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• Dean’s Citation for Excellence Awards Fall 2011
  • Lori Reinsvold, Doctor of Philosophy
    Educational Psychology
    Advisor: Dr. Kathy Cochran
  • Sarah Wilson, Doctor of Philosophy
    Educational Psychology
    Advisor: Dr. Marilyn Welsh
• In May 2011, twelve students enrolled in a community psychology class travelled abroad with Professor Nancy Karlin. Following a week of intensive class meetings at UNC, the students enjoyed multiple educational and cultural opportunities in Italy where Dr. Karlin also pursued her research studying resiliency among earthquake survivors in L’Aquila. Dr. Karlin is presently planning to take a class to Thailand in summer 2012. It is anticipated that the students will engage in a service learning project, attend lectures, visit the homes of local residents, and much, much more. If you are interested, please contact Dr. Karlin: nancy.karlin@unco.edu.
• The Office of Undergraduate Research Awards provided summer 2011 awards to support the research of two psychology majors:
  • Nicholas Broeker: "The Effect of Non-Linguistic Vocalizations on Emotion Perception."
  • Sara Pena: "Picture Me as Writer: Using Photoelicitation to Explore Writing Self-Efficacy of Struggling Writers."
• Dr. Thom Dunn, Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences, received the 2010-2011 Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences.
• Dr. Kristina Phillips, Assistant Professor, School of Psychological Sciences received the 2011 Sponsored Programs New Faculty Recognition Award
• Former UNC psychology major Sara Baum has been accepted to the Human Services Psychology Ph.D. program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County where she will pursue her interest in resiliency research. Sara Baum's degree will be in Clinical Psychology and Community and Social Psychology (double emphasis)
• For the second year in a row, The School of Psychological Sciences provided meals at the Guadalupe Community Assistance Center in Greeley. Thanks to Cheryl Tsikewa and Nancy Karlin for organizing the collection of donations and purchasing of food. Thanks also to Psi Chi and the students, staff, and faculty who helped to serve dinner. We are pleased to support, in this small way, the good work of the Guadalupe Center.
  
• Congratulations to Drs. Granrud, Karlin, and Pascoe and to Teaching Assistant Josh Stewart for being recognized as "2011 First Year Scholars Outstanding Faculty."
• Psychology major Nicholas Broeker will present his research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in Ithaca, New York: "The Effect of Dissonant Tones on Emotion Perception: Surprise vs. Fear." Dr. Eric Peterson was the faculty mentor for the project.
• Lynn Dean, doctoral student in educational psychology, was recently given the Outstanding Service Award by Catholic Charities in recognition of 25 years of volunteer service.
• Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences Doug Woody was recently elected to serve as president-elect of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association. The position is one of six on the executive board of the organization, which advances psychology in science, as a profession and to promote human welfare in an eight-state region.
• The second cohort in our online MA in Educational Psychology: Teaching Applications will begin coursework in June, 2011. For more information, please contact Dr. Marilyn Welsh (marilyn.welsh@unco.edu).
• The School of Psychological Sciences has been selected to receive the 2010 University of Northern Colorado Academic Excellence Award for School/Program Excellence in Scholarship.
• The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a division of the National Institutes of Health, awarded a two-year, $377,000 grant to Dr. Kristina Phillips, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences, for a study that will develop a drug abuse intervention to reduce viral and bacterial infections associated with injection drug use.

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