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GENERAL INFORMATION
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Awards
The Department of Counseling sponsors four department awards and scholarships,
which are awarded in the spring semester. Eligibility for these scholarships
varies, as outlined below:
1. Distinguished Student Award - This award is based on a record
of distinguished scholarship and outstanding service to the community,
as determined by faculty feedback, the students' transcripts, and essays
written by the nominees.
2. Virginia Lee Block Scholarship- Block was a founding member
of the Department of Counseling at San Francisco State University and for
many years was the Chair of the Department. After her death, her family
left $10,000 for the purpose of scholarships for general Counseling students
in the Department.
The Department Virginia Block Scholarship Committee selects
approximately four individuals in the specializations of Career Counseling, College
Counseling, Gerontological Counseling, Marriage, Family and Child Counseling,
or School Counseling for this scholarship. The scholarship winners are
selected from a pool of students nominated and discussed by the faculty
of the Department of Counseling.
3. Ida Sweeney LeBlanc Scholarship - Ms. Sweeney was a re-entry student
who received her counseling credential from our department in the late 1960s.
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Honor Society
The Department of Counseling has organized its own chapter, THETA CHI,
as a branch of Chi Sigma Iota, the national honor society for counselors
and counselor educators. Students must have completed at
least 15 semester graduate hours in counseling with an overall scholastic
average of 3.5 or better while enrolled in the program.
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Disabled Resource Center
Students with a broad range of disabling conditions may find the resources
at Disabled Resource Center useful. Services are provided to students with
both temporary and permanent disabilities. Resources include: readers,
interpreters, equipment loan, on-campus transportation, and priority registration.
For more information students should contact Disabled Resource Center at
338-2472.
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Counseling Student Association
The Counseling Student Association, a student-led group, is an organization of students who are involved in their own
education
and work with the faculty to who enhance the program and their training experiences.
The CSA sends representatives to departmental faculty and committee meetings,
conducts workshops and professional convocations, and organizes social
activities for the students. CSA also coordinates the Department of Counseling's
graduation ceremony.
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Professional Organizations
The list below is only a partial representation of professional organizations
the student may wish to contact. Flyers are available from some of the
organizations listed in the Department Office.
- American Counseling Assn.
(ACA)
- 5999 Stevenson Avenue
- Alexandria, VA 22304-3303
- Phone: 1-800-347-6647
- TDD: 703-370-1943
- American Rehabilitation Counseling Assn.(ARCA)
- 5999 Stevenson Avenue
- Alexandria, VA 22304-3303
- Phone: 703-823-9800
- California Assn. for Counseling & Development (CACD)
- 2555 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 201
- Fullerton, CA 92631
- Phone: 714-871-6460
- Fax: 714-871-5132
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California Assn. of Marriage &
Family Therapists (CAMFT)
- 7901 Raytheon Road
- San Diego, CA 92111-1606
- Phone: 619-29-CAMFT
- TDD: 619-292-2650
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California Career
Development Association Division (CCDA)
- 2555 E. Chapman Avenue, Suite 201
- Fullerton, CA 92631
- Phone: 714-871-6460
- Fax: 714-871-5132
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National Board of Certified Counselors
(NBCC)
- 3 Terrace Way, Suite D
- Greensboro, NC 27403
- Phone: 910-547-0607
- E-mail:
nbcc@nbcc.org
- National Rehabilitation Counseling Association (NRCA)
- 633 South Washington Street
- Alexandria, VA 22314
- Phone: 703-836-0850
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