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We welcome your interest in the MSU School Psychology program and invite you to explore our website to learn more about our Program's goals, curriculum for the Ph.D or Ed.S programs, and faculty and to take a tour of the MSU campus. In addition, you can learn more about us at our annual 'Fall Fest.' Our School Psychology community is made up of a talented and dynamic group of students who come from a variety of states across the nation including Arizona, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, South Carolina, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Michigan, as well other countries such as Greece. Through a careful review process, we select students whom we believe to be well-suited to the Program's philosophy and goals and who possess outstanding academic and interpersonal skills. that enable them to benefit from and contribute to the Program. Our Program philosophy is reflected in our practice of fostering a community of learners that is characterized by mutual respect and valuing of the different roles and perspectives of the members. Students are centrally involved in Program governance activities and serve on a variety of committees and working groups including Student Advisory, Admissions, Orientation, and Faculty Search Committees. They are active in student affiliate organizations of national professional organizations within the field [the American Psychological Association Division 16 (School Psychology ), and the National Organization of School Psychologists ) and the state association, the Michigan Association of School Psychologists . We conceive of learning as bi-directional, a collaborative effort involving contributions by both faculty and students. In working together, students and faculty create a synergy that energizes the program, provides direction, and generates ideas. The MSU School Psychology Program is deeply committed to promoting students' multicultural competence, to enhancing diversity within the profession, and to educating scholars and practitioners from traditionally underrepresented groups. This is consistent with the University's philosophy that states "Diversity in the faculty, students and staff is a major source of MSU's intellectual vitality and innovative spirit. MSU strives to be a community where people of different cultures, intellectual positions and lifestyles can reach their full potential. Such an environment develops respect for differences while fostering caring relationships, cross-cultural understanding, and common educational commitments" (see http://www.msu.edu/access/ ).
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