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Department Colloquium


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The Psychology Department frequently hosts colloquia, or talks, by scientists about the research that they do. These speakers can be faculty or students from Queens College, or can be researchers from external institutions. You will receive one research credit for every colloquium that you attend. Below are the instructions on how to use the online system to sign up for colloquia, and what you need to do to receive credit for your attendance:

STEP 1: SIGN UP for a colloquium

1. If you are not already logged-in, go to http://queenscollege.sona-systems.com and log-in with your username and password. **If you have FORGOTTEN your password, click on the “Lost your Password?” link**

2. Click on the “STUDY SIGN UP” section.

3. If there are colloquia that have available time slots, you will see them in the list of studies: all colloquia will be named in the format “Psychology Department Colloquium: (name of colloquium)”, for example, one might be called “Psychology Department Colloquium: Spatial Updating in Human Cortex”. (NOTE: if you do not see any colloquia in the list of available studies, it means that there are presently no available time slots for any of the colloquia. Time slots are added to the system as colloquia are scheduled. Make a habit of logging in frequently to check for open slots.) To sign up for a colloquium, click on ‘Time Slots Available,’ then ‘View time slots for this study.’ You can sign up for any slot that is not already closed. NOTE: You CANNOT sign up for the same colloquium more than once, however, you CAN sign up for more than one (i.e. different) colloquium.

4. WRITE DOWN the date, time and location of the time slot that you sign up for, and the contact information for the researcher running the colloquia. If you forget, you can go back into the system and click on the MY SCHEDULE tab to see the information. After you sign up for a colloquium, it will be listed as “Awaiting Action from Researcher.” This section will change to reflect the number of credits you have received, after you attend the colloquium (see below).

STEP 2: ATTEND the colloquium

1. Be sure to arrive a few minutes before the colloquium begins.

Students arriving more than five minutes late will NOT receive credit for the colloquium. Before the colloquium starts, someone will introduce a designated contact person (someone attending the colloquium, either a faculty member or a graduate student) who has a list of students who have signed up to attend the colloquium. You must sign-in with this designated person before the talk begins, and sign-out with this person after the talk ends by showing him/her your student ID. Once you have done this, you can expect to receive credit for the colloquium within the next few days.

2. You may cancel an appointment up to 24 hours before the colloquium by clicking the “CANCEL” button under the MY SCHEDULE tab. Although there is no penalty if you do not attend a colloquium for which you sign up, it is courteous to cancel in advance so that someone else can sign up for your time slot. If for some reason you have an emergency and you have to cancel within 24 hours of the appointment, please email the researcher directly so that she can free up your time slot. The researcher’s email can be found under “STUDY INFORMATION,” by clicking on the name of the study in the MY SCHEDULE tab.

3. After you attend the colloquium and checked in and out with the designated contact person, your earned credit will be issued online. You can track your completed credits at any time by clicking on the MY SCHEDULE/CREDITS Tab. Don’t worry if you don’t see the credit right away; please give the researcher two days to enter your credit in the system. You will receive 1 credit for each colloquium that you attend.