“PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools” will screen at Augusta University’s Maxwell Performing Arts Theater on Jan. 14. This feature-length documentary examines a new and alarming trend: African American girls are the fastest-growing population in the criminal justice system and the only group of girls disproportionately experiencing criminalization and …
Read More »Dr. Margaux Brown helps combat back-to-school jitters
Dr. Margaux Brown, assistant professor of counseling, appeared on WJBF on Aug. 6 to talk about how parents and caregivers can help combat back-to-school jitters in their children.
Read More »Counselor education student wins national recognition for essay
AUGUSTA, GA. – Augusta University College of Education’s own Katy Towns received Honorable Mention in the American Counseling Association’s Ross Trust Future School Counselors Essay Competition. Towns was one of 17 entrants out of 600 nationwide to receive an honor in the contest, and is the first AU student to …
Read More »Legacy graduates from Augusta University share their stories
AUGUSTA, GA – Legacy graduates talk about the reasons they followed parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and siblings to the campus of Augusta University to complete their degrees. Click the photo below to watch the video.
Read More »Professor wins national award for advocacy work
AUGUSTA, GA. – Dr. Richard Deaner, professor of counselor education at Augusta University, has been selected to receive the 2017 American Counselor Association Counselor Educator Advocacy Award. The ACA Counselor Educator Advocacy Award recognizes a counselor educator for work in fostering an awareness of and expertise in advocacy among counseling students. …
Read More »Graduate student wins state counseling award
Above, Traci Westin (back row, second from left) poses with faculty and students from the Department of Advanced Studies and Innovation. From the bottom left to right is Dr. Meredith Rausch, Dr. Margaux Brown, Ashley Jackson, Travis Keels. From top left to right is Matt Bestic, Traci Westin, Tracey Carter (LPCA …
Read More »Learn to recognize the signs of human trafficking in Augusta
AUGUSTA, GA. – This month, 12,400 men will pay for sex with a young woman in Georgia – and 7,200 of them will end up exploiting an adolescent female. It’s known as human trafficking – or, more specifically, sex trafficking – and it is a $290 million industry in this …
Read More »Professor wins Regents’ highest teaching honor
AUGUSTA, GA. – Dr. Richard Deaner, professor of counselor education at Augusta University, has been selected to receive the 2016 University System of Georgia (USG) Board of Regents’ Teaching Excellence Award. Created in 1996, the Regents’ Awards program recognizes the finest among the USG faculty who significantly improve student success …
Read More »College of Education student published in national journal
AUGUSTA, GA. Michelle Harrell has been immersed in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder since childhood. Her brother as well as both her children were all diagnosed with ADHD. In addition to medication, cognitive-behavioral therapies, and physical therapy, Harrell was able to help her children with a newer alternative treatment called nutritional …
Read More »Students promote sweet idea to raise money for mental health education
AUGUSTA, GA – Students in the Augusta University College of Education’s Department of Counselor Education, Leadership and Research will raise money to promote mental health by celebrating Valentine’s Day through Candy Grams. For $3 (or two for $5), members of Chi Sigma Iota, the counseling honor society, will deliver a …
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