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Announcing the 2008-9 UIC Chapter 
Psi Chi Scholarship Competition 

All UIC Senior Psi Chi Members are eligible to submit an essay on:

THE TOP FIVE THINGS I WISH I KNEW AS A SOPHOMORE

The goal of this contest is to generate a collection of good advice for
future and current psychology Majors and Minors at UIC.

The three top essays will win awards of $100, $50, and $25. 

Please limit your submissions to 1000 words.

Essays are due May 11 to Jason Braasch, Psi Chi Graduate Student Advisor by email to jason.braasch@gmail.com


Congratulations to the 
2009-10 UIC Psi Chi Executive Board! 

Ilse Salinas, President
Amber Stone, Vice President
April Crawford, Secretary
Roy, Kristen Janine, Treasurer
Jessica Dehlin, Event Coordinator
Catherine I. Villegas, Webmaster
Kathleen Gail C. Lee, Tutoring/ Volunteer Coordinator
Stephanie Monroe, Graduate School Focus group leader
Neha Alam, Event Committee Member
Abidemi Abioye, Event Committee Member


Congratulations to our new Inductees 

The following new members for the 2008-9 school year were inducted on Wednesday, April 22, 2009: 

Abidemi Abioye, Neha Alam, Marta Baranska, George Beck, Tania Boisson, Patrick A Cahel, April Crawford, Julie Marie Deggendorf, April Dela Cruz, Jessica Dehlin,Yanelet Delgado, Bertha Espinal, Pete Fang, Susan Gabel, 
Antonio M Garcia, Rena J Guagenti, Brittany Hill, Tara Alaine Jobe, Ashley Kalvaitis, Priscilla Kunamalla, Hope Lancaster, Jessica Lapinski, Lisa Lynn, Michelle Madison, Ana Mana, Yara Mekawi, Jennifer Moy, Kristin Nolan, 
Eunice Oh, Katarzyna Olcon, Alicia Oplustil, Anna K. Paruch, Preksha M. Patel, Heather Pieske, Joseph Poyser, Anup B Reddy, Nadine Roth, Kristen Roy, Natalia Ryszko, Ilse Salinas, Charles Schafer, Emily Schaffer, Rachel A Schmillen, Stephen Seely, Mahfam Nemati Shafaee, Camille Spurgeon, Amber Stone, 
Erin Thompson, Ashley Tureck, Maria Vassileva, Karolina Wiech, 
Michelle S Weissman, Jian Xin Xie

Congratulations!
The chapter also wishes to thank Rita Gray-Marsh and Vanessa Wright for their assistance with the application process!



Fall 2009 MatchMaker

On the first Friday of each Fall and Spring Semester, Psi Chi hosts a "Matchmaker" to connect undergraduates with Psychology research labs who are looking for research assistants. To learn more about the research opportunities available, see the "What is 396?" and "Research Opportunities" links to the left.
Fall 2009 Matchmaker will be held on Friday August 28th.  The event is usually held after 3pm.  Check here for a location after August 15th.



Writing a Personal Statement
If you are applying to graduate school, here are several useful documents: 

Applying to Graduate School: Writing a Compelling Personal Statement
by Bette L. Bottoms and Kari L. Nysse 
http://www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article_98.asp

Applying to Graduate School: The Interview Process
Barbara A. Oudekerk, B.A.
University of Virginia
Bette L. Bottoms, Ph.D.
University of Illinois at Chicago
http://www.psch.uic.edu/under/the_interview_process.pdf

How to Avoid the Kisses of Death in the Graduate School Application Process
by Drew C. Appleby and Karen M. Appleby - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis; (Appleby, D.) Idaho State University (Appleby, K.)
http://www.psichi.org/pubs/articles/article_613.asp


Thank you to the 2008-9 PSI CHI officers 
for a great year!:

Maria Vargas, President
Rania Barazi, Vice President
Frances Amurao, Treasurer
Kari Andrews, Secretary/Historian
Roberto Vaca, Jr., Membership Officer
Samanta Boddapati, Events Committee Chair
Srilaya Kudaravalli, Grad School Focus Group Leader
Safoora Choudry, Tutoring Committee Chair
Rak Mehta, Member-at-Large, Activities and Events Committee
Amber Stone, Member-at-Large, Activities and Events Committee
Jason Wallis, Member-at-Large, Activities and Events Committee

And thanks to the Interim Advisors:
Dr. Ellen Herbener and Graduate Student Jason Braasch 
for their help and advice!


Be sure to check out the new web site devoted completely to  Undergraduate Studies in Psychology 
http://www.psch.uic.edu/underadvisingoffice.asp?sm=undergrad_advisingoffice



2009-10 Events Calendar:
August 24
2009-10 Applications for membership available on Psi Chi Bulletin Board between 1009 and 1079 BSB

August 28 Matchmaker 
Location and time TBA
Find out about Undergraduate Research Opportunities first Friday of each term

November 1
Fall applications for membership due.

Watch for events throughout the Fall on Graduate School opportunities and other topics of interest to Psychology majors!

Friday, January 15 Matchmaker 
Location and Time TBA 
Find out about Undergraduate Research Opportunities first Friday of each term

March 1
Spring applications for membership due.

April 
Elections
Officers for the following school year are nominated and voted on by the membership with the goal of announcing new officers at induction, and holding a transition meeting before school ends.

April 
Induction 
New members are inducted in an official ceremony each Spring.  All members, inductees and their family and representatives from the Psychology Department are welcome!  Inductees will receive an honors cord for their graduation honors. 

May 
Executive Board Transition Meeting 

Both Semesters
Tutoring for Psychology Courses
Email psichitutoring@gmail.com to volunteer to tutor or be tutored.

Watch this space for more events!

Congratulations to the UIC Chapter on its 20th Anniversary!
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