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Thursday, September 11, 2014
GREEK LIFE
Volume 99 Issue 6
Sororities welcome 330 new members
ON CAMPUS Psychology program ranked best in nation
Mary Beth Wolverton Printz Reporter
The University of Southern Mississippi is again recognized on the national stage as its Ph.D. counseling psychology program was ranked first out of other doctoral programs in the country by Korpis. Korpis, based in California, analyzed data from similar programs around the United States and found that Southern Miss had a 100 percent pass rate on the Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology, the EPPP. No other school has as high of a success rate. How does Southern Miss prepare its students so well for the examination? While completing their degrees, students not only have rigorous in-class preparation, but also have extensive opportunities for research and clinical training in outside facilities. Southern Miss also offers specialty training in several Aaron J. Stewart/ Printz areas, including parenting Senior Pi Beta Phi member Amelie Christman embraces freshman Noelle Billings at CPC sorority bid day at The Village Tuesday, Sept. 9. skills, career counseling, anger management and to find their second home work together, support each never forget. Kathryn Miller motivational interviewing, “All week we hope that the at USM.” other and encourage each Executive Editor Lofton said she is excited other to be the best we can incredible women coming according to the Department Southern Miss College to see how the new members be,” Radcliffe said. through recruitment find their of Psychology’s website. Another reason for the Panhellenic Council (CPC) will contribute to the She said the best part about home, and on bid day they get success of the program is sororities welcomed 330 USM community. bid day as sorority president to do just that - and run into found in its competitive women to their new homes on Current Phi Mu President is seeing the new members a welcoming sea of glitter and application process. Only Bid Day Tuesday, Sept. 9. Emily Radcliffe said the run into the arms of her tutus,” Radcliffe said. “There five students are admitted to CPC President Elena Lofton increase in bids definitely chapter members. is no greater celebration.” the Ph.D. counseling said more bids were given shows that Greek Life at CPC sororities at USM “The hours we spent waiting psychology program each this recruitment than 2013 USM is alive and thriving, for the bid list to come out include Alpha Chi Omega, year, although more than 60 fall recruitment and that especially with the addition felt like days,” Radcliffe said. Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, students will apply. every sorority chapter of Alpha Chi Omega’s future “The moment we were told we Delta Delta Delta, Delta reached the required quota for members within the next could go online and look and Gamma, Kappa Delta, Phi Mu new members. actually see who would be and Pi Beta Phi. few weeks. “I feel so proud of how For information about CPC “Women want to join our coming home to us - I can’t recruitment went this year,” community, because it is, in even explain it.” She said at Southern Miss, visit www. See PSYCHOLOGY, 3 Lofton said. “Girls were able fact that—a community. We it was a moment she would usm.edu/greek-life/c-p-c.
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