Psi Chi is the national honor society for psychology students.  Founded in 1929, its purpose is to encourage, stimulate, maintain excellence in scholarship, and advance the science of psychology.  It functions as a federation of chapters and is located at more than 900 colleges and universities in the United States.  The WIU chapter of Psi Chi was founded in 1969.

Our chapter holds biweekly meetings featuring guest speakers and other informational sessions of interest to psychology majors.  Our meetings focus on both career topics (e.g., creating resumes, the life of a clinical psychologist, getting a job after graduation) and academic topics (e.g., getting into graduate school, handling stress).  We also publish a monthly newsletter, provide tutoring for other psychology students, volunteer in the community, and host social events with department faculty.  Each semester we co-sponsor with the Psychology Department a Student Research Forum, which is a poster session where student researchers showcase their research projects.  Each spring many Psi Chi members attend professional conferences, such as the ILLOWA Undergraduate Research Conference and the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting.

We welcome all interested students to come to our meetings and get involved in these extremely valuable extracurricular opportunities.

 

 

 

Last updated 5/24/06 by Amy Dunton, Psi Chi Web Manager