FOr Entering Students

Fundamentals/Orientation Week August 24-27, 2009

Dear Entering Students,

Welcome to the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. We are very happy that you will be joining our graduate school community. We want to welcome you and to make sure that you plan to attend our required orientation to life at MSPP, Fundamentals Week, August 24th - 27th 2009.

We have several goals for this week which include helping you to meet the community of students with whom you will train, orienting you to policy and procedures, successful navigation of online services, library, the Registrar’s and Financial Aid offices as well as other school departments. Most importantly, we will begin to explore key issues in working as mental health professionals. Fundamentals Week will also include gatherings and a day of community service: elements at the core of the MSPP ethos.

Please mark your calendars and PDA’s

PsyD in Clinical Psychology
Doctoral Respecialization in Clinical Psychology
MA/CAGS in School Psychology
MA in Counseling Psychology
Monday, August 24 - Thursday August 27, 2009
9:00 am - 5:30 pm*
*Except Wednesday which will conclude with a picnic and run until dusk

MA in Organizational Psychology
Monday, August 24, 2009
9:00 am - 5:30 pm

MA in Forensic & Counseling Psychology
Monday, August 24, 2009, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
and
Saturday, August 29, 2009, 9:00 am - 5:o0 pm

Please also plan to join us for two additional events. We hope that the entire entering class will join us for a Wednesday evening at 5:00 pm picnic sponsored by the Student Coordinating Committee (SCC) and Board of Trustees. We also invite you to participate in a Friday Community Service Day. Please RSVP to Marice Nichols at Marice_nichols@mspp.edu to indicate your participation in the Wednesday early evening picnic and the Friday Community Service Day.

Students who attended a prior Fundamentals Week as part of their MSPP matriculation will receive special instructions for August, 2009 participation.

Enjoy your summer and we look forward to meeting you on Monday, August 24, 2009.

Sincerely,
Alan Dodge Beck, PhD
Dean, PsyD in Clinical Psychology Program

Stanley J. Berman, PhD
Dean, Programs of Advanced Graduate Study

Updated 7/27/09