Winston Salem State University News October 13, 2010 WSSU Receives Major Grant for Rehabilitation Counselor Program Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) has been awarded a grant for $952,680 from the Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA). "We will use the grant funding to develop a specialized educational track that will prepare candidates from our rehabilitation counseling program to work with those in underrepresented groups who need vocational rehabilitation as they transition from pre-school, through high school and on to work," said Dr. Yolanda Edwards, coordinator of the Master of Rehabilitation Counseling program in the university's Department of Educational Leadership, Counseling and Professional Studies. "This program track is designed to increase the number of qualified rehabilitation counselors available to meet the staff needs of the State Vocational Rehabilitation agencies in our region." The grant is from the RSA Capacity Building for Traditionally Underserved Populations Program. It is designed to provide financial assistance for new projects that provide training, research, technical assistance or related activities to improve services provided under the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, especially services provided to individuals from minority backgrounds. SANDRA M. PHOENIX Program Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org www.hbculibraries.org 404.592.4820 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (Lyrasis) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org Honor the ancestors, honor the children.