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Counseling Honor Society Receives Ouotstanding Chapter Award
Alpha Mu Chapter honored at ceremony in Montreal, Canada in April
North Canton, Ohio, January 31, 2006 - Walsh University's Alpha Mu Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota, the international Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society, was recently selected as the winner of that Society's Outstanding Chapter Award.
"Our committee's job of selecting a winner was difficult, and the Walsh Chapter was recognized for this achievement through their hard work and efforts," said Dr. Susan A. S. Adams, Chi Sigma Iota Awards Committee Co-Chair.
This is the second time the Walsh University chapter has received the award - the first was in 2001.
"Our chapter made a commitment to assist graduate students in becoming professional counselors and then began the Sandra Lopez-Baez scholarship endowment. We are proud to have contributed some $7,000 to that endowment, and, additionally, to have awarded the $1,000 scholarship each year for several years to a Counseling and Human Development graduate student," said Dr. Linda Barclay, faculty advisor.
The Walsh University Alpha Mu chapter also has also assisted graduate students with stipends to support their presentations at state and national Counseling Association conferences.
Chi Sigma Iota is the international honor society for students, professional counselors and counselor educators; it was initially established at Ohio University in 1985. Its mission is to promote scholarship, research, professionalism, leadership and excellence in counseling, and to recognize high attainment in the pursuit of academic and clinical excellence in the profession of counseling.
There are currently 272 chapters, 10,639 active members, and 47,068 initiated members as of November 30, 2005. The Alpha Mu chapter was organized at Walsh University in 1986.
"We are so honored and excited to have Alpha Mu at Walsh University recognized as the recipient of the 'Outstanding Chapter Award of Chi Sigma Iota,'" said Alice M. Cleary, M. A. PCC-S, LICDC, Alpha Mu President 2005-2006. "This group works very diligently and creatively to contribute to improving the quality of counseling in our community. Our faculty advisor, Dr. Linda Barclay and CHD faculty member, Dr. Holly Hartwig Moorhead, have been inspiring our chapter members to become more nationally active, and we look at this as a peak professional growth experience for us all."
The Walsh University chapter will receive its award at the Chi Sigma Iota Awards Ceremony during the American Counseling Association Convention in Montreal, Canada on Saturday, April 1, 2006.
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INTERNATIONAL COUNSELING ACADEMIC AND HONORARY SOCIETY INDUCTION CEREMONY HOSTED AT WALSH UNIVERSITY
Local chapter Alpha Mu gains 24 new members
North Canton, Ohio, November 19, 2005- Walsh University held the 19th Annual Induction Luncheon for the Alpha Mu Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota on Saturday, November 19th in the Paul and Carol David Family Campus Center. With more than 70 in attendance, including Walsh University President, Richard Jusseaume and Vice-president of Academic Affairs, Dr. Larry Bove, the honorary society for counseling students welcomed 24 graduate students and into its ranks.
Walsh's part-time College Counselor, John Devlin, was the program's guest speaker addressing "Turning men into mice: discounting social expectations of men in the legal system." A one-time, $1,000 tuition scholarship awarded annually to a CHD student who has completed at least 15 credit hours of graduate coursework in a CHD program, the Dr. Sandra Lopez-Baez Scholarship, was also presented to CHD student, Kathleen Wrona of Youngstown.
"The Alpha Mu Chapter is unusual in that the majority of our members are professional counselors who maintain their affiliation with CSI (Chi Sigma Iota) after their initiation as graduate students," said Walsh's Counseling and Human Development Program Director and Alpha Mu Advisor, Dr. Linda Barclay. "Our chapter is proud of our long history of sponsoring professional development conferences and mentoring of graduate students into the counseling profession."
Established in 1985 with its first inductees celebrated that same year, Chi Sigma Iota is an international honor society of counseling professionals and professionals in training dedicated to excellence in scholarship, research, and clinical practice and the promotion and recognition of exemplary attainment in the study and practice of counseling. With its national headquarters at the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, CSI has 193 chapters and over 30,000 initiated members.
The Alpha Mu Chapter was established in 1987 and has grown from five members to over 100. Inductees are chosen based on, a grade point average of 3.5 or better on a 4.0 scale, attainment of candidacy, promise of active participation and faculty endorsement. Faculty, alumni, and participating professional counselors who are either certified or licensed, and who have given evidence of distinguished scholarship and professional service, including professional credentials and/or graduation from a Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) approved program, are also eligible for induction.
The next Alpha Mu-sponsored continuing education program will be held on Friday, February 24, 2006 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. The subject is Exploring our Multicultural Counseling Competencies: "Bend It Like Beckham" and will be presented by Louisa Foss-Pierce Ph.D. PCC-S NCC. Please see the Chapter Calendar for information about other upcoming programs and meetings. |
Student Inductees
Darcy Alsept
Bryan Badar
Renee Bowling
Susanmarie Brown
Megan Burgdorf
Nancy Castle
Jessica Cogar
Tracie Giffin
Kenneth Hammer
Julie Hatfield
Eric Lautensleger
Jessica Logozzo
Kelli Mason-Devlin
Edyta Metz
Jennifer Overcasher
Barbara Ozimek
Courtney Pilch
Rose Pope
Fr. Peter Siamoo
Caroline Srsen
Caryn Stratton
Rachel Walker
Jennifer Woltman
Kathleen Wrona |
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