News: Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science Recent News 05/19/2025 Catamount Nation: “Bridging Gaps” for Justice and Equity Camara Stokes Hudson ‘16, J.D., is deeply committed to justice. As the current Racial Justice... 05/12/2025 Aspire to Heal For more than a decade, Nova Mordecai longed for a career combining a love of people and animals.... 05/09/2025 Exploring Her Passion to Serve Entering UVM, Isabel Wolhandler knew that she wanted to do something positive for the world.“As... 04/18/2025 UVM’s Statewide Internship Program Returns Back by popular demand, the Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships has announced the return of the... 11/06/2024 Meeting the Need: UVM Places Mental Health Professionals in Rural Schools There are not enough mental health professionals to support Vermont youth, particularly in rural... 05/18/2024 Pursuing Their Dreams and Fulfilling Our Mission The CESS Class of 2024 includes 200 undergraduate students and 138 graduate students across a range... 02/01/2024 Living Fully and Dying Prepared When Francesca Arnoldy arrived at her grandparents’ home in Massachusetts and approached her... 09/14/2023 Improving Community Health and Wellbeing This fall, two nationally recognized scholar-researchers join the team of accomplished faculty in... 08/05/2023 Celebrating the CESS Class of 2023 We are thrilled to celebrate the success of our most recent graduates. Our students have made a... 05/31/2023 Complexity, Curiosity and Creativity At the College of Education and Social Services (CESS) Commencement Celebration for the Class of... 05/02/2023 UVM Launches PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision A nationwide shortage of clinical mental health and school counselors has led to increasing demand... 01/24/2023 UVM Human Development and Family Science Faculty Receive National Recognition The National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) recently honored two faculty members in UVM'sHuman... 01/12/2023 UVM Appoints Katharine Shepherd as Dean of the College of Education and Social Services The University of Vermont announced the appointment of Katharine Shepherd, Ed.D., as dean of the... 09/27/2022 Human Development and Family Science Program Welcomes New Scholars Students interested in developing a deep interdisciplinary understanding of human development and... 09/14/2022 UVM Counseling Program Welcomes Addition of New Faculty The aim of UVM's nationally accredited Master of Science (MS) in Counseling Programis to prepare...