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Re-accredited through 2030!

Please see the attached letter from CACREP regarding our re-accreditation efforts of our Clinical Mental Health Counseling, School Counseling, and Career Counseling Programs. It is our honor to inform you that we have received the full 8-year accreditation for each of our programs, without any conditions.

Congratulations to all of the Counselor Education faculty and staff - and a huge thank you to all of the students (current and past) who assisted with our site visit back in February.

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Welcome Dr. Karlesia Montague

The Counselor Education Program at North Carolina Central University is pleased to announce the hiring of a new faculty member: Dr. Karlesia Montague.

Dr. Karlesia Montague (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Professor in the Counselor Education Program at North Carolina Central University. She received her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC). Before joining NCCU, Dr. Montague was a faculty member in the Counselor Education Program at Valdosta State University. While at VSU, she served as the co-advisor of the Gamma Nu chapter of CSI and assisted with forming community partnerships with local mental health agencies for the newly developed clinical mental health counseling track.

She is a licensed clinical mental health counselor, licensed clinical addiction specialist, and national certified counselor. Dr. Montague has worked with teens and adults in inpatient (detox) and outpatient settings. Her research interests include suicide prevention within marginalized populations, crisis counseling preparation, and multicultural issues in mental health and higher education, specifically focusing on the Black/African American population.

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Did You Know?

In October 2015, the Counseling Program at NCCU was selected as the "Most Outstanding Master's level Counseling Program" by the Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision.

SACES award 2015

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Survey of Interest in a Doctoral Program in Counseling at NCCU

The Counselor Education Program at NCCU is in the early stages of proposing and planning an EdD in Counselor Education and Supervision. As part of doing our due diligence, we need to know the level of interest from the community.

Would you mind completing this short survey about your level of interest? It should only take about two to three minutes of your time.

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