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!
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