Our Extraordinary School Counselors

Each and every student deserves to be celebrated for who they are—that’s what the students who graduate from our school counseling program believe.

Through experienced faculty, supportive cohorts and relevant coursework, our college prepares them to make a positive impact from the moment they enter the field.

This National School Counseling Week (Feb. 3-7) we’re celebrating all of our students and alumni who nurture growth, provide support, unlock potential and change lives each and every day as school counselors.

‘The Epitome of What a School Counselor Should Be’

A look at what sets the NC State College of Education’s school counseling program apart and how it prepares extraordinary school counselors.

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Tashaunna Hughes '22MED, a school counselor at Baskerville Elementary in Edgecombe County.

Stephanie Nelson ’20PHD Honored as North Carolina School Counselor of The Year

College of Education’s Counselor Education Program Re-accredited by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP)

Kaitlyn Wellbock ’21 MED: Being the School Counselor Students Need

Assistant Professors Rawn Boulden, Brean’a Parker and Rolanda Mitchell to Impact 10,000 Students Using $4.4M Grant to Train School-based Mental Health Professionals for N.C. Schools

School Counseling Project Receives Funding from NC State’s University Foundation Grants Program

Mike James ’17 Named Duplin County Schools Counselor, Support Staff of the Year

I’m able to have a broader range of knowledge on different interventions, different counseling theories, just different approaches on how I want to be as a counselor, which I honestly couldn’t have known unless I went to NC State.”

– Danielle Dourson

Graduate student earning her master’s degree in school counseling

ROLANDA MITCHELL

Rolanda Mithcell, who earned her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, began her career as a school counsler in the Wake and Charlotte-Mecklenburg school districts.

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RAWN BOULDEN

Rawn Boulden, who earned his Ph.D. from Old Dominion University, previously served as a school counselor in Virginia and provided outpatient counseling services to youth and adolescents in the Greater Morgantown, West Virginia, region.

Meet Rawn

ALEX BECNEL

Alex Becnel, who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Holy Cross in New Orleans, has worked a worked both as a school counselor and a clinical counselor, with an emphasis on
the treatment of adolescents at-risk for suicide.

Meet Alex

“It’s a great program. I not only learned so much about school counseling, but there was such a value placed on therapy and counseling and skills, and I think it just made me well-rounded.”

– Katie McAnally ’20MED

School Counselor