2008-2009
Year in Summary

• In March 2009, the Wake Forest Department of Counseling Pi Alpha chapter of Chi Sigma Iota (international academic and professional counseling honor society) receives the Outstanding Small Chapter Award at the annual convention of the American Counseling Association in Charlotte.
• The Department presented three very well attended continuing education seminars for area professional counselors.  In November, program alumni and recipient of the 2007 WFU Distinguished Alumni Award, Roger Pearman presented “Using Counseling Skills in Coaching.”  In April, seminars were presented on “Practical Ethics: Understanding and Adhering to Counseling Ethical Standards” and on “Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention.”
• Donna Henderson served as president of Chi Sigma Iota (International Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society). 
• The first students form the dual MDiv/Masters in counseling degree entered the counseling program after completing two years in the divinity school.
• Donna Henderson and Debbie Newsome served as lower division advisors for the College.
• Sam Gladding chaired the Library Planning Committee and served as a member of the University’s Mentoring Committee and the Committee on Ethics, Leadership, and Civic Responsibility.
• Sam Gladding served as a Trustee for the American Counseling Association (ACA) Foundation and as an editorial board member of the flagship periodical of ACA: the Journal of Counseling and Development.
• Sam Gladding was appointed by the governor as a board member of the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors.
• Sam Gladding was awarded a Senior Fulbright Lectureship.
• Roger Pearman, an alumnus of the department, created an online graduate course on assessment and it was offered for the first time in June 2009.
• Debbie Newsome served as chairman of the WFU Institutional Review Board and as chair of the Master's Task Force for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
• Laura Veach worked as a liaison in an academic partnership with the Department of Surgery, Level 1 Trauma Center at WFU Baptist Medical Center.
• Laura Veach served as the co-principle investigator on a Robert Wood Johnson grant and secured a paid internship for a counseling student at WFUBMC.
• Pamela Karr served as treasurer of the North Carolina Career Development Association and taught four sections of CNS 102: Career Planning.
• Faculty presented ten (10) programs at the Counseling Association conference in Charlotte in March 2009 and four (4) programs at the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference in Houston.
• John Anderson continued to serve as a pro bono counselor with the Trinity Center and Sam Gladding as a pro bono counselor to CareNet of the Triad.
• John Anderson offered a WFU Professional Development Institute (PDI) workshop on negotiation; Donna Henderson offered a PDI on stress management; and Sam Gladding offered a PDI on humor and mental health.
• During 2008-2009, faculty published three (3) books, two (2) instructive video, five (5) refereed journal articles, one (1) book chapters, one (1) monograph, two (2) internal reports for accrediting agencies (NCATE & DPI), four (4) newsletter articles, and made thirty (30) professional presentations at the state, regional, national, and international levels. They also served as co-principle investigators on two (2) external grants, served on five (5) editorial boards, and held one (1) international office, two (2) national offices and one (1) state office in counseling associations.
• The department won a Presidential Grant from the ZSR Library and Sam Gladding won a course developmental grant from the Teaching and Learning Center and a project developmental grant (for a DVD on spirituality and counseling) from the Fund for Ethics, Leadership, and Civic Responsibility.

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