Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Service Speaks Symposium


The 10th Annual Service Speaks Symposium hosted by the Steans Center is this Friday (May 11) from 8:30-1:30pm in the Student Center followed by lunch in the Cortelyou Commons. One of our very own counseling students, Laura Davis, will be co-presenting with Joe Mutuc from Cara (carachicago.org) about the CSL 454 (Career Counseling) service learning project.  They will be presenting on "Beyond the Classroom: Service Learning for Career Affirmation and Inspiration" during Session 1 from 9:30-10:05am along with two other students in Student Center 315. We hope you can join us for their presentation! 


Black Mental Health Symposium


Happy Wednesday!

I don't know how you will ever choose which Symposium sessions to attend. But, with over 48 culturally-specific, power-packed, evidence-based sessions to choose from you can't go wrong! The Black Mental Health Symposium is designed to equip mental health practitioners, educators, supervisors, and professionals with tools to improve mental health outcomes in African-American communities. Twelve NBCC-approved CE credits are offered. The schedule is available at https://blackmhsymposium.com/3rd-annual-black-mental-health-symposium/speakers/

Early bird registration ends June 15. 
Symposium is set for September 27-28, 2018 at Hilton Charlotte at University Place. 
Dr. Norma Day-Vines, from Johns Hopkins is the keynote.
This year's theme is Connect. Collaborate. Construct. 

See you in 4 months and 18 days!

Monday, May 7, 2018

Seeking Articles


The Editors of the CONTACT newsletter are seeking articles for the Summer issue of 2018, published in early August. We need articles of general interest to the counseling profession that are informative or provide insight into the counseling field.

Submission deadline is May 30, 2018

There are few things more satisfying than seeing something you have written in print. CONTACT uses 3 to 5 reader submitted articles per issue depending on space.
Please read the publication rules below before submitting.
If you have submitted in the past and your article was not published, please feel free to resubmit.
After you submit, please be patient as our review process can take a while. If your article is not used in the current edition, it may be that we did not have space. If you want it considered for the next issue, please let us know.

Here are the submission rules:
1.      All articles are to be typed in Times New Roman 12pt font. Put the title of the article and your name at the top of page 1.
2.      Submit as a Microsoft word attachment via email to icacontacteditor@gmail.com
If you don’t use Microsoft word, send it as an rtf (rich text format). Most word processors handle this format. Do not submit copy inline in email. Include your phone number in the submission email.
3.      If you make changes, resubmit the full manuscript, not just the changes.
4.      Include photo(s) and short biography (about 35-40 words) about the author(s). 
5.      Articles should be no more than 1000 words in length, not including title and bio.
6.      By submitting your article you are agreeing to have it edited by the Contact/Magazine editors. This can include changes to length, content, grammar, punctuation, etc.

Charles Hughes, LCPC
Ashley Cosentino, EdD, LCPC
Editors