Welcome Back, Terps!

Hope you had a great winter break and that your first few days of the semester have gone well. Psi Chi events will begin soon, but in the meantime....


Paid research opportunity!!

If you have 1 Black parent and 1 White parent, we invite you to volunteer to be a part of our research at The University of Maryland College Park.

Earn $10 in exchange for an hour of your time.

Your personal experience can help increase research on an understudied population.

Blood pressure and heart rate will be taken as part of the study.

For more information or to sign up to volunteer, please contact the following e-mail address: MFresearchstudy@gmail.com

 

If you're looking for other paid research, or just want to help out some studies, check out...

http://www.umd.edu/fyi/calendar

 http://umpsychology-paid.sona-systems.com/

http://umlinguistics.sona-systems.com

  http://umsociology.sona-systems.com/

http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu/elab/eLabPanel.htm

And make sure to keep an eye on flyers posted on the bulletin boards in the BioPsyc building!

Bonuses:

Looking for Real-Time Strategy Gamers for Paid Research

We are looking for Real-Time Strategy gamers to participate in a training study. Real-Time Strategy games include Starcraft, League of Legends, Age of Empires, Command & Conquer, etc. Gamers must play video games at least 5 hours per week. The study consists of one pre-training session lasting about an hour and a half, five training sessions lasting about an hour and then a post-training session also about an hour and half. You will be paid $8 an hour for the whole study. If you are interested in this study, please send an email to vgpstudy@gmail.com or call the Working Memory and Plasticity Lab at 301-405-8440.

Musicians and Non-Musicians Needed for Paid Research
Musicians and non-musicians are needed to participate in a study of the effect of musical training on cognitive functioning.  Musicians must have at least five years of formal musical training, non-musicians cannot have played any instrument during the past year, and cannot have played an instrument  in the past or have been in training for any period of time greater than 2 years.  All participants must be between the ages of 18-40, and be native speakers of English.  You will be compensated $10/hour for two 1.25 hour sessions. If you are interested in this study, please send an email to efmusicstudy@gmail.com or call the Working Memory and Plasticity Lab at 301-405-8440.

Gilman International Scholarship

Hello All! We here at Psi Chi hope that you had a wonderful New Years and any other holidays that you might have celebrated. If you are taking a winter class, good luck, and if not we hope you're having a nice, relaxing break!

Over break, you may also want to look into Psi Chi's scholarship and grant opportunities. Scholarships are a great way of paying off your education.

Allison Jean, a former Maryland student and Psi Chi member, has reached out and provided us with her experience earning the Gilman International Scholarship. This scholarship is for Pell Grant recipients / U.S. Citizens who are interested in studying abroad. This scholarship can amount up to 5000 dollars toward studying abroad.

Studying abroad is a great way of gaining skills and experiences that will help you in your future career.

Here is Allison's story...

“In Spring 2012, I had the amazing opportunity to study abroad in New Zealand! Without being awarded the Gilman International Scholarship I would not have been able to have this life-changing experience. One of the most rewarding parts to my time abroad was the service project I did for this scholarship. My service project consisted of working with schoolteachers and their classrooms on the cross-cultural based idea of the “Flat Stanley project”. Using the Flat Stanley project was a way to exchange cross-cultural information between an elementary classroom in Maryland and an elementary classroom in New Zealand. This service project gave me the opportunity to not only learn more about the New Zealand culture, but to  gain experience in working with children. As a psychology major, my main interest is child psychology, so this experience was perfect. This scholarship was wonderful because it allowed me creative freedom and the ability to focus my service project based on my interests. Thanks to the Gilman Scholarship I was able to have this opportunity.”

If you have any questions about Allison's experience or the scholarship in general, you can contact her at ajean04@gmail.com

The deadline to apply for summer and fall 2013 and academic year 2013-14 Gilman
Scholarships is March 5, 2013. This information will also be posted in the Scholarships and Grants section of our blog.

For more information:
Contact for University of Maryland: gilman@umd.edu
Scholarship Website: http://www.iie.org/en/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program

Thank you Allison for this very helpful information!