Roanoke College Psychology Department

Category: Events

  • Career Services Workshops for January

    Every semester the Office of Career Services (located in the Fowler House, to the right of Fintel library) offers workshops throughout the semester that mainly deal with internships, job searching, and grad school practice exams. Do you need help writing a résumé? Are you unsure what LinkedIn is? Visit these workshops! The Career Services staff are there to help!

    Below are the events going on in January.

    January
    19              5:30 – 7:00          Résumé Writing – Coming to Life on Paper (bring laptop!)

    22              12:00 – 1:00       LinkedIn – A Powerful Networking/Job & Internship Search Tool (bring laptop!)

    26              5:30 – 7:00          Networking & Internships – Who Knows You, & How Can They Help

    28              4:00 – 5:30          Etiquette in the Workplace (West 210)

  • T-Shirt Slogan Contest

    The psychology department is soliciting ideas for a departmental t-shirt slogan. Please submit your ideas to Ellen Dyer by 12/1 at noon. We hope to vote during exam week. The person who submits the winning slogan will receive a free t-shirt and Amazon gift card!

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  • APS is in the Big Apple this Year! (May 21-24)

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    Find out more here: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/convention/call-for-submissions#.VGlqp_nF9oN. If you are interested in attending, please contact Dr. Denise Friedman. We are currently organizing travel and accommodations to try and make costs manageable. Travel grants are available for most students!

  • LinkedIn Forum: How to get started

    November 18th 12:00-1:00pm—Psychology Computer Lab (513 Life Science)

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    The Psychology Department recommends that all majors should have a LinkedIn account. Want to know more about this professional/career social networking site? This talk will help you get a page set up and give you some tips to help make your site attractive to future employers.

     

  • Tour the VA Hospital

    Tour the Salem Veterans Administration Hospital–November 19th

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    Contact Alex Grant afgrant@mail.roanoke.edu by November 15th to RSVP or for questions.

  • Carilion Clinic Career Focus Dinner

    November 6, 4:30-7pm

    Location: off-campus site TBD

    Large health care organizations offer a variety of opportunities for employment, internships, and research to students in many majors – Business, social sciences, and healthcare related fields. Come and hear from one of our local health care systems – Carilion Clinic – about such opportunities, as this could be useful in looking for similar settings in other locations. Registration is required by Thursday, October 30, through Career Services. This program takes place off-campus and includes dinner at no cost. Rides are available if desired or needed. For more information, contact Career Services.

    For more information contact: Toni McLawhorn (540) 375-2303

  • Getting into Graduate School talk set for Thursday October 23rd

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  • Dr. Osterman to Speak Thursday, Feb. 27 at Darwin Days

    When Natural Selection Gets Sneaky: Altruism, Suicide, and Evolution

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    Dr. Lindsey Osterman

    February 27, 2014

    7:00pm

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  • Dr. Chris Buchholz Spoke recently at Coffee Shop Talk

    Dr. Chris Buchholz, associate professor in Roanoke’s Psychology Department, spoke about the Science of Love. It was well attended by RCPA members.

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  • Psychology Department Gets a New Chairperson!

    We are pleased to announce that Dr. Denise Friedman has become the new chairperson for the Department of Psychology.  

    Dr. Friedman joined the department in 2007. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Averett University with a B.S. in Psychology. She earned a M.S. (2004) and Ph.D. (2006) from Virginia Tech where she specialized in Developmental and Biological Psychology. She is a member of Alpha Chi and Phi Kappa Phi. Her research interests include cognitive and frontal lobe development from infancy through early adulthood. Her current research program examines the impact of technology on cognitive and social skills.