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Psi Chi Chapter installed at Grinnell
Last year Grinnell was approved to start a chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society for psychology majors. A link to Psi Chi activities at Grinnell has been added to the left of the department website. Congratulations to Rachel Etzkorn, Molly Kratz, Graciela Paz Arias, and Katherine Ingram who were elected to office by their fellow students in psi chi to start our inaugural year.
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Graduation is fast approaching, check back in May for a photo of our graduates.
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Congratulations to Sam Worzalla, winner of the Psychology Excellence Prize.
Sam's excellence in coursework, service to the department, and community
involvement and leadershop (captain of Ultimate Frisbee) is noteworthy. The
Psychology Excellence Prize is awarded to the senior psychology major who notably
demonstrated excellence in voluntary engagement with and commitment to the values
of the discipline, such as in a particular research project, application of psychology, or
outstanding involvement in departmental activities. The prize of $150 is drawn on
funds given by donors and alumni who designate their gift for psychology's use.
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Congratulations to three psychology majors for recognition of their scholarship at the recent conference of the Iowa Psychological Association.
"The Face of Impressions: Using Facebook to Determine the Accuracy of Impression Formation" by Elizabeth Jach, Whitney Knopf, and Sarah Luetzow received 3rd place at the IPA Conference on Saturday, April 28th.
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Ann Ellis and Dave Lopatto are on full year sabbaticals
2007-2008. Mark Pitzer will serve as a sabbatical replacement.
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Psychology moves into the new wing of the Science Building the week
of Commencement, May 2007. Next fall, courses will be taught in the new classrooms
of the Science Building. Renovation in the old psychology wing will occur in the Fall.
Say goodbye to 1405, our (beloved) windowless classroom, and 0415, the lab room.
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With the addition of Health Psychology to our curriculum, the department
faculty will meet this summer to discuss ways to change/improve the
psychology major requirements.
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Laura Sinnett will be chair of the department 2007-2008.
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Next year course schedule (2007-2008): please check out our special topics
courses in
Health Psychology, Multicultural Psychology, and
Evolutionary Psychology.
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Pioneering Neuroscience - Volumes 1 - 6 are available in .pdf format from the
Neuroscience website.
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