Vol. 113, Issue 3 • September 13, 2018
UCM student first to receive national marriage, family therapy fellowship
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Kaitlin Brothers NEws Editor
eosha ulcher is the first student awarded a national fellowship in the inority ellowship rogram. ulcher, a second-year graduate student studying marriage and family therapy, was awarded the ow is the ime inority ellowship rogram outh, which is geared toward master s students interested in service to youth, according to an email from driati i cani, associate professor in the chool of uman ervices. his is a testament of her dedication and contri ution to the field as a student and also to the uality of education we provide at , i cani said. he fellowship is funded y the u stance use and ental ealth ervices dministration, a ranch of the . . epartment of ealth and uman ervices. race a em a, program assistant for the inority ellowship rogram, said master s students nationwide applied for the fellowship and of them were accepted. m not going to lie didn t realize how ig it was until r. i cani was li e his is a ig deal ulcher said. asically it helps me wor with diversity and youth. ulcher wor s at the local emergency shelter and domestic violence outreach program, urvival ouse, as a casewor er. hen do esta lish rapport with my clients and m a le to find out what they need from me as a person helping them, can lin them with those resources, she
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Photo submitted by Adriatik Likcani Keosha Fulcher and Adriatik Likcani in the Elliott Student Union. said. ometimes their feed ac is li e, han you, you helped me. ometimes don t always get that ut when do, that feels rewarding. i cani said this award e emplifies interim resident oger est s pportunity in ction slogan for the university. ach student actually has to show they already have done something to contri ute to health for minority populations and youth, he said. er encouragement with the domestic violence shelter, the community and our program...these are things that stood out. i cani was awarded this fellowship two
years in a row as a h. . student at ansas tate niversity. e said with ulcher s e perience in the field, she s een a le to ring her hands-on nowledge to classroom discussions. fter ulcher graduates, she will ecome a national mem er for the inority ellowship rogram and will have access to training, resources, networ ing and conferences. he fellowship provides , per year per student to support their school and living e penses in addition to training and conference travel e penses.
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