Building Strong Leadership by Developing Professional Leaders ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seminar Day

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1 Building Strong Leadership by Developing Professional Leaders ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Seminar Day Friday, August 22, 2014 Human Development Building Denton Campus Department of Family Sciences College of Professional Education Texas Woman s University (940) Our mission is to provide quality academic education in the scientific study of family, thereby stimulating students intellectual curiosity; developing their research and leadership skills and their personal and civic responsibilities; and promoting diversity and respect for multiple family forms.

2 General Mary Saunders B.S. - Social Work, Texas Woman s University M.S. Guidance and Counseling, Rider College Major General Mary Saunders served her country for more than 34 years in the United States Air Force, including serving at the Pentagon as the highest-ranking African-American woman in the Air Force. Saunders was born in Nacogdoches, grew up in Houston, and earned her Bachelor s degree in Social Work at Texas Woman s University before entering Officer Training School at Lackland Air Force Base. Commissioned a second lieutenant, Saunders began rising through the ranks with command positions in transportation and logistical planning. Saunders later earned her master s degree in guidance and counseling at Rider College in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Among her 14 statewide appointments and 3 overseas assignments, Saunders served as the first female general officer selected as Director of Transportation for the United States Air Force responsible for a $3.5 billion budget, and training of 32,000 military and civilian personnel. She also served as Vice Director for the Defense Logistics Agency, which provides a broad spectrum of logistics, acquisition and technical services to the military branches and other federal agencies. During her military career, Saunders received more than a dozen military awards and decorations, and was known and respected for exemplifying the Air Force s core values: integrity first; service before self; and excellence in everything. 2

3 Seminar Day Agenda 8:30 9:00 HDB Student Lounge 9:00 9:45 HDB 004 9:45 10:30 HDB :30 11:30 HDB Student Lounge HDB 1 st Fl. Hallway 11:30 12:15 HDB 004 Registration Please check in at the Welcome Table to receive your packet, then meet and greet others over light refreshments. Opening Session Welcome Karen Petty, Ph.D. (Department Chair) Keynote Introduction Joyce Armstrong, Ph.D. (Family Studies/FCS) Keynote Speaker Major Alejandro Brick House (see page 2) Event Summary Harry Winn, M.Ed. (Program Coordinator) Breakout Session -- Conference Experiences and How to Prepare for Them Pamela Dunn, doctoral student - Family Studies Allison Ray, master s student Family Studies Networking Opportunity -- Brunch Enjoy a complimentary continental brunch of fresh fruit, quiche, hot coffee, fruit juice and water while visiting with faculty and fellow attendees. -- Student and Faculty Poster Displays View posters presented at past conferences and talk to those that created them. Breakout Session -- Entrepreneurialship and Planning Your Own Small Business Pam Livingston, Certified Business Development Specialist - Association of Small Business Development Centers (ASBDC) 3

4 12:15 HDB Student Lounge Door Prizes and Closing Remarks -- Remain for an opportunity to win door prizes! Joyce Armstrong, Ph.D. (Family Studies / FCS) Spring 2014 Doctoral Graduates The Department would like to congratulate all of our graduates from our undergraduate and master's programs, but in particular, we wish to extend special recognition to the following doctoral graduates: Salwa S. Al-Harbi, Ph.D., Major: Child Development Dissertation: The Effects of Stepmother-Stepchild Relationships on the Quality of Stepsibling Relationships Shaun Darin Burrow, Ph.D., Major: Family Therapy Dissertation: Money Beliefs and Level of Marital Satisfaction in Heterosexual Couples Akhtari Hashem Chowdhury, Ph.D., Major: Early Child Development & Education; Minor: Child Development Dissertation: The Self-Efficacy and Perceptions of Communication Patterns of Parents with Adolescent Children from South Asian and Middle Eastern Immigrant Families in North Texas Melissa Dawn Harper, Ph.D., Major: Child Development Dissertation: Guidance/Classroom Management Strategies of Choice and Teachers Perceptions of Effectiveness in Early Childhood Classrooms Catherine Marjorie Sang, Ph.D., Major: Family Therapy Dissertation: An Exploration of Women s Meanings of Their Competing in Beauty Pageants and What Part Their Families have Played Demarius Washington, Ph.D., Major: Family Studies Dissertation: The Grieving Student and School Support: Case Study 4

5 Family Sciences Academic Programs & Clinic Counseling and Development (C&D) The Counseling and Development program of the Department of Family Sciences is an exciting and dynamic area that offers professional training and development leading to a Master's Degree in Counseling and Development (MS). Students may choose to focus on Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Professional School Counseling, or a dual degree in counseling and music therapy. These degrees will prepare students to be eligible to receive licensure as a professional counselor (LPC) and/or certification as a professional school counselor (K-12). Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE) The Child Development / Early Childhood Education program prepares students for a variety of professional roles focused on serving the needs of children and their families. Potential roles include work as a parent educator, administer of children s programs, work in public and private agencies focused on children and families, becoming a Child Life Specialist, work in the early childhood intervention field, teach at the college and university level, and other roles requiring similar knowledge and skills. Family & Consumer Sciences / Family Studies (FCS / FSt) A degree in Family Studies prepares students to work in a variety of satisfying career roles aimed at strengthening families and creating positive futures for everyone. Family Studies graduates have careers in human services, family-related agencies, working with families in social service agencies ranging from child to geriatric, services to church and family planning agencies, parent or family life educators and serves as an excellent foundation for graduate degrees in family studies, family therapy, and counseling and development. ADVISING MATTERS! Don t self-advise seek out quality, accurate information from your faculty advisor! 5

6 Family Therapy (FTh) Texas Woman s University was the first public university in Texas to offer M.S. and Ph.D. degrees for marriage and family therapists. Our experienced faculty members foster the understanding and clinical practice of systemic family therapy theories. The M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Family Therapy contain the courses required by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage & Family Therapists to take the national licensing examination after completion of the degree. Our graduates work in many settings, including private practice, social service agencies, schools, physicians offices and hospitals, veterans programs, universities, faith communities, and corporate employee assistance programs. Counseling and Family Therapy Clinic The TWU Counseling and Family Therapy Clinic, housed within the Department of Family Sciences in the Human Development Building (HDB), provides low cost counseling for adults through family, couple, groups, and individual services. We also offer play therapy for children ages 3 10 and creative arts therapy for adolescents and adults. The Clinic staff consists of graduate students from two disciplines, Family Therapy and Counseling and Development, who are being trained to deliver therapy to assist clients to resolve a variety of issues. They are supervised by clinical supervisors, managers and the clinic Director. The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude: be kind, but not weak: be bold, but not bully: be thoughtful, but not lazy: be humble, but not timid: be proud, but not arrogant: have humor, but without folly. Jim Rohn Before his death in 2009, Rohn was world renown as an influential, motivational speaker. 6

7 Family Sciences Faculty and Staff Department Chair Karen Petty, Ph.D Staff Belinda Firth (Admin. Assistant) Dorcyle McClure (Sr. Secretary) Harry Winn, M.Ed. (Prog. Coord.) Clinic Paul Jurek, Ph.D. ( Clinic Director) pjurek@twu.edu Faculty Joyce Armstrong, Ph.D. FCS / FSt jarmstrong@twu.edu P.J. Blanco, Ph.D. C&D pblanco@twu.edu Linda Brock, PhD. - FTh lbrock@twu.edu Rhonda Buckley, Ph.D. - FSt rbuckley@twu.edu Catherine Dutton, Ph.D. FSt / FCS cdutton@twu.edu Nerissa Gillum, Ph.D. - FSt ngillum@twu.edu Holliman, Ryan, Ph.D. C&D Erron Huey, Ph.D. - ECDE ehuey@twu.edu Abraham Hwang, Ph.D. - FSt shwang@twu.edu Glen Jennings, Ed.D. - FTh gjennings@twu.edu Linda Ladd, Ph.D., Psy.D. FTh lladd@twu.edu Elizabeth McCarroll, Ph.D. - ECDE emccarroll@twu.edu Sandra McClintic, Ph.D. - FSt smcclintic@twu.edu Melissa McInnis, Ph.D. - ECDE mmcinnis2@twu.edu Holly Moore, Ph.D. - ECDE hmoore5@twu.edu Lin Moore, Ph.D. - ECDE lmoore@twu.edu Aaron Norton, Ph.D. - FTh Joel Muro, Ph.D. C&D jmuro@twu.edu Lamar Muro, Ph.D. C&D lmuro1@twu.edu Katherine Rose, Ph.D. ECDE krose1@twu.edu Sharla Snider, Ph.D. ECDE ssnider@twu.edu Brigitte Vittrup, Ph.D. - ECDE bvittrup@twu.edu Sarah Woods, Ph.D. - FTh swoods6@twu.edu

8 Department of Family Sciences PO Box Denton, TX Voice (940) Fax (940) Counseling & Family Therapy Clinic Voice CFDC@twu.edu