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Pursuing a Second Career at Santa Clara: Rashmi Nayak’s Story
A year into our new Online Master of Arts in Teaching & Teaching Credential Program (OMATTC), student Rashmi Nayak reflects on her experience.
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ECP Counseling Psychology LGBTQ+ Emphasis Announces First Practicum at New County of Santa Clara Gender Affirming Care Clinic
“We have amazing ‘trans-cestors’ who have fought so hard for this and for gender diverse care to be brought to the forefront. On the shoulders of our trans-cestors, we’re really fighting hard to close that gap.”
This upcoming academic year, an ECP Counseling Psychology student will hold the first ever Practicum spot at the new County of Santa Clara Behavioral Health Services Gender Affirming Care Clinic – a significant step forward for both the highlighting of gender care in graduate counseling psychology education, and the growth of gender care in Santa Clara County.
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Changing the Narrative Around Math Success – A Closer Look at ECP’s Noyce Fellowship
“As Noyce Fellows, we’re using education for social justice. As educators, we want to help students use math as a sword to fight injustices and their newfound literacy as a shield against systemic issues in their communities.”
The Noyce Fellowship Program at the Santa Clara University School of Education & Counseling Psychology (ECP) is a National Science Foundation sponsored fellowship committed to getting high quality mathematics teachers into high needs schools, and improving mathematics learning opportunities for students from traditionally underrepresented populations.
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SCU School of Education & Counseling Psychology Joins Forces with SCU Counseling and Psychological Services to Launch New Student Practicum
Counseling Psychology
This academic year, a new practicum at SCU’s in-house Center for Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) broke ground, facilitating a unique opportunity for CPSY students to support fellow Broncos while garnering valuable experience working with young people in a crucial developmental stage of their lives.
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Embodying the SEMILLA Way: A Closer Look at ECP’s SEMILLA Fellowship with Alum Erik Ugalde
Erik Ugalde '18 - Teacher Education
For 10 years, ECP has offered a fellowship called SEMILLA, developed to recruit and prepare high-quality teachers and to expand the number of bicultural and bilingual teachers to serve in high-need schools. ECP spoke with alum Erik Ugalde about his journey that inspired him to eventually join the fellowship, his experience in the program, and how he’s applying the experience to his work.
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Be the Person You Needed: Alumni Spotlight on Rubi Lorenzana Vazquez
Rubi Lorenzana Vazquez '22 - Counseling Psychology
ECP caught up with alum Rubi Lorenzana Vazquez as she continues her journey to remove the stigma around youth mental health and support students at her former high school.
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SCU School of Education and Counseling Psychology to Launch Inclusive Education Professional Support Program for Santa Clara County School Districts
Victoria Forrester - Teacher Education
ECP will be launching an Inclusive Education Professional Support Program with principals and school district administrators within Santa Clara County. The three-year pilot program is designed to coach school leaders in methods to better integrate classrooms that account for students across diverse learning needs and backgrounds.
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ECP Assistant Professor Won Jung Kim Leads Environmental Justice Workshop for Korean Science Educators at SCU
Won Jung Kim - Teacher Education
ECP Assistant Professor Won Jung Kim welcomed educators from South Korea to campus to engage in a workshop around integrating environmental and climate justice into K-12 science classrooms.
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A Q&A with Our Health Psychology Coordinator, Dale Larson
Dale Larson - Counseling Psychology
For 40 years, ECP has offered a Health Psychology emphasis within its Counseling Psychology Master’s Program that has attracted the largest number of students since its inception. To provide a deeper look into the emphasis and the health psychology landscape, ECP spoke with Health Psychology Coordinator and Professor Dale Larson.
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SCU Receives $3 Million NSF Grant for STEM Teachers
Kathy Sun - Teacher Education
To help support the development of high-quality mathematics teaching in high-need schools, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $3 million grant to Santa Clara University to pay for 20 future math teachers to earn both a master’s degree and teaching credential, while learning cutting-edge approaches to teaching math.
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Shauna Shapiro published in Harvard Business Review
Shauna Shapiro - Counseling Psychology
Professor Shapiro and colleagues' recent publication in the Harvard Business Review on the impact of mindfulness on creativity, innovation and problem solving in engineers
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Dale Larson honored by the National Hospice Foundation
Dale Larson - Counseling Psychology
The National Hospice Foundation recognized Dale Larson, Ph.D. as “… one bold innovator who forged ahead in the face of conventional wisdom for a vision of a world where everyone facing serious illness, death, and grief will experience the best that humankind can offer.”
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$2.3 Million Grant from the U.S. Department of Education
Marco Bravo and Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica - Teacher Education
Marco Bravo, Ph.D. and Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica, Ph.D. have secured a $2.3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to enhance teacher preparation for dual language environments.
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Teacher Shortage and Supporting Educators
Kathy Stoehr - Teacher Education
Kathy Stoehr shares her perspective and expertise on overcoming the teacher shortage facing our nation and ways to support educators
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Forging a Path, Reflecting Community
Tanesha Cartwright ’18, M.F.T. ’23
Searching for a therapist that would get it led former hairstylist Tanesha Cartwright ’18, M.F.T ’23 to change everything—and return to SCU.
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Gift for mental health in the Vietnamese community
Michelle U. Nguyen Endowed Scholarship
ECP alumna and advisory board member, Michelle Nguyen, has made a generous gift to support student scholarships.
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Santa Clara University Launches EdD in Social Justice Leadership
An inaugural cohort of 20 students will begin the three-year degree program in September 2021.
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Sherry Wang discusses racial trauma on ABC news
Sherry Wang - Counseling Psychology
Sherry Wang discusses layers of racial trauma experienced by Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Community
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The SECP Receives Leadership Gift from Sobrato-Brisson Family
Sobrato-Brisson Endowed Chair
ECP alumna Sheri Sobrato Brisson MA ’94, and Eric Brisson have made a generous gift to the School of Education and Counseling Psychology for the establishment of the largest endowed chair in the history of Santa Clara University. In addition to the creation of the endowed chair in child and adolescent mental health, the gift provides funding to support research, a new specialization in child and adolescent mental health, community outreach, and thought leadership programming related to this critical area.
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The Power of Feeling Safe - TEDx
Ling Lam - Counseling Psychology
SCU Counseling Psychology faculty member presents at TEDx Belmont Shore on the Power of Feeling Safe: How Kindness Restores Resilience. Polyvagal Theory is the science of feeling safe.
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In Conversation About Teen Mental Health, Emotional Healing, and Resilience
Dale Larson - Counseling Psychology
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Lee Family Donates $1M to the School of Education and Counseling Psychology
Lee family honors Tone Yao Lee '22
The Lee family seeks to honor Tone Yao Lee’s life and legacy by supporting students whose focus is the mental health and well-being of young people.
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Helping SCU Students Cope During COVID-19
Dale Larson - Counseling Psychology
A campus expert offers insights into emotional wellness, resilience.
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How to Contain the Virus of Racism During Coronavirus Outbreak
Sherry Wang, PhD - Counseling Psychology
Being Asian in the midst of coronavirus means being scared for our health while simultaneously facing unpredictable racism and xenophobia. So, how do we cope? Assistant Professor Sherry Wang offers strategies in an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle.
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AAPI, Mental Health, and You — How to Get Involved
Sherry Wang & Ling Lam - Counseling Psychology
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month. This month celebrates and highlights the intersection of two topics that are so important to our community and the broader community that our students and graduates serve every day. Counseling psychology faculty, Sherry Wang, Ph.D., and Ling Lam, Ph.D., offer a few resources to support the AAPI community and raise awareness about mental health.
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Through My Latina Lens with Lori Salazar, EdD '24
Lori Salazar is in the first cohort of the Doctor of Education in Social Justice Leadership program and recently began releasing a new podcast through Spotify and Apple called, “Through My Latina Lens” which focuses on topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Santa Clara University Offers New Online MA in Teaching + Credential
Master of Arts in Teaching + Credential online
In response to the growing demand for flexible teacher-education programs, Santa Clara University’s School of Education and Counseling Psychology (ECP) is bringing its Teacher Education programs online, offering a Master of Arts and teaching credential for public, private, and Catholic school teachers. Aligning with the commitment to prepare educators dedicated to ensuring all learners are supported in the classroom, this program is the first online offering from the School of Education and Counseling Psychology.
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$2.7M Grant to Support Project Leverage
Marco Bravo, PhD, is Transforming the Future of Bilingualism in STEM for Educators
Santa Clara University professor and associate dean of the School of Education and Counseling Psychology Marco Bravo has received a $2.7 million grant from the National Professional Development Program of the Department of Education to fund “Project Leverage.”
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Bridging the Tech Industry and Mental Health
Mike Valdez - Counseling Psychology
Mike Valdez, a first-generation Latinx counseling psychology student, is working towards blending the world of mental health with the tech industry.
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Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica - Conscious Classrooms Review
Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Education, Claudia Rodriguez-Mojica, recently co-authored the book Conscious Classrooms with Allison Briceño. The book was reviewed on The California Reader.
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Broncos Rise: ECP Alum Kim Panelo Xue Brings Trauma Support Group Back to SCU for a Second Year
ECP alum Kim Panelo Xue and her company Era Center just announced that Broncos Rise, an eight-week closed support group for SCU student survivors of assault, has been renewed for the 2023-2024 academic year.