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Providing calm in turbulent times
Mental health is integral to education and human development across the lifespan. In this issue, we feature the college's programs in counseling, social work, and therapy. Read about faculty and alumni impact from early childhood through students at the University.
Connect is available in three formats, all of which include links to additional media such as slideshows or audio. To read the magazine online, in html, click on the story titles in the following list, or in the lefthand column of each page.
Spring 2009
Features
Success stories
Researchers unlock the secret to childhood resilience in the face of daunting odds.
Rising above
Counseling and academic coaching combine to leap across the achievement gap.
Keeping kids in class
The groundbreaking Check & Connect model is evolving to address postsecondary persistence.
In need of support
Students under stress
Alumni and students stem a tide of mental illness and modern pressure on campus.
From the Field
Jessie Everts
Ph.D. candidate, marriage and family therapy, Department of Family Social Science
Juli Celene Montgomery
M.A. student, counseling and school personnel psychology, Department of Educational Psychology
Kara Erolin
Ph.D. candidate, marriage and family therapy, Department of Family Social Science
Lindsey Fritsch
Master’s student, School of Social Work
Brooke Rafdal
Ph.D. candidate, school psychology, Department of Educational Psychology
Departments
Community - Happenings around the college neighborhoods
The feeding tube, Shout outs for justice, Educating for the 21st-century, Legislative challenges in 2009, Changing Landscapes, Forum blends reading research with policy, Deno tops AERA research
Colloquium
Critical thinking, hands-on learning drive reading growth
Connecting with emeriti faculty
Marty Rossmann: promoting proficient parenting
Compendium
Appointed, Retired, Honored, In Memoriam
Alumni update
Howard Agee, champion for those with mental illness
Continuity - Alumni news
1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1990, 2000
Commitment