Hillarie Hazelton | Echo
The Psychology Club or "Psych Club" started out the year with a strong presence on campus, placing posters with images from the show "Psych" everywhere and piquing students' interest.
The Psych Club is open to anyone with an interest in psychology. Junior Nick Haynes, president of the club, mentioned that plans are in the making for bi-weekly meetings for students who are not in psychology courses but want to learn the basics of psychology. These meetings will be student-driven by the Psych Club cabinet.
The Psych Club was formed in 2010 but has been revamped this semester to include service-learning projects, academic and informational meetings and social events.
An upcoming service-learning project will take place on Halloween. Psych Club members will dress up and trick-or-treat for canned goods. These canned goods will then be donated to a food pantry.Guest speakers will also be making appearances at the Psych Club meetings. One previous meeting's guest speaker discussed different career paths for psychology majors. A future speaker will come to discuss pursuing a master's degree or a Ph.D. in psychology.
During finals week, the club will hold a white elephant gift exchange to relieve some of the stress from studying.
Haynes emphasized that Psych Club is not only for psychology majors or minors.
"Psychology can be used in any career . . . there aren't many where you wouldn't benefit from a degree or basic knowledge of psychology," Haynes said.Haynes also gave advice to people who are interested in Psych Club but not sure if they want to commit to coming to every meeting.
"Come to the meetings and check it out. If you like it, come to more. If not, at least you can say you gave it a shot," Haynes said.
Starting November 7, the club will be hosting biweekly meetings geared toward non-psych majors called "Psyched Out!" The meetings will be open to the whole campus to come and learn about different psychology topics.
