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Mona Robinson, PhD, LPCC-S, LSW, CRC
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<div>Ohio University</div>
<div>Patton College of Education</div>
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<div><b>From:</b> "Richardson, Taryn V" <<a href="mailto:taryn-richardson@uiowa.edu">taryn-richardson@uiowa.edu</a>><br>
<b>Date:</b> November 22, 2015 at 8:01:29 PM EST<br>
<b>To:</b> "Richardson, Taryn V" <<a href="mailto:taryn-richardson@uiowa.edu">taryn-richardson@uiowa.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>ARCA- Call for Student Involvement </b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hope all is well. I am the Student Task Force representative for the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA). Recently,
<span class="il">ARCA</span> has been working to increase its student involvement. With that said, I need your help. I am writing CORE accredited programs to ask that review and share this information with your students. Below I have included a special note
for students, and it is my hope that you can send throughout your program’s listserv (in addition to the attachments).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks in advance,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Taryn Richardson M.A., CRC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">COLLEGE OF EDUCATION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">The University of Iowa
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif"><a href="mailto:taryn-richardson@uiowa.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">taryn-richardson@uiowa.edu</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Leaders. Scholars. Innovators
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dear Fellow Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">My name is Taryn Richardson and I wanted to introduce myself to you as your Student Task Force Representative for the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association (ARCA).
Recently, ARCA has been working to increase its student involvement. With that said, we need your help!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Currently, we are in need of a student representative from your institution. This individual would work with me to get students involved in ARCA and provide me with feedback
from current ARCA student members at your university regarding any recommendations about how to improve ARCA to maximize its benefits to students and their professional development. In addition, we are in the process of trying to increase student chapters
across institutions, please contact me if there is any interest in starting an ARCA student chapter at your university.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you would like more information about how to become more involved with the ARCA Student Task Force (i.e., associate and regional representative), please see the
<b>Student Task Force Volunteer Opportunities<span style="color:red"> </span></b>attachment<b><span style="color:red">
</span></b>for more information. In addition, if you are not sure what region please see
<b>Rehabilitation Counseling Training Programs by Region<span style="color:red"> </span>
</b>attachment. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For those of you, who have an active student chapter; please see the
<b>ARCA Student Chapters </b>attachment.<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please visit our website regularly. This website provides information regarding ARCA, upcoming conferences, networking opportunities, and an application form. JOIN ARCA!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">If you are interested and know of any other students who are interested, please feel free to share this information. Please do not hesitate to contact me at
<a href="mailto:taryn-richardson@uiowa.edu">taryn-richardson@uiowa.edu</a> with any questions or concerns.
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Hope to hear from you soon and/or see you in Canada at the ACA 2016 International Conference!
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Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Taryn V. Richardson
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