Summer Study Abroad Scholarships

The US Dept of Education grant in Business/Int’l Education will provide eight students with TWO summer study abroad scholarships:

1) $3,000 in Summer 2009 to focus on intensive foreign language instruction
2) $3,000 in Summer 2010 to complete an internship in the target language/culture

We are calling this program the RIBA program – Radford Int’l Business Ambassadors – and it is an excellent opportunity for a student with an interest in languages who would like to have an internship in an area that connects in some way to the capacity of the US to conduct int’l business in the 21st century. (Meaning…yes, it would be great to have business majors, but a Communications major or a Tourism major or a business minor would be just fine, too. Health Care Administration, Arts Management, Corporate Fitness, Information Technology…we should be able to hit all types of students with this opportunity.)

We have application materials in Cook Hall 108 – You have until Nov 11 to apply.

Psychology Conference

Are you working on research? Are you interested in presenting your work?

The VPA Spring 2009 Convention and Educational Conference will be held April 23rd through April 25th in Williamsburg Virginia at the Williamsburg Marriott.

If you wish to submit a proposal for an event at this conference please visit the VPA website at www.vapsych.org and fill out the "Call for Proposals" form which is located under the Notices/Forms section of the website.

If you are interested, please ask a faculty member in the psychology department for more information.

Registration

Please note that if you are having difficulty adding Psyc 222 and Psyc 201 at the same time, you should contact the Registrar's Office at 831-5271. They are aware of the problem and will be able to help you.

Research Lab - Psychopharmacology

Psychopharmacology

PSYC 491-01: Research Lab

Offered Spring 2009


Brief Description:
This course is an introduction to the field of psychopharmacology, with special emphasis on the relationships between drugs, their mechanisms of action in the nervous system, and human behavior. The subjective and behavioral effects of many psychoactive drugs (both therapeutic and recreational) will be covered, as well as how they produce their effect. In addition, a laboratory-based experiment will be conducted examining the effect of one or more drugs on behavior in rats.


Pre-requisites:
· Permission of the Instructor (Dr. Pam Jackson, RU 436)
· PSYC 202
· Completion of 6 hours in PSYC Area II: Natural Sciences:
o Cognitive Psychology
o Principles of Learning
o Sensation and Perception
o Brain and Behavior

Primate Studies

Anth 330 Primate Studies

Spring 2009
MWF at 11:00-11:50
Course topics include: primate behavior, evolution, taxonomy, conservation, research methods

Sociology of Death and Dying

COURSE FOR SPRING SEMESTER 2009

SOCY 422 - Sociology of Death and Dying
Tuesday & Thursday 12:30-1:45pm
Dr. Victoria S. Curtis


WHAT IS DEATH? What does death mean? How do we make sense of death? What is dying, and when does it begin? This class will cover such topics as death from natural disasters, epidemics, mass killings and end of life.


*This class counts towards an interdisciplinary minor in social gerontology.

Student Research

The Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence (Division 48, American Psychological Association) is pleased to announce its special student program for APA 2009 in Toronto when we continue to offer mentoring for students who would like to submit to our student poster session. Our theme for APA 2009 is Creating Peace with Justice. We welcome your students to apply and would be most appreciative if you would circulate the Special Call for Student Proposals that may be accessed via our website: http://www.webster.edu/peacepsychology/48studentconvflyer09.pdf .

As Peace Psychologists, we see our theme as relevant to all psychologists and hope that you and your students will join with us at APA 2009 in Toronto, August 6-9. In addition, our regular Call for Proposals is available as a flyer at http://www.webster.edu/peacepsychology/48convflyer09.pdf.

Counseling Training Opportunity

The Devereux Foundation offers a full-year training program to recent college graduates interested in psychology, social work, counseling, and/or special education. This would be an ideal opportunity for your current seniors or recent alumni who want to solidify their research and clinical interests through hands-on experience for a year before applying to graduate school. We received feedback in response to our mailing last year that the information would be easier for career centers to distribute if it were provided electronically. For that reason, we would like to provide you with a link to our website: http://ppt.DevereuxICTR.org Applications for the position will be reviewed on a rolling bases through February 1, 2008.

RU Study Abroad

There are a number of general education courses that are available in study abroad during Maymester/Summer I and Summer II sessions in 2009:

Central Europe (Poland, Czech Rep, Germany) - World History and Fine Arts - SUMMER II
China - Chinese language (all levels - no longer do you HAVE to be a Kirk Scholar to study Chinese)
England - Communication/Art/Theatre - Public Speaking, Fine Arts credit, Theatre Appreciation...can take two of these courses in the same program
France - French language (all levels - no previous French required) - SUMMER II
Germany - German language (Univ of Kassel summer program)
Greece - Fine Arts credit
London - British Literature (Dr. Samson - gen ed credit available)
Mexico - Spanish language (all levels, including special courses for Nursing, Business, and Criminal Justice majors, no previous Spanish required)
Panama - BIOL 103 (Dr. Guinan)
Slovenia - American Literature (Dr. Van Noy)
Spain - Spanish language (all levels - no previous Spanish required)

Should you have any questions, please contact the Int'l Ed Center at 831-6200 or iec@radford.edu, and you will be directed to the right people. Several of these programs are actually cheaper than the 2008 prices, as the Euro exchange rate is slowly changing in the dollar's favor.

Thinking About Law School?

An information and advising session for students interested in attending law school will be held Wednesday, October 22nd beginning at 7 PM in 151 Davis Hall. All interested students, including freshman and sophomores, are urged to attend. Students must attend a pre-law information session prior to consulting the pre-law advisor for individual advice.

Students planning to attend the session should plan to take notes. The session will be conducted by Dr. Robert Gill, university pre-law advisor. Topics to be covered include the nature of legal education and the law-school experience; career possibilities and job prospects for law school graduates; appropriate undergraduate preparation and courses, the L.S.A.Ts and the law school admission process; and financing a law school education.