NJCU Inducts 16 Students Into Psi Chi Honor Society
JERSEY CITY, N.J. | New Jersey City University honored 16 psychology students during its 2023 Psi Chi Induction Ceremony. Psi Chi is the International College Honor Society in Psychology. The virtual ceremony was held on April 3.
NJCU’s chapter advisors are Dr. Peri Yuksel, Associate Professor of Psychology and Dr. Wei Zhang, Assistant Professor of Psychology. Amirah Kitchen and Hafsa Dawood are the current student officers of the honor society and helped organize the event.
Psi Chi was founded in 1929 at the University of Kansas in the United States and today is one of the largest honor societies in the United States, with more than 1,250 chapters. Its mission is to encourage excellence in scholarship and advance the science of psychology.
Psi Chi is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is an affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Psychological Science (APS). Its sister honor society is Psi Beta, the national honor society in psychology for community and junior colleges.
The following 16 NJCU students were honored with induction into Psi Chi in 2023:
- Ruth Abadie
- Rhoda Alaribe
- Migo Belamide
- Corryn DeFazio
- Kira Flores
- Yvelisse Gonzalez
- Mariam Kadiri
- Nuve Lliguichuzhca
- Charlene Martinez
- Jenny Martinez
- Kelsey Mendez
- Alicia Rivas
- Manesha Singh
- Enasia Smart
- Jennifer Verdina
- Naomi Yamada-Padilla
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