History and Highlights

2009-2010

• The Department held a Grand Reunion celebrating forty years of graduates from the masters program from 1969-2009. Professors emeriti Tom Elmore and Len Roberge attended as did current professors and many of the over 600 alumni. A dinner was held on Friday, August 14 and “Back to the Classroom” seminars were presented on Saturday, August 15, 2009 by faculty.
• In addition to the seminars presented for alumni at the reunion, the Department presented two very well attended continuing education seminars for area professional counselors in April. Barbara Herlihy from the University of New Orleans presented morning and afternoon seminars on ethics topics. Pamela Karr coordinated both events.
• Sam Gladding, Department Chair, was awarded a Fulbright Specialists grant to Turkey and will teach numerous seminars in the area of Counseling from May 14 to June 13, 2010. He also taught at Tallinn University in Tallinn, Estonia, while on a semester sabbatical in October 2009.
• Donna Henderson trained Mental Health Facilitators in Mexico and Bhutan in week long sessions that used a curriculum she wrote. She also served as the key-note speaker at an international school counselor’s conference in Turkey.
• Donna Henderson received ACA Fellow status at the ACA Convention in Pittsburgh. Fellow status is based on achievement in the areas of leadership and service to others.
• Sam Gladding received the Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award from the American Counseling Association which is given to honor service to the profession of counseling over a number of years. He also received the Research Award from the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors.
• Debbie Newsome completed a year-long assignment as the chair of the Master’s Task Force for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
• Sam Gladding served as a Trustee for the American Counseling Association (ACA) Foundation (as chair-elect), and as an editorial board member of the flagship periodical of ACA: the Journal of Counseling and Development. He was elected in January 2010 as president-elect of the American Association of State Counseling Boards, the regulatory body of the 50 states that license counselors.
• Donna Henderson served as past president of Chi Sigma Iota (International Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society).
• Pamela Karr served as treasurer of the North Carolina Career Development Association.
• Donna Henderson , John Anderson and Debbie Newsome served as lower division advisors for the College.
• Sam Gladding chaired the Library Planning Committee and served as a member of the University’s Committee on Ethics, Leadership, and Civic Responsibility.
• John Anderson continued to serve as a pro bono counselor with the Trinity Center and Sam Gladding as a pro bono counselor to CareNet of the Triad.
• Nathaniel Ivers was appointed to a one-year term as visiting professor after Laura Veach accepted a position at UNCC as Associate Professor working with Addiction Counseling Specialty Track with a co-appointment as Associate Professor with the Department of Surgical Sciences, WFU School of Medicine.
• Nathaniel Ivers was awarded the 2010 Outstanding Research Award by Chi Sigma Iota International Counseling Honor Society. He has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Counseling at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
• John Anderson served on the board of directors of the Albert Ellis Institute in New York.
• MA Counseling/M.Div dual degree student Leah Creel received a Richter Scholarship from the WFU Graduate School of Arts and Sciences to study in Kenya, Africa during the summer of 2010.
• The first graduates of the Dual Degree program (Rob Womack and Sabrina Gilchrist) graduated with Masters of Divinity and Master of Arts in Counseling degrees in May.
• Donna Henderson and Sam Gladding both published revisions of their respective texts, Counseling Children and Becoming a Counselor: The Light, the Bright, and the Serious.
• Debbie Newsome and Sam Gladding published a revision of Clinical Mental Health Counseling in Community and Agency Settings.
• The Department is completing the process of applying for CACREP(Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs) recertification. Pamela Karr coordinated the process and served as primary author. The self-study was completed in July 2009 and a site visit was held in February of 2010. The CACREP board will meet in June of 2010 to render its decisions.
• As dictated by CACREP, the Community Counseling Program will become a Clinical Mental Health Program beginning with the graduates of May 2011.
• The department is developing new courses to serve the undergraduate population at WFU. Work is almost completed on a new Health and Human Services Minor.
• The Department is working in partnership with VP of Career Development, Andy Chan, to expand the number of college to career courses from one to four.
• A record number of 175 applications were received for the class entering fall of 2010.

2008-2009

• In March 2009, the Wake Forest Department of Counseling Pi Alpha chapter of Chi Sigma Iota (international academic and professional counseling honor society) receives the Outstanding Small Chapter Award at the annual convention of the American Counseling Association in Charlotte.
• The Department presented three very well attended continuing education seminars for area professional counselors. In November, program alumni and recipient of the 2007 WFU Distinguished Alumni Award, Roger Pearman presented “Using Counseling Skills in Coaching.” In April, seminars were presented on “Practical Ethics: Understanding and Adhering to Counseling Ethical Standards” and on “Suicide Risk Assessment and Intervention.”
• Donna Henderson served as president of Chi Sigma Iota (International Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society).
• The first students form the dual MDiv/Masters in counseling degree entered the counseling program after completing two years in the divinity school.
• Donna Henderson and Debbie Newsome served as lower division advisors for the College.
• Sam Gladding chaired the Library Planning Committee and served as a member of the University’s Mentoring Committee and the Committee on Ethics, Leadership, and Civic Responsibility.
• Sam Gladding served as a Trustee for the American Counseling Association (ACA) Foundation and as an editorial board member of the flagship periodical of ACA: the Journal of Counseling and Development.
• Sam Gladding was appointed by the governor as a board member of the North Carolina Board of Licensed Professional Counselors.
• Sam Gladding was awarded a Senior Fulbright Lectureship.
• Roger Pearman, an alumnus of the department, created an online graduate course on assessment and it was offered for the first time in June 2009.
• Debbie Newsome served as chairman of the WFU Institutional Review Board and as chair of the Master’s Task Force for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
• Laura Veach worked as a liaison in an academic partnership with the Department of Surgery, Level 1 Trauma Center at WFU Baptist Medical Center.
• Laura Veach served as the co-principle investigator on a Robert Wood Johnson grant and secured a paid internship for a counseling student at WFUBMC.
• Pamela Karr served as treasurer of the North Carolina Career Development Association and taught four sections of CNS 102: Career Planning.
• Faculty presented ten (10) programs at the Counseling Association conference in Charlotte in March 2009 and four (4) programs at the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Conference in Houston.
• John Anderson continued to serve as a pro bono counselor with the Trinity Center and Sam Gladding as a pro bono counselor to CareNet of the Triad.
• John Anderson offered a WFU Professional Development Institute (PDI) workshop on negotiation; Donna Henderson offered a PDI on stress management; and Sam Gladding offered a PDI on humor and mental health.
• During 2008-2009, faculty published three (3) books, two (2) instructive video, five (5) refereed journal articles, one (1) book chapters, one (1) monograph, two (2) internal reports for accrediting agencies (NCATE & DPI), four (4) newsletter articles, and made thirty (30) professional presentations at the state, regional, national, and international levels. They also served as co-principle investigators on two (2) external grants, served on five (5) editorial boards, and held one (1) international office, two (2) national offices and one (1) state office in counseling associations.
• The department won a Presidential Grant from the ZSR Library and Sam Gladding won a course developmental grant from the Teaching and Learning Center and a project developmental grant (for a DVD on spirituality and counseling) from the Fund for Ethics, Leadership, and Civic Responsibility.

2007-2008

• Graduation 2007.
• New dual degree – M Div/Master of Arts in counseling — approved by trustees.
• In October 2007, the Wake Forest Department of Counseling receives the 2007 Outstanding Counselor Education Program – Master Level from SACES (Southern Association of Counselor Educators and Supervisors).
• Program Faculty won two national awards at the March 2008 American Counseling Association Conference in Hawaii. Donna Henderson received the ACA Professional Development Award. Gladding, Veach, Newsome and Henderson also accepted the Counselor Education Advocacy Award for the department in recognition of being the first program to take all of its students to Washington for ACA Legislative Day. Also, a new award was established by the Association for Creativity in Counseling named the “Samuel T. Gladding Inspiration and Motivation Award.” Faculty and Students receive awards at the 2007 ACA Convention. WFU Counseling students and faculty attend the 2007 ACA Legislative Institute in mass.
• The Department presented two very well attended continuing education seminars for area professional counselors. In November, Sam Gladding presented “Creative Arts & Counseling. In April, 1997 program graduate and recipient of the 2008 WFU Distinguished Alumni Award, Dr. Michelle Kielty Briggs presented seminars on incorporating spirituality into counseling and on resolving ethical dilemmas.
• The Department also proposed and facilitated “College of the Overwhelmed” – a Voices of our Times presentation. Sam Gladding served as moderator. Students enjoyed a two hour private conversation with panelists Richard Kadison of Harvard, Russ Federman of UVA and Christopher Flynn of Virginia Tech.
• The Department successfully completed reports and passed two strenuous reviews by accreditation entities NCATE, NCDPI and received good reviews from University Internal and External Review Boards. The External reviewer wrote in his report: “this counseling program is most likely the best master’s degree program in counseling in the United States.”
• Counseling students won 2 of the 5 Richter scholarships awarded to graduate students for independent study requiring travel. Scott Meltsner studied domestic abuse in South Africa. Jennifer Rogers studied holistic counseling in Florence, Italy.
• Donna Henderson served as president-elect of CSI (International Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society. She also traveled to Mexico to help train Mental Health Facilitators in a week long session that used a curriculum she wrote. Henderson also served as the key-note speaker at an international school counselor’s conference in Turkey.
• Sam Gladding spent two weeks in Malaysia serving as a consultant to counselor education programs at two different universities.
• Debbie Newsome served as chairman of the WFU Institutional Review Board.
• Laura Veach worked as a liaison in an academic partnership with the Department of Surgery, Level 1 Trauma Center at WFU Baptist Medical Center. She also secured a paid internship for a counseling student at WFUBMC and a second paid internship at a new addictions treatment center, The Bridge, where she is serving as a consultant.
• The second year students in Veach’s Mental Health class developed a training series for nurses in Guyana serving as mental health providers.
• Pamela Karr received the Devoted Service Award from the NCCA (North Carolina Counseling Association) at its February conference. She also served as treasurer of the North Carolina Career Development Association and as on-site chairman for its fall conference which was held at Wake Forest.
• Faculty and students presented at the NCCA conference in Durham in February 2008. Sam Gladding gave the luncheon address. Four first year students presented a program entitled: “Presentation of helping professionals in movies and television.”
• The first issue of Catharsis, a literary magazine devoted to the art of counseling was published by student members of the CSI honor society.
• The department expanded the number of sections it offers of the popular undergraduate course, Career Planning. Graduate students assist with that course.
• Six of the fifteen graduation members of the class of 2008 are headed directly to doctoral programs at Idaho State, NC State, Syracuse, Old Dominion and Penn State.

2006-2007

• Donna Henderson elected president of CSI (International Counseling Honor Society). Will serve as president elect in 2007-2008 and as President in 2008-2009.
• The WFU Pi Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota (international counseling honor society) won the Outstanding Chapter Individual Program Award which was presented at the 2007 ACA Convention in Detroit.
• Sam Gladding received the Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person and was named an ACA Fellow for significant and unique contributions in the field of counseling. He also received the Humanitarian Award from the Association for Spiritutal, Ethical, and Religious Issues in Counseling (ASERVIC), a division of ACA. Picture
• Laura Veach received the International Association for Addiction and Offender Counselors (IAAOC) Educator Excellence Award.
• Faculty won an Ethics and Leadership grant & took students to ACA Legislative Day in Washington. This was the first time an entire counseling program has attended this training.
• A dual MDiv/Masters in counseling degree approved. The first dual degree candidates will enter the counseling program in fall 2008 after completing two years in the Divinity school.
• Gladding, Veach and Henderson went to Virginia Tech to help counsel staff and students following mass shootings in April.
• Donna Henderson attended the NBCC International Conference in New Delhi, India. It focused on expanding mental services to third world countries in cooperation with the World Health Organization. She also traveled to Mexico to participate as a Subject Matter Expert on a curriculum development project that is an effort of NBCC endorsed by WHO to train mental health facilitators across the world. She is co-author of a global curriculum that will be used in dozens of developing countries yearly.
• Laura Veach was named most outstanding teacher in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The award was given at the hooding ceremony and is based on nominations received from counseling students.
• Sam Gladding received a Bridge Builder Award from the American Counseling Association Foundation for his involvement in linking counseling to community service.
• Laura Veach and several second year students collaborated with the Level I Trauma Center medical team to design and conduct a pilot study at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center involving alcohol screening and brief interventions for trauma victims with alcohol-related injuries.
• Sam Gladding addressed the International Counseling Conference in Brisbane,Australia and keynoted the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association in Boone. He also led a two-week trip to South Africa for ACA and People-to-people.
• The department’s first annual research day was held with first year students presenting poster sessions of their literature reviews.
• Four continuing education seminars were presented for area counselors.
• Distinguished alumni award given to Virginia Perry, class of 1992.
• John Anderson used his sabbatical to do extensive training at the Southeast Institute in Chapel Hill.
• Pamela Karr was elected treasurer of the NC Career Development Association.
• Debbie Newsome served as secretary of the American Association for Measurement and Education (AACE).
• Faculty authored or co-authored 6 books, 13 journal articles & monographs. They made 20 presentations at the local, state, regional, national and international levels and wrote 3 grants.

2005-2006

• Faculty continue national leadership roles in the counseling field…
  • Laura Veach is President of IAAOC (International Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors.
  • Debbie Newsome is Secretary of AACE (Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education.)
  • Sam Gladding is immediate past-president of the American Counseling Association (ACA).
  • Donna Henderson is immediate past-president of ACES (Association for Counselor Educators and Supervisers).
  • Record number of applications for class entering fall of 2006 is received.
• The Counseling Suite undergoes renovations. Laura Veach moves into a new office in the converted and expanded graduate assistant loft. Becki Fulton, staff assistant, and the GA’s move into the new department office, formerly Laura’s office. And John Anderson expands his library into Becki’s old office in preparation for coming to the department full time.
• In May 2006, John Anderson retires as VP of Finance and Administration and embarks on a year-long sabbatical before becoming a full time professor of counseling in academic year 2006-2007.
• Distinguished alumni award given to Roger Pearman, class of 1981.
• Jack Locicero, class of 1986, presents seminars related to grief counseling

2004-2005

• Internationally recognized therapist, William Glasser, conducts seminar at Wake Forest on February 21, 2005. Event serves as a fundraiser to help send students to the ACA conference in Atlanta in April where Sam Gladding presides as President.
• Faculty are national leaders in the counseling field…
• Sam Gladding serves as President of the American Counseling Association (ACA).
• Donna Henderson is President of the Association for Counselor Supervision and Education (ACES).
• Laura Veach is Treasurer of the International Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors (IAAOC).
• Debbie Newsome is Treasurer of the Association for Assessment in Counseling and Education (AACE).
• The first Distinguished Alumni Award is given to Susan Furr (class of 1973). Dr. Furr is chairman of the Dept of Counseling at UNC-Charlotte and was past president of the North Carolina Counseling Association.
• Congratulations to the Class of 2005!

2003-2004

• The counselor education program becomes the Department of Counseling on July 1, 2003.
• Sam Gladding serves as president-elect of the American Counseling Association (ACA).
• Donna Henderson serves as president-elect of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).
• Laura Veach serves as treasurer of IAACO (International Association of Addiction and Offender Counselors).
• Debbie Newsome serves as secretary of AACE (Association of Assessment in Counseling and Education).
• Students form first intramural team “the Psychotics.”
• Alex Vesely, grandson of Viktor Frankl, visits Wake Forest as guest of the Dept. of Counseling and conducts seminars.

2002-2003

• Sam Gladding receives Ella Stephens Barrett Award for leadership – the highest award NCCA gives.
• Pamela Karr receives NCCA Devoted Service award.

2001-2002

• The masters programs in school and community counseling are increased to 60 semester hours each. Both programs are reaccredited by CACREP for an eight year period through June 30, 2010.
• Counseling students in the Pi Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota win two top national awards: Outstanding Chapter and Outstanding Newsletter.
• Donna Henderson serves as NCCA president and Pamela Karr serves as NCCA treasurer.
• Sam Gladding serves as a volunteer counselor to families of victims of 9-11-2001 terrorist attack in New York.

2000-2001

• Debbie Newsome appointed Assistant Professor.
• Laura Veach returns from maternity leave.
• New offices are created for Laura Veach, Debbie Newsome, John Anderson and Pamela Karr.
• Donna Henderson serves as president-elect of the North Carolina Counseling Association.
• Sam Gladding receives the Ella Stephens Barrett Award for leadership – the highest award NCCA gives.
• The program first offers an elective overseas course – The Vienna Theorists at the Flow House in Vienna, Austria.

1999-2000

• Len Roberge retires and heads to Maine.
• Laura Veach received appointment as Assistant Professor and director of the community counseling program. She goes out on maternity leave.
• Debbie Newsome hired as visiting professor.

1998-1999

• Wake Forest Counselor Education Program selected by ACES (Association for Counselor Education & Supervision) as 1998 Outstanding Counseling Program in United States.
• Sam Gladding receives 1999 Professional Leadership Award from ACES and Eminent Career Award from the Association for Specialists in Group Work .
• Donna Henderson serves as President of SACES (Southern Association of Counselor Education and Supervision) and is nominated for President of ACES (Association for Counselor Education and Supervision).
• Adjunct faculty position money is consolidated and a search for a new full time faculty member begins.

1997-1998

1996-1997

• Sam Gladding become the head of the counselor education program and also becomes president of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).
• Donna Henderson is hired to take Thomas Elmore’s place and to head the school counseling program.
• A remodeling of the counselor education suite takes place as a part of the renovation of Tribble Hall.

1995-1996

• Counselor Education has two programs – School and Community – accredited for 7 years each by the Council on the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP).
• Thomas Elmore retires.
• First on-site NCE given with 100% pass rate.
• The Department hosts a day-long seminar through the Institute for Leadership and Ethics in Counseling with presenter, Diana Hulse-Killacky, Ed.D., NCC, LPC, and her presentation entitled, “Effective Group Leadership: Balancing process and content.”

1994-1995

• Pamela Karr is hired as Program Manager for the Counselor Education program.
• A counseling laboratory and taping facility is constructed.
• The Counselor Education program has five members of faculty, which includes Tom Elmore, Len Roberge, Dianne Mitchell, Sam Gladding, and Marianne Schubert.
• The Counselor Education program welcomes sixteen first year students, and continues with fifteen second year students and twelve students working on research.

1993-1994

• John Anderson becomes a tenured member of the Department of Education as a counselor educator.
• Sam Gladding becomes president of the Association for Specialists in Group Work (ASGW).

1992-1993

• The research thesis required for the degree becomes optional in light of increased amounts of clinical field experience.

1991-1992

1990-1991

• Sam Gladding joins Wake Forest as the assistant to the president and begins teaching one course a semester in Counselor Education.
• Sam Gladding begins a chapter of Chi Sigma Iota – the Pi Alpha (Pro Humanitate) chapter.

1980′s

• Thomas Elmore is given a sabbatical and teaches in Europe for Boston University (1988).
• John Anderson begins teaching group counseling with Marianne Schubert (1988).
• Counselor Education program becomes very diverse in the tracks it offers in counseling, e.g., school, college, community, genetic, etc.
• Diane Mitchell becomes a mainstay in the department as an adjunct.
• The program expands and begins to offer a 45-48 semester hour degree.
• Thomas Elmore becomes president of the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) (1982).

Student Research Reports Included:

• “Anxiety and the Gifted Child” (Carole Y. Collins, 1987).
• “A Descriptive Study of the Nightmare Frequency Among Depressed and Nondepressed Subjects” (Alicia A. Nesbit, 1987).
• “A Comparison of Bulimic and Non-Bulimic Women Along Dimensions of Personality” (Patti Patridge, 1986).
• “A Study of the Relationship Between Leadership Style and Job Stress of Corporate Leaders” (Elizabeth Ann Chappell, 1985).
• “The Effects of a Creative Program on the Self-Concept and Delinquency Proneness of Youthful Offenders” (Myra Sue E. Clein, 1985).
• “Changes in Locus of Control and Eating Behaviors as a Function of a Weight Control Program” (Catherine Huber, 1984).
• “The Development of a Measure of Stress in Business Organizations” (Billie Kay Holbrook, 1983).
• “Locus of Control and Life Satisfaction as Perceived by Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Older Adults” (Mazie Dancy Bumgarner, 1983).
• “The Relationship Between the Experience of Stressful Life Events and Loneliness in Adolescents” (Helen Gertrude Revelle, 1982).
• “The Study of Myers-Briggs Personality Type and High School Leaders” (Tina Mechelle Collins, 1982).
• “The Relationship Between Self-Actualization and Vocational Maturity in High School Seniors” (Shirley A. Tuttle, 1981).
• “Comparison of Moral Judgment Values of Senior High School Athletes and Non-Athletes” (Walter Gregory Sims, 1980).
• “Anomie Among Pregnant Vs. Non-Pregnant Adolescents” (Judith Lawson Hays, 1980).
• “A Study of Anxiety in Non-Working Mothers of Preschool Children” (Carol A. S. Pomerantz, 1980).

1970’s

• Adjunct professors hired to teach some of the courses.
• Students are also allowed to take courses in the Wake Forest University Psychology Department with Dr. David Hills, Dr. David Catron, and Dr. John Woodsmanse.
• Len Roberge replaces Wesley Hood in the program.

Student Research Reports Included:

• “Locus of Control in Learning Disabled Students” (Patricia Lloyd Parks, 1979).
• “A Comparative Study of the Needs of Performing Art Students According to Department and Sex” (Susan K. Chambers, 1978).
• “Student Response to Campus Stress” (Marilyn Minor Strickland, 1978).
• “Differences in Psychological Profiles Between Disabled Persons with Accepting and Rejecting Attitudes Toward Disability” (Michael Creed Maxey, 1976).
• “Counseling Effectiveness as Related to the Self-Awareness Needs Levels of Practicum Students” (David Paul Ehman, 1976).
• “A Study of Student Satisfaction at a Liberal Arts College” (Margaret C. Steffens Braun, 1975).
• “The Malone Marriage Enrichment Program with Married Couples’ Groups: Facilitator of Self-Actualization?” (Mark Spurgeon Rose, 1975.)
• “A Study of the Effectiveness of Psychological Evaluation in the Selection Procedure for Police Officers” (Judith Barnes Soper, 1975).
• “Self-Reported Drinking Patterns of College Students as Related to their Self-Concepts” (Michele Donovan Wickham, 1975).
• “Children’s Stereotypic Sex-Role Attitude and Its Relationship to Their Self-Concept” (Susan E. Gamble, 1975).

1974

• “A Descriptive Study of Client Perceptions of Counselor Therapeutic Dimensions in a Rehabilitation Setting” (Philip Jennings Bottoms, 1974).
• “Perceptions and Attitudes Held by Students, Faculty and Administration of Wake Forest University Toward the Co-Curricular Experience” (Elizabeth G. Carter, 1974).
• “A Comparative Study of the Relationship of Dropout Proneness and Perception of School Relevance Among Ninth Graders” (Larry Grady Causey, 1974).
• “A Study of Purpose in Life as Perceived by College Students in Relation to Locus of Control and Other Selected Variables” (David Michael Cordier, 1974).
• “Maturity of Moral Judgment of Seventh Grade Students in Relation to Cognitive Maturity, Social Class, Social Adjustment, and Sex” (Elizabeth German Cross, 1974).
• “The Role of the College as Veiewed by Administration, Faculty, and Students” (Bobbie Ann Kelly, 1974).
• “A Comparative Study of Personality Factors of Students Enrolled inBasic Clinical Pastoral Education” (Geneva Nell Metzger, 1974).
• “Correlation of Personal Adjustment with a Measure of Psychological Maturity” (Elizabeth Crawford Myers, 1974).
• “A Study of Student Teachers’ Belief about the Teaching Process according to their Teaching Area” (Samuel Oyedojum Omotoso, 1974).
• “A Follow-Up Study of Non-Continuing Students at a Community College” (Patricia Wyman Scarborough, 1974).
• “An Examination of the Relationship Among Self-Concept, Sociometric Popularity, and Social Desirability in Fifth and Sixth Grade Underachievers” (Barbara J. Still, 1974).
• “Comparison of Third and Fourth Graders on School Achievement Motivation” (Paul S. Trivette, 1974).
• “A Descriptive Study of Values of Students Receiving Orientation upon Entering High School and those Leaving High School” (Ann Reece Wooten, 1974).
• “Effects of Original Learning on Reversal and Half-Reversal Shift Performance of Preschool Children” (Teresa Katheryn Currin, 1974).
• “A Study of the Relationship Between Vocational Interests and Personality Traits of College Students” (Ronald J. Davis, 1974).
• “A Study of the Nature and Strength of the Relationship Between Several Aspects of the Self-Concept and Degree of Delinquency” (Rennie Lois Wolfe, 1974).
• “The Effects of Subordinates’ Orientation on Leadership Measures and Group Productivity” (Paul E. Cook Jr., 1974).
• “A Study of Self-Concept and Psychological Anomie of Fifth Grade Students” (Cheryl Danelle Coover, 1974).
• “Self Concepts and Behaviors of Disabled and Non Disabled Learners” (Dorilyn English, 1974).
• “Proxemic Interaction under Differential Teacher Expectancy Conditions” (Sara Mae Engram, 1974).
• “An Investigation of the Self-Concept of Alcoholics and Problem Drinkers Participating in an Alcoholism Program” (Gioia M. Frahm, 1974).
• “Success of Superior, Normal and Risk Admissions for Women at Wake Forest University” (Shirley Philbeck Hamrick, 1974).
• “A Study of the Effects of Group Interaction on the Sex-Role Attitudes of Seventh Grade Students” (Elizabeth Hammond Jordan, 1974).
• “A Comparative Study of the Interpersonal Climate of a Junior High School and the Personality Types of Teachers” (Barbara G. Lancaster, 1974).
• “Changes in Psychological Anomie, Asocialization, and Self-Concept During a Special Rehabilitation Program for Public Ex-Offenders” (Glenda Jean McGuire, 1974).
• “A Comparative Study of Levels of Trust Among Black Students and White Students at Wake Forest University” (Michelle Anna Trahan, 1974).
• “A Descriptive Study of Anomie, Self-Concepts, and Asocialization Among Ex-Offenders in a Resocialization Program” (Elizabeth Slawter Wily, 1974).

1973

• “The Effects of Experimenter Disclosure upon the Mathematics Achievement of Disadvantaged Senior High School Males” (Glenn T. Anderson, 1973).
• “The Relation of Selected Student Variables to the Academic Motivation of Community College Students” (Gene G. Zimmerman Austin, 1973).
• “The Relationship Between Self-Concept and Academic Achievement among Black and White Tenth Graders” (Robert C. Baker, 1973).
• “Self-Concept and Psychological Anomie Among Adolescents in a Preventive Mental Health Project” (Ellen Gooding Ball, 1973).
• “A Comparative Study of Attitudes Toward Women and Degree of Self-Confidence and personal Adjustment of Male Undergraduate Seniors, Male Law Students, and Male Medical Students” (Sandra E. Folsom, 1973).
• “Self-Actualization Level of Students Enroled in the College Transfer and Technical Programs at Davidson County Community College” (Gwendolyn C. Hager, 1973).
• “Attitudes and Practices of Physicians and Third-Year Medical Students Toward Non-Physically based Illnesses” (Nancy Routh Kimmons, 1973).
• “Individual Changes as a Result of Group Counseling in a Community College” (Nancy Kramer Sweazey, 1973).
• “A Study of the Psychological Anomie and Emotional Disturbance of Ninth Grade Students” (Roxanne K. Barrier, 1973).
• “A Study of the Personality Types of Artistically Talented Students” (David D. Belnap, 1973).
• “Self-Concepts of Fourth Grade Students in Relation to Sex, Race, Social Class, and Family Stability” (Michael S. Booher, 1973).
• “Changes in Dependence of Rehabilitation Clients as a Function of Progressive Skill Acquisition in a Work Sample System” (M. Cheryel Huneycutt Bray, 1973).
• “Complementary of Needs in Marriages where the Husband is Diagnosed Alcoholic” (Virginia N. Britt, 1973).
• “The Attitudes Toward Drug Use Survey: A Methodological Question” (Bart A. Charlow, 1973).
• “Screening Pre-Adolescents for Poor Mental Health Using the GPPT” (Carolyn S. Eldridge, 1973).
• “A Study of Sex Role Attitudes and Sex Typing of Vocations among Eighth Grade Students” (Susan R. Furr, 1973).
• “A Descriptive Study of the Personality Variables of Disadvantaged Vocational Rehabilitation Clients” (Sue K. Gelarden, 1973).
• “Premarital Sexual Behavior, Permissiveness, and the Self Concept of Wake Forest University Men” (Leroy C. Kimmons, 1973).
• “The Nature and Nurture of Creative Talent: A Descriptive Study of a Senior High School Class at a School of Performing Arts” (Judith E.P. Land, 1973).
• “A Study of Personality Characteristics and Influential Factors Related to Choice of College” (William M. Mackie Jr., 1973).
• “A Descriptive Study of the Family Services Agency, Inc.” (Leslie L. Neumann, 1973).
• “The Development of a Scale to Measure Students’ Perception of School Relevance and its Relationship to Selected Variables” (Karen A. Shortridge, 1973).
• “Communication Patterns of the Dying Patient” (Sandra W. Taylor, 1973).
• “Changes in Psychological Anomie and Preferred Ways of Living of Talented Students as a Function of a Special Learning Experience” (Susan Albert Wagoner, 1973).
• “Energy Commitments of Rehabilitation Students” (David A. Connors III, 1973).
• “Selected Factors Affecting Persistence of Vocational Choice and Changes in Appiration Levels for College Senior Women”(Karen Anne Fallon, 1973).
• “A Study of Psychological Anomie and Perceived School Relevance” (Catherine B. Tilghman, 1973).

1972

• “A Comparison of the Ability of A Semantic Differential and a Non-Verbal Description Inventory to Distinguish Between High and Low Teacher Expectancy Conditions” (Barbara Gregory Brownell, 1972).
• “Student Perception of the Environment of a Liberal Arts College for Women” (Garriety Traynham Garrett, 1972).
• “The Role of the Junior Advisor as Perceived by Freshman Women at Wake Forest University” (Phyllis Josephine Honeycutt, 1972).
• “A Comparison of Ninth and Tenth Grade School Achievement Motivation Scores as Related to Selected Variables” (Clara Jean Michaels, 1972).
• “A Comparative Study of Students and Counselor Perceptions of College Counseling Services” (Jonathan Crawford Robinson, 1972).
• “An Analysis of the Relationship Between Factors on the Comparative Guidance and Placement Test and Persistence among Freshmen Community College Students” (Dorothy Anne Soper, 1972).
• “Perception of Some Concepts Related to the Role of Student Leader” (Joyce Aldret, 1972).
• “A Study of the Psychological Anomie and Delinquency Potential of Ninth Grade Students” (Dianne Pfefferkorn High, 1972).
• “An Assessment of the Vocational Aspirations of Ninth Grade Students” (Sandra Edwards James, 1972).
• “A Measurement of High School Environmental Press as Perceived by Students and Teachers Reacting as Students” (Wyatt Shuford Smith, 1972).
• “A Study of Vocational Preference Patterns of Junior High School Students” (Emily Colleen Solomon, 1972).
• “An Evaluation of the Wake Forest University Graduate Counseling Program as Assessed by Graduates and Students of the Program” (Paul Edward Trusik, 1972).
• “A Comparative Study of Student Responses to the Philosophies of Human Nature Scale” (Larry Dale Wilkinson, 1972).

1971

• “A Study of Students’ Perceptions of Self, Peers, Faculty, Administration, Colege, and Ideal College in a Women’s College” (Susan Wall Martin, 1971).
• “A Comparison of Creativity of Ninth-grade Students as Determined by Peer Ratings, Teacher Ratings, and the Welsh Revised Art Scale” (Joy Tudor Montgomery, 1971).
• “A Study of Interpersonal Relationship and Self-Actualization in a Graduate Counseling Course” (Lueta Carlsen Sellers, 1971).
• “Attitudes of Students at St. Andrews Presbyterian College Toward the Responsibility at Fellow Students, Student Courts, and Administration in the Areas of Dormitory hours, Open Dormitory, Sex and Alcohol and Drugs” (Carolyn Jean Snider, 1971).
• “A Study of the Personality Type, Vocational Maturity and Occupational Aspiration of Rehabilitation Clients” (Jane Bell Sommers, 1971).
• “The Relationships Between Self-Concept and Academic Achievement in Student Nurses” (Hazel Nixon Brown, 1971).
• “The Social Maturity, Emotional Maturity, and Work Values of Educable Retarded Adolescents Participating in a Special Education-Habilitation Program” (Deborah Marcionette Hay, 1971).
• “A Comparison of the Personality Adjustment and the Occupational Needs of Black College Women” (Dana Hanna Dixon, 1971).
• “A Study of the Social Maturity, Dropout Proneness, Personality and Psychological Anomie of Rehabilitation Clients” (Samual Templeman Gladding, 1971).
• “The Relationship of Work Values to Sex, Mental Abilty, and Academic Achievement in Junior High School Students” (Phyllis Sturdivant Penry, 1971).
• “The Relationship Between the Self-Concept of Sixth Grade Male Underachievers, their Parents’ Self-Concept, and Selected Family Factors” (Miriam Silverman Rouzie, 1971).
• “Comparisons of Growth in Interpersonal Sensitivity between T-Group, an Encounter Group, and a Leaderless, Unstructured Group within the Context of an Academic Setting” (David Preston Abernathy Jr., 1971).
• “A Comparison of Methods of Intake at a Child Guidance Clinic” (Wayne Morris Hurr, 1971).
• “A Study of the Relationship Between Personality Needs and Attitudes Towards Drugs” (Janet Karen Roberson, 1971).

1970

• “Some Common Predictors of Academic Achievement Applied in a Predominantly Black State University in North Carolina” (Joan Lobis Brown, 1970).
• “A Comparison of Black Ninth-Grade Students who choose to go to an Integrated Senior High School with those who choose a Segregated Education” (Bebbie Michael Cohen, 1970).
• “Comparison of Perceived and Ideal Self of Achievers and Underachievers” (Elaine Teresa Fuller, 1970).
• “An Analysis of the Relationship Between Graduate Record Examination Scores and Success in the Graduate School of Wake Forest University” (Pamela Turner Roberts, 1970).
• “An Investigation of the Effects of IQ and the Study of Biology on the Natural Sciences Reading Scores of Ninth Graders” (Colleen Joy Roudabush, 1970).
• “A Sociometric Study of Voluntary de facto Segregation in an Integrated School” (Jane Weldon Woodward, 1970).
• “The Relationship of Self-Concept, Classroom Behavior, and Acceptance of Academic Responsibility in Underachieving Sixth-Grade Boys” (Candace Young, 1970).
• “Philosophies of Human Nature of University Trustee, Administrators, and Students” (Martha Rose Hamrick, 1970).

1960′s

• Dr. Thomas M. Elmore begins the Counselor Education Program. The program is 30 semester hours and embedded in the Department of Education. First students are admitted.
• Dr. Wesley D. Hood is hired as second faculty member.

Student Research Reports Included:

1969