Administrative Updates & Announcements
We regret to announce that Executive Assistant to the Chair, Yvette Massey, and our Information Technology Specialist, Kao Yang, have decided to leave the department. They both had their last day during the week of March 14th. The Chair’s Office is currently in the process of filling both positions.
Awards & Accomplishments
Professor Paul Schrater had his research featured in an article on the Scientific American website. The article is titled “Why We Love the Games That Enrage Us Most: The psychology of intrinsic motivation and ‘hard fun’ could improve education and, naturally, the next generation of video games”. The article can be found here. Four of our Graduate Students in the Department of Psychology were awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship by the National Science Foundation for their research. The fellowship program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and in STEM education. The GRFP provides three years of support for the graduate education of individuals who have demonstrated their potential for significant research achievements in STEM and STEM education.
Congratulations on your great work!
Rafael Aguilera
Jessica Bair
Majel Baker
Ummul-Kiram Kathawalla
Upcoming Events
Please mark your calendars and plan to attend the annual recognition celebration for psychology undergraduate students. This annual event recognizes our outstanding undergraduate achievements and graduating seniors.
Friday, May 6th, 2016
4:00pm - 6:00pm at the Campus Club,
Coffman Memorial Union
Those recognized will include:
Spring 2016 Degree Applicants; Mortensen Scholarship & Award recipients; Select CLA, University and National Scholarship recipients; Outstanding achievement in the Major Project: The Sharon Borine Award; 2015-16 UROP recipients; Donor Awards for Psychology Undergraduate Engagement recipients; and 2015-16 Psi Chi Inductees
Please forward any questions to Mike Houlahan, mhoulaha@umn.edu.
Faculty and Staff, please RSVP via our web form here:
Thank you for your support of our undergraduate students!