News: Department of Counseling, Human Development and Family Science

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 celebrate our graduates' remarkable accomplishments and postgraduate plans reflecting a diverse assortment of pathways in education, social work, and...

Collage of 12 undergraduate and graduate students surrounding the UVM 2024 banner hung in front of Waterman Building.

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 unsure about what to expect. Feeling nervous and realizing the gravity of her grandfather’s condition, she offered comforting words to her...

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 the newly launched...

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 immersing themselves in a wide range of community-engaged learning opportunities, practicums, internships, research projects, and other high-impact...

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 poignant and powerful speech the audience will never forget. Spoken with the eloquence, grace and humanity that students and colleagues...

JB Barna speaks at the CESS Commencement Celebration

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 the need. UVM is working to address the issue with its newly launched...

Nancy Thacker Darrow, Aishwarya Joshi, Lance Smith, Jane Okech, and Julie Welkowitz

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's Human Development and Family Science Program. Dr. Christine Proulx received...

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) effective January 15. Shepherd is the Levitt Family Green and Gold Professor of Education who served as interim...

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 practice can find their calling in the Human Development and Family Science program within...

09/14/2022

UVM Counseling Program Welcomes Addition of New Faculty

The aim of UVM's nationally accredited Master of Science (MS) in Counseling Program is to prepare graduate students to work with diverse populations in a variety of settings using culturally responsive and strength-based modalities....

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