What a breeze my Spring Term is turning out to be so far, excluding my research! It's SUCH a great feeling to know that all my blood, sweat, and tears are paying off. I've worked so hard these last 2 terms with learning all about statistics and all about what my research will entail. But now....da da da duh!!!...it has finally begun and I can now collect my data! My research is all about how college students use and feel about the counseling center on campus, and I can't give any more information other than that because of confidentiality issues.
But when you're a freshman and you decide to take Intro to Psychology during your spring term, you will be asked to participate in research run by psychology majors. This is where we get all of our participants and is vital that we get as many as we can. You do not have to be a freshman to take Intro to Psychology, you can take it any year that you would like while you're here at Mercyhurst, but it's a very popular freshman class to take.
Myself and the other psychology majors only have a few weeks to collect our data, because at the end or very beginning of April we have to start analyzing our data and prepare ourselves for presenting at the Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference. This year it is April 16th and we are all presenting at Westminster College. This is like our final exam, except we do not get graded while we are presenting. But I must say we all are very tired and stressed and worn out from all the things that research has put us through thus far. And we all, especially me, cannot wait until it is all over with.
By the way the FROZEN FOUR is this weekend and Erie, PA is hosting this years events!! This is a very big weekend for Erie AND Mercyhurst because this is the first time ever that we are hosting this huge event. Even though Mercyhurst unfortunately did not make it into the finals, a lot of supporters from the community are going to be there and make this great weekend a success! The Ambassador Club fortunately gets to be apart of this fabulous weekend and we will be welcoming guests to the Tullio Arena, where everything is held, and making sure that all of our guests are presented with the best of the best that Mercyhurst can offer!
I plan on taking pictures of all the events, so stay tuned for more next week!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Kicking Off Spring Term the Right Way
Hello Everyone! Happy Spring Term! This year keeps moving by at a quicker pace. As I'm sitting in the bookstore organizing and working out what homework is due within the next week, I wanted to give everyone an update.
Spring Term is a very very busy term and not just for me, but the whole campus. This is a great time as well to start touring colleges if you're a Junior in high school! So make you're appointment with us today and you'll get an awesome tour of our amazing campus! And also (well, hopefully) you won't have to put up with the snow on your tour as well.
It was just announced that the band that will be visiting us for our Spring Fest is Plain White Tee's! The contract is still being worked out, but we are more than likely going to get to rock out to their songs all night! I'm more than ready for warm weather, because I think a lot of us are tired of being thrown around with all the snow, rain and even the extreme winds that have graced our presence today. I've managed to stay on my feet, but it hasn't been easy considering the winds were up to 26 mph.
I'm loving my schedule this term as well! I do not have to get up early for any classes this time and it is so awesome to be able to know that you can sleep in. I have a class from 2-3:20pm MWF, a night class from 6-8pm just M&W. T&TH I have a class from 12:10-2:05 and a no credit class from 8:15-9:15pm every other Wednesday. This class (called, Current Issues) is just for informational and discussion purposes about the field of Psychology and the great part is that you get an awesome recommendation letter out of it from Professor Hoff, the Chair of the Psychology program. Even though there is no credits, it's definitely worth taking.
My research is starting next week and I'm so excited to start collecting data. I'm pretty nervous about the conference though that is coming up just next month, so I'm working hard to make it a great project!
I will definitely keep everyone up to date about all the things that are going to be happening here within the next few weeks. What is everyone giving up for Lent? I have not decided yet, but I'm thinking I might give up chocolate (or sweets in general) because I'm going on a healthy kick this term and going to the gym 3 times a week.
Spring Term is a very very busy term and not just for me, but the whole campus. This is a great time as well to start touring colleges if you're a Junior in high school! So make you're appointment with us today and you'll get an awesome tour of our amazing campus! And also (well, hopefully) you won't have to put up with the snow on your tour as well.
It was just announced that the band that will be visiting us for our Spring Fest is Plain White Tee's! The contract is still being worked out, but we are more than likely going to get to rock out to their songs all night! I'm more than ready for warm weather, because I think a lot of us are tired of being thrown around with all the snow, rain and even the extreme winds that have graced our presence today. I've managed to stay on my feet, but it hasn't been easy considering the winds were up to 26 mph.
I'm loving my schedule this term as well! I do not have to get up early for any classes this time and it is so awesome to be able to know that you can sleep in. I have a class from 2-3:20pm MWF, a night class from 6-8pm just M&W. T&TH I have a class from 12:10-2:05 and a no credit class from 8:15-9:15pm every other Wednesday. This class (called, Current Issues) is just for informational and discussion purposes about the field of Psychology and the great part is that you get an awesome recommendation letter out of it from Professor Hoff, the Chair of the Psychology program. Even though there is no credits, it's definitely worth taking.
My research is starting next week and I'm so excited to start collecting data. I'm pretty nervous about the conference though that is coming up just next month, so I'm working hard to make it a great project!
I will definitely keep everyone up to date about all the things that are going to be happening here within the next few weeks. What is everyone giving up for Lent? I have not decided yet, but I'm thinking I might give up chocolate (or sweets in general) because I'm going on a healthy kick this term and going to the gym 3 times a week.
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