INSTITUTE, W.Va. — The West Virginia State University (WVSU) Chapter of Psi Chi, the international honor society for psychology majors and minors, has received the organization’s model chapter award.
The WVSU chapter was the only chapter in West Virginia to be recognized with the award this year which is presented to active chapters who demonstrate communication and cooperation within their local community, their own chapter, and Psi Chi National Office by inducting new members annually, voting in the national Psi Chi elections, submitting activity reports, hosting a community service project, and promoting the discipline of psychology.
Psi Chi has 1,250 chapters at colleges and universities in the United States and 17 additional countries. This year there were only 34 Model Chapter Awards given.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the WVSU chapter of Psi Chi.
The WVSU chapter has received two Model Chapter Awards.
For more information about Psi Chi and the benefits of membership, please contact Dr. Paula McCoy at pmmcoy@wvstateu.edu.
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West Virginia State University is a public, land-grant, historically black university, which has evolved into a fully accessible, racially integrated, and multi-generational institution, located in Institute, W.Va. As a “living laboratory of human relations,” the university is a community of students, staff, and faculty committed to academic growth, service, and preservation of the racial and cultural diversity of the institution. Its mission is to meet the higher education and economic development needs of the state and region through innovative teaching and applied research.