Awards and Honors

Department Achievements

Dr. Geraldine Miller featured in the Appalachian Online
Dr. Schwarze appointed to the North Carolina Board of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors
Dr. Hammonds interviewed for the August 2020 cover story of Counseling Today
Outstanding Master's Counselor Education and Supervision Program Award, SACES, 2019
Supervision Award, Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Dr. Dominique Hammonds (CMHC Professor), 2018
Creativity and Innovation in Counseling Award, North Carolina Counseling Association, Dr. Dominique Hammonds (CMHC Professor), 2017
Administrator of the Year Award, Dr. Mark Schwarze (CMHC Program Director), 2016
Ella Stephens Barrett Award, Dr. Christina Rosen (CMHC Professor), 2016
Beginning Counselor Award, Brittany Bodwell (CMHC Alumni), 2016
Devoted Service Award, Angela Brooks-Livingston (CMHC Alumni), 2016
Mary Thomas Burke Professional Mentor Award, Suzanne Ward (CMHC Alumni), 2016
Outstanding Addictions Counseling Program...International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (IAAOC) 2006
ASU University Deans' Award for Excellence in Graduate Education...Community Counseling 2005-06
Robert Frank Outstanding ACES Program Award (1992)

Student Achievements

Danielle Capparelli and Isabel Anderson was awarded NBCC Foundation Addiction Counseling Fellowship award and scholarships

Fiona Abrams was awarded the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program - Addictions Counselors
Fiona Abrams has been awarded the Chancellor's Fellowship for 2020-2021
Jessie Butler was awarded the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program - Addictions Counselors
Sammi Brown was awarded the Legacy of a Lifetime Scholarship
Becky Shaffer was awarded the Legacy of a Lifetime Scholarship
Emma Robinson has been selected to receive the Grover Fielding Yancey and Kathleen Coggins Yancey Scholarship
Emma Robinson was accepted into the Appalachian State University's Graduate Student Ambarssadors program for the 2020-2021 academic year
Emma Robinson has been awarded the Chancellor's Fellowship for 2020-2021
Calista Colbert received a scholarship on behalf of Appalachian State Student Affairs Program as part of being selected for the Diversity Graduate Assistantship with the Counseling Center
Sydney Rosenberg was chosen as the recipient of the Glenda Hubbard Scholarship

Kirsten Cole was awarded the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program - Addictions Counselors
Matthew Beason was awarded the NBCC Minority Fellowship Program - Addictions Counselors
Reese Wells has been selected as the Jones Dotson Scholarship recipient
Lanie Anderson has been awarded the Grover Fielding Yancey and Kathleen Coggins Yancey Scholarship
Andrea Bueno-Acosta has been awarded the Grover Fielding Yancey and Kathleen Coggins Yancey Scholarship
Fiona Abrams has been awarded the Chancellor's Fellowship for 2019-2020
Emma Robinson was chosen as the recipient of the 2019-2020 NC Tuition Scholarship
Emma Robinson has been awarded the Chancellor's Fellowship for 2019-2020
Damaris Bates was accepted into the Appalachian State University's Graduate Student Ambarssadors program for the 2019-2020 academic year
Damaris Bates received a scholarship on behalf of Appalachian State Student Affairs Program as part of being selected for the Diversity Graduate Assistantship with the Counseling Center

Kirsten Cole was awarded the Governor's Institute on Substance Abuse Scholarship
Katie Monday has been awarded the Governor's Institute on Substance Abuse Scholarship
Andrea Bueno-Acosta was chosen as the recipient of the 2019-2020 NC Tuition Scholarship
Alyssa Delturco was selected as the Don Rhodes Jr. Scholarship recipient
Jenna Willis was awarded the Governor's Institute on Substance Abuse Scholarship
Aaron Galloway has been awarded the Governor's Institute on Substance Abuse Scholarship

Fumie Abe has been been selected as the NBCC Foundation’s 2017 Family First Scholarship Recipient
Juliana Blanton has been awarded the NBCC Minority Fellowship
Beth Anderson has been awarded two scholarships - both the NBCC Rural Scholarship and the Jones-Dotson Scholarship
Blake Crooks was accepted into Appalachian State University’s Graduate Student Ambassadors program within the Cratis D. Williams School of Graduate Studies for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Meghan Rock has beeen awarded the The NAADAC Minority Fellowship Program for Addictions Counselors (NMFP-AC)
Fumie Abe was awarded the Hubbard Scholarship
Marissa Sander has been chosen as a recipient of the Yancey Scholarship
Chelsea Ingersoll has been selected as a Legacy of a Lifetime Scholarship recipient

Verena Wieloch has been awarded the 2016 Association for Specialists in Group Work Peg Carroll Scholarship

Will Luckett is chosen as a recipient of the Governor's Institute Scholarship for addictions counseling
Will Luckett has been selected as a Graduate Ambassador to represent Appalachian State's graduate school
Will Luckett is appointed astreasurer of the North Carolina College Counselor's Association

Wanda Ortiz collaborated in writing the textbook, Assessing Bilingual Children in Context: An Integrated Approach, published by the APA.
Will Luckett was a recipient of the Chancellor's Fellowship from ASU's Cratis D. Williams Graduate School
Andrew Gleim is inducted into CSI and elected co-chair of the Workshop Committee for the Orchesis Honor Society.

Mark Rasdorf was the recipient of the Graduate Student Award from the Association of LGBT Issues in Counseling (ALGBTIC), a division of the American Counseling Association (ACA), at the March 2012 ACA National Conference in San Francisco.
Elizabeth De Santo was the recipient of the Lovill Fellowship Award.
Anne Hosey and James G. Bursenos are selected as Chancellors Fellowship recipients.
Shellie Beeker is a recipient of the Joyce Lawrence Professional Development award.

David Weisenhorn is selected as the winner of the 2010 National Board of Certified Counselors Military Scholarship. The military scholarship provides financial support to service members and veterans who are currently enrolled in a master's-level CACREP-accredited counseling program and who commit to serving military personnel after graduation.

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