[tips] ONTOP 2014 Spoken Program Information Registration - please forward

2014-09-10 Thread Kennison, Shelia
Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that ONTOP 2014 will be held on Friday September 19th on the OklahomaState University-Stillwater campus in Willard Hall. ONTOP is a collaborative effort of the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education at Oklahoma State University.

[tips] ONTOP 2014 Call For submissions Registration Info

2014-07-25 Thread Kennison, Shelia
Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that ONTOP 2014 will be held on Friday September 19th on the OSU-Stillwater campus in Willard Hall. ONTOP is a collaborative effort of the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education at Oklahoma State University. We are pleased that

[tips] summer research program announcement - please forward to other students who might be interested

2012-11-18 Thread Kennison, Shelia
Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our summer research experience for undergraduates again in summer 2013. The program's focus is Biological Basis of Human and Animal Behavior. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation (SMA 1063091).The goal of

RE: [tips] Rick Perry :brain freeze or interference theory

2011-11-11 Thread Kennison, Shelia
A friend showed me this today: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/05/rick-perry-college-transcript_n_919357.html It appears that perry suffered lost of brain freezes in college. SMK Associate Professor IRB Chair Department of Psychology 116 North Murray Hall Oklahoma State University

[tips] summer program announcement - please forward to students

2011-11-08 Thread Kennison, Shelia
Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to announce that we will be holding our summer research experience for undergraduates again in summer 2012. The goal of this program is to provide 12 undergraduate students with an in-depth, hands-on research experience focused on the biological basis of animal

RE: [tips] orientation to major

2011-03-26 Thread Kennison, Shelia
I have been advocating for such a course in my department for a while now, but without success. I see the need for our students because there is a tremendous misconception about psychology. Even the best and brightest come in senior year and say that they want to be a therapist and they do

RE: [tips] Pet peeve: Grammar Nazis

2011-03-13 Thread Kennison, Shelia
Hi, Even those who believe in Chomskyan syntax acknowledge that what children hear in the environment is used in language acquisition. No one believes that the grammar of English is innate or the grammar of French is innate. There is some delicate interplay of environmental input and innate

RE: [tips] Ecuadorian dwarfs, roundworms, Conversos, longevity

2011-02-18 Thread Kennison, Shelia
I learned about the joint appointment from Sue. It's true, even if it is being kept underwraps. Their faculty had to approve it. Karin also has an adjunct appointment there. Shelia Associate Professor IRB Chair Department of Psychology 116 North Murray Hall Oklahoma State University

[tips] summer NSF REU program for undergraduates

2010-12-19 Thread Kennison, Shelia
Dear Colleagues, Happy December It didn't come too soon for me, for sure. I wanted to share with you information about a brand new summer program that is being funded by NSF for the upcoming summer in 2011. The focus of the program is the biological basis of human and animal behavior. Our

[tips] NSF REU dissemination

2010-12-19 Thread Kennison, Shelia
Yes, I agree. We will be disseminating the information to both of these lists as well as others. Also, our application will also be collecting information about whether applicants are first generation college students, from rural areas, or from an economically disadvantaged background. We