John McCarthy, professor in the Department of Counseling, has been selected to participate in the International Academic Fellowship Program.

At the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision conference in Columbus, Ohio, John McCarthy of the Department of Counseling presented the coathored paper “Promoting Professional Development Among Students and Professional Counselors.”

At the 2009 conference of the Canadian Counseling Association, Dr. John McCarthy of the Department of Counseling presented “Teen Depression and Suicide: Current Issues and Future Directions.”

Dr. John McCarthy of the Department of Counseling presented “Protective and Preventative Factors in Suicide” as the keynote speech to the conference of the Westmoreland County (Pa.) Task Force on Suicide (Greensburg, Pa.) in November 2008.

Dr. John McCarthy presented “Let’s Get Entrepreneurial” (45-minute) at the October 2008 conference of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association in State College, Pa., copresented with Teresa Fernandes, B.A.

Dr. Laura Marshak had four presentations during November, including being keynote speaker at the University of Michigan’s Investing in Abilities Week.

Scott Shaw, an IUP graduate student in the counseling program, presented a forty-five-minute educational session on the topic of Career Counseling for Military Veterans at the fortieth annual PCA Conference in State College, Pa.