News: Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science Advancing the science and practice of counseling and human services professionals. Recent News 09/16/2025 Advancing the Science and Practice of Human Services and Counseling This fall, three distinguished scholars will add a diverse mix of teaching and research expertise to the University of Vermont's Department of... 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 Counsel at the New York Civil Liberties Union—a... 05/12/2025 Aspire to Heal For more than a decade, Nova Mordecai longed for a career combining a love of people and animals. Entering the Clinical Mental Health Counseling... 05/09/2025 Exploring Her Passion to Serve Entering UVM, Isabel Wolhandler knew that she wanted to do something positive for the world.“As soon as I took my first HDFS class, I felt an... 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 Statewide Internship Program, offering UVM... 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 areas. But a new program—the Catamount Counseling... 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 of academic pursuits. We are thrilled to... 02/01/2024 Living Fully and Dying Prepared When Francesca Arnoldy arrived at her grandparents’ home in Massachusetts and approached her dying grandfather’s bedside a decade ago, she was... 09/14/2023 Improving Community Health and Wellbeing This fall, two nationally recognized scholar-researchers join the team of accomplished faculty in UVM’s Master of Science in Counseling Program and... 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 profound impact on the wellbeing of others by... 05/31/2023 Complexity, Curiosity and Creativity At the College of Education and Social Services (CESS) Commencement Celebration for the Class of 2023, Senior Lecturer Emerita JB Barna delivered a... 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 for effective training programs to help fulfill... 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 Development and Family ScienceProgram. Dr.... 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 College of Education and Social Services (CESS)... 09/27/2022 Human Development and Family Science Program Welcomes New Scholars Students interested in developing a deep interdisciplinary understanding of human development and how it informs skilled and ethical professional...
