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School Counselor Institute to graduate 20th cohort this spring amid shortage

February 2, 2026 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter, Student Success

The 20th cohort of NIU’s School Counselor Institute (SCI) will finish this spring. Launched in 2005, the program enables licensed clinical mental health counselors to earn their Illinois Professional Educator Licenses and School Counseling endorsements without pursuing a second master’s degree. Students

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CAHE’s Kassandra Kavanaugh honored with graduate teaching assistant award

April 17, 2024 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter

Working as a counselor fulfilled Kassandra Kavanaugh. She became interested in the field during high school, when she started to explore career options, and then cemented that decision while taking a psychology course at the community college in her hometown of Brainerd,

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Melissa Fickling leads Honors students in exploring work, wellness, meaning

October 5, 2022 Mark McGowan CAHE, enewsletter

Thirty months after the world abruptly stopped to grapple with COVID-19, the mechanisms of that response continue to upend life. For many, the work-from-home mandates that early period evolved into work-from-home options. Others eventually encountered a directive of “return, or else” –

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