Local Students Inducted into Psi Chi National Honor Society

From Assumption College: The Assumption College Department of Psychology has announced that 23 students became members of the Psychology National Honor Society, Psi Chi, earlier this academic year.

Local students include:

• Kathleen Engdahl of Worcester (01602), Class of 2017
• Raysa Guerrero of Worcester (01605), Class of 2018
• Catherine Kalenoski of Worcester (01602), Class of 2018

"We are excited to welcome the new members to Assumption's chapter of Psi Chi," said Maria Parmley, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology and one of the honor society's advisors. "It is with great pride that we recognize this group of students for their hard work, discipline, and love for this field of psychology.

Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is open to graduate and undergraduates, of junior or senior academic standing, who have chosen psychology as their major or minor. Inductees must also have completed nine semester hours of psychology courses, rank in the top 35 percent of their class, and have a minimum grade point average of 3.25, in both psychology classes and in overall cumulative grades. Psi Chi members are invited to submit scholarly articles to the Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research, apply for research grants, and attend and present at regional and national conferences

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