NEW PH.D. PROGRAM IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY

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The Department of Psychology at East Tennessee State University is pleased to announce our new Ph.D. program in Clinical Psychology, which will admit its first class of students for fall 2007. The mission of this program is to provide doctoral training in Clinical Psychology for rural behavioral health and practice in the context of integrated primary health care. Our curriculum is a scientist-practitioner model with innovative curricular elements utilizing our collaborative relationship with Quillen College of Medicine and building on its national recognition as a leader in the training of rural family medicine researchers and practitioners. Please contact us at clinpsyc@etsu.edu for more detailed information.

ADVISEMENT HELP, IN PERSON AND ONLINE!

Beginning September 22, 2006, Dr. Dixon will host an advising session every Friday at 2:00 pm in Room 425, Rogers-Stout Hall. If you have any questions about your curriculum, or just need advisement in general, this is the time to come!!

The wide variety of degree and concentration programs offered by the ETSU Department of Psychology is unique and exciting, but can also be somewhat confusing. To help out, we have posted all the degree (B.A., B.S., & B.S.S.S.) and concentration (General, Behavioral Neuroscience, Child Psychological Science, Clinical Psychological Science, & Cognitive Science) check sheets on the undergraduate tab above, under the advisement link (http://www.etsu.edu/psychology/undergraduate.htm). BEFORE you schedule an appointment with a faculty member (those with less than 60 hours should be advised in the A.R.C. in the Culp Center), you should download a pre-advisement check sheet by clicking here. CURRENTLY, Dr. Dixon, Department Chairperson, is hosting advising sessions on Fridays at 2:00 in 425 of Rogers-Stout. Changes in that schedule are possible, but will be announced via email as soon as possible on Psych Talk, on which all Psychology Majors should be subscribed. You can be added to the list of subscribers at any time simply by emailing your request to the department chair (Wallace Dixon, dixonw@etsu.edu) or to the department executive aide (Jan Brown, brownje@etsu.edu).

EXTRA CREDIT FOR RESEARCH PARTICIPATION: LOG ON

The Department of Psychology is launching a research participant pool where students in classes offering extra credit can voluntarily participate in department-approved, ETSU IRB-approved, research studies. This offers an opportunity to see what psychological sciences are like from the point of view of a participant. We hope you'll find these experiences enlightening and give you pause to think about becoming involved in psychology research as a scientist. If your instructor offers extra credit for research participation, go to the "Request an account here" link at the bottom left-hand corner of the main web page at: http://etsu.sona-systems.com/ You will then get an email with login information, which you can change. Make sure to use your real student ID number and the email you check most often. Your ID number will not be displayed anywhere in the system, but will be used to report your extra credit to your instructor. Problems? Contact etsupsychresearch@sona-systems.com

PSYCH MAJORS & MINORS: SIGN ON TO PSYCHTALK!

The Department of Psychology is happy to announce the creation of PsychTalk. PsychTalk is a department based listserver that allows: 1) members of the department to communicate with psychology majors and minors about courses, job/research/graduate school opportunities, or anything else that might be important to majors and minors, and 2) students to communicate with faculty or other students to ask questions about courses, the curriculum, post-graduation options, or whatever is on their mind. All psychology majors and minors are encouraged to join. Don't miss important information!

You can be added to the list of subscribers at any time simply by emailing your request to the department chair (Wallace Dixon, dixonw@etsu.edu) or to the department executive aide (Jan Brown, brownje@etsu.edu).

Don't be the last one on the block to get your "Top 10 Reasons to Major in Psychology" t-shirt! Proceeds from t-shirt sales go to benefit the ETSU chapter of Psi Chi and the Psychology Club. The shirt is dark blue with gold lettering. On the front, in the upper-left vest area, is the word "ETSU" with the "U" forming part of the greek symbol for psyche. On the back are the top 10 reasons to major in psychology.

Based on student recommendations and a vote, the Top 10 Reasons to Major in Psychology are......

10) It reveals why commons sense is wrong.
9) You realize that you are not so crazy after all.
8) Because reality is a hallucination of my delusion.
7) To find out who I am because I don't know.
6) Four years of free therapy
5) You get to blame everything on potty training.
4) Two words: Sex Therapy
3) The voices in my head told me to.
2) You get to say "penis" in class.
and....the number 1 reason to major in psychology
1) It's a Freud thing, you wouldn't understand

The Department of Psychology is please to announce the creation of its new Honors-in-Discipline program! Read about this program on the undergraduate page.

Questions regarding the Honors-in-Discipline program can be directed to the Chair of Psychology, Dr. Wallace Dixon, dixonw@mail.etsu.edu, (423) 439-6656.