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Hello CCAPS Colleagues, You never know what will happen next. About 25 years ago, as I was sitting at my desk at a small liberal arts university--Southwestern University, located in Georgetown, Texas-- where I was Director of Counseling Services, I received a phone call “out of the blue”. On the other end of the line, a very pleasant female voice with a heavy Southern accent introduced herself as Dr. Janis Booth, Director of Counseling Services at Millsaps University, Jackson, Mississippi. Janis said that she was submitting a proposal for a panel at the ACPA annual convention about the issues facing small college counseling centers. She asked if I would be interested in joining the panel. Of course I said “yes”. Our panel presented for a number of years at ACPA until I took my current position in 1992 as Associate Director of The University of Texas Counseling and Mental Health Center (which pretty much disqualified me as a member of a small college counseling center panel!) But—my association with ACPA and CCAPS remained strong due to the amazing/warm/passionate/competent group of mental health professionals who I’d come to know and love, the quality convention programming, the CE’s, the opportunities for professional growth and making a positive contribution to college mental health and much more. This year CCAPS celebrates its 50th anniversary and I know that my story is one of thousands that reflect the positive impact that this organization has had--- not only on CCAPS members themselves but on the many lives (colleagues, faculty, staff, students and others) that were touched as a result of their membership. For example, how many students’ lives have been affected by direct application of the innovative approaches learned from attending Tom Magoon’s “Innovations in Counseling” panel, the longest-running convention program sponsored by CCAPS? What an honor it is to be able to be part of a 50th anniversary planning team whose work over the past year has been to develop and implement a joyous 50th celebration. A special “shout out” to 50th Anniversary Committee members Carol Bershad, Vivian Boyd, Steve Brown, Jocelyn Buhain, Sherry Conrad, Chanda Corbett, Kelly Case-Simonson, Jim Dolan, Jonathan Kandell, Heidi Levine, Stacey Pearson, Toti Perez, and Sue Stock for all their enthusiasm, creativity and hard work! And, a huge thanks to our awesome CCAPS sponsors who have turned our celebration dreams into reality with their generous donations. A complete list of our sponsors can be found at: http://www.myacpa.org/comm/ccaps/50th.cfm We have so many wonderful components planned for our celebration---from a complete written history of CCAPS’ 50 years which will be posted on our CCAPS website, to the creation of a “Profiles” project on the website spotlighting key individuals who have made major contributions to CCAPS over the years, to a three-part convention Institute (on Tuesday) addressing the past, present and future of CCAPS/college mental health, to our extra special CCAPS Tuesday evening Social (including our awards ceremony honoring outstanding mental health professionals and programs as well as the premier showing of a video created to highlight our 50 years). All of this on top of our exceptional CCAPS convention programs, extensive CE opportunities, “meet and greet” opportunities, CCAPS meetings, Showcase presence and more! I also want to give a special welcome to our Higher Education Mental Health Alliance colleagues who CCAPS is sponsoring this year here at ACPA! Keep checking our CCAPS website for convention updates: http://www.myacpa.org/comm/ccaps/convention11_sneak_peak.cfm So, please come to the convention and get involved in CCAPS! Connect, re-connect, learn, share, grow, have fun. You never know what will happen next. Jane
Morgan Bost, Ph.D. | ||||
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