Psychology & Child Development Department

Monday Mailing for the Week of February 13, 2012

Message 1/18

Q & A WITH DEAN HALISKY ON CAL POLY’S PROPOSED STUDENT FEE

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Message 2/18

NO INTERNSHIPS OR SENIOR PROJECTS IN THE SUMMER SCHEDULE

Please keep in mind as you plan for the upcoming Spring registration that the department does not include undergraduate supervision (interships, senior projects, etc.) as part of its Summer-quarter schedule. We are currently working on that schedule, so stay tuned. But it is certain that internships (CD 330, CD 430, PSY 448, PSY 449, PSY 453, PSY 454) and senior projects (CD 462, PSY 462) will not be offered. Please plan accordingly.

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INTERNSHIP PANEL FOR ALL PSYCHOLOGY MAJORS

This Thursday, February 16 at 6:00 p.m. Psi Chi and the Psychology club are hosting a panel for psychology majors to become better prepared for going through their internship experience. Psychology students will be sharing their internship and research experiences and answer any questions you may have about the internship process. This meeting will provide an opportunity to learn about your options for different internship sites what might be the right fit for you!

If you are interested in finding out about Psi Chi, the Honors Psychology Society chapter at Cal Poly, we’ll be talking about the benefits of being a member and how to apply.

Looking forward to seeing you all there this Thursday, February 16. Building 47 (faculty offices), room 24B

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Message 4/18

$$$ REIMBURSEMENT FOR STUDENT PROJECTS AND PROFESSIONAL TRAVEL $$$

As part of this year’s allocation of college-based fees (CBF), the student representatives from the Psychology & Child Development department’s three programs have agreed to reserve some funds for reimbursement of student expenses related to research and service projects or to conference travel. This means that any Psychology or Child Development major or Psychology graduate student who has spent personal funds towards materials used in a senior project or other research project or towards travel to a professional conference may apply for reimbursement. Awards will be given to eligible applicants on a first-come, first-served basis until supporting funds are exhausted. The awards are generally capped at $350 per student, though there is an exception for students who present their own work at professional conferences. Full details are provided on the reimbursement application, which may be obtained in the department office or by clicking here.

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Message 5/18

LIBERAL ARTS WEEK

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Message 6/18

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR TO SPEAK ON CAMPUS

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Message 7/18

ANNUAL LOVERSPEAK POETRY READING: TO OFFER PROS AND CONS ABOUT ROMANCE

On February 16 at 8 p.m. in Room 104 of the Graphic Arts building, Cal Poly student and faculty poets will read their provocative poems about the subject of romantic love.

Students are only charged $2, and the entrance fee guarantees placement in a raffle in which they may win gifts from a variety of restaurants, coffee shops, yogurt stores and other exciting outlets in San Luis Obispo. The general public will be charged $3. Proceeds will go to Cal Poly’s literary journal Byzantium.

The poems promise to be highly diverse, ranging from purely romantic to somewhat erotic, from deeply serious to knee-slapping comic. Though some readers typically offer traditionally positive perceptions of love, others will have caustic views of romance. Poet and professor Kevin Clark is quite enthusiastic about this Cal Poly tradition. “The editors of our literary journal Byzantium started LoverSpeak as a great fundraiser at least ten years ago,” said Clark, “and it has evolved into this often comic, raucous recitation of verse about the most archetypal of all poetic subjects: love. We’ve had people literally screaming with laughter at funny poems and we’ve had people nearly in tears from elegiac love poems,” he said.

While many readers will read original work, some will present previously published poems from the deep past or recent times. “All kinds of poems will be offered here,” promised Clark, “ranging from classic rhyming poems in the Keatsean tradition to fast-paced colloquial poems in the Beat tradition.”

Byzantium co-editors Chrissy Berry and Brita Shallcross are thrilled to be a part of this year’s festivity.

“This promises to be our best year yet!” said Chrissy. Both editors said they were particularly happy to have students and faculty appearing together. “We could not be more honored to be a part of this wonderful literary tradition,” included Brita.

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Message 8/18

CAMPUS SPEAKER ON PARTISAN MEDIA

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Message 9/18

PHALLACIES PERFORMANCE

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Message 10/18

CAMPUS SPEAKER ON THE MIDDLE-EAST PEACE PROCESS

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Message 11/18

UCLA PSYCHOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE

The 2012 UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC) will be on Friday, May 4, 2012 at UCLA and will showcase approximately 100 undergraduate psychology research projects in poster and paper talk sessions.

We are looking for a diverse representation of campuses and would like to see more applicants from Cal Poly. We are looking for high-quality abstracts written by undergraduate researchers. The application and fees should be submitted online by March 1, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. The application and details are available at www.psych.ucla.edu/undergraduate/purc.

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Message 12/18

TWELFTH ANNUAL STANFORD UNDERGRADUATE PSYCHOLOGY CONFERENCE

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Message 13/18

SOCIAL SCIENCES CAREER EXPO

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Message 14/18

LET’S TALK SEX WOMEN’S GROUP

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Message 15/18

THE DEN MEN’S GROUP

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Message 16/18

PANETTA INSTITUTE CONGRESSIONAL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Late this summer, August 12, 2012, the Panetta Institute will begin the thirteenth annual Congressional Internship Program for students selected from the twenty-three campuses of the California State University, and from Dominican University of California and Santa Clara University. The program runs thirteen weeks, beginning with a two-week training session at the Panetta Institute, followed by eleven weeks in Washington, ending on November 10, 2012.

In December 1998, Leon and Sylvia Panetta established the Panetta Institute for Public Policy as a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) located on the campus of California State University, Monterey Bay. The Institute’s mission is to serve as a bipartisan study center, elevate public dialogue on important policy issues, and inspire thoughtful men and women to pursue public service by teaching them the practical skills of self-government and promoting high standards of ethical conduct. From the beginning, the Congressional Internship Program was an integral component of their planning.

A strong cadre of professionals will come to the Institute this year to share their experience and insights with the students, and teach the intern orientation course. This includes current and past members of Congress, White House staff, administration officials, journalists, professors, and congressional staff to offer their lessons in good governance. The Institute prepares its students with this thorough two-week course in advance of their actual internship, and continues to train and educate them while they are in Washington. During the eleven weeks in Washington, D. C., each Panetta Institute intern will work in an office of a U. S. Representative from the California delegation, gaining invaluable hands-on experience. The interns will also participate in mandatory weekly seminars with top-level Washington executive and legislative branch officials and policy experts.
The seminars are arranged solely for the interns. Armed with a comprehensive and realistic view of government and politics, students return to California effectively prepared and motivated to pursue community and public service.

The successful student will meet the following required criteria:

• Has not taken part in this program during previous years;

• Superior academic achievement (3.5 or above GPA);

• Demonstrated commitment to community and public service;

• Willing to accept entry-level work assigned to unpaid assistants who normally
serve as interns;

• Willingness to take on assigned tasks and work hard;

• Exemplary maturity and leadership abilities;

• Demonstrated ability to be a good team member;

• Excellent English oral skills, and clarity of speech appropriate for constituent
phone calls and visits;

• Willing to live in assigned group housing with other interns during the entire program;

• Written essay from the student stating the reasons for her/his interest in the Panetta Institute’s
Congressional Internship Program and the selection committee’s review of one of the student’s
graded papers to ensure excellent English language proficiency;

• Has never been sanctioned under the California Code of Regulations, Title 5, Article 2
(Student Discipline), Section 41301;

• Background investigation;

• U. S. citizenship.

In addition, students are expected to make a total commitment to the Panetta Institute’s Congressional Internship Program, which entails working full-time in a congressional office, working hard on any project assigned, attending required seminars in Washington, D. C. (arranged by the Panetta Institute), submitting a brief weekly report, maintaining a journal, and writing a twenty-page research paper. Students must be enrolled in the junior or senior year, or in a graduate program, at the time when the program begins at the Panetta Institute for the fall term. The student must be eligible to take the Congressional Internship Program’s courses on a credit-bearing basis, in the concurrent enrollment format; no audits are allowed. Further, no additional course enrollment is allowed outside the Congressional Internship Program including preparation courses for or scheduling of LSAT, MCAT, GRE, or other graduate school exams; nor are special preparations for other tests allowed.

This program is open to students in any academic major recognized by the university, subject to the criteria stipulated above and any other criteria set forth by the President’s Office. The cost of the program is fully funded in order to allow participation by any qualified student, independent of family income. Student benefits include academic fees and tuition, food and housing, a living stipend, a text-binder and other academic materials, along with air and ground transportation.

Interested students should submit a résumé, written essay stating interest in the program and graded paper by February 24, 2012 to the Office of the Provost located in the Administration Building (01), Room 305.

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Message 17/18

CAPITAL FELLOW PROGRAM

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Message 18/18

NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO?

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