Desiree Godfrey Receives Scholarship From NBCC Foundation
Greensboro, NC (PRWEB) April 23, 2014 -- The NBCC Foundation, an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors, Inc. (NBCC), recently awarded a 2014 NBCC Foundation minority scholarship to Desiree Godfrey of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The minority scholarship is awarded to counseling students who commit to serving minority populations upon graduation.
The mission of the NBCC Foundation is to leverage the power of counseling by strategically focusing resources for positive change. The minority scholarship was created in 2013 to help ensure that the behavioral health needs of all Americans are met, regardless of language or culture. This program provides financial support to students who have substantial experience with the minority community they commit to serving after graduation. The Foundation received applications from 150 students from across the country for the five minority scholarships, and the Board of Trustees awarded an additional scholarship due to the high caliber of the applicants.
As one of six 2014 minority scholarship recipients, Ms. Godfrey will receive $5,000 to support her counseling education and facilitate her service to minority populations. Ms. Godfrey is a graduate of Louisiana State University and is pursuing a master’s degree in marriage and family counseling at Southeastern Louisiana University. She was first inspired to work with children and families by her experiences working as a crisis counselor and as a volunteer children’s bereavement counselor at the Baton Rouge Crisis Intervention Center. After graduation, Ms. Godfrey hopes to continue to support families in crisis management.
The NBCC Foundation has also awarded six $5,000 military scholarships to increase the number of counselors available to serve military service members, veterans and their families, as well as six $5,000 rural scholarships to increase the number of counselors serving rural areas.
The NBCC Foundation plans to continue offering scholarships to increase the number of counselors in the areas where they are needed most. For more information or to make a gift in support of the Foundation’s mission, please visit http://www.nbccf.org.
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About the NBCC Foundation
The NBCC Foundation is an affiliate of the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), based in Greensboro, North Carolina. NBCC is the nation’s premier professional certification board devoted to credentialing counselors who meet standards for the general and specialty practices of professional counseling. Currently, there are more than 52,000 National Certified Counselors (NCCs) in the United States and more than 50 countries.
Wendy Coe, National Board for Certified Counselors, http://www.nbccf.org/, +1 336-232-0376, [email protected]
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