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The Counseling Center offers a variety of mental health services for Simmons students, and the Center's racially diverse practitioners are uniquely positioned to support the needs of BIPOC students. When it comes to mental health and wellness on campus, the...

• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
• Health and Wellness

Tell us about your profession. I am the 16 th Bishop Diocesan in the Episcopal Church in Connecticut. In the Episcopal Church, bishops are not appointed, but elected by the clergy and the people of the diocese. I was elected...

• Careers and Internships
• LGBTQIA+

The past few days have not been easy for LGBTQ+ communities around the country As an openly gay man of color, the massacre at Colorado Springs Club has been disturbing on many levels. As a 'mature', Black openly gay man...

• LGBTQIA+

Hannah Dike completed her undergraduate and doctoral work in an astonishingly fast six years and is now working as an orthopedic physical therapist. She spoke with us about her passion for physical therapy and how Simmons helped prepare her for...

• Behavioral and Health Sciences

Freedman's mother grew up in Waterville, Maine. "Her half-sister from her widowed mother's first marriage saved money each week from her job as a bookkeeper to assure that my mother could get a college education." Freedman recounted. "That encouragement brought...

• Community Engagement

Recent graduate Evelyn Bernard shares her experience teaching at a Montessori school, which introduces students to an ethical worldview at a young age. Tell us about the kind of work that you do. I am a lead Children's House teacher...

• Careers and Internships

Genevieve Peck Nowicki '20 studied Neurobiology at Simmons and is now pursuing her PhD in Counseling Psychology at Northeastern. She shares with us her approach to research and how Simmons prepared her for further studies. What made you choose to...

• Careers and Internships
• Health and Wellness
• Research
• Social Justice & Advocacy

Simmons University is one of 394 colleges recognized for its efforts to increase nonpartisan democratic engagement in the 2022 election. Today, Simmons University has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge (ALL IN) as a 2022 ALL IN...

• Awards and Honors
• Social Justice & Advocacy

What made you choose to pursue your Ph.D. in Applied Behavior Analysis at Simmons? I finished my master's in Human Behavior and Organizational Psychology and worked in a variety of schools and residential programs. I was considering a Ph.D. at...

• Behavioral and Health Sciences

Annie LaRochelle '20 shares her experience with getting a degree in social work through the online BSW program, including her first clinical experience.

• Clinical Experience
• Online Student