Wright State University Lake Campus Psychology Club

09/08/2026

🥳🥳It's time for celebration🥳🥳

The psych club wants to wish a huge congratulations to Lake Campus psychology alum and former psychology club officer, Mackenzie Lynn!!!

Mackenzie graduated with her masters in social work from Cleveland State University. Great work, Mackenzie!

09/04/2026

Students in the Wright State University Lake Campus psychology program have the opportunity to conduct hands-on research in the fields of psychology and neuroscience.
Over the course of a year, they learn to develop an experiment and collect data that gets presented to other peers in the field at a national conference.

08/31/2026

Officer Spotlight: Leah Luedeke, executive assistant.

Today's officer spotlight is on Leah Luedeke, who will be serving as our executive assistant. Leah is entering her sophomore year here at Wright State University Lake Campus as a psychology major. She graduated from New Bremen High School in 2025, and she plans on graduating with her bachelors in Psychology from the Lake Campus in the 2028/29 school year.

Leah was led to study psychology by her interest in helping people understand themselves better. She also has a natural inclination in getting to know others because one of her favorite ways to spend her time is by having coffee dates with her friends.

Welcome to your new role as a psych club officer, Leah!

08/28/2026

OFFICER SPOTLIGHT: Andrea Cervantes, Secretary

Today's spotlight is on our secretary, Andrea Cervantes.

Andrea is in her second year here at Wright State University Lake Campus. She is a 2024 graduate of Coldwater High School, and she plans to graduate from our campus in 2029. This will be her second year as an officer for the psych club.

Andrea has been interested in psychology ever since high school where she gained an interest in learning about the mind and body. When she is not on campus, you can find her spending time outside or with her family.

Here's to the start of another good year, Andrea!

08/27/2026

It's always great when Lake Campus alumni make it back to the classrooms, but return to the other side of the desk. 2026 psychology graduate Hannah Dirksen and 2025 psychology graduate Kari Sexton presented to our Careers in Psychology class today about their jobs at Mercer County Job and Family services to tell the students about their paths to the job and their day-to-day duties.

08/27/2026

OFFICER SPOTLIGHT: Hailey Wolters - Treasurer

Today we focus our spotlight on third year psychology student, Hailey Wolters.

Hailey is a 2024 graduate of Marion Local High School, and will be graduating with her bachelor's in psychology from Wright State University Lake Campus this Spring. After graduation, she plans to attend graduate school with a focus in school psychology.

Hailey says she has always had a passion for mental health, understanding more about others, and helping people. She joined the psychology club to connect with new people and have fun while helping the campus and community. She is now in her second year serving as one of our officers.

We look forward to another great year with Hailey as one of our student leaders!

08/26/2026

OFFICER SPOTLIGHT: Mara Lozier - vice president

We have a new vice president this year in Mara Lozier. She is entering her third year at Wright State University Lake Campus after coming to us as a 2024 graduate of New Bremen High School. Mara will be graduating in May 2027, and has an interest in school psychology.

She was driven to psychology by a passion for supporting others who may not have anyone else in their life to support them. In her free time, she loves to go on walks, read, and bake.

We look forward to having Mara as one of our new officers!

08/25/2026

With a new year comes some new officers for our student organization. We will be spotlighting them over the next few days. First up is our president.

OFFICER SPOTLIGHT: Bella Carpenter - President

Bella is entering her third year here at Wright State University Lake Campus. She previously has served as the executive assistant of the psychology club. Bella graduated from Celina in 2024 and plans to finish here with with a bachelor's in psychology in 2028.

Bella became interested in psychology because she can learn something new from everyone she interacts with. She wanted to get involved with the Psychology Club because it gives her an opportunity to be part of her community in a way she never had before.

Join us in welcoming her to her new role. Congrats, Bella!

07/07/2026

Check out some brand new research coming out of Wright State University Lake Campus!!!

Dr. Dave Hochstein, Dr. Josh Ricker, and Joelle De Lisle were part of a collaboration with our Biology Department and English department doing research on academic stress, well-being, and mental health in high school, college, and dual enrollment students.

The work was just published in the American Journal of Medicine and Health Studies.

Mental health and well-being, perceived academic stress, and dual enrollment students Authors Christine Junker Wright State University Dave Hochstein Wright State University - Lake Campus Joshua Ricker Wright State University - Lake Campus Angie Clayton Wright State University - Lake Campus Joelle D...

06/06/2026

🎉🎂🎉🎂Happy birthday🎂🎉🎂🎉 to the ONE AND ONLY (thankfully, we are not sure we could handle another) Dr. Dave Hochstein!!!!

In celebration, here are a few fun facts about our favorite professor.

1.) Before gaining an interest in psychology, he first set out to travel the country in a food truck that specialized in selling eccentric flavors of sourdough bread. His downfall was that he only sold bread that was the flavor of black licorice.

2.) When asked to give a list of his top 10 favorite students of all time for this list, he just sighed and walked away.

3.) He has had his beard since he was six years old. He has never once shaved it, but he has always kept it trimmed out of fear of being perceived as a wizard wandering around campus.

***These facts are still being fact checked through our verification process and may not be 100% accurate.

Happy birthday, Dr. Hochstein!