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Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (2019)

March 1, 2019
Learn more about the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling in this online booklet.

Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling’s Uzma Khan to Represent the ºÚÁÏÍø at Nationwide Interprofessional Competition

February 8, 2019
Two students from the Department of Allied Health Sciences will represent the ºÚÁÏÍø at the annual CLARION case competition, an initiative dedicated to improving health care through interprofessional education and hosted by the University of Michigan. Kripa Ahuja, a junior who has nearly completed her first year...

ºÚÁÏÍø Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health receives $2.4-million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

January 4, 2019
The ºÚÁÏÍø Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health has been awarded a $2.4-million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The project will address homelessness and provide comprehensive behavioral health care and other services for individuals living with serious mental illnesses who are experiencing or...

Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Students Learn From Life Experience of Chapel Hill Fire Chief, Matt Sullivan

November 2, 2018
The Town of Chapel Hill’s Fire Chief, Matt Sullivan, recently spoke to students in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling about trauma, crisis, and wisdom he has learned during his varied, multi-decade career. Sullivan, whose background spans law and social work, draws from his past experiences and...

Second-Year Student Mariel Marshall Hopes to Close Health Care Gaps in Rehabilitation and Counseling

October 24, 2018
Mariel Marshall is a second-year student in the Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling who sees it as her mission to ensure that future counselors advocate for their clients, particularly people of color. While growing up in New York, Marshall saw a lack of counselors who came from a similar racial...

CRMHC Students Present Research to Nationwide Audiences

July 27, 2018
From Arlington, Virginia, to Anaheim, California, Division of Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling (CRMHC) students presented their research from coast to coast during the 2017-2018 school year. In October of 2017, four fully funded students attended the annual conference of the National Council on Rehabilitation Education (NCRE), Rehabilitation Services...

CRMHC Class of 2018 Graduation

June 27, 2018
In May 2018, we enjoyed the graduation ceremony for our 18 graduating students. The event was held on campus, and we had a large crowd of first and second-year students, family, friends, and faculty. The faculty are very proud of all the hard work these graduates accomplished and the lives...

CRMHC Student Champion Diversity and Inclusion

April 7, 2018
As Department of Allied Health Sciences Allied Health Ambassadors, students from our division are bringing awareness to the academic challenges, financial strains, and interpersonal conflicts that are often faced by minority students pursuing professional careers. At a DAHS annual event, titled Difference Matters, first-year student Shamni Uthayasoorian spoke on diversity...

CRMH Sparks New Interest in Interprofessional Education

March 17, 2018
Judy Schmidt, EdD, CRC, LPCA, and graduate student Nicola Zollinger are pairing up to promote stronger interprofessional relationships. Collaboration has come from a variety of disciplines, including audiology, education, nursing, occupational therapy, public health, physical therapy, social work, psychology. Already this year, the team has promoted and hosted its inaugural...

PhD Student Finds Her Voice in the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences

October 13, 2017
PhD student Jenni Shafer hopes her newly discovered research passions will lower barriers in an often-overlooked and under-researched issue facing adults. In June of 2013, Jenni Shafer was kicked in the head by a horse. The four years since that accident have been arduous, yet rewarding: they have brought her...