Student Newsletter
March 9, 2026
Self-Care Night - Chi Sigma Iota: Friday, March 20
Addressing Career Counseling and Employment Needs of People Living with HIV - March 27
Summer and Fall 2026 MOA Key Dates
Summer 2026
- Last day to submit Field Site Survey Form for new site approval: Monday, March 30, 2026
- MOA’s for the Summer 2026 semester must be submitted by: Friday, April 10, 2026
Fall 2026
- Last day to submit the Field Site Survey Form for new site approval: Monday, June 29, 2026
- MOA’s for the Fall 2026 semester must be submitted by: Friday, July 10, 2026
Special Request Dates
If you are planning to utilize your place of employment, you will need to submit a special request proposal as mentioned in the Field Service Manual on page 8.
Summer 2026:
- Special request deadline due by: Monday, March 9, 2026
- Students will be notified by: Monday, March 16, 2026
Fall 2026:
- Special request deadline due by: Monday, June 8, 2026
- Students will be notified by: Monday, June 15, 2026
Residencies - Spring Semester, 2026
CON 5371: Pre-Practicum Counseling Skills
For those students taking CON 5371 in the spring, you will have a required residency either March 24-25 or March 26-27. Specific dates are found below.
- Section 01 and OL2: March 24-25

- Sections OL1: March 26-27
CON 5351: Group Counseling
For those students taking CON 5351 in the spring semester, you will have a required residency on April 15-16.
Campus Cleanup Day - Chi Sigma Iota Service Project - April 11
Graduate and Undergraduate Research Symposium
More information here: https://www.nccu.edu/sgs/graduate-school-professional-development/gurs
Latest Announcements from nccuCounseling
- State of North Carolina's Mental Health and Substance Use Services Workforce: Need, Supply, and Distribution Landscape Assessment 2026-03-03
- Scholarship America Essential Visionaries Scholarship 2026-03-03
- Equine-assisted Psychotherapy Training Opportunity 2026-03-03
- Person County Schools is Hiring 2026-03-03
- CSI Self-care Night: Friday, March 20 2026-03-02
- Drs. Lupton-Smith, Simon, Hargrove, and Kennedy Present at 2026 NCCA Conference 2026-02-24
- Dr. Adam Brandt Presents at 2026 NCCA Conference 2026-02-24
Upcoming Dates to Remember for nccuCounseling:
- March 7-15: Spring Break, no classes
- March 9: Special summer request (for placement) deadline
- March 9-20: CPCE spring testing window
- March 16: Registration opens for summer sessions and Fall 2026; Deadline for graduating students to clear grades of "I"
- March 16-20: Prospective student interviews
- March 17: SOE faculty meeting
- March 20: CSI Self-Care Night; NCCU general faculty meeting
- March 24: Counseling Program faculty meeting
- March 24-27: CON 5371 Residencies
- March 27: Addressing Career Counseling & Employment Needs of People Living with HIV
- March 28: Graduate and Undergraduate Research Symposium
- March 30: Last day to submit Field Site Survey Form for new summer site approval
- April 2: Last day for graduate students to withdraw from a class
- April 3: Good Friday observance, no classes
- April 10: Chi Sigma Iota Induction Ceremony; Honors Convocation; MOAs for summer semester due
- April 11: CSI Campus Cleanup Day
- April 15-16: CON 5351 Residency
- June 8: Special fall request (for placement) deadline
- June 29: Last day to submit the Field Site Survey Form for a new fall site approval
- July 10: MOAs for fall 2026 due







