Psychology Newsletter

Regular Academic Session Courses (01/13 - 05/05):

• January 13th: First day of Spring classes. UAccess still available for registration. First day to file for the Grade Replacement Opportunity (GRO).
• January 18th: Martin Luther King Day, no classes.
• January 20th: Last day to use UAccess for adding classes, changing classes, or changing sections.
• January 21st: Instructor approval required on a Change of Schedule form to ADD or CHANGE classes.
• January 26th: Last day to drop without a grade of W (withdraw) Classes dropped on or before this date will remain on your UAccess academic record with a status of dropped, but will not appear on your transcript. Last day for a refund.
• January 27th: Beginning today, students may completely withdraw from all classes in the term. W period begins A penalty grade of W will be awarded for each withdrawal and the class(es) will appear on your transcript.

Seven Week First Session Courses (01/13 - 03/08):

• January 13th: First day of Seven Week First Session classes. UAccess still available for registration. First day to file for the Grade Replacement Opportunity (GRO).
• January 16th: Last day to use UAccess for adding classes, changing classes, or changing sections.
• January 17th: Instructor approval required on a Change of Schedule form to ADD or CHANGE classes.
• January 19th: Last day to drop without a grade of W (withdraw) Classes dropped on or before this date will remain on your UAccess academic record with a status of dropped, but will not appear on your transcript. Last day for a refund.
• January 20th: W period begins A penalty grade of W will be awarded for each withdrawal and the class(es) will appear on your transcript.

*Click here to view the complete list of deadlines*

The Psychology Department now has a new way for you to get in touch. We’ve introduced a chat feature to our website that will connect you with our front office student services team. Visit our website, https://psychology.arizona.edu/, and click on the bottom right corner to chat. While the chat isn’t designed to be used for advising questions, we can answer general questions or help you connect with your advisor.

The advising team will continue to offer remote advising via Phone or Zoom until further notice. Appointments can be scheduled with your assigned advisor or you can search all Psychology advisor availability via Trellis.

Many advising questions can be answered via email. Remember your email etiquette when emailing your advisor or other university entity including faculty or university services. We encourage you to google additional helpful tips, but we appreciate:

• Clear and concise messages
• Including a appropriate greeting and closings (with your name)
• Including your 8 digit student ID number
• Using your university email address

Pro Tip: Emails are considered a form of professional communication and should not be treated like less formal communication methods such as a text message.

Be sure to take some time to prepare for an appointment. Have a list of questions ready to help facilitate the conversation and use Trellis give helpful details to the advising team to allow us to prepare for the appointment as well.

We know that at times websites feel like “information overload” so OSFA has put together a wonderful resource for returning Wildcats, Know Before You Go! The idea behind this new informational page is to highlight areas of our OSFA website and the upgraded Student Center where students can find answers to the top questions we receive at this time of year – by providing the answer at your fingertips.

Many university resources and supports have online support options at this time.

Student Success & Retention Innovation (SSRI) supports the success of all undergraduates at the University of Arizona. Increases retention and graduation rates through strengths-based programming, evidence-based practices, and robust assessment. Serves as a leader in public higher education for student success and degree completion. Check out SSRI Main Page & Student Resources.

Support. Outreach. Success. (SOS ) supports all Arizona community members, with a focus on enhancing the student experience.

Whether a student has too much information or too little, SOS will help. Every student has a different experience at the University of Arizona, and maybe the FAQs don't apply. Reach out to SOS for answers to fit your needs or any old question you may have. Check out SOS here.

Check out this page for updates and info regarding campus reentry.

There's also the COVID Ambassador Team Hotline: (520) 848-4045 available 7AM – 7PM daily.

Job Search Jumpstart (JSJS). JSJS is a two-week email-based career coaching program that walks you through the four essential steps you need to be ready to confidently search and apply for jobs: Resume, Online profiles, Cover letter, and Interviewing.

Jumpstart Your Job Search on January 25.

This is a great way to prepare for Spring Career Days 2021.

Are you interested in gaining research experience in psychology? Are you looking for opportunities to help build your CV for graduate/professional school? GLASS (Grief Loss and Social Stress) Laboratory is hiring an undergraduate research assistant. As a research assistant, you will be working on a project studying how Hispanic cultures shape emotional well-being in dementia caregiver populations. For this project, we are looking for an assistant who is bilingual in English/Spanish and can do translations/interpretations proficiently. You will receive research course credits for your work.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Jiah Yoo (jiahyoo@email.arizona.edu) by Jan 16.

The Human Memory Lab is in need of several new undergraduate research assistants to help with one of the main projects in our lab. Broadly, we are interested in human memory and how brain changes like Alzheimer's Disease affect autobiographical memory. As an RA, you would learn the fundamentals of conducting research in a lab setting, as well as how and why this research is an important contribution to the science of Psychology. Despite our unique COVID-19 climate, we are still conducting research. However, because of the health risks associated with exposure, these positions will be performed remotely, without in-person visits.

If this opportunity interests you, please respond to the following email address with a little bit about yourself: thayer84@arizona.edu

Statistics show relatively high usage rates for UArizona's exposure notification app, which helped curb the spread of the virus on campus. Public health experts say the digital strategy worked well because it was used in conjunction with traditional contact tracing, in addition to testing and isolation efforts.

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How to Make an Advising Appointment

Advising appointments are for majors only can be scheduled by going to Trellis. Students can search for any of the names listed below to meet with. http://student.trellis.arizona.edu

Psychology minors, please email your assigned advisor.

Advisors:

Randy Yazzie – Students with last names A-F (yazzier@email.arizona.edu)

Keri Bishop – Students with last names G-M (kerib@email.arizona.edu)

Shelley Gill – Students with last names N-Z (shelleyb@email.arizona.edu)

Melanie Lipton - Assistant Director of Academic Advising (melanieliption@email.arizona.edu)

Email: MBB-psycinfo@email.arizona.edu
Website: http://psychology.arizona.edu/advising
Location: 1503 E University Blvd, Tucson, AZ, United States
Phone: 520-621-7439
Facebook: facebook.com/arizonapsychology/