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Marketing Club manages to multiply new members By TIFFANY ADAMS Staff adamstif@ius.edu
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Meghan Kahn, assistant professor of psychology, speaks with Bernardo Carducci, professor of psychology, to students about psychology awards given out during the Brain Fair event on March 15. Kahn also serves as the faculty co-adviser of the Psi Chi and Psychology Club, which was awarded as a model chapter from the International Psi Chi Honor Society and Psychology Club. Carducci also founded the club almost 20 years ago.
Psi Chi honored as model chapter
By SAM WEBER Staff samweber@ius.edu The Psi Chi and Psychology Club received its second award as a model chapter from the International Psi Chi Honor Society. The psychology club was given a certificate to represent the honor. “Basically, it’s showing that we’re a good chapter doing a lot of good work,” Todd Manson, assistant professor of psychology and faculty co-adviser for Psi Chi, said. Manson said the club was awarded the honor for several reasons, including hosting campus events, inducting a record number of new members in the previous two years and having students present research at regional conferences. Meghan Kahn, assistant professor of psychology and faculty co-adviser for Psi Chi said hosting campus events and attending regional conferences have garnered positive attention for the chapter. “We’ve had our members pretty active on campus and other areas, as well,” Kahn said. Kahn said the mandate of the International Psi Chi Honor Society is to spread awareness about the field of psychology. “Most of the events [on campus] are intended to educate people about the field of psychology,” Kahn said. Kahn said the events typically involve guest lecturers on varying topics concerning the field of
psychology. “We ask faculty to come talk about their research, and we have alumni come back and talk about what they are doing with their degree in psychology,” Kahn said. Each member of Psi Chi must be invited for induction into the honor society by their campus chapter. Kahn said to be considered for invitation and induction students must be at least a sophomore and have a GPA in the 10th percentile, which is measured against other psychology majors on campus. “Students typically must have a 3.1 GPA to be invited to join Psi Chi,” Kahn said. Kahn said membership in the honor society is prestigious among professionals in the field of psychology. “Psi Chi is the predominant honor society in the field of psychology,” Kahn said. “It’s a pretty big deal for people to be a member. Once you become a member, you are a member for life.” Manson was also inducted into Psi Chi during his college career, and Kahn served as the secretary for Psi Chi at her institution in New York while she was a student. “Most of our psychology faculty are members of Psi Chi,” Kahn said. “They had been inducted when they were students.” Kahn said the chapter has been on campus for a long time in relation to other campus groups. See PSI CHI AWARD, page 2
The Marketing Club kicked-off the semester by holding a recruitment day on Sept. 26 in the Hoosier Room to gain new members. Jonathon Salazar, marketing and business senior, is the president of the Marketing Club. “We’re hoping to increase our membership numbers after today,” Salazar said. Around 40 students attended the event, where they were able to sign in with their names and e-mails in order to obtain information about joining the club. Students who were interested in becoming a member had to fill out membership forms. With the membership form, students who wanted to join had to attach $10. “Joining the marketing club provides a vehicle for students who are passionate about knowledge to learn about marketing and business,” Salazar said. A PowerPoint was presented to show networking opportunities and chances to build professional contacts for club members. Hannah Clay, marketing junior, is vice president of event planning for the Marketing Club. Clay said she is interested in event planning as a career. Clay said there are also several perks to being in the club. “It looks good on your résumé, and it is fun,” Clay said. “There
are so many different ways to be involved in marketing no matter what your major is.” Salazar said the Marketing Club wants to have a fresh start this year, referring to it as the club’s rebirth. “Last year, the club was chaotic and the meetings were not structured,” Salazar said. Salazar also said members were not always attending the meetings. “I rarely saw the same people at the meetings,” he said. “We want members to keep coming back and for the club to continue to grow.” The Marketing Club will be having several upcoming events, such as company visits and guest speakers. “This gives us an opportunity to learn and hear from a professional in that field,” Salazar said. The club will also be attending an alumni networking event, where students can find out how the alumni use their degrees in marketing. In addition, the Marketing Club participates in several social events throughout the year, such as bowling at Blackstone Bowl. Salazar said they hold social events so members of the club can have an opportunity to share ideas and have fun together. “I hope the Marketing Club continues to grow, develop and blossom after I graduate in May and that the club is able to keep the train going,” Salazar said.
IUS votes to keep general studies despite budget cuts
University terminates Non-credit Programs By SAM WEBER Staff samweber@ius.edu
After closing the central administrative offices for the School of Continuing Studies at IU Bloomington in June, the IUS General Studies Program remains on campus despite the discontinuation of Non-credit Programs. The decision was made by an advisory board of deans after Indiana University allowed the eight regional campuses to continue some form of the programs. Gilbert Atnip, former vice chancellor of Academic Affairs, said the closure was a money-saving measure. “With the recession, we had seen a drop off in participation,” Atnip said. “We’ve discontinued our Non-credit
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Programs because they any exceptions allowed just weren’t paying for by other regional camthemselves. We felt we puses. really needed to focus “We want to bring the our resources on our program in line with IU academic programs.” Southeast policies — a The advising offices systematic process of for the General Studies how the requirements Program are currently are met,” Wyandotte in the process of re-losaid. cating from Knobview Chris Cole, general studies senior, said he Hall to University Cenwas concerned about ter South. the availability of class Annette Wyandotte, associate vice chanceles for non-traditional lor of Academic Affairs, students in the program said the main changes in and the elimination of some requirement exthe program would be Gilbert Atnip former vice chancellor of ceptions for the degree. a re-examination of exAcademic Affairs “We have requireceptions allowed in the ments we have to meet general studies degree. to graduate,” Cole said, Before the closure, students could model their degree re- “but it’s hard to get in those classes quirements on other General Studies because the times they’re offered don’t Programs in the IU system and use always match up with a non-tradition-
We’ve discontinued our Non-credit Programs because they just weren’t paying for themselves.
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al student’s schedule.” In regard to the requirement exceptions, Wyandotte said they are taking time with the program’s re-organization. While considering possibilities for the future of the General Studies Program, Atnip said he requested many avenues of academic discourse, including an open proposal forum before an advisory board of deans. “There are probably 300 to 400 students pursuing that degree [at IU Southeast],” Atnip said. “We didn’t want to do anything that would disrupt or make it more difficult for them to move forward with their studies.” Several proposals for the program included a possible merger with the School of Arts and Letters. Saundra Gordon, general studies manager and adviser, said she is grateful the deans voted to keep the
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