News: Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science Recent News 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...