Friday, February 27, 2009

Scholars Day at Women's Basketball game Sunday

If you would like to represent the department at Scholars Day this Sunday, you can pick up a free shirt in PY 229 before 5 p.m. today.

At the game, all departments and organizations there for Scholars Day will meet in the south bleachers behind the pep band. Krystie Herndon, Scholars Day co-chair, will be there in her Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology shirt. Find her and let her know you're there to represent Psychological & Brain Sciences.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Well, you asked for it...

Participants from our last graduate school Facebook discussion and live chat have requested that we have another chat this semester. This would give all of our undergraduates one last chance this year to ask their final burning questions about choosing schools, attending graduate school and what to do if you don't get into your chosen school.

We're tentatively scheduling our next discussion for 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, April 13. More info to come. If you want to receive regular updates, become a fan on Facebook.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Last night's live chat

Thanks to all who attended the live chat yesterday evening. A transcript is available online: http://mypage.iu.edu/~porterjl/chat0204.html

Some of the topics discussed were:
- How many grad schools should I apply to?
- When will I hear back from schools?
- How can I find out information about the schools I'm applying to?
- How do I prepare for an interview or recruitment weekend?
- How can I find professors I'm interested in working with?
- How should I prepare for the GRE?

We need your input to make decisions about future discussions! Reply here, or take our online survey to give us some feedback about the chat and Facebook discussion:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=rugWYU9PeU_2fK2APZ_2f1s4JA_3d_3d

Monday, February 2, 2009

Live chat for students and alumni

You may have seen a few notes on Facebook about the chat room we will host next Wednesday during our discussion group's target time. This was based on suggestions from those of you who took surveys after past discussions. In response to your suggestions, we now have a chat room available through Adobe Acrobat Connect. You will not need any software to enter--only a Flash reader for your browser, which most people already have.

Here are some additional instructions to help you:

- The chat room will open at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4 at the following link: http://breeze.iu.edu/IUBPsychGrad
The same link will be used for future discussions, so please bookmark this page.

- We will still use the discussion board on the Facebook group page for the Q&A. Please post your questions there starting next Wednesday morning. We will try to copy these into the chat and address

- The chat function in Connect is very easy to use - just type in the chat window to join the discussion. There is also a drop-down menu at the bottom; you can choose to speak to the entire room, or send a private message to one person.

- There are also other functions of the chat room that we could potentially utilize, such as file sharing, so if at any point during the chat you would like to share a file with someone, we will attempt to give you that ability when it comes up.

- I will be on hand during most of the target time to help out, so feel free to message me through the chat room at any time or e-mail me at porterjl@indiana.edu.

We would like to have as many participants as possible to help us test out this new feature, so please drop by the chat room Wednesday.