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The Mu Beta chapter of Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International and the Graduate Student Advisory Committee hosted this year’s Visiting Scholar Program on Nov. 5 and 6. This program was designed to honor new inductees and expose WMU counselor education students to best practices and cutting edge research in the counseling profession by inviting a distinguished scholar within the counseling profession.
The induction speaker and visiting scholar was Dr. Richard Hazler, associate professor and coordinator of the elementary school counseling program at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Hazler has a national reputation as a leading scholar in the area of bullying and youth violence prevention. He has written numerous articles and books including: The Emerging Professional Counselor: Student Dreams to Professional Realities and Breaking the Cycle of Violence: Interventions for Bullying and Victimization. Equally impressive, has been his support of students as column editor of Student Focus and co-column editor of Student Insights, student columns in The Exemplar (Chi Sigma Iota’s newsletter) and Counseling Today (American Counseling Association’s monthly newsletter) respectively. Dr. Hazler is a Past-President of Chi Sigma Iota and the Ohio Counseling Association.
The counseling psychology program has received two awards. The doctoral program has been selected as this year’s recipient of the American Psychological Association Richard M. Suinn Minority Achievement Award. This award is presented in recognition of demonstrated excellence in the recruitment, retention and graduation of ethnic minority students. The Suinn Award was presented at the 2008 Annual APA Convention in Boston, Massachusetts on August 14. Dr. Joseph Morris, former chair and former counseling psychology doctoral program training director received the award at the APA Convention on behalf of the program and department.
Pictured with the award at the APA convention are counseling psychology doctoral students and faculty. (First row, left to right: Raymond Sheets, Kenlana Burton, Hartini Abdul Rahman, Nancy Hammoudah; second row, left to right: Bonnie VanderWal, Dr. Lonnie Duncan, Dr. Joseph Morris, Dr. Mary Anderson, Dr. Eric Sauer, Dr. Pat Munley)
The counseling psychology program has also been recognized by the Committee of the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students with the 2008 APAGS Department of the Year Award. This APAGS honor is given annually to a graduate department that has exemplified outstanding commitment toward graduate students and graduate student life, recognizing superior assistance and attention to student needs, as well as excellent faculty student relations. The APAGS award is accompanied by a $1,500 stipend to be used at the department’s discretion to further benefit students. Dr. Mary Z. Anderson is the coordinator of the master’s degree program in counseling psychology and Dr. Lonnie Duncan and Dr. Eric Sauer serve as co-training directors of the counseling psychology doctoral program.
Dr. Mary Z. Anderson was honored by Western Michigan University with a Distinguished Teaching Award on Oct. 30, 2008 during Western Michigan University’s Academic Convocation.