Psychology Career, Internship, and Graduate School Fair
5:30 - 7:30pm
Lobby of Psychology Building
Should you attend the Psychology Career, Internship, and Graduate School Fair?
- Ever wonder where your degree in psychology can take you?
- Do you plan to get a job after graduation?
- Are in interested in finding out about graduate programs outside of Ohio State?
- Do you think your only option is going to graduate school in psychology?
- Are you looking for volunteer and internship opportunities?
- Are you a psychology major???
Students RSVP by clicking here.
If you represent an organization or graduate program and would like more information or would like to register to attend the Psychology Career, Internship, and Graduate School Fair on 2/10/09, please click here.
Below is a list of Organization and Graduate Programs who will be attending.
Entry Level Jobs
Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission
http://rsc.ohio.gov
The Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission is a state agency serving Ohioans with disabilities. The Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation (BVR) and Bureau of Services for the Visually Impaired (BSVI) help people with disabilities get or keep a job. For those unable to work, the Bureau of Disability Determination (BDD) determines eligibility for Social Security disability benefits or Supplemental Security Income.
Teach For America
www.teachforamerica.org
Teach for America is a program that is open to all academic majors. It places high-achieving recent college graduates in low income communities across the country to give students the opportunity to succeed. Full-salary and full-benefits are available to all accepted applicants. Accepted applicants have the chance to affect the lives of many of the 13 million children who do not have equal access to education and are growing up in low income communities to!
FIRSTLINK
www.firstlink.org FIRSTLINK is best known as the free, primary information center for the Greater Columbus Area linking individuals with local nonprofit and governmental resources. . The 2-1-1 Services department provides over 270,000 referrals annually. These referrals are provided through FIRSTLINK's 24-hour Information and Referral line (2-1-1), FOODLINK the emergency food line, and the Kinship Care program
BTFC Foundation and Development Corporation
http://www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/gaylewarren44
Pre-Paid Legal is a company has been providing legal service plans to North American families for over 30 years.
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions
www.kaptest.com/teach
Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions has been preparing people for standardized tests for nearly 70 years and continues to be the world's leader in test preparation and admissions consulting. Kaplan's instructors help prepare students for the SAT, ACT, GRE, and many more entrance exams.
FCBMRDD
http://fcbmrdd.org
The Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities is a county agency that provides services for citizens of Franklin County who have mental retardation or other developmental disabilities. Services are provided for individuals of all ages and include: Early Childhood, Home Based, School, Adult Services, Supported Living, Family Resources, Service Coordination, and Recreation. Services are designed to provide programs and supports to individuals and their families so that persons with MRDD can live, work, learn, and participate in the community.
Brain Injury Association of Ohio
www.biaoh.org
Creating a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education, and advocacy (non-profit organization)
Internships/Volunteer
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Ohio
www.bbbscentralohio.org
We are a mentoring organization working with Kids in Elementary, Middle and High School. We have several School-based internships available. Our internships include the opportunity to: (1) assist program coordinator with school-based mentoring programs, (2) aid in youth enrollment, (3) on-site support, planning and implementing activities, (4) administrative duties, and (5) other various tasks to support the mentoring programs.
Columbus Public Health
http://www.publichealth.columbus.gov
Columbus Public Health is the local public health agency for the City of Columbus. Established in 1904, the department is charged with assuring conditions in which people can be healthy. Columbus Public Health is made up of a range of programs providing clinical, environmental, health promotion, and population-based services.
Columbus Metropolitan Library
www.columbuslibrary.org
The mission of Columbus Metropolitan Library is to promote reading and guide learning in pursuit of information, knowledge and wisdom. Everything we do supports this mission, ranging from helping first-time library users find the materials they need, to training new parents on how to prepare their children to become readers, to helping young students complete homework projects. By joining us as an unpaid intern or a volunteer, you can take a role in helping us achieve our mission.
FIRSTLINK
www.firstlink.org
FIRSTLINK is best known as the free, primary information center for the Greater Columbus Area linking individuals with local nonprofit and governmental resources. . The 2-1-1 Services department provides over 270,000 referrals annually. These referrals are provided through FIRSTLINK's 24-hour Information and Referral line (2-1-1), FOODLINK the emergency food line, and the Kinship Care program
COSI
www.cosi.org
COSI is a hands-on science center for individuals of all ages. We have six interactive exhibition areas and usually one traveling gallery. Additionally, we have a 7-story IWERKS theater showing two movies, plus live shows. There are front-of-house and behind-the-scenes volunteer opportunities.
Northwest Counseling Services
www.northwestcounselingservices.org
Internship and volunteer opportunities are within the Older Adults Program. We provide both aging supportive services and mental health services (counseling and case management) with older adults. Most clients are frail with several health problems. Staff and interns also drive clients to important appointments and help them navigate challenging systems (medical systems, government programs, etc). Interns help with direct client services and also help with record audits and other tasks in the office.
BTFC Foundation and Development Corporation
http://www.prepaidlegal.com/hub/gaylewarren44
Pre-Paid Legal is a company has been providing legal service plans to North American families for over 30 years.
Ohio Department of Youth Services Division of Parole
http://portal/C12/Parole Community Services/default.aspx
The MISSION of the Ohio Department of Youth Services is to encourage positive change in the lives of youthful offenders through collaborative partnerships and culturally relevant therapeutic and academic interventions that support public safety and prepare youth to lead productive lives.
Young Adult Transition Corps
http://yatcohio.org
Young Adult Transition Corps is committed to improving the quality of life for youth with disabilities who are transitioning from school to adult life through activities that promote community service, community access, and social skill development.
Suicide Prevention Services
sps@ncmhs.org
Suicide Prevention Services is a program of North Central Mental Health Services. Volunteers are needed to answer our 24-hour crisis intervention Hotlines. Spring training will be Weds evenings and 3 Saturdays from the end of March through the beginning of May. Volunteers commit to a 6-hour weekly shift for 6 months. North Central is located on High St just south of campus.
FCBMRDD
http://fcbmrdd.org
The Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities is a county agency that provides services for citizens of Franklin County who have mental retardation or other developmental disabilities. Services are provided for individuals of all ages and include: Early Childhood, Home Based, School, Adult Services, Supported Living, Family Resources, Service Coordination, and Recreation. Services are designed to provide programs and supports to individuals and their families so that persons with MRDD can live, work, learn, and participate in the community.
American Red Cross of Greater Columbus
http://columbus.redcross.org/
The American Red Cross of Greater Columbus and the Central Ohio Blood Services Region is excited to offer volunteer opportunities and internships ranging from working out on blood drives to assisting victims of disasters.
SARNCO
http://www.ohiohealth.com/body.cfm?id=980
The Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio (SARNCO) strives to empower all survivors and co-survivors of sexual and relationship violence and in time, to eliminate these forms of abuse, through culturally competent programming.
Brain Injury Association of Ohio
www.biaoh.org
Creating a better future through brain injury prevention, research, education, and advocacy (non-profit organization)
Heinzerling Foundation
www.heinzerling.org
We are a residential facility for individuals with profound and severe mental retardation. We currently serve 213 individuals. The mission of the Heinzerling Foundation is to provide a loving and nurturing environment that enriches the development, education and quality of life of individuals with severe or profound mental retardation.
Graduate Programs & Offices
Our Lady of the Lake University Graduate Admissions
www.ollusa.edu
A multi-campus, regional university, OLLU has campuses in San Antonio and Houston.
The University offers 48 master's degree programs and two doctoral degree programs.
Graduate Programs: Education, Communication and Learning Disorders, Social Work, Psychology, PsyD - Doctorate in Counseling Psychology, English, Human Sciences, Special Education.
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
www.thechicagoschool.edu/
With more than 2,200 students, The Chicago School is the nation's leading graduate school dedicated exclusively to the advancement of professional psychology education. The school is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and an active member of the National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional Psychology, which has recognized The Chicago School for its distinguished service and outstanding contribution to cultural diversity and advocacy.
Wright State School of Professional Psychology
www.wright.edu/sopp
Wright State offers a five year doctoral (Psy.D.) program in Clinical Psychology with a practitioner training model. Our curriculum has six competency areas: Relationship/diversity, Assessment, Intervention, Basic science/ research/evaluation, consultation/education and management/supervision.
Adler School of Professional Psychology
www.adler.edu
The school includes a home campus in the Chicago Loop and a growing campus in Vancouver, Canada. Adler School offers a Doctoral program in Clinical Psychology (accredited by APA) and Masters of Arts Degrees in Counseling Psychology, Counseling Psychology: Art Therapy, Marriage and Family Counseling, Counseling and Organizational Psychology, School Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Gerentology Counseling.
Teachers College, Columbia University
http://www.tc.columbia.edu/admissions
Teachers College, Columbia University is more than its name implies-it is an urban, independent, thoroughly diverse and multicultural, comprehensive graduate and professional school of education. Students can concentrate in areas including education and educational leadership, clinical and counseling psychology, social and behavioral sciences, the arts and humanities, health and health promotion, international and comparative education, policy, and technology.
Youngstown State University
http://www.ysu.edu/counselingandspecialeducation/counseling.html
We have a nationally awarded and accredited Counseling Program (CACREP/NCATE) with three masters program options 1) Clinical Mental Health Counseling, 2) School Counseling, and 3) Student Affairs Leadership and Practice. Approx. 1/3 of our masters students receive graduate assistantships which results in earning a master's degree for free.
The Ohio State University College of Optometry
http://optometry.osu.edu
Student clinicians, and the licensed faculty optometrists who supervise them, use state of the art instruments and examination procedures to assure accurate diagnoses and personalized treatment plans for every patient. Our tradition of excellence, commitment to quality patient care, and extraordinary instructors provide a world class optometric education to all who attend.
School of Educational Policy and Leadership
http://ehe.osu.edu/epl
The School of Educational Policy and Leadership's nationally ranked graduate programs are distributed into the areas of educational administration, higher education, quantitative methods, educational psychology and philosophy, and cultural foundations, technology, and qualitative inquiry.
School of Physical Activity and Educational Services: PAES
http://ehe.osu.edu/paes
The master's program has two tracks: school counseling and clinical counseling. The school counseling track prepares school counselors to be leaders and change agents that positively affect student achievement and career aspirations. The clinical counseling track prepares counselors to assess, diagnose, and treat mental and emotional disorders.
OSU College of Pharmacy - PharmD Program
www.pharmacy.ohio-state.edu
Consistently rated as one of the top pharmacy schools in the country, The Ohio State University College of Pharmacy is part of the most comprehensive academic health sciences center in the United States. Students learn from leaders in pharmacy education and research as well as an interdisciplinary team of faculty and health care professionals.
Public Health
http://cph.osu.edu
Public Health offers the following graduate degree programs: Master of Public Health (MPH), Master of Health Administration (MHA), Master of Science (MS), and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Our specializations include: Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Behavior/Health Promotion, Environmental Health Sciences, Health Services Management and Policy, and Veterinary Public Health.
Occupational Therapy
http://amp.osu.edu/ot/
We offer a Masters of Occupational Therapy degree. We admit 40 students each year. Occupational Therapy graduates have wonderful opportunities for entry level jobs immediately after graduation. Occupational therapists work in a variety of settings including community mental health programs, schools, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation and in health promotion and disability prevention programs.
Arts and Sciences Career Services Office
www.asccareerservices.osu.edu
The Arts and Sciences Career Services Office is dedicated to assisting undergraduate students in the Colleges of the Arts and Sciences with finding internships, exploring career options, and planning a strategic job search.
Career Connection
www.careerconnection.osu.edu
Career Connection is a career services office on campus that provides career-related assistance to any undergraduate, graduate, professional, or continuing education student at OSU. Services include but are not limited to individual career counseling sessions, workshops, group sessions, and assessments.
OSU College of Nursing
www.nursing.osu.edu
The OSU College of Nursing offers students with a non-nursing bachelors degree to earn a Master of Science in nursing in three years of full-time study. Specialty areas include: Clinical Nurse Leader, Adult Heath and Illness, Family Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Nurse-Midwifery, Nursing and Health Systems Management, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatric Mental Health, and Women's Health.
OSU College of Social Work
http://www.csw.ohio-state.edu/
The Program is two years, going full-time, but we do offer a three-year and four-year part-time program. We also offer a dual degree with a Master of Arts earned in Public Policy and Management and Master of Social Work upon completion of the two required programs.
