Get Involved

There are several ways for you to learn more about psychology and get involved in our department.

Psychology Club

The Psychology Club is a student-organized, Student Association-chartered group open to all interested Binghamton students. It arranges activities and programs of interest to students and provides input to the Psychology Department regarding the concerns and needs of undergraduate students. The specific programs change from year to year, depending upon members' interests. Past programs include a variety of career nights, conversations with faculty and discussions with graduate students about how being a graduate student differs from being an undergraduate. Involvement in the Psychology Club is a way you can customize and personalize your experience as a Psychology major. For information on the club's current officers, faculty advisor, and meeting times and locations, please contact the Psychology Department academic adviser.

Molly Deak
Science 4, Room 230A
ugpsyc@binghamton.edu
607-777-4100

Peer Advisors

Peer advisors typically work 8 to 10 hours per week in the Psychology Department office, but may choose to work more or fewer hours depending on schedule and financial aid award. Responsibilities include advising fellow Psychology majors about courses and requirements, helping students declare the major in Psychology and assisting with routine clerical tasks in the office. To become a peer advisor, you must be eligible for Federal Work Study. If there are openings for peer advisors and you are interested in applying, please call ext. 7-4100 to set up an interview.

Psi Chi National Honor Society

Psi Chi Membership Criteria (.pdf, 30.5kb)
Psi Chi Application Form (.pdf, 24.2kb)

Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who meet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the American Psychological Society (APS). Psi Chi's sister honor society is Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for community and junior colleges. Psi Chi functions as a federation of chapters located at more than 840 senior colleges and universities in the U.S. The national office is located in Chattanooga, TN. A National Council, composed of psychologists who are Psi Chi members and who are elected by the chapters, guides the affairs of the organization and sets policy with the approval of the chapters.

Students become members by joining the chapter at the school where they are enrolled. Psi Chi chapters are operated by student officers and faculty advisers. Together they select and induct the members and carry out the goals of the society. All chapters register their inductees at the national office, where the membership records are preserved for reference purposes. The total number of memberships preserved at the national office during the first 65 years is over 270,000. Many of these members have gone on to distinguished careers in psychology.

This is an excerpt from the Psi Chi Induction Manual.

For more information check out the National Psi Chi website.

Announcement for the Undergraduate Research Fair (.pdf, 14.7kb)

Photos:
Psi Chi Induction Ceremony Spring 2006
Psi Chi Officers 2006-2007
Psi Chi Changing Administrations
Experimental Psychology with Dr. Stephen Boehm
Social Work with Brian Flynn
Industrial Organization Psychology with Dr. Spangler