Here are the minutes for this week...

I. The Albert Ellis lecture is THIS THURSDAY (10/17) at St. John's
-for those of you who have signed up, we will be meeting at 3:45 in front of Meyer on thurs. 10/17. We will cover the cost for psi chi members. Non-members- $3 per person. * If you are interested in this event, and have not signed up, e-mail us asap (psichinyu@yahoo.com)

II. Kaplan Mock GRE will be held on Friday Nov. 8, from 2:00- 3:30 pm in Meyer room 159 (verbal and math only- no written). Psi Chi will cover the cost for Psi Chi members. There will be a $5 fee for non-members
*If you have not signed up, and would like to (or know of someone who wants to), send us an e-mail (psichinyu@yahoo.com)

III. Blood Drive!
-Sign-ups for the blood drive in front of Tisch (40 West 4th) are going to continue for the rest of this week.
-The blood drive will be held next week (10/21-10/24).
*If you have not signed up, but would like to help out, just show up next week (in front of Tisch- 40 West 4th).

IV. Psi chi officer elections will be held on Dec. 2nd

V. Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Convention in Maryland in March
-Submission deadline is Oct. 31
-Contact Dave at daveroofeh@aol.com

VI. National Science Foundation research experience for undergrads. -Deadlines are coming soon!
-For more information, go to http://www.nsf.gov/home/crssprgm/reu/reu98sber.htm

VII. Dean's Undergraduate Research Fund
-Available to all undergrads- except for seniors
-For more information, go to http://www.nyu.edu/cas/Academic/4thUGResearch.html#DeansUGFund

VIII. Graduate School Information session (date TBA- prob. w/in the next month)
-Listen to students talk about their psych. history, current research, and future goals
-Panelists: 2 Social Psych, 1 Clinical Psych, 1 Cognitive Psych, (1) Community Psych, and possibly law and med. students
*If any of you know law and/or med grad students who would be interested, please contact us (psichinyu@yahoo.com)

IX. Tutoring program for Psi Chi
-Become a tutor to fellow psych. majors. (time committment is up to you- 1-2 hour(s)/week suggested)
-For more information, contact Josh at jg723@nyu.edu

Hello Psi Chi!

At this week's new member meetings we discussed the following:

1) Registration

2) Blood drive: We are setting up tables next week (Oct 14-17) to sign up people for the blood drive. The actual blood donations will be the following week (Oct 21-25), but we will need people to handle sign ups at the tables on Oct 14-17 from 10AM-3PM. Please email us at psichinyu@yahoo.com with days and times you are available to help next week ASAP. We don't want to leave the tables empty! Once you email, we will confirm your times and instruct you where to go and what to do.

3) Committees:
- fund raising
- induction
- publicity
- community service
- lecture series
We need leaders for these committees! Please email us at psichinyu@yahoo.com if you want to be a leader for any of these committees. We will forward you the names and emails of those interested and you can set up times to meet with us and each other.

4) Webmasters: Psi Chi needs a new webmaster. If you are not a graduating senior and are experienced with the following:
- FTP
- HTML
- Graphic design
Please email Lillian at lc488@nyu.edu

5) Albert Ellis: St. John's University is inviting NYU's Psi Chi to join them in a Interactive workshop with Dr. Albert Ellis on Thursday October 17th at 5:00 PM. Admission is $3 but if we go as a group, Psi Chi will cover the costs.

6) Next week's meetings:
- Monday October 14 at 5:15 PM in Meyer 771
- Tuesday October 15 at 5:15 PM in Meyer 771

See you next week!

We are conducting interviews this week. Applicants will be notified by Monday.

Hi everyone!

Here is what we talked about at our meeting on Mon. 9/23

I. Intros

II. Ideas for the year (moc. GRE, possible speakers)
a) Seminar about grad. school prep
b) Compile book about grad schools

III. Community service ideas
a) blooddrive- either week of Nov. 4th-7th, or week of Oct 21st-24th
b)Kidney Walk- Sunday Oct 6th at 10:30 in Riverside Park. For more details, e-mail Pauine Ngugen at ptn205@nyu.edu (say that you heard from Kim from Psi Chi)

IV. Fundraising ideas
a) Bakesale (sorry Lillian...)
b)Karoke

Also...
*The Subject GRE in NYC on Nov. 9th. So... if you are applying to grad. school this year, you should keep this date in mind.
*There is going to be a special presentation this thursday (9/26) on the "21st c. View of the Mind." It's going to be hed at 50 W. 4th st. at 4:00.

Hey fellow Psi Chi members!

Here are the minutes from our first meeting...

I. Introductions

II. Tutoring
- we were thinking about the possibility of setting up a tutoring program for people in the psych. program. However, unless we find a way to really organize this, it doesn't look like it's going to happen this year.

III. Career Fair Reminder (Office of Career Services)
- On October 7, 2002 at 4:00 PM there will be a Career Week event called "Careers with Advanced Degrees in Psychology." This will be in the first floor presentation room of 5 Washington Place.
- On October 8, 2002 at 4:00 PM there will be a Career Week event called "Careers in Counseling and Applied Psychology." This will also be in the first floor presentation room of 5 Washington Place.

IV. Community Service
- Mighty meals (w/the Anti-hunger league @ nyu)
- TimeOut Magazine- bedtime stories and tutoring homeless children
- Blood Drive for the new NYU blood bank

V. Fund Raising
- Bake sale in conjunction with donating blood near Coles, some sort of party at a bar

VI. Member Info. Availability
-e-mail lists, forum (people generally liked the idea of having a forum on the psi chi nyu website, where people can post questions/suggestions, etc.)

VII. Meeting times (online survey)

Hope to see you all at our next meeting!