Hello Everyone, We are well into the last few weeks of the 2015-2016 academic year. It is important that you buckle down, get the last remaining points, finish up on projects, and study hard for the upcoming finals. Check your syllabus for location and time of each of your exams. Your final exam date and time is also listed on the Schedule of Courses
Employment Opportunities
If you are on the lookout for a job for next academic year, check the positions below. Don't wait until fall semester it may be too late! SASS Academic Tutoring:
Interviews will not be scheduled until all application materials are received. Any questions, contact: Danny Sager at: 517 - 432 - 6383 or tutor@sass.msu.edu
Paid Research Positions in CA
University California, Davis Lab is seeking applications for full-time research assistant/junior specialist positions at the UC Davis Translational Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (TCAN) Laboratory under the direction of Dr. Cameron Carter. Our ideal applicants have received their B.A. or B.S. and are typically interested in a Research Assistant position to be more competitive in pursuing a career in medicine or psychology. We have both clinical (https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF00949) and technical (https://recruit.ucdavis.edu/apply/JPF00950) positions available at this time, the details of which are described below. We hope to fill these positions in the next two months and have start dates in Summer of 2016.
Applications can only be accepted via the UC Davis Recruit website. Please note the positions are in the process of being posted to the UC Davis Recruit website and may not be immediately available. Please check back frequently, and for any additional questions about the positions, please contact Dr. Tyler Lesh.
Wayne State: Urban Planning Open House
Do you wish to gain skills to strengthen your community? To engage in activities to help revitalize Detroit? To be connected to professional networks, internships and employment opportunities while also getting your master's degree? To check out a promising career path? Find out how at Wayne State's Urban Planning Open House!
CSN has recently posted 62 new internship opportunities (plus 71 current part time/summer job postings) that are either on MSU's campus or in the Lansing area. All 133 student internships and jobs are posted in your MySpartanCareer account at the CareerNetwork.msu.edu website.
It pays to apply for jobs as soon as possible as employers sometimes close postings before the listed deadline. You can learn more about AND apply for jobs through the free online MySpartanCareer service.
PSY 381 & 382 - Human Service Internship
Spring 2017 & Summer 2017 This course is designed for the student planning for a career working directly with people in need. It teaches you how to effectively help people in direct-service situations, whether through non-profit organizations (e.g., homeless shelters, domestic abuse programs, refugee services, foster care services) or government jobs (e.g., child protective services, welfare office). The class uses lectures, discussions, guest speakers, videos, homework, in class assignments, and tests to enhance your understanding of the material. Attendance is extremely important and will be strictly enforced. This course is a two semester commitment and students must agree to sign up for both semesters in order to be allowed into the course. Brochure - - Application Applications are being accepted now for Spring/Summer 2017 enrollment.
Psychology Students UURAF Award Recipients
The annual University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF) provides Michigan State undergraduate students with an opportunity to showcase their scholarship and creative activity. UURAF provides a unique educational opportunity for aspiring researchers. MSU undergraduates gain experience in presenting their research, answer questions about their work from audience members and guests, and receive constructive feedback from judges.
All participating Psychology students, can be found HERE.
The Psychology Department had several undergraduate students participate and win awards for their poster presentations this Spring Semester. Let's congratulate our own!!
Courtney Callahan
Fixed & fused freshman: The role of cognitive fusion in relationship between mindset & anxiety
Paige Suttles
Longitudinal study of insight and symptomatic correlations of 1st episode schizo... patients
Ryan Gifford & Marley Bright
Hedonic hallucinations in a mouse model of neuropsychiatric illness
Amanda Kilgore
Gender as a moderator of family transmission of psychopathology
Kelsy Pagorek & Trusha Patel
The effects of B-vitamins and caffeine on cognitive function
You should have received communication from the College of Social Science about the graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 7th. Please check out the Commencement website for additional information. Please make sure that you arrive early. The ceremony will start promptly at 8:30 AM.
Advising Appointments
We are in the midst of annual enrollment. Students are enrolling not only for Summer 2016, but also for Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 courses.
Students schedule their appointments on-line. Check the advising scheduling system for our availability. If no appointments are available, you can come for a walk-in available Monday - Friday, from 1:00 - 3:00 PM. Note: walk-ins are no more than 10 - 15 minutes. Come prepared!!
Katie Gregory Wins 2016 AT&T Faculty - Staff Award Competition
Congratulations to Katie Gregory for winning the AT&T Technology award for the on-line course PSY 270 - Community Psychology. You can experience a video excerpt of her course: HERE.
Please help us congratulate Katie when you see her in the PSY Building!!
August Jenkins - Psychology Student Wins Award
She has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Richard Lee Featherstone Endowed Prize. This prize is given to a student that demonstrates exceptional character and leadership, and in enriching the lives of others, especially in intellectual dimensions.
If you are on the lookout for a job for next academic year, check the positions below. Don't wait until fall semester it may be too late!
