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International Honour Society in Psychology inaugurated at UWI St. Augustine

For Release Upon Receipt - April 23, 2013

St. Augustine


ST. AUGUSTINE, Trinidad and Tobago – On Thursday 21st March 2013, the Department of Behavioural Sciences at The University of the West Indies (UWI) St. Augustine, in collaboration with the ANSA McAL Psychological Research Centre, hosted an installation and inaugural induction ceremony of The UWI St. Augustine Campus Psi Chi Chapter, marking the historic induction of the first cohort of Psi Chi members at the Campus. 

Psi Chi is an International Honour Society in Psychology founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating and maintaining excellence in scholarship, thereby advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduate students who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests, and who meet the minimum qualifications. Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honour Societies and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association and the Association for the Psychological Science.

The induction ceremony was led by Psi Chi Faculty Advisors Dr. Derek Chadee (Head, Department of Behavioural Sciences), and Dr. Jannel Philip, who also chaired the event. During the ceremony, 40 undergraduate, postgraduate and alumni members were inducted into Psi Chi after pledging to accept Psi Chi’s standards and purposes as their own. Each new member was presented with certificates and membership cards from the Psi Chi Central Office, and signed the Chapter Registration Book as evidence of their membership. The ceremony was open to both students and staff of the Department of Behavioural Sciences. In particular, psychology students and the executive members of the Student Psychology Association were invited to attend.

The establishment of a Psi Chi Chapter at the St. Augustine Campus is indeed an achievement to celebrate given the recent internationalisation of the Psi Chi in 2009 – some 80 years after it was founded. As of August 2012, Psi Chi recorded 10 international chapters, including chapters in Canada, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands (the latter two considered international since they are situated outside of the continental US). 

Following the installation, chapter members will meet to nominate and elect a Psi Chi Chapter Officers from among the active student members of the chapter.  As with other student bodies on the Campus, membership drives, regular meetings, symposia, and fund raising will be scheduled throughout the year. Members would also be encouraged to maximise the opportunities afforded by Psi Chi membership, including participation in Psi Chi regional conventions, submission of academic papers for publication, and applications for research funding.

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Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with 45 physical site locations across the region, serving 16 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Science & Technology, Food & Agriculture, and Social Sciences.

(Please note that the proper name of the university is The University of the West Indies, inclusive of the “The”, hence The UWI.)

 

 

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