Psychology Club

                                               Psychology Club Minutes

                              October 19, 2005 - Weds. LSF 60 - 7:00 p.m.  

Motion was made, seconded and carried to call the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m.

In attendance were:

Annette T. Meadows, President                  Dr. Joanne Urschel, Sponsor

Jeanne Sanders, Secretary                         Joe Semala, Treasurer

Stephanie Ohime                                          Kristina Ray

Leslee Wright

Today’s agenda was approved by all present.

President’s Report:

Today was the kick-off for the campus-wide Katrina relief effort and $200.00 has been collected so far.  Camie was not in attendance tonight because she was finishing up the display case, outside the old bookstore, with news articles and photographs of Katrina’s devastation. 

Treasurer’s Report:

New Balance of Psych. Club Acct:  $378.24

Joe will get a check cut to pay for the Psychology club T-shirts that are on order. Should be ready on October 24, 2005.

Secretary’s Report:

The minutes of the previous meeting on October 3, 2005 were not able to be approved since quorum was not present.

Old Business:

T-shirts:

The new T-shirts for Psychology Club have been ordered and should be ready by October 24, 2005.  Joe will see that a check is cut for payment to the vendor.

Halloween Party

We will participate in the campus-wide Halloween party that is to be held on October 27, 2005 at 5:00 p.m. for the children of staff and faculty. Brains in Bucket will be featured game and all that can are encouraged to attend and help out.  Prizes and treated will be given out.

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Psi Chi:

Joanne has an e-mail in to Psi Chi for an update on the honor society status.

In-Service Projects:

Annette told the club that there is a truckbed at Westville taking collection of items for Katrina survivors  until Christmas, should anyone be interested in donating to that.

The $25.00 raised during Purdue Pride week will be used to buy diapers for Katrina survivors.

            RSVP:   All items collected will be delivered on October 20, 2005.

            Katrina:  Continued emphasis was made on helping the Katrina survivors.

            Donations:  Daffodil bulbs were purchased for Victoria Barclay’s Memorial                                  Garden.

            Pine Ridge:  We sent a package to the Indian Reservation during fall break.

            Holiday Child Adoption Program:  We decided to call this “Gifts of Love                                     Program”. Annette will call the two centers we are adopting, to

                                    get  recipient’s sizes and needs. Kristina Ray will assist Annette

                                    with this holiday community project. Annette will fill out the proper

                                    formal proposal to apply for a mini-grant for this project and

                                    contact Diana Maroevich.

Fundraisers:

We still have Oregami photo albums for sale.  Jeanne will be in charge of signing them out for individuals.  Twelve have been signed out for sales today.

Members were asked to bring new unusual ideas for fundraising to our next meeting, for the club in the spring.

New Business:

Psych Club Research:  

Dr. Urschel proposes that our club do a research project once a year and that only members can be involved in this project.  For our first research project, a drug survey on campus was suggested by Dr. Urschel.  One meeting a month would be held to work on the research project and the other meeting would be for housekeeping activities.

Spring, 2006 In-Service:

Annette has talked to Dr. Cheryl DeLeon already about the possibility of offering a specific (300) course, to juniors about getting into Grad. School and all of the requirements. It is possible that Dr. DeLeon could give an in-service in the spring.

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Psych Club Library:

Annette suggested donating her books for the GRE exam for a psych club library, for use by our members.  Each semester we could donate 1 book.

New Members:

Greeted the new visitors at today’s meeting.  Annette will bring a registration form for them to fill out.  Jeanne got their e-mails addresses and will put on the club’s e-mail list.

It was stated that the PNC advisors need to have a pamphlet/handout to give to students who are interested in Psychology.

Future of Club:

We all were encouraged to invite new members to the Psychology Club and to mentor the new members,  so that members will be ready to serve in leadership roles next year.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeanne M. Sanders

Secretary