For past posted information about the Psychology Department's website (from February 2006-current), check below.
April 2007:
-4/4/07:
The Disabled Veterans Associations Crisis Services Team is looking for volunteers for their crisis telephone line. Prior to working, volunteers would learn how to assess for lethality and de-escalate situations where Veterans or family memebers are at risk. All DVA Crisis Services volunteers who wish to answer calls that come through the crisis line begin with 40 hours of training. After that, volunteers spend time listening to crisis calls before actually answering calls themselves. Opportunities are availabe at the Hotline for students completing practicums and/or internships. If interested, call Crisis Services Director at 440-885-1944.
March 2007:
-3/14/07:
The annual undergraduate psychology conferance will be held this year at Manchester College on March 30th. Undergrads are encouraged to present a research project or poster project they have been working on or completed earlier. This is a great opportunity and looks great on a resume for graduate school or other psychology related positions! Students wishing to present must contact Will Slater and have the title of his or her presentation to him by Friday, March 23 at noon. The department will pay the attendance fee and transportation will be provided. Attending students will leave campus at 7:30am and return by 5:00pm and will be excused from all classes. Will Slater and Sean Ridge are able to answer any questions concerning the trip!
-3/12/07:
It's official! The Psychology Department is pleased to announce the addition of Lynette Jacobs-Priebe to our very talented faculty. Here is the announcement from the Dean's newletter:
"I am happy to announce that Lynette Jacobs-Priebe has accepted an appointment as Assistant Professor of Psychology. Lynette expects to defend her dissertation at Vanderbilt University this spring. In her dissertation she is developing a social norms approach to violence against women prevention. She brings experience working as an apprentice on a small organic vegetable farm based on the community support agricultural model, coordinating students’ participation in service learning, and participating in coordination of on-going congregational activities designed to enhance dialogue on hospitality. We look forward to Lynette’s joining our faculty next fall."
-Sally Weaver Sommer
Welcome Lynette!!!
February 2007:
- 2/14/07:
Pam sent out an email about a position available in New Orleans for graduates (the position requires at least a bachelor's degree). Here is some information:
"MCC Central States is recruiting for a full-time, salaried worker based at the Twomey Center for Peace through Justice, Loyola University New Orleans.
This position will coordinate and facilitate two initiatives of the Twomey Center. One is the Global Facilitator Service Corp (GFSC) project. MCC is funding two GSFC workshops for the Central City community, and five others are being planned in 2007. Help is needed with coordination, administration and follow-up on these workshops. In addition, the MCC worker will benefit from learning to be a facilitator of these workshops. The GFSC portion of the worker's position will constitute approximately 75% of her/his time until August 2007, when it will drop to approximately 25% for the rest of the two-year term.
The second initiative is to assist with the rebuilding of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) in schools. This nationally renowned program was implemented in 10 New Orleans public schools prior to the 2005 Gulf Coast Disasters. There is a need for the program as evidenced by the violence in the New Orleans area, particularly impacting youth as both perpetrators and victims. The Twomey Center has an opportunity in several schools and after-school programs to implement the program, but lacks the capacity to effectively do so. The MCC worker will lead the effort to re-establish this program, constituting 25% of his/her time until August 2007, and approximately 75% thereafter.
This position will have a two-year term and includes benefits such as: vacation, medical, dental and optical coverage; life insurance and continuing education funding. Because of the significant expectations for this position, MCC and the Twomey Center - along with the worker - will evaluate the workload on an ongoing basis and some duties may be shifted to volunteers when necessary."
For more information, contact Melissa Waltner for further information and to request an application. Phone (316) 283-2720; Email melissawaltner@mcc.org
January 2007:
- 1/17/07:
If anyone is interested in presenting research this spring, there are many conferences that are being held in and around our area. Here's a few:
OUPRC Call for Papers
All undergraduate students are eligible to submit reports of empirical psychological research. Papers using quantitative or qualitative methods, observation, or data from archives are welcomed. All papers must have a faculty sponsor who is responsible for assuring the quality of the work. Submission deadline is March 30, 2007 .
All research papers will be presented orally. Each session will be 15 minutes in length consisting of 10 minutes of oral presentation, followed by a 2-3 minute question and answer session. A 2-3 minute allowance is given for transition between presenters.
Facilities for PowerPoint presentations will be available to all presenters. Multiple submissions by authors are welcomed as are papers with multiple authors. You will be notified by email regarding the status of your abstract. Non-presenters are welcome to attend and a free lunch will be provided for all those registered for the conference. The registration deadline is Monday, April 2, 2007.
The 21st Annual Ohio Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference is sponsored by the Ohio Consortium for Undergraduate Psychology Conferences and hosted in 2007 by the Hiram College Psychology Department.
http://psychology.hiram.edu/index.html
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(From a flier in the Psych lab)
Fourth Annual Undergraduate Research Colloquium
April 27, 2007
Student Convention
Ohio Northern University
Submission Deadline: March 30, 2007
http://www.onu.edu/colloquium
If anyone is interested in these conferences, please let one of the Psych professors know so they can tell you what you need to know and help get you registered. Also, keep an eye out for this year's Anabaptist Undergraduate Psychology Conference. More information will be posted once we hear from the other schools! Good luck with all your research!!!!
- 1/10/07:
Welcome back Bluffton Psychology Students!! This semester will have a lot of new information including dates for the conference as well as information about the faculty position. We would also like to welcome Sean Austin to the crew this semester. He is teaching Abnormal Psychology in place of Pam who is out on sabbatical this semester. To contact Sean, just shoot him an email at AustinS@bluffton.edu. If you have any new ideas for the webpage or information that you would like to pass along, send us an email.
Some important information that Pam has just recently sent out about the faculty position:
April:
- 4/25/06:
There will be yet another visit from a candidate for the open faculty position this Thursday, April 27. Dr. Jonathan Miller will be presenting to a "mock" class at 11 AM in CEN room 113. He will also be presenting to the faculty and staff that morning at 9 AM in CEN room 113. Students are welcome to attend the faculty and staff presentation also.
- 4/11/06:
A huge thank you goes out to everyone who helped out with and participated in the Conference on the 7th. It was successful in every way!! Information for next year's conference will be posted once it is received.
- 4/4/06:
Reminder:
The Anabaptist Undergraduate Psychology Research Conference will be held here at Bluffton this Friday, April 7th. The conference will begin with registration at 10 AM and include papers and posters from Bluffton, Goshen and Manchester students. There will also be Bluffton alumni visiting and speaking to students about their experiences in Psychology after undergrad. It is scheduled to end at approximately 4 PM. For more information (including the schedule), email Will or Pam.
March:
- 3/28/06:
There will be another visit by a candidate for the Psychology position Monday, April 3rd by Mr. Lelyn Saner. He will be presenting during the noon hour to faculty and giving a presentation in Phil Kingsley's Social Psych class at 3 PM. Students are welcome to attend one or both of these presentations and give feedback. There is also going to be a lunch scheduled at 1 PM that day, but there can only be up to 6 students. It is very important that you make reservations with Pam Nath if you are interested - it is a first come, first served basis!
- 3/14/06:
Undergraduate Research Paper Publication: Call for submissions
MPS Modern Psychological Studies is a professional journal published entirely by undergrads. MPS was founded in 1992 by Dr. Ralph W. Hood Jr. and is still one of very few undergraduate psychology journals in the world. MPS seeks papers from all over the world and accepts experimental and theoretical papers, as well as literature and book reviews. For any further questions about submitting papers to our journal at University of Tennesee at Chattanooga please feel free to contact our editor Scott Pittman at sepz32@comcast.net or David-Ross@utc.edu.
- 2/13/06:
- Thank you to all who attended the luncheons, presentations and classes by all of the Psychology candidates. Your feedback will be taken into consideration as the selection process continues (if you would like to talk to Pam about the candidates, you are more than welcome to email or call her).
- Also, if there are any students interested in helping out with the Annual Anabaptist Undergraduate Research Conference planning, email Dr. Slater and he'll give you more information.
