Student Newsletter

Winter Break

Your homework during the break between semesters...be sure to take some time off and "un-plug" for a while.  Take care of yourself.

After the commencement ceremony on December 9th, faculty will be unavailable until close to the time the spring semester begins on January 8, 2024.  

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December 2023 Graduates - SOE Stole and Honor Cords

Attention graduates: The schedule for stole and honor cord pick-up is below:

H. M. Michaux, Jr. School of Education Building  - 700 Cecil Street
December 7-8, 2023 

Department of Counseling and Higher Education 

12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (December 7)
3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (December 8)
Please see Dr. Chad Royal (Room 2127)

Every graduate will receive a School of Education stole.  The Registrar's office designates who will receive an honor cord based on GPA.

Spring Semester, 2024 - Classes begin January 8, 2024

On campus

• CON 5351: Principles and Procedures of Group Counseling  (Tuesdays at 4pm)  There is also a mandatory residency (Feb. 27-29)
• CON 5361: Assessment, Evaluation, and Analysis in Counseling (Tuesdays at 4pm)
• CON 5371: Pre-practicum in Counseling (Wednesdays at 4pm)
• CON 5372: Supervised Practicum (Tuesdays at 5pm - there will be an additional one hour meeting each week)
• CON 5390: Internship in Counseling (Wednesdays at 5pm)

Online - synchronous

• CON 5351: Principles and Procedures of Group Counseling (Thursdays at 7, and two sections of Tuesdays at 4 - three sections total)
• CON 5371: Pre-practicum in Counseling (Thursdays at 5pm)
• CON 5372: Supervised Practicum (2 sections, Tuesdays at 5pm)
• CON 5390: Internship in Counseling (4 sections, Wednesdays at 5pm)
• EDGR 5920: Procedures in Educational Research (Mondays at 4pm)

Online - asynchronous

• CON 5201: Ethical and Professional Orientation to Counseling
• CON 5304: Advanced School Counseling (mandatory orientation meeting on Jan. 11 at 7pm)
• CON 5306: Introduction to Addictions Counseling
• CON 5307: Crisis, Trauma, and Grief Counseling
• CON 5308: Counseling Children and Adolescents
• CON 5320: Vocational Theory and Career Development (2 sections)
• CON 5326: Contemporary Issues in Addiction
• CON 5328: Family Counseling and Addictions
• CON 5331: Psychosocial Development and Behavioral Dynamics
• CON 5350: Clinical Interventions in Events of Crisis
• CON 5360: Multicultural and Gender Issues in Counseling (3 sections; Kurian's section has a mandatory orientation on January 8 at 7pm)
• CON 5361: Assessment, Analysis, and Evaluation in Counseling
• CON 5362: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Psychopathology
• CON 5373: Consultative/Referral Process in Counseling
• CON 5381: Intro to Clinical Mental Health Counseling

For other EDGR course offerings (5910 and 5920), please check Banner.  There will likely be additional sections of 5910 and 5920.

CPCE (comps) in the Spring of 2024

Practicum and pre-practicum students planning to take the CPCE (comps) in the spring 2024 need to register by January 20th to be authorized for testing in the spring testing window (March 11-22, 2024).  We don't currently have a summer testing window and pre-practicum students should take the CPCE in the March testing window.  
 
You will complete the CPCE registration survey and await Dr. Barrow's further instructions in late-January.  Go to nccucounseling.com>Comprehensive Exam>CPCE Registration Interest
which will take you to a Google survey you complete to tell Dr. Barrow how you would like to test (at home, at NCCU, or at a Pearson Vue site near you).  For more information please visit http://www.nccucounseling.com/student2/index.php/advising/comprehensive-exam  

Latest Announcements from nccuCounseling

• Drs. Williams and Blount Present for the Links Program 2023-11-30
• December 2023 Graduates - SOE Stole and Honor Cords 2023-11-30
• CPCE (comps) in the Spring of 2024 2023-11-30
• Veterans Affairs Openings - MA, NH, and VT 2023-11-30

Upcoming Dates to Remember for nccuCounseling:  

• December 5: School of Education graduate certification meeting (faculty only)
• December 7-8: Graduation stole and honor cord distribution
• December 8: Commencement rehearsal (virtual) - 8-9:30am; all grades due in Banner
• December 9: Commencement ceremony - 2pm
• December 10: Prospective student information session (virtual) - 7pm
• January 8: Classes resume - 1st day of classes for spring semester

Did you know that you can subscribe to the nccuCounseling calendar?  If you use a digital calendar, you can subscribe and have all of the information from the "Key Dates" letter auto-populate in your calendar.  Visit our website for more information.