Counselors for Social Justice 2025 Conference
IUP’s Counselors for Social Justice Chapter held its third annual conference at the Pittsburgh East Campus.
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Guth Selected as IUP Distinguished University Professor for 2024–25 Academic Year
Lorraine J. Guth, Indiana University of Pennsylvania professor of counseling, has been selected as IUP’s 2024–25 Distinguished University Professor.
University News
Faculty Achievements
Onkst Receives PASSHE Scholarship
Stephanie Onkst was selected as one of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education Foundation Scholarship recipients for the spring 2024 semester.
Student Achievements
College of Education and Communications IMPACT Awards
Faculty Achievements
Dr. Nice receives ACA Emerging Leader Award
Faculty Achievements
Chi Sigma Iota Spring 2024 Inductions
Chi Sigma Iota held its initiation ceremony on Friday, April 5th!
Student Achievements
Nice receives Outstanding Research for the College of Education and Communications
Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Nice, who was awarded today as this year's Outstanding Researcher for the College of Education and Communications!
Faculty Achievements
Counselors for Social Justice Conference
IUP’s Department of Counseling program, along with Counselors for Social Justice, hosted its second in-house Social Justice Conference at IUP Pittsburgh East! Dr. Deborah Duenyas was the keynote speaker.
Student Achievements
Pollard-Kosidowski Receives Presidential Award for Service
Brittany Pollard-Kosidowski received the Presidential Award for Service at this year's Association for Specialists in Group Work conference in Portland, OR.
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Faculty Achievements
Nice Receives CSI Fellowship
Professor Matthew Nice received the CSI’s Edwin L. Herr Fellowship for Excellence in Counseling Leadership and Scholarship. The Herr Fellowship includes funding to be used for research.
Faculty Achievements
Fox Wins Outstanding Supervisor Award
Kelly Fox, a school counselor at Indiana County Technology Center, received the Department of Counseling's Claire J. Dandeneau Outstanding Supervisor award in 2023.
Student Achievements
Onkst Wins 2023 PCA Outstanding Graduate Student Award
IUP counselor education doctoral student Stephanie Onkst won the 2023 Pennsylvania Counseling Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the 2023 PCA annual conference in Harrisburg, PA.
Student Achievements
Brown Receives College of Education and Communications Alumni Scholar Award
The College of Education and Communications congratulates Joel Brown on receiving the College's Alumni Scholar Award.
Alumni
Nuwagaba-K Receives College of Education and Communications Student Research Award
The College of Education and Communications congratulates Racheal Nuwagaba-K on receiving the College's Student Research Award.
Student Achievements
Research
Late Graduate from Johnstown Gifts $200,000 to Counseling Program in His Estate
The late Robert Flora, a 1978 graduate of IUP’s psychology clinical mental health counseling master’s program, left instructions revealed after his death to donate $200,000 from his estate to IUP for student scholarships.
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Student Assistance
Alumni
IUP Counseling Students Assume Roles on the Executive Board
Students from IUP's MA and PhD counseling programs have been named to the Executive Board of the Pennsylvania Association for Specialists in Group Work.
Student Achievements
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Hecht Awarded IUP Graduate Student Research Grant
Congratulations to Carol Lynn Hecht, from CES Cohort 4 at Pittsburgh East, for her recent awarding of an IUP Graduate Student Research Grant. This grant will help fund Carol Lynn's dissertation research, titled "Experiences Providing End-of-Life Counseling: A Narrative Inquiry."
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Student Achievements
Nice Publishes Research Article in Journal of Counseling and Development
Matthew Nice, Department of Counseling, recently published a research article in the Journal of Counseling and Development, the flagship journal of the American Counseling Association and the counseling profession. The article analyzes 31 years of wellness and well-being counseling research.
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Faculty Achievements
DeShong Announced as Graduate Student Ambassador
Alexis DeShong was recently announced as a graduate student ambassador for the PSCA Graduate School Connections.
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IUP Hosts 11th Annual CSI Conference
IUP's Iota Upsilon Pi Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota hosted the eleventh annual CSI Pennsylvania Statewide Conference in the Kovalchick Complex on April 22, 2023.
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Events
Outstanding Counseling Researchers Selected
Three Department of Counseling faculty members were recognized for outstanding research.
Faculty Achievements
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PhD Counseling Alumna Cosby Wins Impact Award
Jessica Cosby, PhD Counseling alumna, received the Impact Award from the IUP College of Education and Communications. She was recognized for outstanding achievement in her profession, engagement with IUP, and leadership.
Alumni
Nice Wins 2023 AADA Outstanding Research Award
Matthew Nice was awarded the Association for Adult Development and Aging's 2023 Outstanding Research Award at the ACA conference in Toronto.
Faculty Achievements