Dragon Stories

Rikki Fischer is MSUM’s new Assistant Professor of Counseling. She brings school counseling experience to the faculty and is teaching two sections of theory and internship for school counselors. 

MSUM's counseling program has experienced rapid growth, nearly doubling its enrollment in three years, thanks to a $6.7 million grant.

Jenessa Fillippi, a proud MSUM alumna, has turned her passion into action through her nonprofit Down Home. 

Professional help is on the way to PK-12 schools struggling to fill mental health vacancies, thanks to a five-year grant.

MSUM is proud to be in partnership with Project Infuse. The program's mission is to provide equitable and culturally informed mental health services within high-need pre-K-12 schools through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education.

MSUM graduate student Oksana Bihun hopes to shed light on a misunderstood and relatively unknown issue at the 24^th Annual Student Academic Conference (SAC): workplace mobbing. 

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is far-reaching and has presented countless new challenges, especially in the mental health field. The pandemic also impacted the delivery of face-to-face counseling services because of social distancing.