1. Our students and faculty have achieved a great deal during recent monthsÉsome examples:

• All five of the students who applied for internship were matched again this year! Congratulations!
• Our students were well represented at the 2003 Great Lakes Counseling Psychology Conference, which was held at Western Michigan University.
  Presentations included:
  
  • Elif Celebi, Kristen Kish, Kristin Humphrey, and Jame Lontz: Five domains of multicultural counseling psychology.
  • Kristen Kish: Intersection of career development, multiculturalism, and spirituality.
  • Pei Hsu: Acculturation and family conflicts among Chinese immigrant families.
  • Kristin Humphrey: Multiculturalism in health psychology.
  • Janet Kinney: Integration of psychotherapy and Christianity.
  • J. D. Lee and Thad Strom: Making a difference: ÔRaceÕ is not culture!
  • Jame Lontz: Review of resilience: A multicultural perspective.
• A number of students are also looking for ward to attending the 2004 Great Lakes conference, which will be held at Ball State University. Kristen Kish and K. Renn will be presenting LGBT identity development and leadership development: qualitative research.
• One of our students, Anne Kubal, has been nominated for the CCPTP Outstanding Graduate Student Award.
• Recent student and faculty publications include:

Castro, J. R., & Rice, K. G. (2003). Perfectionism and ethnicity: Implications for depressive symptoms and academic achievement. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 9, 64-78.

Rice, K.G., Bair, C., Castro, J., Cohen, B., & Hood, C. A. (2003). Meanings of perfectionism: A quantitative and qualitative analysis. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy: An International Quarterly, 17, 39-58.

Rice, K.G., Kubal, A.E. & Pareusser, K.J. (2004). Perfectionism and children's self-concept: further validation of the Adaptive/Maladaptive Perfectionism Scale. Psychology in the Schools, 41(3), 279-290.

Sauer, E. M., Lopez, F. G., & Gormley, B. (2003). Respective contributions of therapist and client adult attachment orientations to the development of the early working alliance: A hierarchical linear modeling analysis. Psychotherapy Research, 13(3), 371-382.

• Nancy Crewe co-authored a new textbook with Carolyn Vash, Psychology of Disability. Published by Springer in 2004, it has already gone into a second printing.

2. Be sure to read our current Position Statement on Diversity and Professional Conduct. 

3. APA Divisions now have homepages. Click here for the link to the Division 17 page.