Howdy! Thanks everyone who came out to turn in applications and to vote in the e-board elections! Unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding in who would be able to run for the president position, we currently do not have anyone slated to lead Phi Sigma for the 2013-2014 school year. Therefore, we will be having "cleanup" elections at our next meeting on April 17th at 6pm in ZHS 360. This means that the presidential position is still open and any member, associate or full, is welcome to apply. If you have already turned in an e-board application for another position previously, you do not have to turn another one in to run for president. You can find the e-board application under the "Membership" page (http://uscphisigma.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/4/6/5146673/phi_sigma_eboard_application2013_doc1_1.doc) and you can read the responsibilities there as well (http://uscphisigma.weebly.com/uploads/5/1/4/6/5146673/usc_phi_sigma_e-board_position_descriptions_2012-2013.pdf). Please send in all applications to [email protected]
Also, for all full members, Sean and I have sent in your applications and dues to the national organization and they said they have ordered our cords, pins, and certificates and should be sending them out soon. Please keep in mind you will need to pick up your items at a later date. :) Finally, Sean and I will be handling some transition business with the new e-board for the 2013-2014 school year. We would also love to hear what new members will plan for the upcoming semester! Further meeting details TBA. See you next Wednesday! -Nicole Nguyen
Hey everyone,
Hopefully midterm season is winding down for you guys as the school year heads towards spring break. Woooooo.
We'll be having our third meeting on March 13 AT 6pm in ZHS 360.
This will be the last day that membership applications will be due. Please be sure that your ENTIRE application is filled out, especially if you are applying for full membership. This means every blank that addresses you or needs your signature needs to be filled out. All other blanks that address e-board members or whatnot will be filled out accordingly later. Don't forget that for the full membership form, there is a front page that you need to sign as well. If you do not have this complete, you will not be able to be officially recognized as a member by the national Phi Sigma organization. We will be sending in all dues and forms to the national organization by March 15, 2013, so please be prepared with your dues and filled-out forms at the meeting. If you are interested in joining, please visit our page at http://uscphisigma.weebly.com/membership.html for details. If you cannot make it, arrange a time with us independently to drop things off.
We will also be holding e-board elections so this will be the last chance to submit applications for e-board. You can send e-board applications to our email at ucsphisigma@gmail and find e-board apps at http://uscphisigma.weebly.com/membership.html.
The other details of the meeting are still TBA, but we will also be going over ordering cords for graduating seniors.
We hope to see you there!
-Nicole Nguyen
Hello everyone,
It was great meeting a lot of the faces behind the emails during the meeting on Wednesday. I'm glad many of you came to listen to Dr. Baker speak, and also to find out more about Phi Sigma and a little about getting started with and funding your research. We will definitely revisit this topic more in-depth in the future.
We will be posting the slides from our meeting along with the useful links up on the website soon, as well as send them out to interested people.
If you were unable to turn in your membership apps and dues at the meeting, fear not--Sean and I are currently establishing a next meeting date within the next two weeks and you can turn them into us at that meeting.
However, if you are interested in e-board, please send us your application to our email as soon as possible.
Don't forget to subscribe to our emails on uscphisigma.weebly.com to stay updated!
Toodles,
-Nicole
Welcome everyone! First, thanks for everyone who came out to the informational meeting on January 30th. It was great meeting some new faces, and we hope to see you again in the future! Speaking of the future, we'll be having our next general meeting on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th, in THH 108 at 6pm.During the meeting, we will collect membership forms and dues, hold e-board elections, and start things off with our first speaker of the semester-- Dr. Bob Baker! Tonight's talk will be titled: "Research involvement is fun, collaborative and culturally uplifting." Pizza and drinks will be provided. A USC Credit Union representative will also be present to give out free USC merchandise. If you are interested in joining the organization either as an associate or full member, please check out the membership page for the appropriate forms and information on the dues. If you are also interested in joining e-board, please fill out the e-board form as well found on the membership page. Sean and I are resuscitating the organization from hiatus, and we need tons of help. :) There is also a description of e-board positions on the membership page as well. If you have joined in the past and have not received official recognition to have done so--please email us with your name, USC ID number, and the date and/or year that you have turned in your form and paid your dues. As for turning in the forms, you can either print it out and bring it to an e-board member in person, or you can email it us at [email protected]. See you guys soon! -Nicole Nguyen
Hello! First off, a big thanks everyone who came out last week to listen to Dr. Quick! It was a very interesting talk! To those who couldn't make it, we hope you can come to our LAST meeting!Our last speaker for this year will be Dr. Ite Laird-Offringa, an Associate Professor from the Keck School of Medicine ( http://www.usc.edu/programs/pibbs/site/faculty/lairdoffringa_i.htm). Dr. Laird will be presenting on her research with a talk entitled : "Genome Censorship: Epigenetic Control of Cell Fate" this Thursday (4/21), at 8:00 p.m. at GFS 109, and will also be speaking about other research happening at the Health Sciences Campus, so you won't want to miss out! Please try to make it out that night! We will be having free milk and cookies, too! Also, we'd like to remind everyone that applications for next year's e-board are due next Monday, 4/25, at 5pm. You may bring a copy of your application and CV to us during Thursday's meeting, or send the files to us at [email protected]. We look forward to learning more about you and your vision for Phi Sigma! Don't forget that the application is in the Membership tab!! Thank you! Hope you all have a great SECOND-TO-LAST week! Fight on!! ✌ Phi Sigma
Hello everyone! Hope you have all had a great start to our third-to-last week of school! We are excited to announce that Dr. Michael Quick will be speaking for us this week! Here are the details of the meeting: When: Thursday, April 14, at 8 p.m.
Where: GFS 109 What: "From self-stimulating rats to knock-out mice: what they tell us about drugs, drug abuse, and addiction" Dr. Quick is the Executive Vice-Provost and a Professor of Biological Sciences, and as many of you probably know, an incredibly fun and interesting speaker! Please visit the following site for more information about Dr. Quick and his research: http://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003622. And as always, there will be free food at the event: complimentary cookies and milk! Also, if you're interested in joining the E-board for Phi Sigma, please fill out the E-board application in the Membership tab by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, 4/25. Let us know if you have any questions, and remember to stay updated on our latest events at our blog uscphisigma.weebly.com. Thanks, and we hope to see you Thursday! :) -Phi Sigma
Hello Trojans! Hope that your week has started off well! First off, a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the IMAX event on Saturday! It was awesome seeing you, and I think we can all agree that the IMAX cinematography was incredible! Hope that we can take more people with us next time around! Second, we are very excited to announce another milk and cookies session, this time with guest speaker Dr. Casey Donovan, who is the Chair of USC's Kinesiology Department! Here are the details of our meeting with Dr. Donovan this week: What: "Not-so-Sweet Talk to the Brain: Portal Vein Glucose Sensing in Hypoglycemia" When: Thursday, 3/31, at 8pm Where: ZHS 163 To read about Dr. Donovan and his research, please visit: http://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1003213&CFID=14948279&CFTOKEN=30984708. Again, this is a great opportunity to connect with your fellow Phi Sigma members and to learn more about the amazing research happening on campus. See you Thursday! (:-Phi Sigma
Hey Phi Sigma Members! We hope your break was restful and now you are ready to finish this semester strong! To take a load off of this craziness, Phi Sigma invites you to attend a FREE IMAX movie and dinner this Saturday (3/26)!We will be meeting at 5pm to head over together to the California Science Center and watch "Hubble" 3-D ( http://www.californiasciencecenter.org/Imax/Features/Hubble3D/Hubble3D.php). The movie will last from 5:30 p.m. to approximately 6:15 p.m., and will be followed by a free Subway dinner. Space is limited, so if you are interested in attending, please RSVP by email by Friday, Mar. 25, at 5:00 p.m.Also, we are excited to announce an awesome research opportunity! Dr. Ite Laird of the USC Health Sciences Campus (HSC) researches lung cancer and is currently seeking a junior undergraduate researcher for her lab. She has emphasized that students will be considered on a first-come, first-evaluated basis, so please fill out this application and turn it in ASAP! You can learn more about Dr. Laird and her research at http://www.usc.edu/programs/pibbs/site/faculty/lairdoffringa_i.htm.As always, if you have any questions or concerns, feel free to e-mail us. Have a great rest of the week! :) Phi Sigma
Hello Trojans! Phi Sigma invites you to come hear USC's very own Dr. Donald Arnold present on "Visualizing synaptic structure in vivo." Dr. Arnold is an associate professor in the molecular biology department and received his Ph.D from Johns Hopkins University, so this is an excellent opportunity to not only network with fellow members of this prestigious Biological Sciences Honor Society, but also to learn more about Dr. Arnold's research and about research in general. For more information about Dr. Arnold and his research please visit: http://college.usc.edu/bisc/molecular/faculty/faculty_display.cfm?Person_ID=1003060. You do not need to be a member to attend (but this will be the last day to turn in applications for this semester) and free cookies and milk will be provided! Date: Thursday, 2/17 Time: 8:00 p.m. Location: ZHS 163 Dress: Casual FREE COOKIES AND MILK! Fight On!Phi Sigma
Hello, Phi Sigma members! Happy Week 3! Hope you all have settled in to classes without too much trouble, because we are excited to announce our first event of the semester: a ROOT BEER FLOAT / election social! Come join us THIS THURSDAY, 1/27, at 8pm (room ZHS 163) to make your own delicious root beer floats, meet and greet your fellow bio enthusiasts, and cast in your vote for Phi Sigma's new Publicity Chair this semester! If you are interested in applying for this position, please complete and e-mail the attached application in the Membership Tab to [email protected] It is due on 1/27 at 12pm and please prepare a short 1-2 min speech for the social. Also, we are now collecting both Associate and Full membership applications for the spring semester! The documents can be found in our Membership Tab. Please submit the appropriate application and membership fee to us by our first speaker meeting, which will take place in the middle of February (exact date and time to be e-mailed soon). Finally, we have a few opportunities available for you all! Openings for clinical health psychology research assistants and scholarship interviewers are now available, so please refer below for more details about getting involved! As always, let us know if you have any questions or concerns at all, and we look forward to seeing everyone at the social this Thursday!! Have a fantastic week! :) Phi Sigma === Help us recruit the Class of 2015! The USC College Office of Admission is asking you to serve as an interviewer for this year's Trustee and Presidential Scholarship candidates. The scholarship interviews will be conducted on the following days: - Friday, February 25
- Tuesday, March 1
- Friday, March 4
- Tuesday, March 8
- Friday, March 11
In order to participate, you must: - Either have a declared major in the USC College or be an undeclared major
- Be available from 8:30AM-12PM on the interview date
- Attend one training session on either Wednesday, February 9 or Tuesday, February 15 from 3:30-4:30PM, location TBA.
If you are interested in serving as a scholarship interviewer, please complete the application here by Friday, February 5. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Laura Lindeen at [email protected]. === Position: Research Assistant Type of employment: Volunteer Department: Psychology Study description: Male RAs are needed for help with laboratory study in a clinical health psychology laboratory. RA must have availability from 9-1 on Monday, 10-2 on Wednesday, or 10-2 on Friday. Please email contact personnel for more information. Job Duties: RAs will assist with running subjects through a new laboratory based study and data entry. Qualifications: Genuine interest in research opportunity in psychology lab, flexibility in schedule Time commitment: 8-12 hours a week Location: Seeley G. Mudd (SGM) building Contact: Karan Singh ( [email protected])
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