Recent Program Features

The CSP clinical lab facility has been and continues to be in development for over three decades. The lab with its rich history and state-of-the-art technology is meant to augment and enhance the training of students in both the Masters and Doctorate programs. Students can benefit through clinical labs that are professionally appointed to simulate role play counseling sessions. All simulated counseling sessions with students are video recorded for review both collectively and individually. Formative assessments that are utilized highlight paperless documents with the use of iPads.The labs central control area makes it possible to control all cameras, sounds, and recordings with an iPad. The lab is also equipped with a bug-in-ear technology which allows students to gain direction throughout a simulated counseling session with the use of headsets. Our most recent innovation has been the introduction of apple watches to assist with an unobtrusive way to coach, train, and prepare masters and doctorate level students in the acquisition of counseling diagnosis and assessment skills.

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"I have had a great three years in SSS. I am so glad I was able to be part of it here in Mankato - I felt right at home!"

"SSS has really helped me this year and my advisor has been wonderful. I appreciate all of the hard work they and my advisor has put into the program. Thanks for believing in my abilities as a student. I enjoy the pop in days and the services you provide for us students and I think I am and have been more successful if I had not been apart of this amazing program. Thanks for everything that you do!!"

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[In the background: Hilma af Klint. The Large Figure Paintings, The WU/Rose Series, Group III No 5, The Key to All Work to Date. 1907 | Oil on canvas, size: 59 1/16 × 46 7/16" (150 × 118 cm).]

Class of 2018

" I am grateful for the individual attention, research opportunities, challenge, and encouragement I received from my art history professors at MNSU. The Art Department and its remarkable faculty exposed me to concepts, theories, and ideas that extended beyond the typical Western art canon, allowing me to delve deep into subjects historically overlooked by scholars and institutions. Art of the Islamic World, the Harlem Renaissance, Gender in Art, and Asian Art – each of these classes represented the passion and research focus of my professors and inspired the graduate-level Art History research that I am pursuing today as a graduate student at the City University of New York."

"The Art Department is special because everyone is family there. We all make such different things but come together and offer support or critique of each others' work from different perspectives. We learn from not only professors but one another. We all know the struggles of having to pull all-nighters to get a project done. We also know the satisfaction of completing a really great piece and are always there to help each other in doing so even if it's not in an area you're necessarily great at. The Art Department really is like a home away from home.”