Reflections - Fall 2013

              TABLE OF CONTENTS
Celebrating our Graduates .......................1
Leadership Transitions .............................2
Changes in GSEAP Leadership .................3
Caring for the Caregivers ..........................4
New Faculty .............................................4
Writing Workshop for
Bridgeport Students ................................5
Student Teacher Celebration ....................5
Commencement 2013 ..............................6
Commissioner Stefan Pryor ......................7
Serving Children of Immigrants ................7
Scholarship Awards .................................8
Poetry for a Purpose .................................8
Learning in the Digital Age .......................9
Faculty Publications and Grants ............10
Advisory Board Members ......................10
Faculty Notes .........................................11
Dr. Kohli wins book award ......................11
Message From the Dean .........................12
www.fairfield.edu/gseap
Summer 2013
Celebrating our Graduates!
Reflections
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
A PUBLICATION OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND ALLIED PROFESSIONS
GSEAP’s graduate reception was a
festive event, with approximately
150 graduates and proud family
members attending the afternoon cer-emony
in the Kelley Center. Four of those
graduates were honored with the Dean’s
Award of Excellence:
• Meagan Bolton, psychological and
educational consultation
• Leah Rambush, marriage and family
therapy
• William Pitcher, educational studies
and teacher preparation
• Timothy Sather, counselor education
Ellen Israel, graduating with a degree in
secondary education, addressed the crowd
and spoke movingly of her experience in
going through the program as she dealt
with her son’s illness. Both, she said, con-firmed
the importance of meeting indi-vidual
and family needs, and the teaching
of her professors underscored that.
Robert Schmidt, professor of counselor
education, received the adjunct teaching
award. “Bob has a trajectory of success
in teaching and mentoring students in
GSEAP,” noted Dr. Bogusia Skudrzyk,
who chairs the Awards Committee. “He
has over 30 years of experience, first in
teaching in public school and then in
becoming a school counselor. Most of
all, he was recognized for his unwaver-ing
commitment to modeling what social
justice and advocacy means. He has con-ducted
numerous pro-bono workshops
in order to reach out to survivors of trag-edies.
He has organized groups of people,
clubs, and professional organizations to
raise funds for much needed counseling
services for victims of trauma. And he
advocated in Washington, D.C. on behalf
of American soldiers for a bill allowing
counseling services for PTSD.”
GSEAP also used the occasion to honor
Theresa Tillinger, M.A.’02, principal
of St. Ann School in Bridgeport, and
GSEAP’s own Dr. Joseph Ricciotti,
director of GSEAP’s internship program,
for their extraordinary service.
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