PSI CHI - MIDWESTERN REGION: (MPA 2009 information below)

Want to visit some award winning Psi Chi websites and get some ideas?  2008 winners include:

California State University, Fullerton - http://psych.fullerton.edu/psichi/
Central Michigan University - http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/psichi/about.html
DePaul University (IL) - http://condor.depaul.edu/~psichi/index.htm

Almost all Psi Chi-related questions can be answered at the National Psi Chi website -   http://www.psichi.org/

MPA INFORMATION (updated 4-27-09)

MPA 2009 - MPA 2009 will run April 30 - May 2, 2009 at the Palmer House Hilton - CHICAGO, IL.  The MPA website includes information for first time attendees.  LINK TO MPA PROGRAM FOR 2009 - http://www.midwesternpsych.org/meeting/program.php  - registration times/place on page 6 of MPA program book.

ONLINE REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED!! If you did not register online - you will need to do so on site. Undergraduates registering on-site will be $25 each (cash or check) http://www.midwesternpsych.org/meeting/registration.php#reg

 

PSI CHI & MPA: Link to detailed Psi Chi program - includes poster days/times (pdf)

                              

CONFERENCE SURVIVAL TIPS  

 (where to stay, what to wear, etc)    

 

 

 

PSI CHI & MPA: QUICK OVERVIEW OF PSI CHI PROGRAMMING AT MPA 2009  - see below

 

THURSDAY APRIL 30, 2009

 MPA 2009 –   PSI CHI EVENTS

Poster Session #1

9:00 – 10:00

Moderator:

Marjorie Gunnoe, Calvin College (MI)

 

Poster Session #2

10:10 – 11:10

 

Moderator:

Marjorie Gunnoe, Calvin College (MI)

 

Poster Session #3

11:20 -12:20

 

Moderator:

Karl N. Kelley, North Central College (IL)

 

INCLUDES PSI CHI CHAPTER VITALITY "BEST PRACTICE" POSTERS

Psi Chi Invited Speaker

12:30 – 1:30

Monroe Room

 

 

 Welcome to Your Brain: The Science of Jet Lag, Love and Other Curiosities of Everyday Life

 

Sam Wang

Princeton University - Neuroscience Institute

 

Moderator: Karl G. D. Bailey, Andrews University (MI)

Conversation Hour w/ Speaker

1:30-2:30

Buckingham Room

(formerly named PDR16)

 

 Moderator:

Karl G. D. Bailey, Andrews University (MI)

Psi Chi Workshop

 

3:00 – 3:50

Buckingham Room

(formerly named PDR16)

 

Successfully Navigating Human Participants Review

 

Leanne Olson

Wisconsin Lutheran College (WI)

 

 

Poster Session #4

3:00 – 4:00

Moderator:

Teddi Deka, Missouri Western State University (MO)

Poster Session #5

4:15 – 5:15

Moderator:

Amy Bucher, Avila University (MO)

FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009

 

 7:00 am to 8:30

Psi Chi Faculty Chapter Advisor and Research Project Advisor Appreciation Breakfast

Atwood Café

 

Note: Sessions start at 8 am for MPA – Psi Chi’s first obligation is at 9:00.

 

 

9:00 – 9:50

 Psi Chi Distinguished Member Lecture

 Buckingham Room

(formerly named PDR16)

 

Students and Faculty as Partners in the Letter-of-Recommendation Process

 Drew Appleby, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

 

Moderator: Karl N. Kelley, North Central College (IL)

 

Poster Session

 

Psi Chi Regional Research Award Posters 

10:00 – 12:30

Moderator:  Betsy L. Morgan

 

University of Wisconsin – La Crosse (WI)

 

 

 

 

Psi Chi Symposium: "Employment With an Undergraduate Degree in Psychology"

 

1:00 – 1:50– Salon 6 & 7(holds 150)

Rebecca Stoddart, Saint Mary's College (IN)

 

Karl N. Kelley, North Central College (IL)

 

Moderator:  Regan Gurung, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay (WI)

 

 Psi Chi Symposium: "Tips for Getting Into Graduate School"
 2:00-2:50

 Salon 6 & 7(holds 150)

 

Determining Your Fit for Graduate School

 

Betsy L. Morgan, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse (WI)

 

Patricia Schacht,  North Central College, (IL)
 
Moderator: Regan Gurung,

University of Wisconsin – Green Bay (WI)

Psi Chi Chapter Exchange: "Ideas for Improving Your Chapter"
3:00- 3:50 pm

Buckingham Room

(formerly named PDR16)

 

Moderator: Martha Zlokovich  (Psi Chi Executive Director)
All Psi Chi officers and active members are invited to attend this session to share ideas about chapter vitality.

Reception

4 – 6 pm

Awards at 4:30

Crystal Room

All Psi Chi Students & Advisors Welcome!!

 

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