Counseling and Student Affairs
December, 2002 Newsletter
ADVISING TIPS
Welcome to Spring semester 2003! Classes
begin January 14, 2003.
The following courses are open to anyone:
Those students who successfully completed
CNSA 610, CNSA 611, CNSA 620, and who are in the Community Counseling, School
Counseling, or Student Affairs College Counseling tracks may wish to continue
with CNSA 691, counseling practicum. See your advisor if you are unsure about
when to take practicum.
CNSA 630 Group Counseling is available to
those who have successfully completed CNSA 620, Counseling Skills I.
CNSA 662, Administration of College Student
Affairs (2 credits) and CNSA 663, The College Student (1 credit) are available
to those who took CNSA 660 and 661 in the Fall.
STUDENT AND FACULTY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Leslie Mack, Community
Counseling, will graduate on December 20, 2002. Her thesis was “A Survey of
Licensed Counselors’ Attitudes Regarding Nonsexual Dual Behaviors.”
Congratulations Leslie!!
Jasi O'Connor was awarded a grant from the Research and Information
committee of the Upper-Midwest Region-Association of College and
University Housing Officers at their fall conference Oct. 22-25 in St.
Paul, MN. The grant was awarded to support research of her thesis,
"Differences in moral development between student policy offenders and
non offenders."
Jasi was also awarded the "Best First Publication" award from the
Newsletter committee for her submission titled, "How much is too much?
Counseling in the residence hall."
Melissa Rademacher attended the
International Career Development Conference in Irving, California on November 8,
9, and 10.
Wes Erwin and Lori Wheelright (1999
graduate of CNSA) published the article “Improving Mail Survey Response Rates
Through the Use of a Monetary Incentive” in the Journal of Mental Health
Counseling, 2002, 24, 247-255.
Wes Erwin was joint author (with Robert
Block and M. Ghoneim) of the article “Chronic Drug Use and Cognitive
Impairments” which was published in the journal Pharmacology, Biochemistry,
and Behavior, 2002, 73, 491-504.
CNSA Website
The Minnesota Association for Counseling and Development (MACD) plans to introduce a Counselor Licensure bill again this academic year. Please consider becoming a member of MACD. You can apply on line at the MACD webpage: http://course1.winona.msus.edu/cward/macd/
Updates will be sent over the CNSA listserv
or you can visit the legislative update section of the MACD website:
http://course1.winona.msus.edu/cward/macd/legislation2.htm
MSUM SITE FOR NATIONAL COUNSELOR
LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION EXAM
The Counseling and Student Affairs Program
is participating in a program offered by the National Board for Certified
Counselors (NBCC). This program is one in which current students of MSUM's
Counseling and Student Affairs program can take the Graduate Student
Administration (GSA) - National Counselor Examination for Licensure and
Certification (NCE) on campus, prior to their graduation. The exam is scheduled
for April 12, 2003. This exam is required for counselor licensure in many states
including North Dakota.
Counseling students who will graduate with
their Master's degree between February 1 and August 31, 2003 may be eligible to
take the exam. Benefits to students participating in this program include paying
lower fees and avoiding extensive travel (other test administration sites are
Bismarck and St. Paul). Graduates of the Counseling and Student Affairs program
may be eligible to take the exam at MSUM as well. Those interested may call the
NBCC/NCE Campus Coordinator, Wes Erwin, at 477-2009.
The National Board for Certified Counselors
has created a test for training programs to assess knowledge acquired in masters
training programs. This test, the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive
Examination (CPCE), is part of the CNSA program’s assessment plan. It is
helpful to have information about how our graduates compare to the national
sample that takes the exam. Therefore, again this year the CPCE will be required
of all those who take comprehensive exams during the year (summer 2002, fall
2002, and spring 2003). We are very proud of the fact that everyone from our
program who has taken this exam has done quite well. Keep up the great work!!
Because the program and the institution
think the exam results are important, the institution has agreed to pay the $30
fee that it costs for each person to take the exam. We will try to schedule the
exam on the Friday a week after comps, so that you do not have to prepare twice,
but are still prepared from studying for comps. The exam is 160 multiple choice
items with 20 items per CACREP area. If you would like further information,
please call Pat at 477-2699. We need your assistance as we continue to document
the quality of the program. Thanks.
There are two groups of meetings for Spring
Semester that may be of interest to you. The first is the Research Seminar that
will meet every Tuesday from 2:00-3:00 p.m. in Lommen 111. Wes and Pat will be
at these meetings and hopefully all students will attend also. This will be a
place where we discuss the programs of research that are operating in the
program, the faculty's research interests, thesis topics and resources, methods
for getting your theses done, and editing of thesis chapters. Everything you
ever wanted to know about your thesis but were afraid to ask or everything you
just wanted an answer to about your thesis are topics appropriate for this
seminar. If you want support and help with your thesis, this is the place to get
it (whatever that support or help might be). Come join us!
Research seminar meetings will begin on
Tuesday January 21, 2003.
The second group of meetings is the faculty
meetings. All the faculty meetings are open. Jasi O’Connor and Trina Pisk-Hall
are the GSO representatives at these meetings, and of course Wes and Pat attend.
All policies related to the program are discussed there. Come help us with your
ideas. The faculty meetings will be held on Thursdays from 1:00 – 3:00p.m. in
Lommen 111 or in Wes’ office.
The Graduate Student Organization for
Counseling and Student Affairs (GSO) elected officers for the 2002-03 academic
year at Orientation. Jackie Hendricks (hendrija@mnstate.edu) was elected
President and Jen Gifford (giffordjr@mnstate.edu) was elected Vice-President.
Jasi O’Connor (oconnorj@mnstate.edu) and Trina Pisk-Hall (piskhtr@mnstate.edu)
are the GSO representatives. GSO meetings are a wonderful opportunity for
sharing and support with other members of the Counseling and Student Affairs
program. The GSO published a newsletter this fall and plans to publish more in
the future. Please consider writing an article for the GSO newsletter.
PROFESSIONAL CONVENTIONS
American Counseling Association
Conference – Anaheim, CA – March 23-25; webpage: http://www.counseling.org/convention/convention.htm
American College Personnel Association – Minneapolis, MN - March 29-
National Association for Student
Personnel Administration - St. Louis, MO - March 22-26; webpage:
http://www.naspa.org/conference/index.cfm
National Career Development Conference - Denver, Colorado, June 25-28
Minnesota School Counseling Association
– to be announced
See the bulletin board for other conference
announcements.
The faculty highly encourage you to attend
the North Dakota Counseling Association convention in Bismarck, North Dakota
February 2-4. It is a great place to network, meet other counselors in the area,
meet and talk to alumni of the program, talk to faculty and students from other
counselor training programs, and even learn new information about the
profession. There is a group of students getting together to go, so please let
others know if you are interested in attending the conference. You are excused
from classes if you attend the conference. You can go for just one day, say
Sunday, also. Wes is planning an Alumni, Student and Faculty reception for
Sunday February 2 at 7:00p.m. at the conference. More details will be announced
over the listserv.
Thesis Deadlines:
- March 6 - deadline to submit “advisor approved draft” to CNSA faculty
- March 27 – deadline for distribution of “faculty approved draft” to outside committee member
- April 10 – deadline for form 3 (last day to apply for oral examination)
- April 24 - last day for oral exam
- May 8 - last day to deliver thesis copies to the library and form 4
to Graduate Studies Office
Comprehensive Exams:
- Dates of Written Comprehensives - March
26, March 27
Commencement:
- Commencement - May 16
Karen Montgomery, a graduate of the
program, spoke about ways to prepare for comps several years ago. A video tape
of the presentation, which is excellent, is available from the faculty.
COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
The following dates and times have been set
up for administering the comprehensive exam for Master of Science degree
students.
Graduate students in Counseling and Student
Affairs should contact their advisor to let them know when they will be ready to
write the exam. The Application for Comprehensive Exams form is available from
Bev Nokken in 209 Lommen Hall. These application forms should be turned in to
Bev Nokken in Lommen 205 at the beginning of Spring Semester. You may take comps
in the summer, but you must let your advisor know by April 1, 2003. Summer comps
are not read until Fall semester.
There is a two-page list of study areas for
the comps in your Handbook. The rating form used by faculty when reading the
comps is also in the Handbook.
SPRING SEMESTER Wed., Mar. 26, 2003 Thurs., Mar. 27, 2003
2003 10-12:00 noon & 1-3 p.m. 10-12 noon & 1-3 p.m.
LO 101
Computer Lab LO 101 Computer Lab
FIRST SUMMER Wed., June 11, 2003 Thurs., June 12, 2003
SESSION, 2003 10-12:00 noon & 1-3 p.m. 10-12 noon & 1-3 p.m.
LO 101
Computer Lab LO 101 Computer Lab
The faculty are not paid for summer faculty
activities and as a result are generally not available during the summer. Please
plan ahead and consult with your advisor if you plan to work on your thesis over
the summer. If you elect to take comprehensive examinations in the summer, they
will not be read until Fall Semester.
Please be aware of the five year time limit
for CNSA coursework. To meet the deadline you must graduate before your first
course is over 5 years old. Otherwise, you must retake courses as they go over
the 5 year limit. For instance, if you took your first course in the fall of one
year, you need to graduate by the summer 5 years later.
First Course
Graduate By
Fall, 2000 Summer, 2005
Fall, 2001 Summer, 2006
Fall, 2002 Summer, 2007
The same is true for spring semester
starts. If your first course is in the spring, you must be through by the fall
semester 5 years later. Please check your transcript to determine these dates.
Add 5 to the year of your first course.
Course Offerings
Spring, 2003
CNSA 613 Career Development 3 Seaburg 5:00-7:30 T LO 210 CNSA 614 Human Growth & Devel 3 Dokken 5:00-7:30 M LO 003
CNSA 615 Social/Cultural Found 3 Erwin 5:00-7:30 H LO 210
CNSA 630 Group Counseling 3 Erwin 5:00-7:30 M LO 210
CNSA 662 Adminstr of SA 2 Wiese 3:00-4:40 H MA 165
CNSA 663 The College Student 1 Mehnert-M 5:00-5:50 H LO 098
CNSA 692B* Intern: Stud Affairs 3 Neuman 2:00-4:00 W LO 208
CNSA 692C* Intern: Coll Coun 3 Neuman 4:30-6:30 W LO 210
CNSA 692D* Intern: Comm Coun 3 Neuman 4:30-6:30 W LO 210
CNSA 699 * Masters Thesis 1-4 Staff ARR ARR
* indicates a faculty override is needed in order to register
Rooms: LO = Lommen Hall, NH = Nemzek Practicum House located at 515 S.