Funding Opportunities for Graduate School

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The Gatton Academy at WKU hires full-time Residential Counselors (RCs) to provide support and mentorship to Gatton students. RCs have earned a bachelor’s degree and live on single gender wings at Gatton. They play an essential role in Gatton students’ experiences, building positive wing cultures and planning student activities. This employment position is ideal for counseling students who seek full-time employment (including housing), want to benefit from WKU’s employee tuition waiver, and plan on completing the counseling program on the 3- or 4-year track. RC positions are usually posted on the WKU HR website in May and are filled by July with a start date in late July. Inquiries should contact Dr. Lynette Breedlove, Director of The Gatton Academy for more information.

Testimonial of past Clinical Mental Health Counseling students who were employed as RCs: “Working as RCs at The Gatton Academy while enrolled as graduate students provided us with hands-on opportunities to apply content we were learning in class. Likewise, our experiences at Gatton provided us with lots of questions and valuable experiences to further explore and inquire about with professors and classmates. The fact that our tuition was covered in the benefits of the job made the arrangement a perfect fit. We’d recommend it to anyone!”

• National Health Service Corps: These programs offer scholarships and loan repayment programs available to mental and behavioral health professionals addressing a growing health care shortage in rural, urban, and tribal communities.

• Kentucky Counseling Association (KCA): There are summer scholarships and conference volunteer opportunities available for a student counselor at each of the participating universities with counselor education programs.
• NAADC Minority Fellowship Program for Addiction Counselors. Up to $20,000 tuition stipend available to master's students interested in specializing in addiction/substance abuse and open to working with the needs of a racial/ethnic minorities and/or transition age youth after graduation. Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). See the website for information or flyer for details and application requirements.