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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Christine Suniti Bhat, Ph.D., L.P.C, L.S.C.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Associate Professor & Program Coordinator, Counselor Education, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Faculty Advisor, Alpha Chapter of Chi Sigma Iota,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Department of Counseling and Higher Education,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The Patton College of Education, OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Office: McCracken Hall, 374<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Phone: 740-593-4425; Fax: 740-593-0477; Email: bhatc@ohio.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Website: http://www.cehs.ohio.edu/facultystaff/bhatc/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Media: http://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Matthew Siblo [mailto:msiblo@gwmail.gwu.edu] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 15, 2014 8:37 AM<br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: Call for Participants: Research Study on Multicultural Competence and Instruction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Good Morning---<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'> Please see the research opportunity below for your students. <b>All participants are eligible for a $5 Starbucks gift card. The survey will take approximately 20 minutes. </b>I thank you in advance for your consideration and am happy to answer any questions you might have.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'>Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'>-Matthew Siblo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'>Dear Colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white'>You are invited to participate in a research study examining the relationship between counseling students’ perceptions of their cultural competence and their perceptions of their multicultural counseling instructor’s cultural competence following a multicultural counseling course. The purpose of this study is to better understand how one's experience of their multicultural counseling instructor influences their perception of their own cultural competence. The results from this study could lend insight into the need for changes in multicultural training and contribute to the development of best practices in multicultural instruction in counselor education.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'>In order to participate, you must fit the following criteria: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>-Current or previous full-time/part-time enrollment in a CACREP-accredited counseling program. <br>-Current or previous enrollment in a multicultural counseling course within the past year (including those currently enrolled).</b><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white'><b>Survey Link</b>: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z9PS8YM" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z9PS8YM</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'><b><u>All participants are entitled to receive a $5 electronic Starbucks gift card.</u></b> If you are interested in receiving a gift card following the completion of the survey, respondents will provide an email address where this certificate will be emailed to you. You are not required to provide an email address if you are not interested in receiving compensation. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>This study is strictly confidential; information will temporarily be linked to your responses but will be removed once compensation has been provided. Total duration to complete the necessary information will take no longer than 20 minutes. Participation in this research study is voluntary. You have the right to stop at any time. If you are willing to volunteer for this study, please click on the link below which will take you to the informed consent and survey for the study. Please free to forward this email to other counseling students/instructors. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'>For any questions or concerns, please contact any of the following researchers: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'>Matthew Siblo (<a href="mailto:msiblo@gwmail.gwu.edu" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>msiblo@gwmail.gwu.edu</span></a> or <a href="tel:917-270-3308" target="_blank">917-270-3308</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'>Jorge Garcia (<a href="mailto:garcia@gwu.edu" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext'>garcia@gwu.edu</span></a> or <a href="tel:202-994-7126" target="_blank">202-994-7126</a>)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white'>If you have questions regarding your rights as a research participant, please contact the Office of Human Research, The George Washington University at <a href="tel:202-994-2715" target="_blank">202-994-2715</a> or <a href="mailto:ohrirb@gwu.edu" target="_blank">ohrirb@gwu.edu</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;line-height:17.05pt;background:white;background-attachment:scroll;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%'>Thank you in advance for helping to increase the understanding of multicultural counseling competencies. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Matthew Siblo<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><br><span class=hoenzb>-- <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'>Matthew Siblo, Ed.M, LPC </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:#888888'>Licensed Professional Counselor <br>Keith Miller Counseling <br><br>"The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", <br>it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone." Woody Allen<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>**Please note, email is not a confidential form of communication**</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>The information in this message is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential material. If you are not that person, or have received this message in error, please reply to the sender to report the error. Please destroy all copies of the original message, and do not reproduce or disclose any of its content. Thank you.</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1A1A1A'>communication**</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>