Order your cap and gown!

If you are planning to graduate in the Spring 2010 semester, you need to think about ordering your cap and gown. The deadline is March 22. The cost of the cap and gown is included in your graduation application fee, but you still need to order it so you can specify what size you need.

Orders for the cap and gown need to be placed online. To see the instructions for placing an order, go to the following web page (and ignore the thing at the top about December graduation):

http://gsw.edu/main/graduation.html

If you want to order announcements or anything else, you can do it through that too. The link on that page called "Flyer from Herff Jones" contains the website address for placing orders as well as pricing information.

Times Talk

On Wednesday, February 24, from 5:00-6:00, GSW will host its first of the series of Times Talks for this semester. This is an opportunity to discuss articles from the New York Times in an informal, non-graded format. The discussion will be held in Room 2413 of the Student Success Center. Free food and drinks from Zaxby's will be provided. The New York Times articles that will be the points of discussion are listed below.

Topic: “Are We Truly Living in a Post-Racial America?”

Facilitated by
Marlene Allen and David Hunter

Articles to be Discussed:

Vedantam, Shankar. “Shades of Prejudice.” New York Times. 18 January 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/19/opinion/19vedantam.html

Blow, Charles M. “Black in the Age of Obama.” New York Times. 4 December 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/opinion/05blow.html

Luo, Michael. “’Whitening’ the Resume.” New York Times. 5 December 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/weekinreview/06Luo.html?ref=us

Luo, Michael. “In Job Hunt, College Degree Can’t Close the Racial Gap.” New York Times 30 November 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/us/01race.html

Psychology/Sociology Club

The Psychology/Sociology Club will have its next meeting on Tuesday, February 23, at 6:21 p.m. in Room 3 of the Psychology/Sociology Building. Our guest speaker will be Linda Kidd, M.S., LPC, NBCC. She will be talking about "The Career of a Counselor". All are welcome.

Writing Center open

The campus Writing Center is located in English 107 and is open Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. All students are welcome to come and receive help with any type of writing assignment. They will not write your paper for you.

Psychology/Sociology Club

The Psychology/Sociology Club will meet on Tuesday, January 26, in Room 3 of the Psychology/Sociology Building. We will actually have two meetings that day, one at 1:00 p.m. and the other at 6:30 p.m. You don't need to come to both meetings. All are welcome.

Psychology and Law program

Applications are currently being accepted for the Psychology and Law Research and Experience for Undergraduates program at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. This program provides research training and coursework for undergraduate students interested in issues related to psychology and law. This is an in-residence program, meaning that participants live on the UNL campus for one year. It includes a $3200 stipend, a waiver for any tuition expenses above your own tuition, and room and board. This is an amazing opportunity.

The application deadline is March 1. For more information, visit the program's web site.

APA Summer Science Fellowship Program

The American Psychological Association Summer Science Fellowship Program is a 6-week, expenses-paid opportunity for high-achieving college students to get hands-on experience working in psychological research in the Washington, DC area. This is an amazing opportunity to get inspiration and valuable experience, particularly for those students who are considering academic or research-based careers or graduate programs in psychology. The application deadline is in early February. More information about the program, as well as the necessary application materials and instructions, can be found here.