Tuesday, November 13, 2012

11/13/12

The inside scoop on staying engaged and up-to-date with the Psychology major!

The psychology undergraduate newsletter provides a weekly update on the latest course information, upcoming events, and currently available job, internship, and research opportunities relating to your major! Find past issues here. If you would like to start receiving the Psych Scoop directly to your inbox, send a request to: psyadvis@umn.edu.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
PSYCHOLOGY ADVISING ANNOUNCEMENTS
--1.Planning to Enroll in a Research Lab Project Section of PSY 3902W this Spring?
--2.Did You Take a PSY 3801 Equivalent at Another Institution &
Do You Plan on Taking PSY 3001W Spring Term?
--3.A Call for Artists: Contribute to Psychology Advising's New Community Space!
COURSES OF INTEREST
--4.New EDHD Topics Courses Designed to Help You Prepare for your Future!
PSI CHI/PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION
--5.Meeting THIS Thursday: Pizza, Pop, & Grad School Talk
--6.Psychology Club Bake Sale Next Week!
--7.Psi Chi Applications DUE Wed. 11/21--Apply Now for Fall 2012 Membership
EVENTS
--8.Want to Make a Difference While Traveling? Peace Corps Information Session!
--9.On-Campus Conference Celebrating 100-Years of Gestalt Psychology
--10.Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Legal Policy?
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
--11.Undergrad Summer Research Fellowship Program in Vision Science
JOB/INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
--12.Want a Summer Job that Makes a Different? Camp Akeela in Vermont is Hiring!
--13.Autism Play Therapy Internship at Son-Rise Program
GRADUATE STUDIES
--14.Planning Grad School? Free Test Prep Strategy Sessions for the GRE!
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PSYCHOLOGY ADVISING ANNOUNCEMENTS
*****
1.Planning to Enroll in a Research Lab Project Section of PSY 3902W this Spring?
Senior Psychology majors registered for a Research Lab Project section of PSY 3902W Major Project this Spring have an alternative option for the required concurrent enrollment in PSY 4/5993. In the past, the research requirement has strictly been fulfilled through volunteering in a research lab of a faculty member as outlined on our webpage. Beginning this year, a specific PSY 5993 section (-042) is offered in a course-style format. This option provides an opportunity for students to work individually or in small groups to complete a research study with archival data rather than participating in the current lab of a faculty. Spring's section of 5993 will focus on secondary data analysis by using existing data sets to answer questions that are of interest to students. Students will examine, in depth, one national data set and how it has been used to address questions in psychology that are related to clinical psychology, social psychology, and developmental psychology. The course will be taught by Professor Kristen Kling and will be held Fridays from 1:00 - 2:55 pm. To enroll in this unique PSY 5993 section, you must contact Psychology Undergraduate Advising at psyadvis@umn.edu including: 1) Name, 2) Student ID Number, and 3) Expressed interest in enrolling in the PSY 5993 course option. We will verify that you are a Psychology major appropriately enrolled in a Research Lab Project section of PSY 3902W, and provide a permission number for an open seat--there is a limited availability, so act now if interested and have a back-up plan in mind if seats fill. We will wait until the end of the senior registration queue to respond with permission numbers so that each senior has a chance to first enroll in PSY 3902W.

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2.Did You Take a PSY 3801 Equivalent at Another Institution &
Do You Plan on Taking PSY 3001W Spring Term?

Are you a declared Psychology major who has successfully completed an approved statistics equivalent to PSY 3801 at another institution? Do you intend to enroll in PSY 3001W Spring semester? If you meet these criteria, please read on. Our registration system only recognizes several approved equivalents as meeting the stats prerequisite for PSY 3001W, and you may be blocked from enrolling in open seats. To increase your chances of securing an open seat for this course, you will need to follow these instructions: 1) Email psyadvis@umn.edu at least three days prior to your registration start time. In the email, provide your student ID number, your registration time, and state that you would like to enroll in PSY 3001W and have taken a PSY 3801 equivalent at another institution. 2) We will respond to your email verifying that you have successfully completed an approved equivalent. 3) You will keep this verification email and respond directly to it a half hour before you plan on registering. In this response, you must include your student ID number and your top two choices of open 3001W sections (NOTE: there MUST be an open seat in the section for us to provide a permission number). 4) If a seat is available, we will respond as soon as possible with a permission number that you must use promptly.

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3.A Call for Artists: Contribute to Psychology Advising's New Community Space!
Psychology Undergraduate Advising is seeking art submissions for display in our new undergraduate community space. Submissions will go through a screening process, with selected pieces being displayed in the new advising corridor (N120 -N108) for the academic year. Submissions should be a minimum of 8" by 8" and can be done in any medium that is able to be hung. Bring submissions to N108 Elliott Hall. Displayed pieces will be selected on a rolling basis until space is filled. Contact psyadvis@umn.edu with any questions--we look forward to seeing your work!

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COURSES OF INTEREST
*****
4.New EDHD Topics Courses Designed to Help You Prepare for your Future!
The College of Education and Human Development is offering FOUR NEW 1-credit, 1xxx-level courses for Spring 2013, in addition to their already useful offerings. All of these courses are designed to help prepare students for academic, professional, and/or personal success, and range from topics on research proposals to community engagement to the graduate application process. Earn credit for work you should be doing outside the classroom anyway! For more information on the EDHD 1620 Current Topics courses, visit here.

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PSI CHI/PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION
*****
PLEASE NOTE: All students interested in Psychology are welcome to participate in Psi Chi/ Psychology Student Association activities. No previous participation or membership is required. If you're interested, please attend!
*****
5.Meeting THIS Thursday: Pizza, Pop, & Grad School Talk
Psi Chi/Psych Club's Pizza, Pop, and Grad School Talk will be held Thursday 11/15 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm in N301 Elliott Hall. Come and listen to a variety of current graduate students talk about their experiences and challenges of getting in and surviving grad school! This is a great opportunity to get all of your burning questions and concerns about graduate school finally answered! Bring friends! Pizza and pop will be provided.

*****
6.Psychology Club Bake Sale Next Week!
Psychology Club will be hosting a Bake Sale on the first floor of Elliott Hall November 19th and 20th. If you're interested in donating baked goods, or working a table, feel free to sign up by emailing psichi@umn.edu or sign up at meeting. Make sure you swing by for a treat! Half of all proceeds from the bake sale will go toward Relay For Life.

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7.Psi Chi Applications DUE Wed. 11/21--Apply Now for Fall 2012 Membership
Fall 2012 applications for Psi Chi, The International Honor Society for Psychology, are due next week, Wednesday, November 21st! Be sure to pick up your application form from N118 and submit it to the drop box outside of N108 before the deadline. For further information, contact psichi@umn.edu, or visit Psi Chi's national website.

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EVENTS
*****
8.Want to Make a Difference While Traveling? Peace Corps Information Session!
Thursday, November 15th; 5:00 - 6:00pm
214 Heller Hall
The University of Minnesota Peace Corps Campus Representative will be hosting an information session this Thursday! If you or someone you know is interested in the adventure of serving overseas at no cost to them, Peace Corps is a great leadership opportunity. There will be two Returned Peace Corps Volunteers there to share their experiences from overseas with us. Volunteers serve in education, health, business, environment, agriculture, and youth development projects. Please note that the application process takes 9-12 months, so apply a year before you are ready to depart. Peace Corps services provides many personal and professional benefits, including financial, medical, educational, and career benefits. To learn more about the personal benefits, come to the NEXT INFORMATION SESSION and hear returned volunteers tell their stories! Can't attend or want more information? Visit the website.

*****
9.On-Campus Conference Celebrating 100-Years of Gestalt Psychology
Wednesday, November 14th; 9:00am - 5:00pm
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
In celebration of 100-years of Gestalt Psychology, the Department of Psychology is sponsoring a one-day conference which will include two keynote talks and 19 short talks. The keynote speakers are Stephen Palmer (Berkeley) and James Townsend (Indiana). Speakers for short talks include Irving Biederman, Phil Kellman, Robert Goldstone, Mary Peterson, Ruthie Kimchi, James Enns, James Pomerantz, and our very own Yuhong Jiang, Neal Viemeister, Dorea Ruggles/Andrew Oxenham. Detailed information about the conference can be found here. Attendance is free. To help in planning for the meeting, please email Yuhong Jiang (jiang166@umn.edu) if you plan to attend any of the talks.

*****
10.Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Legal Policy?
Thursday, November 15th; 11:30am - 1:00pm
Coffman Memorial Union Theater
Come listen to Laurence Steinberg, PhD and Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University, present on the topic of brain development and how legal policy takes this into account. Studies of adolescent brain development have influenced debates on issues such as the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty, if sentencing juveniles to life without the possibility of parole is moral, to whether states should raise the legal driving age, to permitting minors to obtain an abortion without parental consent. In this lecture, Prof. Steinberg will examine whether burgeoning research on adolescent brain development should influence legal policy.
Prof. Steinberg will offer an overview of the major changes in brain structure and function that take place during adolescence, and discuss what we do, and do not, gain with respect to our understanding of adolescence from neuroscience beyond what we already know from behavioral science. After applying this analysis to the specific case of adolescent criminal culpability, he will consider how developmental neuroscience might influence questions concerning the drawing of legal age boundaries more generally.

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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
*****
11.Undergrad Summer Research Fellowship Program in Vision Science
The Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester announces its 2013 Summer Research Fellowship Program in Vision Science. Undergraduates in their junior (3rd) year during the 2012-2013 academic year of baccalaureate studies interested in neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and biomedical science are invited to join the Center for Visual Science for a summer (June 3 - August 3, 2013) of supervised laboratory training. Applicants will be selected based on academic achievements and an interest in pursuing graduate studies in science. Both US and foreign applications will be accepted. The fellowship will cover travel and on-campus housing expenses for non-local students and provide a stipend of $3600 for a summer of continuous training in a faculty member's lab. Training will also include an orientation with introductory lectures, weekly talks from CVS faculty, laboratory demos, a poster session and CVS picnic at summer's end. Rochester, located near Lake Ontario in western New York, is an internationally recognized center for visual and imaging science and provides a scenic and natural setting for a variety of outdoor activities. Application Deadline is February 1, 2013. More information and electronic application can be found here.

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JOB/INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
*****
IMPORTANT: Organizations listed below are not necessarily affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Psychology or Psychology Undergraduate Advising. Please exercise the same discretion you would in viewing any other source.
*****
12.Want a Summer Job that Makes a Different? Camp Akeela in Vermont is Hiring!
Camp Akeela is an overnight camp in Vermont that creates a warm, supportive community for boys and girls ages 9 - 17 who struggle socially. Most of the campers have been diagnosed with Asperger's or a non-verbal learning disorder. Others are undiagnosed, but "quirky" and struggle to connect with their peers. Akeela's small, supportive community helps campers improve their social skills, make friends, gain self-confidence and have fun! Staff members are primarily college and grad student in the fields of psychology, education, special education, PT, OT, SLP, social work, outdoor education, etc. Staff will not be providing "therapy" in the traditional sense, but will be a key part of a program that integrates a therapeutic approach to recreation and community living. Staff will have the opportunity to work first-hand with children and see the practical applications of their studies, while providing an incredible, life-changing camp experience. Camp Akeela's directors Debbie (PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Yeshiva University) and Eric Sasson (MEd, Harvard University), along with a key staff of experienced professionals, are at camp to mentor and support the staff. For additional details visit the website www.campakeela.com or email staff@campakeela.com.

*****
13.Autism Play Therapy Internship at Son-Rise Program
The Son-Rise Program is a home-based social skills development program that combines a fun, loving, and non-judgmental approach with one-on-one child centered play to help children with autism and other developmental disabilities reach their full potential. Play Therapy Interns will work one-on-one with a six-year-old boy in a supervised, specially designed in-home therapy room to help him develop the social skills that people with autism struggle with. Position is located in Carver, MN, 35 minutes west of the U of M. Starting rate is $10 - 12 / hour, DOQ. Morning and afternoon shifts are available starting immediately, but January 2013 start dates will also be considered. Preference goes to candidates who can commit to working 5 months or longer. To learn more about the position and to apply, visit James' page.

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GRADUATE STUDIES
*****
14.Planning Grad School? Free Test Prep Strategy Sessions for the GRE!
During the month of November, Kaplan is pleased to announce the return of their free Test Prep Strategy Sessions for the GRE! Between November 12th - 26th students can take advantage of this opportunity to jump start their studies before finals and winter break! Each session will be held live and online in their virtual Classroom Anywhere environment with multiple meeting dates available to accommodate students' busy schedules during this time of the year. In addition, students will have a chance to see their top-rated instructors in action and learn proven, effective strategies to help ace the exam. Sessions last approximately 90 minutes. Space is limited, so sign up soon via bit.ly/minntuff2012 (case sensitive)! Days and times will be listed on the registration site. Don't hesitate to let the Kaplan representative know if you have any questions: Ann Peckskamp at ann.peckskamp@kaplan.com, Skype: apeckskamp.

The inside scoop on staying engaged and up-to-date with the Psychology major!
The psychology undergraduate newsletter provides a weekly update on the latest course information, upcoming events, and currently available job, internship, and research opportunities relating to your major! Find past issues here. If you would like to start receiving the Psych Scoop directly to your inbox, send a request to: psyadvis@umn.edu.
--------------------------------------------
IN THIS ISSUE:
PSYCHOLOGY ADVISING FEATURED EVENTS
--1.Planning to Enroll in a Research Lab Project Section of PSY 3902W this Spring?
--2.Did You Take a PSY 3801 Equivalent at Another Institution &
Do You Plan on Taking PSY 3001W Spring Term?
--3.A Call for Artists: Contribute to Psychology Advising's New Community Space!
COURSES OF INTEREST
--4.New EDHD Topics Courses Designed to Help You Prepare for your Future!
PSI CHI/PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION
--5.Meeting THIS Thursday: Pizza, Pop, & Grad School Talk
--6.Psychology Club Bake Sale Next Week!
--7.Psi Chi Applications DUE Wed. 11/21--Apply Now for Fall 2012 Membership
EVENTS
--8.Want to Make a Difference While Traveling? Peace Corps Information Session!
--9.On-Campus Conference Celebrating 100-Years of Gestalt Psychology
--10.Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Legal Policy?
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
--11.Undergrad Summer Research Fellowship Program in Vision Science
JOB/INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
--12.Want a Summer Job that Makes a Different? Camp Akeela in Vermont is Hiring!
--13.Autism Play Therapy Internship at Son-Rise Program
GRADUATE STUDIES
--14.Planning Grad School? Free Test Prep Strategy Sessions for the GRE!
--------------------------------------------
PSYCHOLOGY ADVISING FEATURED EVENTS
*****
1.Planning to Enroll in a Research Lab Project Section of PSY 3902W this Spring?
Senior Psychology majors registered for a Research Lab Project section of PSY 3902W Major Project this Spring have an alternative option for the required concurrent enrollment in PSY 4/5993. In the past, the research requirement has strictly been fulfilled through volunteering in a research lab of a faculty member as outlined on our webpage. Beginning this year, a specific PSY 5993 section (-042) is offered in a course-style format. This option provides an opportunity for students to work individually or in small groups to complete a research study with archival data rather than participating in the current lab of a faculty. Spring's section of 5993 will focus on secondary data analysis by using existing data sets to answer questions that are of interest to students. Students will examine, in depth, one national data set and how it has been used to address questions in psychology that are related to clinical psychology, social psychology, and developmental psychology. The course will be taught by Professor Kristen Kling and will be held Fridays from 1:00 - 2:55 pm. To enroll in this unique PSY 5993 section, you must contact Psychology Undergraduate Advising at psyadvis@umn.edu including: 1) Name, 2) Student ID Number, and 3) Expressed interest in enrolling in the PSY 5993 course option. We will verify that you are a Psychology major appropriately enrolled in a Research Lab Project section of PSY 3902W, and provide a permission number for an open seat--there is a limited availability, so act now if interested and have a back-up plan in mind if seats fill. We will wait until the end of the senior registration queue to respond with permission numbers so that each senior has a chance to first enroll in PSY 3902W.
*****
2.Did You Take a PSY 3801 Equivalent at Another Institution &
Do You Plan on Taking PSY 3001W Spring Term?

Are you a declared Psychology major who has successfully completed an approved statistics equivalent to PSY 3801 at another institution? Do you intend to enroll in PSY 3001W Spring semester? If you meet these criteria, please read on. Our registration system only recognizes several approved equivalents as meeting the stats prerequisite for PSY 3001W, and you may be blocked from enrolling in open seats. To increase your chances of securing an open seat for this course, you will need to follow these instructions: 1) Email psyadvis@umn.edu at least three days prior to your registration start time. In the email, provide your student ID number, your registration time, and state that you would like to enroll in PSY 3001W and have taken a PSY 3801 equivalent at another institution. 2) We will respond to your email verifying that you have successfully completed an approved equivalent. 3) You will keep this verification email and respond directly to it a half hour before you plan on registering. In this response, you must include your student ID number and your top two choices of open 3001W sections (NOTE: there MUST be an open seat in the section for us to provide a permission number). 4) If a seat is available, we will respond as soon as possible with a permission number that you must use promptly.
*****
3.A Call for Artists: Contribute to Psychology Advising's New Community Space!
Psychology Undergraduate Advising is seeking art submissions for display in our new undergraduate community space. Submissions will go through a screening process, with selected pieces being displayed in the new advising corridor (N120 -N108) for the academic year. Submissions should be a minimum of 8" by 8" and can be done in any medium that is able to be hung. Bring submissions to N108 Elliott Hall. Displayed pieces will be selected on a rolling basis until space is filled. Contact psyadvis@umn.edu with any questions--we look forward to seeing your work!
--------------------------------------------
COURSES OF INTEREST
*****
4.New EDHD Topics Courses Designed to Help You Prepare for your Future!
The College of Education and Human Development is offering FOUR NEW 1-credit, 1xxx-level courses for Spring 2013, in addition to their already useful offerings. All of these courses are designed to help prepare students for academic, professional, and/or personal success, and range from topics on research proposals to community engagement to the graduate application process. Earn credit for work you should be doing outside the classroom anyway! For more information on the EDHD 1620 Current Topics courses, visit here.
--------------------------------------------
PSI CHI/PSYCHOLOGY STUDENT ASSOCIATION
*****
PLEASE NOTE: All students interested in Psychology are welcome to participate in Psi Chi/ Psychology Student Association activities. No previous participation or membership is required. If you're interested, please attend!
*****
5.Meeting THIS Thursday: Pizza, Pop, & Grad School Talk
Psi Chi/Psych Club's Pizza, Pop, and Grad School Talk will be held Thursday 11/15 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm in N301 Elliott Hall. Come and listen to a variety of current graduate students talk about their experiences and challenges of getting in and surviving grad school! This is a great opportunity to get all of your burning questions and concerns about graduate school finally answered! Bring friends! Pizza and pop will be provided.
*****
6.Psychology Club Bake Sale Next Week!
Psychology Club will be hosting a Bake Sale on the first floor of Elliott Hall November 19th and 20th. If you're interested in donating baked goods, or working a table, feel free to sign up by emailing psichi@umn.edu or sign up at meeting. Make sure you swing by for a treat! Half of all proceeds from the bake sale will go toward Relay For Life.
*****
7.Psi Chi Applications DUE Wed. 11/21--Apply Now for Fall 2012 Membership
Fall 2012 applications for Psi Chi, The International Honor Society for Psychology, are due next week, Wednesday, November 21st! Be sure to pick up your application form from N118 and submit it to the drop box outside of N108 before the deadline. For further information, contact psichi@umn.edu, or visit Psi Chi's national website.
--------------------------------------------
EVENTS
*****
8.Want to Make a Difference While Traveling? Peace Corps Information Session!
Thursday, November 15th; 5:00 - 6:00pm
214 Heller Hall
The University of Minnesota Peace Corps Campus Representative will be hosting an information session this Thursday! If you or someone you know is interested in the adventure of serving overseas at no cost to them, Peace Corps is a great leadership opportunity. There will be two Returned Peace Corps Volunteers there to share their experiences from overseas with us. Volunteers serve in education, health, business, environment, agriculture, and youth development projects. Please note that the application process takes 9-12 months, so apply a year before you are ready to depart. Peace Corps services provides many personal and professional benefits, including financial, medical, educational, and career benefits. To learn more about the personal benefits, come to the NEXT INFORMATION SESSION and hear returned volunteers tell their stories! Can't attend or want more information? Visit the website.
*****
9.On-Campus Conference Celebrating 100-Years of Gestalt Psychology
Wednesday, November 14th; 9:00am - 5:00pm
Mississippi Room, Coffman Memorial Union
In celebration of 100-years of Gestalt Psychology, the Department of Psychology is sponsoring a one-day conference which will include two keynote talks and 19 short talks. The keynote speakers are Stephen Palmer (Berkeley) and James Townsend (Indiana). Speakers for short talks include Irving Biederman, Phil Kellman, Robert Goldstone, Mary Peterson, Ruthie Kimchi, James Enns, James Pomerantz, and our very own Yuhong Jiang, Neal Viemeister, Dorea Ruggles/Andrew Oxenham. Detailed information about the conference can be found here. Attendance is free. To help in planning for the meeting, please email Yuhong Jiang (jiang166@umn.edu) if you plan to attend any of the talks.
*****
10.Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Legal Policy?
Thursday, November 15th; 11:30am - 1:00pm
Coffman Memorial Union Theater
Come listen to Laurence Steinberg, PhD and Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology at Temple University, present on the topic of brain development and how legal policy takes this into account. Studies of adolescent brain development have influenced debates on issues such as the constitutionality of the juvenile death penalty, if sentencing juveniles to life without the possibility of parole is moral, to whether states should raise the legal driving age, to permitting minors to obtain an abortion without parental consent. In this lecture, Prof. Steinberg will examine whether burgeoning research on adolescent brain development should influence legal policy.
Prof. Steinberg will offer an overview of the major changes in brain structure and function that take place during adolescence, and discuss what we do, and do not, gain with respect to our understanding of adolescence from neuroscience beyond what we already know from behavioral science. After applying this analysis to the specific case of adolescent criminal culpability, he will consider how developmental neuroscience might influence questions concerning the drawing of legal age boundaries more generally.
--------------------------------------------
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
*****
11.Undergrad Summer Research Fellowship Program in Vision Science
The Center for Visual Science at the University of Rochester announces its 2013 Summer Research Fellowship Program in Vision Science. Undergraduates in their junior (3rd) year during the 2012-2013 academic year of baccalaureate studies interested in neuroscience, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, and biomedical science are invited to join the Center for Visual Science for a summer (June 3 - August 3, 2013) of supervised laboratory training. Applicants will be selected based on academic achievements and an interest in pursuing graduate studies in science. Both US and foreign applications will be accepted. The fellowship will cover travel and on-campus housing expenses for non-local students and provide a stipend of $3600 for a summer of continuous training in a faculty member's lab. Training will also include an orientation with introductory lectures, weekly talks from CVS faculty, laboratory demos, a poster session and CVS picnic at summer's end. Rochester, located near Lake Ontario in western New York, is an internationally recognized center for visual and imaging science and provides a scenic and natural setting for a variety of outdoor activities. Application Deadline is February 1, 2013. More information and electronic application can be found here.
--------------------------------------------
JOB/INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
*****
IMPORTANT: Organizations listed below are not necessarily affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of Psychology or Psychology Undergraduate Advising. Please exercise the same discretion you would in viewing any other source.
*****
12.Want a Summer Job that Makes a Different? Camp Akeela in Vermont is Hiring!
Camp Akeela is an overnight camp in Vermont that creates a warm, supportive community for boys and girls ages 9 - 17 who struggle socially. Most of the campers have been diagnosed with Asperger's or a non-verbal learning disorder. Others are undiagnosed, but "quirky" and struggle to connect with their peers. Akeela's small, supportive community helps campers improve their social skills, make friends, gain self-confidence and have fun! Staff members are primarily college and grad student in the fields of psychology, education, special education, PT, OT, SLP, social work, outdoor education, etc. Staff will not be providing "therapy" in the traditional sense, but will be a key part of a program that integrates a therapeutic approach to recreation and community living. Staff will have the opportunity to work first-hand with children and see the practical applications of their studies, while providing an incredible, life-changing camp experience. Camp Akeela's directors Debbie (PsyD in Clinical Psychology, Yeshiva University) and Eric Sasson (MEd, Harvard University), along with a key staff of experienced professionals, are at camp to mentor and support the staff. For additional details visit the website or email staff@campakeela.com.
*****
13.Autism Play Therapy Internship at Son-Rise Program
The Son-Rise Program is a home-based social skills development program that combines a fun, loving, and non-judgmental approach with one-on-one child centered play to help children with autism and other developmental disabilities reach their full potential. Play Therapy Interns will work one-on-one with a six-year-old boy in a supervised, specially designed in-home therapy room to help him develop the social skills that people with autism struggle with. Position is located in Carver, MN, 35 minutes west of the U of M. Starting rate is $10 - 12 / hour, DOQ. Morning and afternoon shifts are available starting immediately, but January 2013 start dates will also be considered. Preference goes to candidates who can commit to working 5 months or longer. To learn more about the position and to apply, visit James' page.
--------------------------------------------
GRADUATE STUDIES
*****
14.Planning Grad School? Free Test Prep Strategy Sessions for the GRE!
During the month of November, Kaplan is pleased to announce the return of their free Test Prep Strategy Sessions for the GRE! Between November 12th - 26th students can take advantage of this opportunity to jump start their studies before finals and winter break! Each session will be held live and online in their virtual Classroom Anywhere environment with multiple meeting dates available to accommodate students' busy schedules during this time of the year. In addition, students will have a chance to see their top-rated instructors in action and learn proven, effective strategies to help ace the exam. Sessions last approximately 90 minutes. Space is limited, so sign up soon via bit.ly/minntuff2012 (case sensitive)! Days and times will be listed on the registration site. Don't hesitate to let the Kaplan representative know if you have any questions: Ann Peckskamp at ann.peckskamp@kaplan.com, Skype: apeckskamp.

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