Undergraduate Psychology Association at UIUC

04/25/2019

Starting now! Come get yourself a succulent! :)

04/11/2018

Good morning everyone!

We will be having our last meeting this evening from 6PM to 7PM! It will be our last social event of the school year, and we hope that you'll join us for food and games. Although our meetings will be ending, we still have a couple of events that will take place the following week!

The Krispy Kreme fundraiser will be on April 17th from 11AM to 4PM, so please come out and support our organization! Psi Chi members: if you're interested in purchasing an honor cord for graduation this semester, please fill out the form below and bring $16 to our meeting (if you can't make it to this meeting, we will set up a time next Wednesday for fee collection as well!).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduN1kM7EsGI6X3m7T7Cx7zVidnPvz9DmSQIBVlj1eGNtSxAw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Lastly, the NEDA walk will take place on Saturday, April 21st from 9:00AM to 11:30AM (set up will be around 8:00AM). If you're interested, please sign-up on the form below:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19S6fEoDIt6exOOE33VgsAvnkBkKwJRPcWn2XVoB8DCI/edit =0

It's been a great year, and we hope to see you tonight! :)

04/04/2018

Good morning, everyone!

We will be inviting Professor Daniel Hyde from the developmental division of psychology today! He specializes in developmental cognitive neuroscience, so please come to the meeting if that is something that interests you! As usual, our meetings are on Wednesdays from 6PM to 7PM in room 142 of the Psychology Building.

Hope to see you soon :)

03/27/2018

Hi everyone!

Hope you all had a fantastic few days of classes!

We will be inviting Kristen Sackley from the Gies College of Business to share their new Masters of Science Management Program with us for our meeting tomorrow. It is a program specifically targeted towards students in the humanities, social sciences, and arts. There will be free pizza for those who attend the meeting! As usual, our meetings are on Wednesdays in room 142 of the Psychology Building from 6PM to 7PM.

A few reminders:

• We will be extending the deadline for the 2018-2019 executive board to accommodate for spring break travels! The new deadline is now on Wednesday March 28th at 11:59PM. If you are still interested and would like to apply, the application is open for you! Here is the exec board app: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfc5urVeKhfX1UzDKgAfcuv06Al14v2gDkCiHXqJmKHpjSbTw/viewform

• Please RSVP if you would like to attend the UPA & Psi Chi banquet! It will be held on April 7th at 1PM with food catered from Maize Mexican Grill. The location is still TBA, but we will have more information about this within the next couple of meetings. Here is the RSVP link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd5HiISkhcV7PVEyqdPIAIyJ5pkG-L752LHnjTdUNPB-PvrWg/viewform

03/14/2018

Good morning, UPA!

We will be deviating from our usual guest speaker meetings today, and will be discussing positions open in the 2018-2019 executive board! If you are interested in applying to be on our board, we highly encourage you to come to learn more about what each position requires! As always, our meetings are on Wednesday from 6PM to 7PM in room 142 of the Psychology Building.

Hope to see you soon :)

03/06/2018

Hope you guys are having a great afternoon!

We will be inviting Professor Justin Rhodes from the cognitive neurosciences division tomorrow for our meeting. His laboratory is broadly interested in how genes and the environment affect voluntary behavior. He has also done research in pharmacology work. If you're interested in this field of research, it would be a great opportunity to learn more about this area! As always, our meetings are from 6PM to 7PM in room 142 of the Psychology Building.

Hope to see you soon! :)

02/27/2018

Good morning everyone!

For our meeting tomorrow, we will be inviting Jonathan Phan from the I/O division as our guest. He is a final year PhD student, and has a passion in vocational interest. As usual, our meetings are on Wednesdays from 6PM to 7PM in room 142 of the psychology building.

Just a quick reminder:
If you haven't paid your UPA membership fees yet, you may pay them at this meeting (or through our Venmo ). It will be $10 (+$5), which includes the late fee.

Hope to see you tomorrow, and have a great day! :)

02/21/2018

Good morning, everyone!

We will be inviting Dr. Joseph Cohen to our meeting today from 6Pm to 7PM in room 142 of the Psychology Building. He is a clinical/community psychologist, and has a focus in the developmental division.

Just a reminder that UPA and Psi Chi fees are due today. The $5 UPA Membership fees can be paid in person, or to our Venmo (). Be sure to fill out the Spring Semester membership application, if you are new to the organization. It can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1OvPNSBmswc__BvwMGGQful4T39OUW4G2N4DNjUbuSRg/viewform?edit_requested=true

The $55 Psi Chi fees may only be paid in person, and in cash. Be sure to fill out the application on their website, if you are interested.

Hope to see you there!

01/31/2018

Good evening, everyone!

We will be having our second meeting tomorrow from 6PM to 7PM in room 142 of the Psychology Building. Our guest will be Christian Williams! He works in the clinical/community branch of psychology, and his research focuses on PTSD in veterans.

Also, our first social of the semester will be at 7PM, right after the meeting, in the Illini Union Rec room. Come out to mingle with other UPA members, bowl, and play games!

Some quick reminders:

NEW MEMBERS: Psi Chi and UPA fees are due February 21st at 11:59PM. Please be sure to fill our our membership application form for the spring semester!
• Psi Chi fee is $55 and must be paid in person to one of our meetings
• UPA membership fee is $5 for the semester, and can be paid either in person at a meeting or through our Venmo
• The membership form can be found here:

UPA applications are now open! . Please check out our website at https://sites.google.com/site/psichiuiuc/requirements/upa for more information. If you have any questions, please e-mail Jorge Figueroa-Hurtado at [email protected] or Zoy Wang at [email protected].

01/23/2018

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great first week of classes.

We will be having our first general meeting of the semester tomorrow, January 24th from 6PM to 7PM in room 142 of the Psychology Building. If you didn't have a chance to join last semester, we will be going over who we are as an organization on campus and much more!

The spring RSO Involvement Fair is also tomorrow from 11AM to 3PM in Illini Rooms A, B, C, Courtyard Café, and South Lounge! We will have more information about our booth location on the day of, but please come out and support our organization if you have time. There will be laptop stickers and candy :)

Hope to see you soon!