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October 2004 News
Lennie Echterling wins award!
Lennie has been selected as the recipient of the Virginia Counselors Association's Award for Humanitarian and Caring Person of the Year. He will receive the award at the VCA convention's Awards Luncheon on Friday, November 5, in Roanoke. Mary Lou will be accompanying him. Congratulations, Lennie! We are so proud of you.
JoAnne Brewster wins Italian Award!
For international contributions to Criminological Science, the Universita degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” awarded JoAnne their top prize “Premio Psiche 2004” at an awards ceremony in Rome during the annual meeting of the Society for Police and Criminal Psychology in October. Congratulations JoAnne! Bravissima!
Joe Pellegrino and Lennie Echterling received a very nice thank you letter from the Board of Directors of Harrisonburg/Rockingham County Child Day Care Center. Joe and Lennie met with the faculty and staff after the center received a bomb threat. Their caring and skillful support made a real difference during a time of intense emotion.
Anne Stewart, Tim Schulte, Kay Huskins and Emily Ackerson (Nursing) launched a new rural outreach mental health program in Page County last Monday. This is a very exciting opportunity to bring much needed services to an underserved community. They hope to develop a practicum site there within a year.
Tammy Gilligan’s new son John Reilly Gilligan, to be known as Jack, was born Monday October 25th, at 3.16 pm. He weighed in at 9lb 4 oz and is 21” long. Congratulations Tammy, Jeff and Addie!
Two School Psychology alumnae win award!
The Virginia Academy of School Psychologists announced their 2004 awards, and the following department alumnae have been honored:
- SUSAN MAGOWAN BLACK is the recipient of the "Outstanding Graduate Student of the year in School Psychology" award. Susan will be recognized at the VASP luncheon on October 21st at the VPA conference in Richmond. The award carries a stipend as well. Susan excelled in many arenas as a graduate student: serving on the VASP board as a student representative and later as membership chair; conducting research on second language learners that is being shared professionally at VPA and NASP; and demonstrating exceptional clinical insight in addition to a positive spirit in her work with children and school personnel.
- BETSY BROWN has been named "School Psychologist of the Year" for 2004, and will also be honored at VPA this Thursday. Betsy is a school psychologist for Shenandoah County public schools who has served as a mentor and supervisor for JMU interns and practicum students for years. Betsy demonstrates best practice in all areas of her work, and has beenrecognized by her school superintendent for her professional development and collaborative efforts for all personnel. Betsy recently organized a regional support group of school psychologists to support beginning professionals and to keep abreast of current practice issues.
Please join me in congratulating Susan and Betsy on their accomplishments. They are inspirations for us all!
Miller Hall
The department is working hard to develop a plan to occupy the top floor of a renovated Miller Hall in fall 2008. Ed McKee and Sheena Rogers have met with the architects three times and reviewed countless space lists and drawings. The latest version of the floor plans will be posted on the department notice board. (Note that they can change very rapidly!) Undergraduate Psychology will share the building. Education’s classrooms, labs and the ETMC will occupy part of the building for two years while Roop Hall is being renovated.
Blue Ridge Hall
The renovations to Blue Ridge Hall are complete and the clinics have moved in! Many thanks and congratulations to Tim Schulte who worked extremely hard on the move and managed it with barely any disruption to clinic activities. Watch this space for new of an open house.
The Virginia Play Therapy Association and the Department of Graduate Psychology co-sponsored “An Evidence-Based Clinical Training Course: identifying Children's Healthy and High Risk Attachment Behaviors”, presented by Dr. Bill Whelan from the Mary Ainsworth Attachment Clinic. Anne Stewart was the event organizer.
Hollie Young (Psychological Sciences) and Aashir Nasim presented the paper “White racial identity and cross- cultural adaptability: An exploratory analysis.” at the Diversity Challenge Conference, Boston College, Boston, MA, October 2004.
Donna Sundre & Hillary Kissel (Assessment and Measurement) presented two workshops to the faculty of Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA. Closing the Assessment Loop and Using Assessment Tools.
Donna Sundre, Dennison Bhola and Kara Owens (Assessment and Measurement) conducted workshops on the assessment of graduate education in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nadia Webb (clinician-in-residence) published a new book in November: Misdiagnosis and Dual Diagnoses of Gifted Children and Adults.
Send news items to Sheena Rogers rogerssj@jmu.edu
