The Morningside College chapter of Psi Chi, an international honor society in psychology, received the Model Chapter Award for the 2014-2015 academic year from the Psi Chi National Council in Chattanooga, Tenn.

The Morningside College chapter of Psi Chi, an international honor society in psychology, received the Model Chapter Award for the 2014-2015 academic year from the Psi Chi National Council in Chattanooga, Tenn.

There are more than 1,100 Psi Chi chapters throughout the nation, and this year there were 40 model chapters. Morningside has received the award a number of years in a row.

Model Chapter Awards are presented annually to recognize and reward Psi Chi chapters that consistently maintain outstanding records of membership inductions, chapter correspondence, service projects and other criteria associated with being an outstanding chapter.

The Morningside Psi Chi student officers for the 2014-2015 school year were Amanda Heinrichs of Estherville, Iowa, fall president; Taylor Hughes of Council Bluffs, Iowa, fall vice president and spring president; Kari Miller of Spencer, Iowa, spring vice president; Elizabeth White of Altoona, Iowa, fall secretary; Haley Banks of Carter Lake, Iowa, spring secretary; and Anna Christensen of Waconia, Minn., social chair.

Faculty advisers were Dr. Jessica Pleuss and Dr. Jack Hill.