General Announcements
Senior Honors Program
Attention Juniors!
Keep in mind that if you are planning to apply for admission to the Senior Honors Program you should make sure that you have the appropriate course work and number of credits by the end of your junior year. Please contact the Department Office if you have any questions.For Seniors who wish to apply, download the application form. The deadline is noon on Friday, September 5.
Dr. Chester Collins Memorial Scholarship
Due to a donation by Mr. Glenn Berry on behalf of Dr. Chester Collins, the Department is able to award four scholarships per academic year to students who meet the award qualifications.
Recent Faculty Awards and Accomplishments
HSU Scholar of the Year Award -
Dr. Senqi Hu, 2000
President McCrone Promising Faculty Scholars Award - Dr. Chris Aberson
Outstanding Faculty Award - Melinda Myers, 2000
Other Outstanding Faculty Award Winners:
Dr. Brent Duncan
served as President of the California Association of School Psychologists (CASP)
for academic year 2002-2003.
Student Awards and Accomplishments
Elise Haas, an Academic Research graduate student, won the 2010 Hearst Memorial scholarship dedicated to students who have overcome great
personal tragedy and have been resilient in the face of trauma, accomplishing great things, including high levels of academic
rigor and community service. Elise was HSU's selection and then went on to compete with students from the entire CSU system.
She was chosen as one of two final winners of the
Hearst Scholarship.
Dr. Chester Collins Memorial Scholarship Award History
Class of 2003
Notable awards:
Kristine Schmukler also won the CNRS Outstanding Scholar Award. Kristina is currently in the Social Psychology
Graduate Program at UC Santa Cruz.
Sarah Lindsey was the winner of the HSU Outstanding Student Award.
Sarah Haag won a $300.00 Western Psychological Foundation Scholarship which are awarded to WPA
Student Members who are the first author of their presentations. Awards are based on the blind ratings
of abstracts by the Program Review Commmittee. Sarah is currently in the Counseling Psychology Graduate
Program at the University of Iowa.
April Garcia received a Woolford-Hegy Rotary Scholarship to continue her graduate work at HSU for year, 2003-2004.
Amber Morton received a $5,000 Work/Study scholarship from the graduate division for her work with Dr. Wieand
during 2003-2004.
Dr. Jim Dupree
Dr. Susan Frances
Dr. Chris Aberson
Lisa Forkner is the first winner of the scholarship and recieved $1,500 for educational expenses
at HSU during the 2003-2004 year. She is a worthy first recipient of the scholarship with excellent
credentials exceeding the 3.75 GPA reqiured for applying. She has been heavily involved in research
projects with her professors, presented a first author poster at the Western Psychological Association
and co-authored another. Lisa served as a teaching assistant, was president of the Psychology Club,
and is a hardworking and dedicated student who has shown an exceptional interest in, and talent for
psychology. She plans to apply to a PhD. program.
Kristine Schmukler won the Sally Casanova Scholarship, and was later accepted to 7 Ph.D. programs.
The scholarship provided $4,000 to visit universities, attend conferences, and apply to schools.
It also provided funds ($3,500) to do research over the summer at a UC campus.
