Membership in the Psychology Club is open to any Niagara University student with an interest in psychology.  Please contact the club for more information at:

nupsychclub@yahoo.com

For more information about the academic criteria for membership in the National Honorary Organization for Psychology, Psi Chi, please read below:

Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology. Our Psi Chi Chapter provides you with the opportunity to join Psi Chi if you meet certain standards required by Psi Chi and the Association of College Honor Societies (a governing body for college honor societies).

Membership in Psi Chi is an earned honor which is for life. Your membership is preserved at the Psi Chi national office and can be called upon for reference purposes such as applications for graduate school and jobs. The only charge by the national organization is a once-in-a-lifetirne registration fee of $25. The national organization does not charge dues or assessments.

When you are inducted into Psi Chi, you are presented with a membership certificate suitable for framing and a membership card. You are eligible to wear Psi Chi emblems including keypins, charms, lapel pins, tie tacs, cloth emblems for blazers or sweaters, etc. A quarterly Psi Chi Newsletter is furnished to the chapters for you to pick up free of charge at chapter meetings. (Individual copies are available by subscription.) Among the topics covered in the newsletters are national, regional, state, international, and local conventions at which you are eligible to attend and present papers. Also included are opportunities to participate in undergraduate and graduate research award competitions. The names of new members and activities of chapters are published in the newsletter and preserved for historical purposes.

If you are interested in joining Psi Chi, please print and fill out the form at the bottom of this page and return it to a chapter officer or the faculty advisor to Psi Chi. We look forward to hearing from you.

Membership in Psi Chi is open to those who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who are students or faculty members in an institution where a chapter is located (if your school does not have a Psi Chi chapter, have you considered starting a chapter?). Both undergraduate and graduate students who have registered for major or minor standing in psychology or for a program psychological in nature may be eligible for membership if other requirements are fulfilled.

• Completion of 3 semesters or 5 quarters of the college course
• Completion of 9 semester hours or 14 quarter hours of psychology courses
• Ranking in the top 35% of their class in general scholarship
• Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in both psychology classes and in cumulative grades

Students and faculty are elected to membership by the chapter at the institution, according to the provisions in the national Psi Chi Constitution (pdf file). Any chapter, at its discretion, may establish higher academic standards for eligibility, but may not require service standards for eligibility. Membership in Psi Chi is open to qualified candidates of any age, sex, sexual orientation, race, handicap or disability, color, religion, and national and ethnic origin.

Please complete the following form if you are interested in Psi Chi:

1. My name is: _________________________________

2. Name of school and your school address: Niagara University
School telephone number____________

3. Home address:___________________________ Home telephone number_____________

4. Classification: __Freshman __Sophomore __Junior __Senior __Graduate

5. Cum GPA Psychology GPA ________

6. List completed psychology courses, including grades and credit hours:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

7. List completed courses equivalent to psychology, including grades and credit hours:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________

8. List psychology courses and equivalent ones in which you are currently enrolled:
________________________________________________________________________
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9. I believe that I will qualify for membership in Psi Chi after have I completed the psychology courses in which I am currently enrolled: ____Yes ____No

Please return this form to:

Dr. Burt Thompson
Psychology Department
DePaul Hall

We look forward to hearing from you soon.  We are happy that we are able to offer you the privilege of joining Psi Chi as soon as you are eligible. We hope that you can join now. If you know of another student who is studying psychology and has not received this notice, please ask him or her to get in touch with us.