Welcome Back!

As tends to happen, the summer flew by, and the Fall 2014 semester is officially upon us. But, the CESNA officers are super excited for all the fun events we have planned for the upcoming semester!

The first official CESNA event of the semester will be the Sweet and Salty Mixer on Tuesday, September 16 from 6:30-7:15 right outside Oliver Hall. This is a great opportunity for new students to connect with the more seasoned CLED-ers. More details to follow in the coming weeks, and be on the look out for CESNA officers visiting your classroom with the 411 on the Sweet and Salty.

As always, feel free to contact us if you have any questions, suggestions, concerns.

Best wishes for a semester full of wellness!

Interns and Graduates :)

This past week, some students from the three internship classes that meet Thursday night gathered together outside of Oliver Hall with the beautiful weather!

 Below are some of the wonderful internship students.

Here are the beautiful students from the PreK-12 track:

And these are the Spring/Summer 2014 PreK-12 track graduates from the group:

These are the wonderful students in the Higher Ed track that are currently in their internship:

And these are the students from the Higher Ed group above that are Spring/Summer 2014 graduates!

We would also like to say thank you to the wonderful professors that we all have for these internship classes!

It has been wonderful working with you. Thank you for helping to prepare us for our career.

Hope everyone is getting a chance to get outside and enjoy the weather!

We all certainly did :)

Mark Your Calendars!

Be sure to mark your calendars for

April 25th!

This Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) Stewards of Children

event is NOW FREE!

It will be held in Oliver Hall - Room 4084

from 4pm - 6:30pm

So mark your calendars if you are free and RSVP with Kristin Walton

at Waltonkm@vcu.edu at least one week prior to the event.

Alumni Dinner Success

Thank you to all who came out for the Alumni Dinner!

Having the amazing attendance that we did made the even a great success.

A very special THANK YOU as well to the Panel Speakers!

Liz Parker

Latoya Smith

Kevin Steele

and Dr. Ted Remley

The feedback from the even shows that the answers the panel speakers gave to the questions were overall very informative and much appreciated! Thank you again.

Now here are a few pictures from the wonderful evening! :)

 Above are some of the hardworking CESNA 

officers that put this event together!

Here we have all six of the current CESNA officers :)

Many of you have received an email through the CLED Listserv

announcing the new CESNA officers for the 2014-2015 school year,

and here you can see some of their beautiful faces!

Keep an eye out for a blog post introducing each of them :)

Here we have more 2014-2015 CESNA officers!

They were an amazing help during this years Alumni Dinner.

Thank you!

In this lovely photo you see the wonderful Regina Brown and Beverly Mountain

and in between them are three of our amazing panel speakers,

from left to right: Liz Parker, Kevin Steele, and Latoya Smith.

Dr. Ted Remley, our fourth panel speaker is seen here

with his friend and our favorite program chair, Dr. Hermann! :)

The Panel Speakers hard at work answering our questions!

We had the honor of having the School Counseling instructional specialists from 

Richmond, Chesterfield, and Henrico in attendance!

From left to right, Beverly Mountain, Bryan Carr, and Regina Brown!

During the event we specially recognized Dr. Kay Grinnan 

for all of her years in the VCU Counselor Ed. program

in honor of her retirement from the program.

She has been a great asset to the program for many years and will be missed

by her colleagues and students.

Below you will see many more photos of those in attendance, 

the great food, and the smiling faces of people having a great time!

Thank you again for everyone who made it out for the event.

You all made it an amazing evening!

If You Bought A Ticket, Don't Forget About This Friday!

SCAN EVENT UPDATE! NOW FREE!

Last Week to Purchase Alumni Dinner Tickets!

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

CESNA just wanted to send out a reminder that this week is the 

last week to purchase tickets to the Alumni Dinner!

The last day that tickets can be purchased is Friday March 21st. 

We hope to see all Counselor Education students and alumni there as well as your site supervisors!

Please encourage any counselors you know to attend!

Tickets can be purchased by cash or check. Please include your name and email address when you purchase so we can send out an email with your confirmation number.

If you are attending the VSCA Conference this week, Kristin Walton will be there as well!

She will be happy to sell tickets while there, so be sure to seek her out :)

Tickets can also be purchased through Dr. Dockery. If you cannot make it to her office,

please mail in your cash or check to:

VCU School of Education

Oliver Hall

PO Box 842020

Richmond, VA 23284-2020

 

Again, please include your name and email address when purchasing tickets. Checks should be made out to CESNA and the price is $15 per person.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Alumni Dinner - All The Details

The flyer for the Alumni Dinner was posted on here last week, but the Alumni Dinner is such a great even that we could not fit it all onto one page. So here are all of the details:

ALUMNI DINNER: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A COUNSELOR

Date/Time: Friday April 4th from 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Location:

VCU Student Commons - Richmond Salons

907 Floyd Ave.

Richmond, VA 23284

Tickets: 

• The ticket price is $15 and can be paid with cash or check. Checks should be made out to CESNA. 
• When paying, be sure to include your name, email address and phone number either on the check on or on a separate piece of paper to accompany cash. 
• Ticket purchasers will not receive paper tickets but will be emailed a confirmation number that will serve as your entrance into the event. 
• The deadline to purchase tickets is March 21st.

You can pay in multiple ways:

1. Look for Janet and Kristin on the 4th floor of Oliver Hall (outside of the professor's offices) on Tuesday March 3rd at 6:45, and Thursday, March 6th at 3:30 and 6:45.
2. Give or mail your money to Dr. Dockery. Mailing address:

VCU School of Education

Oliver Hall

PO Box 842020

Richmond, VA 23284-2020

3. If there is an issue with either of the above options, you are welcome to contact Jane (rostjk@vcu.edu) to arrange an alternate payment time. 

Panel:

As stated on the flyer, the panel of speakers will be made up of:

Liz Parker, Dumbarton Elementary School - Henrico County

LaToya Smith, Thompson Middle School - Richmond City

Kevin Steele, Douglas S. Freeman High School - Henrico County

Dr. Ted Remley, Old Dominion University

Food:

We will be providing great food options! Who doesn't love food?! Check out the menu:

Caesar Salad

Italian White Bean Salad

Grilled Rosemary Chicken

Grilled Fennel Tuna

Pesto Tortellini

Seasonal Vegetables

Ciabatta Slices

Tiramisu

Evite:

All CLED students should receive an email with an Evite. We would love for you to RSVP on the Evite, but please remember that you need to purchase a ticket as stated in the Ticket section above in order to get your confirmation number! :)

We hope that you will mark your calendars and join CESNA for this event. Students - be sure to invite your site supervisors! Mentors - check to see that your mentees see this info!

Professional Development Opportunity

Important Dates for Spring 2014

Hello Everyone,

Are you all ready for Monday the 13th? It is time to put your coats and scarves on and venture out into the land of VCU for a semester of classes.

To try to get the semester off to a smooth start, lets go ahead and get out our planners or post-it notes and get some important dates scribbled down.

January
Thursday 1/9: Orientation for Internship Students and Supervisors at Brookland Middle School (9200 Lydell Dr., Henrico VA, 23228) from 4:30pm - 6pm.
Monday 1/13: First day of Spring classes.
Monday - Sunday 1/13-19: Add/drop and late registration dates.
Monday 1/20: No classes, University closed for Martin Luther King Day.
Friday 1/24: Graduation applications are due to your advisor;  Deadline to submit application to take the CLED Comprehensive Exam to Reggie Brown.

March
Saturday 3/1: CLED Comprehensive Exam.
Monday - Friday 2/10-14: Spring Break.
Wednesday - Friday 3/19-21: VSCA Conference at the Doubletree by Hilton Midlothian. Check out the info and register at VSCA.org.
Friday 3/21: Last day to withdraw from a course with a "W".
Monday 3/24: Summer course registration begins.
Monday - Friday 3/24-28: Advising for fall registration.
Monday 3/31: Fall course registration begins.

April
Friday 4/4: CLED Alumni Dinner from 5:30 until 9:30pm.
Saturday 4/12:  National Counseling Exam

May
Monday -Friday 5/5-10: Evening classes Final Exams
Thursday 5/8: End of the semester Celebration for the Graduates
Saturday 5/10: Graduation :)

Hope this helps everyone throughout the semester! And try to stay warm!