Students and faculty members from the Counseling Department in the School of Education and Human Services have been featured in a number of local news media for their accomplishments and expertise.

Graduate student Vishnu Ramsamy was featured in the Detroit News for organizing the Oakland to Oakland Health Walk/Run and Health Fair to benefit Pontiac’s Gary Burnstein Community Health Clinic, which provides free medical care and dental services to low-income, uninsured and underinsured families. Ramsamy’s event  was inspired by his own experiences overcoming exceptional medical conditions while a student at Oakland Community College.

Vishnu Ramsamy and Walk/Run co-chair RaShar DeVone. (Photo Credit: Detroit News, Marney Rich Keenan)

And, an Oakland Post article featured a both a student and a faculty member from the Counseling Department. Counseling graduate student, Tara Michener, established a new student organization, Students Against Bullying, with the assistance of faculty adviser, Associate Professor Dr. Michael Chaney. Michener has published children’s books on topics of self-esteem and identity, and her new organization aims to bring awareness to bullying in educational environments at all levels – elementary to collegiate.  

Rhonda Walker, morning news anchor from WDIV Local 4, with Tara Michener at a Students Against Bullying event.

Associate Professor of Counseling, Tom Blume, was featured in this story about the Wall Street plunge by WJBK Fox 2 Detroit. Blume is a practicing marriages and family therapist outside of his work at Oakland University. He was intereviewed in this Fox 2 news segment about the impact a difficult economy has on couples and families.