UNC Greensboro

CED Student Meets With Vice President Kamala Harris

CED student Gregoria Arreola-Meza sits at a table.

Gregoria Arreola-Meza, a graduate student studying to be a school counselor in the School of Education’s Department of Counseling and Educational Development was recently asked to join a roundtable with the vice president around mental health in schools.


Nearly $1 Million Grant Awarded to Add to Trauma-Informed Clinical Supervisor Pipeline

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Looking to increase the number of trauma-informed clinical supervisors and expand and enhance the training opportunities for clinical mental health counseling students, Dr. Jennifer Deaton of UNC Greensboro’s Department of Counseling and Educational Development was recently awarded a nearly $1 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. 


Cammarano Named First Recipient of Short Fellowship

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The Paula and Rick Short Endowed Fellowship in Education was established in the spring of 2023 and Department of Counseling and Educational Development doctoral student Alex Cammarano has been named the first recipient of the award. 


NBCC Awards Fellowship to CED Student

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A third-year doctoral student in the UNC Greensboro Department of Counseling and Counselor Education, J. Angel Dianna was recently selected as a recipient of the 2023 National Board of Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship, earning a $20,000 stipend.  


Carmona’s APA Fellowship to Allow Her to Expand Immigration Assistance

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While pursuing her doctorate as a student in the Department of Counseling and Educational Development in the UNC Greensboro School of Education, Melissa Carmona continues to work as a clinical mental health counselor in her practice, Cafecito Counseling. She specializes in trauma and eating disorders, but has worked with numerous people in need of evaluations for immigration services. 


Abstract to Actual: ITI Program Empowers Transformation of Ideas Into Reality

Michelle Bennett-Copeland, an Atlanta area librarian and Christy Dyson, created a banner displaying Fulton County Library System’s collaboration with Dr. Noah Lenstra’s initiative. As part of their summer reading club kick-off, the two shared the initiative with the Mayor of Atlanta, Keisha Lance Bottoms on May 30, 2019.

An 8 year-old girl maneuvers a plastic knight that is almost as tall as she is. Scooting it diagonally across a giant black and white checkerboard, she completes her chess move with a smile. In another room, an instructor leads a yoga class for seniors. On the event board, a poster informs visitors that a cooking class will be held on an upcoming weekend.


Research Conducted by CED Alumna Helping to Shape Public Policy

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After earning her Ph.D. in Counselor and Counselor Education from UNC Greensboro in 2008, Dr. Elysia Clemens headed west to Colorado and a tenure-track position in the counseling department at the University of Northern Colorado where she remained for over a decade. But then Clemens jumped at the opportunity to move into a role with the University of Denver’s Colorado Evaluation and Action Lab, a unit that assists government agencies and community partners with research into public policy matters.


Wachter Morris Secures $5.6 Million Grant to Address School Mental Health

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Led by Dr. Carrie Wachter Morris, members of the Department of Counseling and Educational Development (CED) inside of the UNC Greensboro School of Education have been awarded a $5.6 million grant from the United States Department of Education. The grant, to be used over five years, is a training grant to directly address the large, unmet need for the preparation of mental health professionals in public schools.