{"id":2826,"date":"2017-06-20T22:58:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T22:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=2826"},"modified":"2025-02-13T12:11:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:11:18","slug":"wilmu-student-tommy-fisher-klein-earns-national-award-and-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/20\/wilmu-student-tommy-fisher-klein-earns-national-award-and-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"WilmU Student Tommy Fisher-Klein earns National Award and Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column2826_fd0367-83 dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2826_741099-fd, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2826_741099-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2826_741099-fd\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2826_741099-fd mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2826_741099-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2826_741099-fd\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2826_741099-fd img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading2826_741099-fd[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2826_741099-fd\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading2826_741099-fd wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading2826_741099-fd\">The\u00a0NBCC\u00a0Foundation, an affiliate of the National\u00a0Board for Certified Counselors, recently selected\u00a0Wilmington University\u00a0student\u00a0Tommy Fisher-Klein for the\u00a0NBCC\u00a0Minority Fellowship Program-Youth\u00a0(MFP).<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image2826_eda3a4-19.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image2826_eda3a4-19 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:300px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image2826_eda3a4-19.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image2826_eda3a4-19 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image2826_eda3a4-19 figure{max-width:300px;}.kb-image2826_eda3a4-19 .image-is-svg, .kb-image2826_eda3a4-19 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image2826_eda3a4-19 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image2826_eda3a4-19\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"476\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tommy-fisher-klein-476x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-16354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tommy-fisher-klein-476x480.jpg 476w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tommy-fisher-klein-248x250.jpg 248w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tommy-fisher-klein.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><figcaption><em><em>Student and alumnus, Tommy Fisher-Klein.<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This will allow&nbsp;Fisher-Klein&nbsp;to&nbsp;receive funding and training to support his education and facilitate his service to&nbsp;underserved minority populations while&nbsp;focusing on transition-age youth ages 16 to 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is&nbsp;all&nbsp;thanks to a&nbsp;September 2014&nbsp;grant awarded to&nbsp;NBCC&nbsp;by the Substance Abuse and Mental&nbsp;Health Services Administration. The Foundation is contracted by&nbsp;NBCC&nbsp;to administer the&nbsp;program, as well as training and collaboration activities&nbsp;that are open to all national certified counselors. The goal of the program is to reduce health disparities and improve behavioral health care outcomes for racially- and ethnically-diverse populations by increasing the number of available,&nbsp;culturally competent&nbsp;behavioral health professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;NBCC&nbsp;MFP will distribute $8,000&nbsp;in&nbsp;education awards to Fisher-Klein and 29 other master\u2019s level counseling students selected to receive&nbsp;them. Fisher-Klein is a&nbsp;graduate of Gettysburg College (Pennsylvania)&nbsp;and is both a student and graduate of Wilmington University,&nbsp;where he&nbsp;is pursuing a master\u2019s in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling program&nbsp;from&nbsp;its College of&nbsp;Social and Behavioral Sciences<strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fellowship will help&nbsp;Fisher-Klein&nbsp;complete&nbsp;his coursework and allow him&nbsp;to seek additional training&nbsp;and conferences to make him a more well-rounded and effective counselor. Upon graduation&nbsp;from WilmU,&nbsp;he&nbsp;would like to work with adolescents and young adults from marginalized communities, especially individuals and families of color, as well as the&nbsp;lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender&nbsp;population, to aid them in becoming their ideal selves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur program strives to prepare students to counsel all kinds of people from various cultures and groups,\u201d says Dr.&nbsp;Doris G.&nbsp;Lauckner,&nbsp;chair of the&nbsp;Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program&nbsp;at WilmU\u2019s&nbsp;College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. \u201cOur ethics and our&nbsp;CACREP&nbsp;standards\/ accreditation&nbsp;dictate&nbsp;that we cannot turn anyone away based on race, culture, gender, sexual identity or orientation etc.\u202f As such, our ethics stress that counseling is about the client not the counselor.\u202f This requires an emotional, as well as skill preparation to provide counseling to literally anyone.\u202f We strive to prepare students by infusing this knowledge and skill training throughout the&nbsp;CMHC&nbsp;program curriculum. However, we also have a special course in counseling diverse populations where students focus on learning about these issues including their own biases with an aim toward ultimately being an effective counselor in a diverse world and profession.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough the&nbsp;NBCC&nbsp;fellowship that Tommy is receiving he will be able to expand upon the foundational training he is receiving in our program so that he can specialize in working with adolescents and young adults who are&nbsp;LGBTQ&nbsp;and families of color.\u202f Now more than ever, these individuals and families need help, particularly when we look at teenage suicide rates that are especially high for&nbsp;LGBTQ&nbsp;youth.\u202f&nbsp;I congratulate Tommy on receiving this fellowship and am so proud that he has these wonderful career intentions and aspirations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-wrap.wp-block-kadence-rowlayout.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96{margin-top:2em;}.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:center;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:center;}.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );max-width:var( --global-content-width, 1290px );padding-left:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-right:var(--global-content-edge-padding);padding-top:0em;padding-right:0em;padding-bottom:0em;padding-left:0em;grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 2fr);}.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96{border-top:1px solid #eeeeee;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;}.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr) minmax(0, 2fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96{border-top:1px solid #db1313;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96{border-top:1px solid #db1313;border-bottom:1px solid #eeeeee;}}.wu-text-col,.wu-img-col {\tmin-height: 114px;}.wu-text-col > div,.wu-img-col > div {\tflex: 1;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id2826_a60d0d-96 alignnone FULL wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-right-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-middle kb-theme-content-width\">\n<style>.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{display:flex;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-none, 0rem );}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > *, .kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > figure.wp-block-image, .kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > figure.wp-block-kadence-image{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image-is-ratio-size{flex-grow:1;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{background-color:var(--global-palette9, #ffffff);}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;align-items:center;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > *, .kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > figure.wp-block-image, .kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > figure.wp-block-kadence-image{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image-is-ratio-size{flex-grow:1;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:row;flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:flex-start;justify-content:center;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > *, .kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > figure.wp-block-image, .kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > figure.wp-block-kadence-image{margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image-is-ratio-size{flex-grow:1;}}.kadence-column2826_b67424-6a figure.image-is-svg {-webkit-margin-after: 1em; 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