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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to master’s student, Hilary Fitch. Hilary was awarded as a Fellow in the highly competitive National Board for Certified Counselors Foundation (NBCCF) Minority Fellowship Program
<a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbccf.org%2Fprograms%2Ffellows&data=02%7C01%7C%7C9a321c694ab4450386a508d6c017d226%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636907605866791591&sdata=wn63j7ZzAP643E26d0OYn0xelG937CW3YC3eh%2FJAEuI%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://www.nbccf.org/programs/fellows" shash="WRTSTL2p6QWOKy1xOzX5XLKcL45pFbTPu0IUflrk2n6+v0KASn2k9CwIVOXt7PcVHxDwx58mrLD7qr0V0SlxQ2ifs34cYiCymvqVlEMLf4JVOFHUIyCzKYrp2fSyMfP5BEPunFO/xQFHPeCAg3lZjdnrmBevVc2iaKOEP1my2XQ=">
https://www.nbccf.org/programs/fellows</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I quote Dr. Erby, “This is very exciting and a huge honor.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christine Suniti Bhat, PhD, LPC, LSC<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Professor, Counselor Education, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Department of Counseling and Higher Education,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Patton College of Education, OHIO UNIVERSITY, Athens, OH 45701<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Past-President, Association for Specialists in Group Work (2018-2019),<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>a national division of the American Counseling Association.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Office: McCracken Hall, 432F<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: <a href="tel:740-593-4425" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">740-593-4425</span></a>; Email:
<a href="mailto:bhatc@ohio.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">bhatc@ohio.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Website: <a href="https://www.ohio.edu/education/faculty-and-staff/profiles.cfm?profile=bhatc">
<span style="color:blue">https://www.ohio.edu/education/faculty-and-staff/profiles.cfm?profile=bhatc</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES">Media: </span><a href="https://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292"><span lang="ES" style="color:blue">https://www.ohio.edu/ucm/media/experts/ohioexpert.cfm?formid=1822088&pageid=1844292</span></a><span lang="ES"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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