The School of Natural and SPECIAL POINTS OF IN- TEREST: Travel Study Social Sciences Newsletter Opportunities to Get Involved! O C T O B E R 2 0 1 3 Graduate School Possible Careers I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E : Travel Study 2-3 Graduate 4 School Recent 5 Graduate Psi Chi Psi Chi is the National Honor Society in Psychology Becoming a Member Must be at least a second-semester sophomore Must be enrolled as a major or minor in a psychology program or a program psychological in nature that is equivalent to a psychology major Must have completed at least 9 semester hours Must have a psychology GPA that is at least 3.00 on a 4 -point scale Proof Seekers Math Club Stay Tuned for upcoming events! Biology & Chemistry Chemistry Club: Meeting will be held on Thursday, September 19 at 5pm in Murphy 102. We will be nominating officers and discussing plans for the year. Dr. Butterworth is the sponsor of this club and can be contacted at 903-923-2255. Upcoming Events: Dr. Troy Ladine will be taking a group of students to the Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting March 7 9 2014 at Texas A&M Galveston. Please contact Dr. Ladine at 903-923-2249 if you re interested in attending. The Vision of the School of Natural and Social Sciences is to utilize the philosophy and methods of science to promote understanding of how the physical world is composed and related to the properties and behaviors of plant, animal, and human life. Students are challenged to integrate the logic of rational certainty with the logic of faith and conviction. School of Natural and Social Sciences One Tiger Drive Marshall, TX 75670 Phone: 903-923-2093 Fax: 903-934-8115 E-mail: sciences@etbu.edu
T R A V E L S T U DY M AY 2 0 1 3 PAGE China During May 2013, Dr. Roy Darville of the Department of Biology and Chemistry, led a group of five students on a three week travel-study course to China. The purposes of the course were to: learn about the biology of the giant panda, study various parks and environmental education facilities, gain an understanding of Chinese culture, and to provide ministry opportunities. During the trip the cities of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Ya an, and Beijing were visited. The highlight of the trip was the three days that the class spent working closely with the highly endangered giant pandas at the Bifengxia giant panda center. Students learned how to take care of the pandas and watched the baby pandas play in the panda kindergarten. In Beijing the students visited many cultural sites including the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Great Wall, and the Beijing Opera. The class attended church in Guangzhou and Beijing and built relationships with Chinese college students. The next biology trip to China is scheduled for May 2015. Please contact Dr. Darville if you are interested in going on the trip. 2
P A G E 3 Ecuador The purpose of the class was to compare the community health care programs between Texas and Ecuador. Why did we choose Ecuador? Both Ecuador and Texas have large Hispanic populations and large rural areas. Ecuador has private, social and welfare medicine. Texas has private and welfare medicine and, with Obamacare, will soon have socialized medicine. Our trip schedule was packed with various activities and many different sites. We began our journey by taking a plane from Houston, TX to Miami, FL to Quito, Ecuador. We stayed in Quito and toured different medical facilities May 14-17. The morning of May 18 th we joined with Steven and Carol Thompson of Global Ministries International and traveled to Tena, Ecuador and the Jungle Camp. During our stay at the Jungle camp we conducted 5 health fairs for the children of Compassion International. On May 23 rd we traveled to the Mountain Camp called Chacauco near Patate, Ecuador. There we participated in a children s camp, traveled to Apatug (a Quichua Indian Community) where we conducted a health fair and toured a beautiful town called Banos. We saw a total of 680 people via the health fairs. May 27 th we returned to Quito where we rested and shopped until we dropped. We had several adventures and made lots of new friends. God blessed us every day! T H E S C H O O L O F N A T U R A L A N D S O C I A L S C I E N C E S N E W S L E T T E R
P A G E 4 Master of Arts in Counseling Dr. Gerald Nissley Master of Arts in Counseling Program Stop by the Behavioral Sciences Office for Helps and Hints for taking the GRE for Graduate school! For all majors! Do you want to make a difference? Do you want to serve others? A career in counseling is a way. ETBU makes it possible. The Department of Behavioral Sciences at East Texas Baptist University offers a Master of Arts (MA) in Counseling. With academic rigor and holistic attention to the entire person of the counselor-in-training and professional practice, the program is designed to prepare you for practice in professional counseling in a variety of settings. Upon graduation from our program, you will be wellprepared to provide counseling services to others competently in addition to capabilities for other aspects of practice management and emerging professional trends. For more information, e- mail: MAC@etbu.edu Guide to Graduate School Baylor/ Truitt University Clinical Psychology (Psy D) Educational Psychology (Ed, S, MA, MS, Ed, Ed D) Social Work (MSW, MSW, PhD) Sociology (MA, PhD) Educational Psychology (MA, MS) Experimental Psychology (PhD) Health and Behavioral Psychology (PhD) Sociology (MA, MS, PhD) University of Texas at Arlington Criminology and Criminal Justice (MA) Psychology (MA, MS, PhD) Social Work (MMSW, PhD) Sociology (MA, PhD) University of Texas at Austin Educational Psychology (PhD) Psychology ( PhD) Social Work (MSSW, PhD Sociology (MA, PhD -A Look at the Behavioral Sciences- Hardin-Simmons University Family Psychology (MA) Houston Baptist University Psychology (MAP) LSU Shreveport School Psychology Stephen F. Austin State University Psychology (MA) Social Work (MA) Texas A&M Commerce Educational Psychology (MS,MS,PhD) Psychology (MS, MA, PhD) Social Work (MSW) Sociology (MS) Texas Women's University Family Therapy (MS, PhD) School Psychology (MA, PhD) Sociology (MA, PhD) University of Texas at Tyler Clinical Psychology (MA) School Psychology (MA) Criminal Justice (MS) University North Texas Behavioral Analysis (MS) Criminal Justice (MS) T H E S C H O O L O F N A T U R A L A N D S O C I A L S C I E N C E S N E W S L E T T E R
Graduates: Where are they now? After graduating from ETBU in Fall 2010, I pursued a master's in Kinesiology from the University of North Texas and spent two years working as a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation. During this time, I taught various activity classes (i.e., weight-training, Ultimate, and racquetball), and I served as a lab instructor for a health and wellness class. After graduating, I had the opportunity to continue my education at UNT by pursuing a doctoral degree that integrates my interests in psychology and kinesiology. Specifically, I am pursuing a PhD in Educational Research with a concentration in the PsychoSocial Aspects of Sports and Exercise. It is a collaborative degree between the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation and the Department of Educational Psychology at UNT. It focuses on issues of research methodology, development research, measurement, and statistics through the lens of sport and exercise. Over the past 3 years, I have had the opportunity to present research at several national conferences, and I am currently working on preparing my first manuscript for publication! -Mitch Barton Mitch Barton P A G E 5 Possible Careers in the School of Natural and Social Sciences Psychology Major: Career or vocational counselor, School Psychologist, Counselor, Engineering Psychologist, Clinical Psychologist, Sports Psychologist, Industrial-Organizational Psychologist. Sociology Major: Human Services, Demographic Analyst, Gerontologist, Health Services, Public Health Statistician, Researcher, Social Scientist, Professor Child Development Major: Child Care, Day Care, Education, Parent-Child Education, YMCA, Church Employment Criminal Justice Major: Lawyer, Private Investigator, Police Officer, Federal Marshal, Forensic Analyst, Paralegal, Probation Officer, Corrections Officer, Victim Advocate Chemistry Major: Analytical Chemist, Organic Chemist, Physical Chemist, Educator/ Professor, Chemical Engineer, Oil and Petroleum Biology Major: Medical Field, Animal Science, Research, Microbiologist, Entomologist, Zoologist, Veterinarian, Marine Biologist Allied Health Major: Athletic Training, Dental Hygiene, Medical Technology, Physician s Assistant, Radiography, Respiratory Therapy Mathematics Major: Software Engineer, Operations Research Analyst, Banking, Educator, Cryptologist