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Dr. Foxx was selected as a 2024 Emerging Business Leader! The Emerging Business Leaders (EBL) is a 7-month leadership program that facilitates relationship building across companies and industries and provides opportunities for participants to increase their engagement with the CLT Alliance. For more information, please visit: https://charlotteregion.com/pages/emerging-business-leaders/ The USCC Congratulates Dr. Foxx on this honor […]

Dr. Clare Merlin-Knoblich received the North Carolina School Counselor Association’s (NCSCA) 2023 School Counselor Educator of the Year award! This annual award highlights a counselor educator that has shown leadership with faculty, provided outstanding contributions to their local community, while also demonstrating leadership in the field of counseling. The USCC Congratulates Dr. Merlin-Knoblich for this […]

Dr. Kelly Anderson (SPCD) and Dr. Sejal Parikh Foxx (Counseling) received funding for an OSEP US Dept of Ed personnel preparation grant for their project titled, “Project Intensive Needs Teacher and Counselor Training” (INTACT). The funding total is $881,858. The goal of the INTACT project is to prepare scholars at the University of North Carolina […]

UNC Charlotte Alumna and USCC Member, Dr. Brittany Prioleau, was recently featured in an article through Mercer University. The article highlights how Dr. Prioleau is passionate about helping others achieve wellness through holistic and multicultural approaches. Dr. Prioleau’s ongoing research is working to incorporate innovative and integrative practices into the field of mental health counseling, […]

UNC Charlotte Alumna and USCC member, Dr. Maylee Vazquez, was selected as a 2023 Latinx Fellow through LatinxEd! The mission of LatinxEd is to call upon their community to reimagine culturally sustaining education systems that truly recognize, meet, and honor the diverse needs of Latinx immigrant families. The LatinxEd Fellowship is a statewide network providing […]

Sheree Harper was selected to join the APA Interdisciplinary Minority Fellowship Program (IMFP) as a doctoral fellow! Through this fellowship, Sheree will receive up to a $23,000 stipend for one year, with the possibility of renewing the fellowship for up to one additional year. In addition to stipend support, Fellows receive training, professional development, mentoring, […]

Sheree Harper was selected as a scholarship recipient for the Jim Patterson Memorial Scholarship at UNC Charlotte! The Scholarship Selection Committee for the Cato College of Education, Department of Counseling selected Sheree as one of the recipients chosen for the 2023-2024 academic year, with an award amount of $1,500. The scholarship is geared toward Counseling […]

Brittany Glover, a doctoral candidate in Counselor Education & Supervision, received a Mental Health Scholarship from the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation for the Spring 2023 term! The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation’s (BLHF) vision is to eradicate the stigma around mental health issues in the African American community. The BLHF is committed to changing the perception […]

Brittany Glover was selected as a 2022-2023 Chi Sigma Iota Leadership (CSI) Fellow! CSI Leadership Fellowships are designed to help graduate counseling students (master’s and doctoral) and professionals in the early years of their counseling careers to develop leadership skills for the benefit of the counseling profession. Leadership Fellowships are awarded to 10 individuals of […]

Mia Garcia, a first-year Counseling doctoral student, was selected as a recipient of the 2023 National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) Minority Fellowship! The NBCC Minority Fellowship Program provides financial support to master’s- and doctoral-level counseling students who commit to serving minority communities. With this competitive national award, Mia will receive $20,000 and additional funding […]