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Seeking CPI associates for fall

Do you have RAs, advisees, or other notable undergraduates that would work well as CPI associates? Contact Christina Fitzpatrick; she writes:

The Center for Psychological Inquiry (CPI) is looking to recruit talented students to become CPI associates. CPI associates sign up for 1 credit hour of independent study and assist other students with homework and general questions. If you have any current or previous students that you think will be interested in this opportunity please email Christina Fitzpatrick.

Who are your accomplished alums?

CAS is maintaining a list of your most interesting undergrad and grad alumni, for featuring alumni profiles in newsletters, websites, and other communications. The department can also make use of these to benefit programming ranging from events, to class visits, to hosting during conferences.

Think about some of the “success stories” among your academic lineage, as well as undergraduate RAs and other close advisees, who may be in industry, government, or NGOs. CAS asks you to reach out to them and have them complete the information here so CAS can edit them into narrative alumni profiles. The new format can be previewed here.

Support the grad students! #MoveInMiami

Graduate students attend a conference in Chicago

Psychology graduate students in Chicago

Each year, Miami coordinates a one-day fundraising campaign, #MoveInMiami. Departments, programs, and organizations are encouraged to propose specific programming they would like to target for contributions through the campaign. These focal “projects” are promoted on the first-year move-in date on Thursday, August 24 to parents, alumni, and the Miami community.

We have selected to focus on the Graduate Student Travel Fund. As you know, Cecilia and Amy set up this fund specifically to augment the available university funds for graduate students to attend and present at conferences. We will also be supporting the undergraduate neuroscience curriculum in a separate project.

A big component of the campaign has been promoting projects through social media. University accounts, President Crawford, and alumni networks will all be publicizing the campaign, and faculty are encouraged to consider joining in through social media platforms as they see fit.

Often these campaigns are run with goals and/or challenges that we might discuss closer to move-in. In the past it has been a successful (“record-breaking”) way to generate enthusiasm and support for all kinds of programs across the university. More to come…

Update your UCM expert profile

Lisa Dankovich at UCM has recently requested that we help to update the list of faculty experts that can be used for various news and media queries. Jason Barone (CAS communications) asks that you please take a few moments to complete this form if you would like to participate. Responses will be provided to UCM for use when these requests come in.

It would be great to have good representation on this list, and I think there are many issues for which we could provide good information. Jason would like to have a significant list by the middle of August. Please address any questions directly to him, or to Vaishali (external relations).