“Too much to handle,” is how instructor Ayham Abuzeid described the videos and photos he has been receiving from family and friends affected by the massive earthquakes that rocked Turkey and Syria on Monday. Abuzeid, a native of Aleppo, in northern Syria, is an associate lecturer in the Department of English and an advisor at the ESL (English as a Second Language) Center. He also is a co-owner of Tahini! Mediterranean Cuisine in the basement of the Kent Student Center inside the Rathskeller, and a doctoral student. “My family is OK, but they are all ...
LDES Associate Professor Marty Jencius received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association for Resilience and Trauma Counseling. This award goes to a counselor with an extensive history of advocacy and exceptional practice in the field of traumatic stress and resilience. Such advocacy and exceptional practice may be demonstrated by a history of research and publication, mentoring, and involvement in the mental health counseling community. Marty will receive this award during the annual American Counseling Association conference in Toronto, Canada, on March ...