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The meeting was shortened due to the events earlier in the day.

I. Introductions

II. Job Opportunity

Center for Career Services is looking for a peer career counselor.

• It is voluntary and requires about 2 hours of your time a week.
• It involves critiquing resumes and a "painless" training session.
• If you are interested contact Nancy Westfield (westfield@susqu.edu) in the Center for Career Services.

III. Elections -

Elections need to be held for the positions of VP, Secretary, Treasurer, and Webmaster/mistress.

• VP duties include making contacts and running meetings when the President can't be there,
• Secretary duties include taking minutes and sending them,
• Treasurer duties involve keeping track of what little money we do have,
• Webmaster/mistress duties include updating our webpage.

Here are the nominees so far:

• VP: Kristin Schaefer and Max Ross
• Secretary: Kathryn Immohr and Samantha Hetrick
• Treasurer: Erin Smith
• Webmaster/mistress: Cathy Schoenleber

Elections will be held at the next meeting (Tuesday, September 18th).

September 18, 2001

I. Discussed Mental Health Awareness Week

• We need to get on this in order to hold it around the same time we did last year
• Will be sponsored by Psych Club and Psi Chi
• Be thinking about topics you would be interested in covering during the week

II. Next week will be our first Movie Night

A vote was taken and the movie is....CLOCKWORK ORANGE

(Dr. Klotz will supply popcorn!!)

III. Elections were held

Vice President: Kristin Schaefer

Secretary: Sam Hetrick

Treasurer: Erin Smith

Webmistress: Cathy Schoenleber

****Congratulations to our new officers****

IV. Fun Activity

We played Chubby bunny

The winner was Becky Bell

Note: This year it wasn't necessarily who got the most in their mouth but who didn't get sick from the sugar!

September 25, 2001

I. Discussed Mental Health Awareness Week

The date was set for the week of November 5th - 9th.

Will be sponsored by Psych Club and Psi Chi

Suggested topics:

• Post Traumatic Stress and Anxiety
• Depression
• Dream Interpretation and Pop Psych
• Study Skills and Stress Management
• Personality
• Sports Psychology

Fundraisers last year included: stress balls, stress relief basket

Last year's week included: speakers, evening events, information pamphlets

II. Fall Open House- October 20th

Dr. Klotz needs 3 or more people:

Job consists of answering questions that high school seniors have about SU and the psych department.

III. Movie Night- CLOCKWORK ORANGE

~If anyone would like to participate in Fall Open House please contact Dr. Klotz by next week's meeting.

Also, if anyone has any additional topics for Mental Health Awareness Week please bring your ideas to Tuesday's meeting.

I. Discussed Mental Health Awareness Week

Date: November 5th - 9th

Topics:

• Posttraumatic Stress and Anxiety Disorders
• Careers in Psychology
• Eating Disorders and Depression*
• Pop Psych (Personality, Dream Int.)
• Study Skills and Stress Management

*SPEDA will be participating on the day of eating disorders

To do list:

• reserve tables
• decorate bulletin board for advertisement
• make stress balls and stress basket
• make posters for publicity
• collect info for each day (speakers, pamphlets, etc)

*If anyone would like to sign up for any of the topics please email Samantha.

II. Activity: Get Well Cards

We made get well cards for Dr. Martin's daughter, Rachel.

*If anyone wants to make a card there are supplies in the psych lounge.

Thank you to everyone that made cards.

III. Dates to remember:

Next week's activity - Psych Feud

October 23rd - Make Stress Balls

October 30th - Halloween Party (Costumes Required)

*The movie ideas for Halloween are: H2O, First Nightmare on Elm Street, Candyman. We will be voting next week.

October 9, 2001

I. Discussed Mental Health Awareness Week

Things that need to be done:

• reserve tables
• next meeting: pick days for topics
• stuff mailboxes the Friday before
• Amanda will be picking up the stuff for the stress basket

*The committee heads will be contacting people for committee meetings.

Please start collecting information for your topic.

II. Activity: Psych Feud.

It ended in a "tie". Good job everyone!

III. Dates to remember:

Next Week's Meeting- "Prep Night" (make posters, stress balls, etc.)

October 30th- Halloween Party (Costumes Required)

Movie- Candyman

October 23, 2001

I. Discussed Mental Health Awareness Week

A. The days are as follows:

• Monday- Careers in Psychology
• Tuesday- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Anxiety Disorders
• Wednesday- Pop Psychology
• Thursday- Depression and Eating Disorders
• Friday- Stress Management and Study Skills

Amanda made the stress basket.

The stress balls are $0.25 each and the tickets for the basket are $0.50 each.

B. The committees:

Psych Careers: Kristin

1. Becky Bell
2. Amanda Simmons

PTSD/Anxiety Disorders: Sam

1. Nicole Robinson
2. Jonathan Work

Pop Psych: Cathy

1. Jamie Goodwin
2. Lisa Palladino

Study Skills/Stress: Jen

1. 1. Jennifer Elliott

Eating Disorders/Depression: Erin

C. Tables have been reserved for the whole week (5th-9th) from 10am to 2pm<

D. Went over committee reports (how is it going, esp. with guest speakers)

E. Publicity for the event (mailbox stuffers for the whole week's events, etc.)

II. Fun activities: made poster(s) and stress balls

III. Dates to remember:

A. Next Week's Meeting-Halloween Party (Costumes Required)

Movie- Candyman

B. Mental Health Awareness Week-November 5-9

I. Mental Health Awareness Week

So far so good; a little slow this year

Raffle tickets: $0.50; Stress Balls: $0.25

The rest of the week's workers are all set. Information is ready.

II. Dates to remember:

This week's Meeting- Review of last week; Taboo with squirt guns

November 27th- Christmas Tree Trimming

December 4- No Meeting

December 6- Christmas Party (Movie, food, fun etc.); last meeting

III. Father Joseph's Food Drive

*will be discussed at this weeks meeting

IV. Fun Activity:

Decorations for the wall

November 12, 2001

I. Mental Health Awareness Week

Winner of the stress basket: Sarah Fuller

Profit: $50.00 (ran out of stress balls or would be more)

II. Food Bank

We are not doing the basket this year; just food and money donations

*Samantha will be sending a list of items for the food bank!

III. Lanthorn Pictures

IV. Next Semester:

Meetings will not be on Tuesday's next semester.

Think about whether your schedules allow for meetings on Wednesday nights or Thursday nights.

V. Dates to remember:

November 20- No Meeting

November 27- Christmas Tree Trimming (Movies: Charlie Brown and Grinch)

December 6- Christmas Party (Movie: Rudolph); last meeting

Last day of classes: Bowling Night

I. Officers

There are two positions open--Vice President and Historian/PR.

*Elections will be held during the next meeting. Please email me with nominees.

Nominees so far: VP- April Thomas, Amanda Long

II. Future Events

Tour Danville

Tour Prison

Club T-shirts (see below)

EPA Conference (see below)

III. Club T-shirts

We will be having a contest for the best design for Psych Club t-shirts.

Bring your designs to the meeting.

---Example: Pink Freud, the dark side of the mind.

IV. EPA Conference

- When: 2nd Weekend of Spring Break; leaving Thurs. or Fri.

- Location: Boston

- Price: Transportation and Lodging are paid by SU

*Need Money for food and registration ($20)

- Events: People give talks about topics on research, graduate school info, seminars on jobs, eating disorders, forensics, poster sessions

V. Next Week

Elections, Chubby Bunny

VI. A Look Ahead

Feb. 12th - Movie night "Momento"

Andy Dunlap- the hypnotist

January 29, 2002

I. Elections

Vice President - April Thomas

--- Duties~ work with President, contact speakers and places we want to visit

PR/Historian- Amanda Long

--- Duties~ publicity for Psych Club events (movie night, speakers, Grad school info sessions, etc.); take pictures and be creative!

II. Constitution

The officers will be modifying the current Psychology Club Constitution and next week it will be sent via email for voting.

Must have 2/3 vote to pass!

III. Membership

We are currently updating the list of members and people that would like to receive the minutes.

IV. Treasury Budget Report

The proposed budget includes $150-EPA, $50-activities, $50-programming

V. Events

Prison Tour is being scheduled.

Danville Tour will be on March 15, 2002 at 4:30 pm. (departure time- 3:30)

VI. Future Dates

Feb. 5- Valentine's Day Wall Decorating and Food !!

Feb. 12-Valentine's Day Movie ! (possibly Momento)

April 6- Open House for Accepted Students

April 20- Open House for High School Juniors

VII. EPA Conference

Anyone whot is interested in attending the conference please contact Dr. Klotz ASAP!!

VIII. Fun Activities

Chubby Bunny and "Tab Removal"

I. T-Shirts

A. we looked at all t-shirt designs and voted on them

B. April's design of "Psycho Club" was chosen

II. Danville

A. Same Info

B. Sign-up sheet in Psych Lounge on the bulletin board by Klotz's house directions

III. Speaker

A. Andy Dunlap is coming to speak to us about hypnosis and such on March 19th at our regular meeting time and place...

---please come and make him feel loved!

V. when we return

A. the next meeting will be March 12th, we will be doing wall decorations for St. Patty's Day along with other fun meeting stuff.

V. There was also a new idea to make psych club greeting cards.

I. EPA - Boston

-was lots of fun, speakers, panels, etc.

-next year: Baltimore

-Bamford presented and gave us some info on what it was like. She brought her cute kitten to the meeting tonight !

II. Next Week: Andy Dunlap is going to teach and do hypnosis!

Bring a friend! Bring two!

III. T-shirts: need to know sizes for those ordering, the shirts will be gray with black lettering

IV. Danville Sign-ups: Please do it soon; trip on the 22nd of March

V. President Kristin spoke about idea of religion from psychological perspective!

VI. Activity: St. Patrick's Day wall decorating

March 19, 2002

I. T-shirt Design

II. Yearbook Photo

III. Andy Dunlap

- SU counselor

- working for over 6 years

- hypnosis: once in a while it is used in counseling, Mr. Dunlap is not a licensed hypnotherapist (he does not do therapy under hypnosis), used for basic relaxation, guided imagery, pain management, talk therapy, behavioral therapy anxiety (phobias), repressed memories

• Two types: stage and clinical
• can't be hypnotized without will, can remember, won't do things you would not regularly do
• some are more easily hypnotized; better the eye roll the easier to be hypnotized
• current research is being done on the brain waves of rats
• vocabulary: autohypnosis, dissociation, transratification
• quarter drop: when quarter drops you are in a trance

IV. Activity: Hypnosis

- everyone attempted to be hypnotized after we all made pendulums; we all practiced our eye rolls to see if they were correct after being hypnotized

- during hypnosis some experienced eye twitching, random eye movement, complete relaxation, sense of smell (according to reading), movement (according to reading)

- Everyone felt something ! Different ! Relaxed ! Smiling !

March 26, 2002

I. T-shirts: approx. $10

II. Brief synopsis of last week and thank you card for Andy Dunlap

III. Danville

-fun and interesting

-lay away: tickets for activities, 1 cent for each, tickets earn prizes

-underground tunnels

-tiny rooms

-computer center

-148 patients

-"Dead Bird" room

IV. Activities Fair

April 6th, 2002 at 8-10am

Need: 2 ppl 8-9 and 9-10

**Please email April today if you are available to work either of these shifts!

V. Fun Activity: Decorated the wall for Spring!!

I. Activities Fair: Saturday, April 6th

8-9: no one signed up yet

9-10: Erin

Meet the Faculty: following activities fair (10:45)

**Anyone that is available and interested in the Meet the Faculty session please email Dr. Klotz ASAP!

**We need some volunteers!

II. T-shirts:

approx $10

need 24 orders before we can buy them (try to find interested people)

fliers for students- Kristin and April

III. Thank you cards

IV. Schedule of Events:

April 9th - Movie Night : THE SHINING

April 16th - Last Psych Meeting- Games, food

April 23rd - Senior Sendoff

April 16, 2002

I. T-Shirts:

T-shirts will be printed in the fall semester of next year due to the low number of individuals interested in purchasing one

II. Activities:

puzzle (feel free to stop in the psych lounge and attempt the puzzle)

discussion on course at SU (good and the bad about courses as well as the professors)

III. Dates to Remember:

• April 18 @6:30pm Gay-Straight Alliance- "What to do if your friend comes out to you" ~MR 1-3
• April 21 @7pm SPEDA Vigil ~Ben Apple
• April 23 @5-9pm Senior Scholar's Day ~Mellon Lounge
  --- check out the Psych research and much more
• No meeting on the 23rd!
• April 25 or 26 @7pm Movie Night: The Shining ~Psych Lounge
• April 27 @9pm SU Acappella ~DCC Theatre
• April 28 @11-2pm Senior Sendoff
  --- Dr. Klotz's house, lunch served at noon. All senior psych majors are invited.
• April 28 @3pm Band Concert ~ Weber
• May 12 -- Graduation