The Psychological Society kicked off its last meeting of the semester with macaroni and cheese, pizza, pie and cookies Nov. 16. 

For its last meeting, Psych Society held its own Friendsgiving, a spinoff of Thanksgiving, where members of the organization came together and participated in games and enjoyed food.

Sophomore Charles Thomas said he enjoyed the games that were played like Kahoot and Pictionary.

“I’d say Friendsgiving was my favorite because of the food, to be honest,” Thomas said. “The best food there was the macaroni and the best game was Pictionary because we won.”

He said that all of the people in the organization bring positive energy and that being a part of the club has gained him a few new potential friends.

Thomas said he was looking forward to “more games and interaction and competition-based activities.”

Senior Skylar Brooks, vice president of Psych Society, said that her favorite part of Friendsgiving was also her friend and social media officer Feather Chokbengboun’s macaroni and cheese, as well as watching other students play Pictionary.

“I think this event built us a stronger connection with the students who came and hopefully will make them want to keep coming to events in the spring,” Brooks said.

Brooks said the most rewarding part of the event was seeing people being brought together and having fun.

“A person came up to me and even said he has enjoyed our events this year which meant a lot to us,” Brooks said. “Psych Society in general is giving people a place to feel like they belong. It’s amazing to see people excited to come and they’re bringing their friends.”

Brooks said she is proud of the other officers because of the hard work that they have had to put into making Psych Society successful. 

“We had to rebrand Psych Society from last year,” Brooks said. “Last year, on average, we had two to three people coming per meeting while this semester, it’s about 15-20. This is because of our officers’ hard work in planning and getting the information out. We’re finally growing this club into something people want to be a part of.”

Brooks said she hopes Psych Society will continue its path to growth.

“We would love to get more people at our events and eventually get this club more involved in the community,” Brooks said. “Currently we have no big event planned for the spring, but that will probably change.”

Psych Society is open to students regardless of their classification or major/minor status. Interested and current students may follow Psych Society on Instagram @ucapsychsociety.