Carissa Winland of Pflugerville, TX Receives Award from Southwestern University

GEORGETOWN, TX (03/30/2011)(readMedia)-- Carissa Winland of Pflugerville, TX received the 2011 Outstanding Achievement in Psychology Award from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

The Outstanding Achievement in Psychology award is given to students who have shown outstanding performance in the following three areas - 1. In the classroom, as measured by GPA and the difficulty of the courses taken, 2. - Performance in research or in an internship, as measured by outcomes, presentations, publications, pre-publications, manuscripts in preparation, and on the internship side, journal, presentation, performance during the internship, and information from the on-site director, and 3. - Service within the Psychology Department at Southwestern, as measured by performance in Psi Chi or the Psychology Club, secretary positions, mentor for younger students, willing to go out of the way to help someone in their lab, or classroom, etc.).

Winland received the award at the University's Honors Convocation March 5.

Southwestern University is a selective, nationally recognized undergraduate liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,300 students. It is the oldest chartered institution of higher learning in Texas. For more information on Southwestern, visit www.southwestern.edu.

Posted Wednesday March 30, 2011 at 12:45 pm by Southwestern University
Last Updated Thursday March 31, 2011 at 05:00 pm