{"id":16112,"date":"2024-01-30T08:22:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T13:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=16112"},"modified":"2024-01-26T15:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T20:55:58","slug":"elizabethtown-college-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-widener-university-for-master-of-arts-in-counseling-psychology-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2024\/01\/30\/elizabethtown-college-school-of-graduate-and-professional-studies-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-widener-university-for-master-of-arts-in-counseling-psychology-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College School of Graduate and Professional Studies Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Widener University for Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently, Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate &amp; Professional Studies (SGPS) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Widener University to offer a seamless and advantageous transition for psychology graduates seeking a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/programs\/graduate\/mcp.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master of Arts (M.A.) in Counseling Psychology.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re so excited to partner with Widener University to make a smooth transition for their psychology students to complete a Master\u2019s in Counseling Psychology at Elizabethtown College,\u201d Elizabethtown College Program Director, Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, Dr. Elizabeth Dalton said.&#8221;There is a significant and pressing need for mental health professionals regionally and more broadly. Students participating in the partnership between Widener University and Elizabethtown College will be well-equipped to address this need and fulfill our institutional motto of Educate for Service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through this partnership, Widener University psychology graduates, with preference given to those within two years of graduation, who earned at least a 3.0 undergraduate GPA will receive direct consideration for admission into Etown\u2019s M.A. in Counseling Psychology program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The MOU also provides Widener University graduates with the following benefits:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>A 15% tuition discount on all coursework taken in Etown\u2019s M.A. in Counseling Psychology program<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Waived application fee ($50) for Widener University psychology graduates<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Straightforward admissions process<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Ability to participate in special information sessions and receive enriched support through our collaborative initiatives<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/programs\/graduate\/mcp.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Etown\u2019s M.A. in Counseling Psychology program<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is designed to prepare highly skilled mental health practitioners to integrate evidence-based practices and multicultural competencies into a career in counseling. Students have the opportunity to specialize in Child &amp; Adolescent Counseling, Substance Use Counseling, or a Generalist Concentration, which all allow students to develop a focus of clinical expertise in addition to their generalist training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Learn more about the partnership at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/sgps\/partners\/widener-counseling-psychology.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">etown.edu.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Elizabethtown College\u2019s School of Graduate &amp; Professional Studies (SGPS) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Widener University to offer a seamless and advantageous transition for psychology graduates seeking a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Counseling Psychology. \u201cWe\u2019re so excited to partner with Widener University to make a smooth transition for their psychology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":16113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[2138,197,1350,2136,1419,2139,2137],"class_list":["post-16112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-child-adolescent-counseling","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-master-of-arts-m-a-in-counseling-psychology","tag-sgps","tag-substance-use-counseling","tag-widener-university","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16112"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16116,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16112\/revisions\/16116"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}