Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Psychology conference founded at USI returns for 29th anniversary
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Wendy Knipe Bredhold Media Relations Specialist, News & Information Services 812/461-5259 Designed to recognize and encourage research by undergraduate psychology students, the MAUPRC has become one of the oldest and most successful conferences of its kind. Palladino requested funding to establish the conference two weeks after arriving at USI in 1981. The conference was originally called the Tri-State UPRC, and Palladino hoped to attract participants from Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. The 1982 conference included participants from all three states, representing seven institutions, with 20 paper presentations. Today, the MAUPRC regularly attracts up to 37 institutions from several states and students deliver more than 100 paper and poster presentations. The MAUPRC is hosted by a consortium of schools including USI, Franklin College, Thomas More College, Eastern Illinois University, University of Indianapolis, and Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis. The conference was recently awarded a $1,000 grant from Psi Chi, the International Honor Society in Psychology, to reduce the cost of participation for students and institutions. For more information, go to the MAUPRC Web site. |
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