek, tag, and sardines.
Nineteen new members and their families and friends attended. Dr. Stoner, an assistant professor of psychology who teaches in the Clinical Counseling Psychology program, spoke to the audience about different paths in psychology and discussed her own journey of working in a hospital to help comfort patients, and falling in love with the field of psychology. Her speech was inspirational!
SOCIAL EVENT: No classes are
the spring semester, the chapter hosted Graduate School Night. Speakers included Dr. LionelloDeNolf (director of the Applied Behavior Analysis graduate program), Stephen Blaisdell (an alumnus of the ABA graduate program), and Maria Babcock and James Antonellis (current students in the Clinical Counseling Psychology program). Each of the speakers discussed opportunities for students interested in a masters of arts degree in applied behavioral analysis or clinical and counseling psychology. An open discussion and a Q&A followed.
held on Gator Day, and students are instead encouraged to attend academic events (e.g., lectures, information sessions, open discussions, debates, research presentations) held on campus. Aimed toward juniors and seniors, Psi Chi organized an information session for those interested in pursuing graduate school after their stay at Allegheny. Three faculty members from the psychology department shared their knowledge and experiences about navigating the school application process. Internships and career opportunities in the field of psychology were also discussed as to strengthen students’ experience and given options for those interested in taking gap years. Assumption College (MA)
INDUCTION CEREMONY: The
chapter hosted an annual induction ceremony in November.
MEETING/SPEAKER EVENT: In
MEETING/SPEAKER EVENT: In
the spring semester, the chapter joined with the Psychology Club and Neuroscience Club to hold a resumé-building event. The event included a member from the Career Development and Internship Center who presented the process of building and improving a resumé.
Above left: Fall 2018 induction ceremony at Assumption College (MA). Above: A Graduate School Night event at Assumption College (MA). Left: A Resumé Writing Workshop at Assumption College (MA).
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