Summer 2014 Newsletter

Dear Psychology Alumni:

Please take a moment to browse photos and stories from graduation 2014. One hundred and fifty students graduated this May with a degree in Psychology and it was a day of celebrating with friends and family, reflecting on time spent at W&M, and contemplating new beginnings. Join us in wishing this graduating class the best of luck in their next chapter and adventure.

Our students and faculty received many awards this spring. Congratulations to the department chair Professor Janice Zeman for receiving a Plumeri Award for Faculty Excellence. Kudos to Peter Vishton for being named as the next graduate student ombudsperson. Two masters students, Nicholas Alt and David Newman, were selected by The National Science Foundation East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute (NSF-EAPSI) to conduct research this summer in Japan and Korea.

http://www.wm.edu/as/psychology/synapses/psychology-faculty,-students-receive-awards.php

Save the Date – the Psychology Department will host a Homecoming Brunch Saturday October 18 at 10:30 am in the new Child and Family Studies Center located in the basement of Old Dominion Hall. Please plan to stop by before you go to the Homecoming Game.

Finally, the annual American Psychology Association convention will be held in Washington DC this August and we will be hosting a wine and cheese psychology alumni reception at the W&M in DC office (located at 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW), Friday August 8 from 5 – 7 pm. We really hope you can stop by. Please RSVP to let us know if you plan to come

We would love to see you at these events to catch up in person, but if you can’t make it and you have news to share please send us your news:

http://www.wm.edu/as/psychology/alumni/sendnews/index.php

Enjoy your summer and remember you can support your Psychology Department at any time by making a tax-deductible donation here:

http://www.wm.edu/as/psychology/support/index.php

Sincerely,

The Psychology Department
College of William & Mary

Graduation 2014

Psychology Faculty at Graduation May 2014. Pictured here: Top Row: Professors Ventis, Burk, Langholtz, Pilkington, Barnett, Stevens and Kirkpatrick. Bottom Row: Professor Hunt, Dallaire, Dickter, Forestell, Hilimire, Zeman
Kelley Quinzio ('14) pictured here with Professor Sinton
Graduating members of Prof. Schug's cross-cultural psychology laboratory. From the left: Katie Mitchell (B.A.), Nicholas Alt (M.A.), Benjamin Thomas (B.A.), Dr. Joanna Schug, and David Newman (M.A.)
Graduating members of Prof. Zeman's Emotion Socialization research lab: From left: Lauren Quast, Kate Rehberg, Professor Zeman, Sarah Summers, and Ari Romano-Verthelyi
Nicholas Alt, winner of the S. Laurie Sanderson Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring and the Graduate Research Symposium Award, is pictured here at graduation with his advisor Cheryl Dickter and fellow lab member Kim Chaney.