Onyx Fall-Winter 2019

Associate professor receives award

Graduate certificate in addiction counseling In June, the Independent Colleges Indiana (ICI) announced SMWC among the winners of the Ball Venture Fund competition, which provides ICI colleges and universities with seed funds for innovative start-up projects. SMWC’s $25,000 award will be used to develop a graduate certificate in addiction counseling. This new certificate program will prepare graduates for positions in community mental health centers and for specialization as a Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor (LCAC) in Indiana.

Douglas Sperry, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology has been named a recipient of the 2019 National Academy of Education (NAEd) Spencer postdoctoral fellowship. Sperry, who studies language development in young children, was awarded the fellowship to further develop his recent research on the ambient vocabulary environments of children. Last year, he published research challenging the famous Word Gap claim that children living in poverty and children of color hear far fewer words than their more privileged counterparts.

NOMINATE A WOODS FAMILY MEMBER! DEADLINE JANUARY 24 SAINT MOTHER THEODORE GUERIN AWARD AND THE FRANCES MURPHY RUMELY ’35 AWARD The awards program of the Alumni Association honors the achievements of outstanding alums. These awards recognize individuals for their commitment to the College and to their communities. WWW.SMWC.EDU/NOMINATE-ALUMNI

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