Interested in traveling to Honduras this spring break? Join us for a week of volunteer work.

GLOBAL WATER & PUBLIC HEALTH BRIGADES CALL-OUT MEETING

Interested in traveling to Honduras this spring break? Join us for a week of volunteer work, education, and adventure! The Global Water & Public Health Brigades at IU aim to empower rural Honduran communities to prevent common illness through in-home infrastructural development, clean water access, community leader training, and health education.

Our call-out meeting will be on Wednesday, September 14th at 7:30 p.m. in Ballantine 219.

If you have any questions, please contact Collin at collin.abbott@globalbrigades.org or Adam at
indiana.gwb@globalbrigades.org.

Thanks again,
Collin (Neuroscience major)

Psychology Club Call Out Meeting

Psychology Club will hold it's Fall call out meeting this Tuesday, September 13th at 7 p.m. in PY226. Come to the meeting to find out how you can get involved as a general or executive member, what kinds of events we hope to hold this semester, and to enjoy free pizza with fellow Psychology majors!

Hope to see you there!

Molly Blazak
Psychology Club President
mblazak@indiane.edu


Thanks so much! Let me know if there's anything else you need.

Crimson CORPS - Apply Now! Counseling Experience.

Dear IU Student,

We are writing to inform you of an exciting new opportunity for students entering helping professions.

Crimson CORPS (Caring, Open-Minded, Respectful, Peer Support) is a student group created by Indiana University's Counseling and Psychological Services.

This group will be comprised of carefully selected undergraduate students, who will be trained to provide informal, accepting and non-judgmental peer support.

In addition, volunteers will be trained to recognize and refer students in need of more professional services.

The mission of Crimson CORPS is to promote a culture of compassion and action on the IU Bloomington campus and to bring awareness to issues of emotional well-being within the student community.

Why are we doing this?
* 1 in 5 of your fellow classmates is depressed
* 1 in 2 is overwhelmingly anxious
* 1 in 10 is coping with mental illness
* 1 in 6 has seriously considered attempting suicide

We are looking to create a diverse group of students who offer different perspectives but who are bonded by a common commitment to make a difference in the lives of their fellow IU students.

CORPS volunteers will be trained and supervised by the professional staff at Counseling & Psychological Services.

Training will be focused on the following skills:
* Active listening without judgment
* Engagement with people from different backgrounds
* Information gathering in a non-threatening manner
* Engendering feelings of trust and safety

You may contact Crimson CORPS staff at ccorps@indiana.edu <mailto:ccorps@indiana.edu> with any questions.

Sincerely,
Crimson CORPS staff
www. healthcenter.indiana.edu/counseling/ccorps

The Student Organization for Cognitive Science (SOCS)

The Student Organization for Cognitive Science (SOCS) will hold their callout meeting on Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 5:30pm in the Eigenmann Formal Lounge. The Formal Lounge can be reached by entering through the front doors and walking past the elevators to the right.
There will be signs posted!

In addition to free pizza and good company, expect some healthy rational competition in the first-ever Cognitive Olympics, after which the contestant demonstrating the most gripping control over her or his own mind will be crowned Bloomington's Greatest Rationalist! And this contestant will win a fabulous prize fit for a rational thinker.

SOCS is a community for students interested in cognitive science and related fields: philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, linguistics, artificial intelligence, anthropology, education, mathematics and more!
The club is open to majors and non-majors.

Weekly meetings are held every Tuesday at 5:30pm. Meetings include discussion of articles and TED Talks bearing on exciting current issues in the sciences of mind, as well as free pizza! This semester will include three discussion dinners with faculty, at least one laboratory tour, and several talks by graduate students and professors.

To find out about weekly activities, please subscribe to our listserv by sending a message to

listserv@indiana.edu

with the body 'subscribe socs-l'.

Student Involvement Fair

Student Involvement Fair - Student Groups & Volunteer Opportunities Wed Sep 7, 11am - 3pm, at the IMU Parking Lot

New and returning IU students can learn more about student organizations, local non-profit agencies and IU offices and programs.

More than 250 student organizations, local non-profit agencies and IU offices will host tables at the event.

Students will have the opportunity to meet current student leaders, IU administrators and Bloomington community members to find the right involvement opportunity that meets their interests.

Student representatives from the fraternity and sorority councils will be on hand to answer questions about Greek Life at IU.

Local non-profit agencies such as the American Red Cross, Hoosier Hills Food Bank, Volunteers in Medicine and Middle Way House will share information about volunteer opportunities and civic engagement with the Bloomington community.

Student Groups for Psychology & Neuroscience Majors http://www.indiana.edu/~psyugrad/cocurricular/groups.php

150+ Volunteer Opportunities of Interest to Psych Majors
http://www.indiana.edu/~psyugrad/cocurricular/volunteer.php

UMass Lab Manager Position in Cognitive Neuroscience

The Brain, Cognition, and Development (BCD) Lab, directed by Dr. Lisa Scott at the University of Massachusetts Amherst anticipates hiring a full time Lab Manager to work on studies aimed at understanding the processes and previous experiences important for perceiving and recognizing faces and objects in infants and adults. The BCD lab uses longitudinal training designs and behavioral, electrophysiological (event-related potentials; ERPs), and eye-tracking methods, to further understand the perceptual, cognitive, and social experiences that enhance or constrain face and object processing. To learn more about our work please see our website: http://www.people.umass.edu/lscott/

Please see the attached job description/information. If you are interested in applying please email your CV/resume to:

Lisa S. Scott, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
413 Tobin Hall/135 Hicks Way
Amherst, MA 01002
office phone: 413-545-5965
email: lscott@psych.umass.edu

Volunteer Opportunity for Students Interested in Social Work

Are you interested in a career in social work?

New Leaf - New Life is seeking volunteers to assist with a community transition program for inmates at the Monroe County Corrections Center. This program is intended to help soon-to-be-released inmates prepare for their transition back into the community. Upon release, inmates often lack basic resources such as appropriate clothing, housing, and medical services and may need assistance seeking employment and education. We are currently looking for volunteers to work with transition counselors outside the jail by researching and coordinating resources for individual inmates in the program.

This is a excellent opportunity to gain experience with social work and to make a considerable impact in the lives of people in need. New Leaf - New Life is a Bloomington-based organization, dedicated to transformational change in our criminal justice system through volunteer action. Additional information about New Leaf - New Life is available at the following url: http://www.newleaf-newlife.org/

Please contact John Putz (John.Putz@centerstone.org) or Sarah Forster (sarforst@indiana.edu) if you are interested in this exciting volunteer opportunity!