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Scrapbook & Recent Events - Number 14 |
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POSITION AVAILABLE: Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology; for 2007-08 academic year - search concluded - details to follow |
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Alumni Accomplishments |
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Rebecca Ruvalcaba, an IU South Bend alum and psychology graduate (2005) was recently announced as Executive Director of La Casa de Amistad in South Bend (746 S. Meade Street). As noted in a February 6, 2007 story in the South Bend Tribune (click here), Rebecca has worked in several social service positions previously in the local area. As described at michianalistings.com (information guide to Michiana), "La Casa de Amistad operates a youth and adult center on the west side of South Bend. La Casa addresses the needs of South Bend area Hispanics through organized activities and support. Youth participate in a range of activities to help develop leadership skills and achieve an understanding of their own culture and heritage as it relates to the general population." In addition to youth-focused activities, La Casa also runs a food pantry, classes in English and Spanish for adults and programs such as assistance for domestic violence victims. Alumni: Advanced Degrees Among those receiving their degrees at the May 8 IU South Bend 41st graduation ceremony were some IU South Bend Psychology graduates: Victorio Reyes (2004 psychology grad) was featured in a May 9th South Bend Tribune article associated with his Master of Social Work degree, while Debra Shively (2003 psychology grad), who has served as the Assistant Psychology Lab Coordinator for several years, as well as Rosina Aldrich (2004 psychology grad) also received their MSW degrees. In addition, Sharon Holston (2003 psychology grad) received her Master of Liberal Studies degree. |
 Rebecca Ruvalcaba (photo courtesy SB Tribune)
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There were 16 students inducted as new members of the IU South Bend Chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society of psychology. The official induction took place in a ceremony on April 13 in the Alumni Room.
Congratulations to these fine students!  Performing their duties in the induction were: the faculty sponsor of Psi Chi, Dr. Dennis Rodriguez (at left) and the chapter's officers (left to right), Sarah Mertes (Vice President), Gwinn Brody (Treasurer), Kathy Miller (President), and Jeff Brooks (Secretary). |
 Pictured with Dr. Dennnis Rodriguez, Psi Chi faculty sponsor, are the inductees in attendance (standing from left: Kaytlin Hazelton, Nancy Watreas, Erin Lynch, Rachel Kohler, Marcia Holland; seated from left: Briana Becker, Jamie Cora, Joyce Gathu, Hanah Tepe, Kyle Messick). Those not able to attend were: Catherine Kelly, Andrea Landesman, Ashley Schrock, James Stembel, Jessica Urschel, and Leah Weaver. |
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2007 Award Recipients  Erin Ward and Dr. John McIntosh
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Three IUSB Psychology majors received awards at the 2007 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Honors Convocation on May 3. The students and the awards were: James R. Haines Award for Research in Psychology: Erin Ward Award for Excellence in Psychology: Jennifer Kewson, Jessica Urschel, Erin Ward   
Jennifer, Jessica, Erin Congratulations to these outstanding students! |
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Woman of the Year At the 28th Annual Tribute to Women sponsored by the YWCA of St. Joseph County on May 3, Dr. Dé Bryant was recognized for her achievements and contributions to our community when she was named Woman of the Year in the category of Human & Civil Rights. Congratulations, Dé! |
 photo courtesy South Bend Tribune |
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Dr. Rodriguez's
Spring 2007 Front row: Kara Graham,
Jeff Brooks, Jessica Urschel, Andrea
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Professional Activities and News |
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The Spring 2007 poster session for the advanced lab students was held on Wednesday, April 25, in the Psychology Department hallway in Wiekamp Hall's second floor. A total of 20 students presented the findings of their research projects. The advanced lab this semester was P429: Lab in Developmental Psychology and was taught by Dr. Carolyn Schult. To see pictures of the students and their individual posters click here. An archive of past student posters may be found through links at the Psychology Department's homepage. |
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Faculty Recognition and Award |
Dr. Catherine Borshuk has received a 2007 Trustees Teaching Award in recognition of her teaching excellence. Congratulations, Catherine! |
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 Psychology Club RECORD Fundraiser for Camp Millhouse When you went through the Psychology area of Wiekamp, did you notice those cute, colorful "I Care" bears all over the wall? Those bears represent the donations of students, faculty, staff and others to Camp Millhouse (a campground for special needs individuals, located in Green Township of St. Joseph County) collected by members of IU South Bend's Psychology Club. Raising money for Camp Millhouse is consistent with a Psychology Club mission to provide community service. The funds raised will permit individuals who might not otherwise be able to attend Camp Millhouse to attend. IU South Bend's Psychology Club has been conducting the "I Care" Bear drive each year since 2004. With donations of $1 or more, individuals write their name on an "I Care" Bear and they are posted in the halls of the Psychology Department. Back in 2004 the club raised a total of $412 for Camp Millhouse. In subsequent years it raised $150 (2005) and $160 (2006). This year was the by far the highest total ever, at $1,050! The Psychology Club would like to thank those who contributed to this important community service. Thanks also to Laura Talcott, faculty sponsor of Psychology Club for her leadership. |
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Faculty Award Talk |
Dr. Dé Bryant, 22nd recipient of the Eldon F. Lundquist Faculty Fellowship, IUSB's highest faculty award, made her public presentation on March 30 entitled "Humanity at the Global Crossroads: Consciousness, Conscience & Choice," A number of pictures taken at the event will be posted at this link soon.  Dr. Dé Bryant pictured with two audience members (Jean Hanrahan, left, and Joannne Detlef, right) as part of an "elders" ceremony during her presentation |
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Media Coverage and Activity  Dr. Michelle Verges with some BagFest "contributions" |
Dr. Catherine Borshuk was a guest expert on intergroup conflict on Thursday, January 25 on the inaugural edition of WNIT's (local public television station) program Michiana Voices. The one-hour call-in show on topical current events focused specifically on the Iraq war. The other guests on the program were from Notre Dame (a classical scholar on Islam, and an individual from the Kroc center). Dr. Michelle Verges was the developer of a highly successful BagFest event on Saturday, April 14 that was covered by both print (South Bend Tribune) and TV media and received attention in the Spring issue of the IUSB Alumni publication Foundations as well. The event collected 72,440 plastic bags to be recycled and helped raise awareness of recycling as well as environmental issues. The bags collected in BagFest were transported to Wal-Mart to be recycled. The event was organized by Dr. Verges as part of a class project in her psychological statistics class. A class blog about the event may be found at http://www.conserveplasticbags.blogspot.com/.  Bags collected during BagFest (photo courtesy South Bend Tribune) Dr. Kevin Ladd was interviewed for the lead story on prayer and health by local Fox affiliate, Channel 28 on April 10 for their 10:00 pm broadcast (www.fox28.com). |
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Grants Received |
Psychology faculty have recently received grants to support their research efforts.
Congratulations, Kevin, Michelle, Dennis, Gwynn, and Dé!
Student/Mentor Academic Research Teams (SMART) Grants A SMART Award was received by Jeff Brooks, mentored by Michelle Verges |
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Student Presentations  Erin Ward and one of the posters |
Erin Ward, mentored by Dr. John McIntosh, presented two posters at the 40th annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology in New Orleans on April 13. These papers were based on the two separate research projects of her honors thesis "Attitudes Toward Therapists Who Lose Patients to Suicide." The poster titles were "Attitudes Toward Therapists with Patient Suicide" and "Attitudes and Suicide: Therapists and Clients." The first determined attitudes held toward therapists who have lost a client to suicide among college students while the second measured attitudes therapists have toward colleagues who have experienced the suicide death of a client. Jessica Urschel, mentored by Dr. Catherine Borshuk, presented results of her P495 work at Indiana University's Celebrating our Students conference at IPFW on April 13, 2007. The presentation was entitled "Our Neurons, Ourselves: Marketing Brain Research as a Cure-All for the Modern Woman." Jamila Martin, a Fine Arts student at IU South Bend and a member of Dr. Dé Bryant's SOCACT team, interned with Trinity Project International in Cape Town, South Africa. She created a photo journal of children living with AIDS. Her photos were exhibited at the IU South Bend Ernestine Raclin Gallery. They were also exhibited at the VSA Gallery in Indianapolis during April, 2006. |
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Graduate School Acceptances |
Jessica Urschel has been accepted into Western Michigan University's Master of Arts in Industrial/Organizational Psychology program Bob Adams and Erin Lynch have been accepted into the IU South Bend Master of Social Work Program Erin Ward has been accepted into the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at the University of Washington to work in the research lab of Dr. Marsha Linehan Tim Bauer has been accepted into the Master of Arts program in Sociology at Roosevelt University in Chicago. Congratulations! |
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Paul Paseli, a former student in the Master of Applied Psychology program, is currently a student in the PsyD program at Argosy University. He is pursuing his doctoral degree with a concentration in clinical neuro/health psychology. Good luck, Paul!
Congratulations to Matthew Riesbeck for placing first in the behavioral sciences division at the Northern Indiana Regional Science and Engineering Fair held at Notre Dame in early March. Matthew is a junior at Marian High School and a member of Dr. Dennis Rodriguez's Cognitive Neuroscience Lab since September 2006.. His poster presented his work and preliminary findings from The Lab's "Child and Adult Behaviors" study. Congratulations, Matthew!
Thanks and Best Wishes! Deb Shively has served as the Assistant Psychology Lab Coordinator for several years. She has finished her MSW degree and is leaving her position to take one as a therapist. Thanks, Deb, for all your hard and outstanding work on behalf of students and the department. You will be missed. Best wishes as you begin your career. To celebrate and thank Deb, a reception was held at the end of the semester.   Deb's cake and Laura Talcott, Lab Coordinator, with Deb (right) |
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As takes place every year, our department secretary decorated the conference room and arranged for and coordinated refreshments for the department holiday luncheon. We thank Monica Markley for her efforts for all of us, not only for the party, but what she does for us all year long. Pictures may be found at this link. |
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Psychology Faculty Scholarly Activity Publications S.-M. Chow, K. J. Grimm, Frank Fujita, & N. Ram. (2007). Exploring cyclic change in emotion and using item response models and frequency domain analysis. In A. D. Ong & M. H. M. van Dulmen (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology (pp. 362-379). New York: Oxford University Press. Catherine Borshuk. (2006). Introducing diverse perspectives into research methods classes. Teaching of Psychology, vol. 33(4), pp. 256-258. Presentations Carolyn A. Schult. (2007, March 31). "Children's understanding of the limits of intentions and desires in producing actions." Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA. Erin F. Ward, & John McIntosh. (2007, April 13). "Attitudes toward therapists with patient suicide." Poster presented at the 40th annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology, New Orleans, LA. Erin F. Ward, & John McIntosh. (2007, April 13). "Attitudes and suicide: Therapists and clients." Poster presented at the 40th annual conference of the American Association of Suicidology, New Orleans, LA. Dé Bryant and two members of her SOCACT team presented a workshop at the International Symposium on Service-Learning held at the University of Indianapolis May 13-15. The presentations:
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ADVISING All majors, minors, and associate degree students should be aware that the IUSB Psychology Department requires that all students be advised at least once each year by a faculty advisor. This advising session serves several important functions. Of course, it allows you to get advice about courses for the next and upcoming semesters. It also ensures that your advisor can attempt to monitor your movement toward your degree, both in psychology and with respect to other degree requirements. This will help to identify problem areas or omissions early so that you can address them and graduate without delay. Finally, advising can also provide you with imporant information and input regarding your career planning, résumé writing, and other developmental issues crucial to your life success. As you can see, advising is much more than just course selection. Please be advised regularly. |
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ALUMNI, ATTENTION!
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Last updated: May 17, 2007