CECP
2008 Great Lakes Conference
News
A high level multi-sector delegation from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands met with researchers from Western Michigan University to discuss on-going projects directed at the childhood obesity epidemic that has captured the attention of governments around the world. A multidisciplinary team of College of Education faculty have teamed up with the CNMI public school system to offer a program to primary caregivers that has the potential to impact childhood obesity through household behavioral changes. These faculty are Mozhdeh Bruss, Joseph Morris, Linda Dannison, Tim Michael, Brooks Applegate, Andrea Smith, and Judy McGowan representing dietetics, adult education, counseling psychology, exercise science, early childhood, parent education, program development and evaluation, research methodology, and teacher education. Other faculty members including Lonnie Duncan, Suzan Ayers, and James Lewis from the College of Education and Amy Curtis from the College of Health and Human Services will participate in upcoming meetings discussing multifaceted and multilevel aspects of childhood obesity in the CNMI and exploring strategies for its reduction and prevention. The project is supported by the Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, CNMI Public School System, and Western Michigan University.
Annual Awards were presented to recipients (pictured above) at a reception held on April 8.
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award
Shawn Bultsma
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Graduate Research and Creative Scholars Award
Adriana Fox
Robert & Diane Betz Award for Doctoral Studies
in Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
Lacretia Dye, Doctoral Studies in Counselor Education
Bonnie VanderWal, Doctoral Studies in Counseling Psychology
Robert O. Brinkerhoff Scholarship for Human Resources Development
Yu Zhang
Kenneth Bullmer Scholarship for Doctoral Students in Counseling Psychology
Alyssa Ford
Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology Alumni Scholarship
Nora Fox, master’s student
Stephaney Carter, doctoral student
Arthur & Margaret Manske Outstanding Master’s Student in School Counseling
Katherine Hagen
Outstanding Master’s Student in Counselor Education & Counseling Psychology
Britne Amos
Pamela Smith-Bell
Thelma M. Urbick Outstanding Doctoral Student in Counselor Education Award
Janeé Steele
Outstanding Doctoral Student in Counseling Psychology
Daniel Huber
Outstanding Alumni Award
Amy Van Gunst
Mission: Consistent with a student centered research university and a College of Education that promotes partnerships in the development and delivery of programs, the mission of the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology is to develop competent, ethical, and culturally sensitive professionals for counseling and related human resources development roles through graduate education and scholarship. To accomplish this mission, the department offers doctoral training in counseling psychology and counselor education, and master’s level training in counseling psychology, counselor education (college counseling, community counseling, and school counseling), rehabilitation counseling/blindness, marriage and family therapy, and human resources development. We strive to recruit and retain students of diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds from local, state, national, and international locations.
LaShonda B. Fuller, doctoral student in counselor education, presented her research on "African American Women's Reactions to Group Counseling" at the 20th Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference, in Cedarville, Ohio June 6 - 7, 2008.