5/14/13

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 FEATURES
--1.Psychology Advising Availability for Summer 2013
--2.Psych Scoop Summer Edition Schedule
JOB/INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
--3.Tubman is Seeking Youth Advocate Interns--Training May 18th!!
--4.Psych Department Hiring Full-Time Advisor/Student Personnel Coordinator
--5.TRiO Upward Bound Hiring Full-Time High School Academic Advisors
--6.Full-Time Research Assistant with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
--7.Part-Time Research Intern with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
--8.Part-Time Computer Programming Intern with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
--9.Summer Job Opportunities Making Social Change
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PSYCHOLOGY ADVISING FEATURES
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1.Psychology Advising Availability for Summer 2013
Psychology Undergraduate Advising will begin our summer availability this Monday, May 20th. We do not hold walk-in hours during summer session, as advisor availability fluctuates. However, we are happy to meet with students through appointments. If you would like to meet with an advisor, please submit an appointment request. Our office remains open during our usual operating hours, though availability of front desk assistance varies during this time as well. We will still be checking and responding to emails frequently, so feel free to contact us with your questions at psyadvis@umn.edu.

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2.Psych Scoop Summer Edition Schedule
During the summer term, you will begin to receive the Psych Scoop on a bi-weekly rather than weekly basis. The regular schedule will commence as fall term approaches. The summer issues still contain important information and wonderful opportunities, so be sure to check your inbox every other Tuesday!

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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.
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3.Tubman is Seeking Youth Advocate Interns--Training May 18th!!
Tubman focuses on providing social just through information and offers safe shelter, legal services, mental and chemical health counseling, elder care resources, youth programming, and community education to the Minneapolis community. Tubman is seeking Peace Camp Youth Advocates who are responsible for identifying and responding to the individual needs of children and youth residing in Tubman's domestic violence shelters. This includes implementation of activities and fieldtrips, providing child care, completing intakes with mothers, and other projects as needed. This intern position is 20 hours per week throughout summer, with an 18 hour training beginning May 18th. If interested, contact Joanie Braun, Intern & Volunteer Program Manager, at jbraun@tubman.org as soon as possible to request the complete job posting and application.

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4.Psych Department Hiring Full-Time Advisor/Student Personnel Coordinator
Do you want to be a part of Psychology Advising by providing students access to information and resources that will help them make the most of their undergraduate career? The Department of Psychology is hiring a full-time professional advisor. This individual will be responsible for carrying out direct student services in individual and group academic advising appointments, trouble-shooting of unique registration and academic concerns, and referrals to outside resources and engagement opportunities. This position handles program communications, which includes compiling the weekly student newsletter, managing the undergraduate webpage, and developing additional materials in support of advising initiatives. Working within a team to develop systematic approaches of serving the needs of our large, diverse student population is also a key component of this position. To see the full position description and to apply, please visit the U's employment page.

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5.TRiO Upward Bound Hiring Full-Time High School Academic Advisors
Interested in education, teaching, youth advocacy, or counseling? This is an excellent opportunity for recent or upcoming grads to work with the TRiO Upward Bound program! These positions will serve as Academic Advisors to program participants at Roosevelt or Edison High School in Minneapolis. The position's primary responsibility is delivering program services to the students including conducting weekly academic groups in which program curriculum is delivered and weekly individual meetings with participants to review academic progress and set short term academic goals; assisting program seniors with college and financial aid applications; monitoring attendance and academic performance; and maintaining student files including records of grades, attendance, credits earned/attempted, and academic test scores (MCAII, etc.). He/she will also be responsible for the documentation of student contact including case notes and materials produced by students in program activities, working cooperatively with other program staff in the planning of the program calendar and program activities, and assisting in chaperoning students on program sponsored activities. The position for Edison and the position for Roosevelt can be found on the U's employment webpage.

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6.Full-Time Research Assistant with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
The successful candidate will serve as Research Assistant at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), a consortium of Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and civilian partners dedicated to serving active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives, and educational programs. The research assistant will have broad responsibilities which include administering and scoring clinical scales, psychological and neuropsychological tests and conducting computer-assisted cognitive testing in addition to working with relational databases and basic computer programming. The client population will include military personnel or veterans who have either recently acquired or have a medical history notable for traumatic brain injury. Individuals may have disabilities such as aphasia, memory loss, dementia, or other focal cognitive deficits as well as physical disabilities or behavioral issues related to their injury. Because traumatic brain injury can occur at any stage of an individual's life span, the age range of clients will vary from young adult to older adult. The position is 18-month minimum with a competitive salary. If interested, please request a full job posting and application by emailing Joseph Satre, MPA, at joseph.satre@va.gov

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7.Part-Time Research Intern with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
The research intern will assist research staff at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), a consortium of Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and civilian partners dedicated to serving active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives, and educational programs. The research intern will have broad responsibilities which include preparing study materials, scoring clinical scales, working with testing software, verifying accuracy of study data and conducting computer-based cognitive testing. This position will also involve working with relational databases and basic computer programming. The patient population will include military personnel or veterans with traumatic brain injury and other mental health issues. Individuals may have disabilities such as aphasia, memory loss, dementia, or other focal cognitive deficits, as well as physical disabilities or behavioral issues related to their injury. The age range of patients will vary from 18- 65. Students interested in this position would need to commit 8 - 10 hours per week for 12 months minimum. If interested, please request a full job posting and application by emailing Joseph Satre, MPA, at joseph.satre@va.gov

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8.Part-Time Computer Programming Intern with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
The programming intern will assist staff at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), a consortium of Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and civilian partners dedicated to serving active duty military, their dependents and veterans. The intern will have responsibilities including creating a web-based user interface for collection of subject data, organization of data through relational databases and development of programs to use for cognitive assessment. Other responsibilities may include statistical programming and analysis. The desired intern will have basic programming experience and a strong motivation to increase programming and development skills. Knowledge of Python, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, R and E-prime is desired, but not a requirement. Students interested in this position would need to commit 8 - 10 hours per week for 12 months minimum. If interested, please request a full job posting and application by emailing Joseph Satre, MPA, at joseph.satre@va.gov

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9.Summer Job Opportunities Making Social Change
The Fund for the Public Interest is seeking smart, hard-working students who are eager to make a difference this summer. The Fund for the Public Interest (aka "the Fund") works with some of the top progressive organizations in the country like Environment America, the Human Rights Campaign, and U.S. PIRG. In Minneapolis specifically, the organization is hiring summer campaign staff to work on campaigns to protect the Boundary Waters and to end subsidies to corporate farms. If you want to get your hands dirty and make a real impact on some of the most critical issues facing our society, please apply. If you are interested in applying, visit this website.

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 FEATURES
--1.Psychology Advising Availability for Summer 2013
--2.Psych Scoop Summer Edition Schedule
JOB/INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
--3.Tubman is Seeking Youth Advocate Interns--Training May 18th!!
--4.Psych Department Hiring Full-Time Advisor/Student Personnel Coordinator
--5.TRiO Upward Bound Hiring Full-Time High School Academic Advisors
--6.Full-Time Research Assistant with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
--7.Part-Time Research Intern with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
--8.Part-Time Computer Programming Intern with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
--9.Summer Job Opportunities Making Social Change
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PSYCHOLOGY ADVISING FEATURES
*****
1.Psychology Advising Availability for Summer 2013
Psychology Undergraduate Advising will begin our summer availability this Monday, May 20th. We do not hold walk-in hours during summer session, as advisor availability fluctuates. However, we are happy to meet with students through appointments. If you would like to meet with an advisor, please submit an appointment request. Our office remains open during our usual operating hours, though availability of front desk assistance varies during this time as well. We will still be checking and responding to emails frequently, so feel free to contact us with your questions at psyadvis@umn.edu.
*****
2.Psych Scoop Summer Edition Schedule
During the summer term, you will begin to receive the Psych Scoop on a bi-weekly rather than weekly basis. The regular schedule will commence as fall term approaches. The summer issues still contain important information and wonderful opportunities, so be sure to check your inbox every other Tuesday!
--------------------------------------------
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.
*****
3.Tubman is Seeking Youth Advocate Interns--Training May 18th!!
Tubman focuses on providing social just through information and offers safe shelter, legal services, mental and chemical health counseling, elder care resources, youth programming, and community education to the Minneapolis community. Tubman is seeking Peace Camp Youth Advocates who are responsible for identifying and responding to the individual needs of children and youth residing in Tubman's domestic violence shelters. This includes implementation of activities and fieldtrips, providing child care, completing intakes with mothers, and other projects as needed. This intern position is 20 hours per week throughout summer, with an 18 hour training beginning May 18th. If interested, contact Joanie Braun, Intern & Volunteer Program Manager, at jbraun@tubman.org as soon as possible to request the complete job posting and application.
*****
4.Psych Department Hiring Full-Time Advisor/Student Personnel Coordinator
Do you want to be a part of Psychology Advising by providing students access to information and resources that will help them make the most of their undergraduate career? The Department of Psychology is hiring a full-time professional advisor. This individual will be responsible for carrying out direct student services in individual and group academic advising appointments, trouble-shooting of unique registration and academic concerns, and referrals to outside resources and engagement opportunities. This position handles program communications, which includes compiling the weekly student newsletter, managing the undergraduate webpage, and developing additional materials in support of advising initiatives. Working within a team to develop systematic approaches of serving the needs of our large, diverse student population is also a key component of this position. To see the full position description and to apply, please visit the U's employment page.
*****
5.TRiO Upward Bound Hiring Full-Time High School Academic Advisors
Interested in education, teaching, youth advocacy, or counseling? This is an excellent opportunity for recent or upcoming grads to work with the TRiO Upward Bound program! These positions will serve as Academic Advisors to program participants at Roosevelt or Edison High School in Minneapolis. The position's primary responsibility is delivering program services to the students including conducting weekly academic groups in which program curriculum is delivered and weekly individual meetings with participants to review academic progress and set short term academic goals; assisting program seniors with college and financial aid applications; monitoring attendance and academic performance; and maintaining student files including records of grades, attendance, credits earned/attempted, and academic test scores (MCAII, etc.). He/she will also be responsible for the documentation of student contact including case notes and materials produced by students in program activities, working cooperatively with other program staff in the planning of the program calendar and program activities, and assisting in chaperoning students on program sponsored activities. The position for Edison and the position for Roosevelt can be found on the U's employment webpage.
*****
6.Full-Time Research Assistant with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
The successful candidate will serve as Research Assistant at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), a consortium of Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and civilian partners dedicated to serving active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives, and educational programs. The research assistant will have broad responsibilities which include administering and scoring clinical scales, psychological and neuropsychological tests and conducting computer-assisted cognitive testing in addition to working with relational databases and basic computer programming. The client population will include military personnel or veterans who have either recently acquired or have a medical history notable for traumatic brain injury. Individuals may have disabilities such as aphasia, memory loss, dementia, or other focal cognitive deficits as well as physical disabilities or behavioral issues related to their injury. Because traumatic brain injury can occur at any stage of an individual's life span, the age range of clients will vary from young adult to older adult. The position is 18-month minimum with a competitive salary. If interested, please request a full job posting and application by emailing Joseph Satre, MPA, at joseph.satre@va.gov
*****
7.Part-Time Research Intern with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
The research intern will assist research staff at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), a consortium of Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and civilian partners dedicated to serving active duty military, their dependents and veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) through state-of-the-art medical care, innovative clinical research initiatives, and educational programs. The research intern will have broad responsibilities which include preparing study materials, scoring clinical scales, working with testing software, verifying accuracy of study data and conducting computer-based cognitive testing. This position will also involve working with relational databases and basic computer programming. The patient population will include military personnel or veterans with traumatic brain injury and other mental health issues. Individuals may have disabilities such as aphasia, memory loss, dementia, or other focal cognitive deficits, as well as physical disabilities or behavioral issues related to their injury. The age range of patients will vary from 18- 65. Students interested in this position would need to commit 8 - 10 hours per week for 12 months minimum. If interested, please request a full job posting and application by emailing Joseph Satre, MPA, at joseph.satre@va.gov
*****
8.Part-Time Computer Programming Intern with Defense & Veterans Brain Injury Center
The programming intern will assist staff at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System for the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC), a consortium of Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, and civilian partners dedicated to serving active duty military, their dependents and veterans. The intern will have responsibilities including creating a web-based user interface for collection of subject data, organization of data through relational databases and development of programs to use for cognitive assessment. Other responsibilities may include statistical programming and analysis. The desired intern will have basic programming experience and a strong motivation to increase programming and development skills. Knowledge of Python, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, R and E-prime is desired, but not a requirement. Students interested in this position would need to commit 8 - 10 hours per week for 12 months minimum. If interested, please request a full job posting and application by emailing Joseph Satre, MPA, at joseph.satre@va.gov
*****
9.Summer Job Opportunities Making Social Change
The Fund for the Public Interest is seeking smart, hard-working students who are eager to make a difference this summer. The Fund for the Public Interest (aka "the Fund") works with some of the top progressive organizations in the country like Environment America, the Human Rights Campaign, and U.S. PIRG. In Minneapolis specifically, the organization is hiring summer campaign staff to work on campaigns to protect the Boundary Waters and to end subsidies to corporate farms. If you want to get your hands dirty and make a real impact on some of the most critical issues facing our society, please apply. If you are interested in applying, visit this website.