Brigham Young University. Counseling Service

The Counseling Service was established in 1946 to assist students in their college life and in their pursuit of a chosen career. Those serving as chairman of Counseling Service have included Antone K. Romney, Howard T. Reid, Clyde A. Parker, Vern H. Jensen, and, most recently, David Sorenson. For a short time, Marlow Harston, a psychiatrist, was engaged part time. During the Oaks Administration the Counseling Center’s name was changed to Personal Development Center.


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Description

Established: 1946

Abolished: 1972

Location: Provo, Utah (1946-1972)

Functions

Counseling Service was designed to assist students with their academic, social, spiritual, and vocational goals. Counseling Service provided educational, vocational, and professional counseling, testing services, occupational information, and help with study skills. A gradual transition shifted emphasis from part-time teacher-counselors to full-time professional counselors.

Assets and Administrative Structure

The Counseling Service worked under the direction of a Chairman that reported to the Dean of Students. The following officials in the faculty worked with the Chairman of the Counseling Service: a Chairman of Tests and Measurements, a Chairman of Occupational Information, and about twenty faculty counselors, who were released from teaching loads proportionate to the time spent in counseling.

Associated Units

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Special Services (1946-1955)

Superior unit: Brigham Young University. Student Personnel Services (1955-1972)

Later unit: Brigham Young University. Personal Development Center (1972-1976)

Associated Archival Materials

Sources

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1946-1947: p.13 (Standing Committees) p.61 (Special Services)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1949-1950: p.49 (The following officials in the faculty worked with the Chairman of the Counseling Service: a Chairman of Tests and Measurements, a Chairman of Occupational Information, and about twenty faculty counselors, who were released from teaching loads proportionate to the time spent in counseling.)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1954-1955: p.15 (Chairman reports to Dean of Students)???

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1955-1956: p.94 (Student Personnel Services)

Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1958-1959: p.90 (Counseling Service provided educational, vocational, and professional counseling, testing services, occupational information, and help with study skills.)

Brigham Young University, The First One Hundred Years, 1975: vol. 3 p. 301(Counseling Service was designed to assist students with their academic, social, spiritual, and vocational problems. A gradual transition shifted emphasis from part-time teacher-counselors to full-time professional counselors.) (The Counseling Service was established in 1946 to assist students in their college life and in their pursuit of a chosen career.) (Those serving as chairman of Counseling Service have included Antone K. Romney, Howard T. Reid, Clyde A. Parker, Vern H. Jensen, and, most recently, David Sorenson. For a short time, Marlow Harston, a psychiatrist, was engaged part time.) (During the Oaks Administration the Counseling Center’s name was changed to Personal Development Center.)

Maintenance Information

Record ID: EAC-2010-00190

Creator: MRM