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William James College to Launch the Men of Color Career Advancement℠ (MoCCA) Program

William James College (WJC) has been awarded a $50,000 Special Initiatives grant by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation to expand the focus of its Behavioral Health Service Corps to train men of color who are underrepresented in the field. In partnership with the Urban League of Eastern...

William James College and College Unbound Announce New Career Path for Organizational and Leadership Psychology Students

William James College (WJC), dedicated to educating the new generation of mental health and leadership professionals through experiential education, social responsibility, and personal growth, and College Unbound (CU), an undergraduate college reinventing higher education for adult learners by accessing...

A Primer on Disagreeing: How Talking to Your Neighbor and Speaking to the Elephant(s) in the Room Can Strengthen Communities

On the evening of October 28, a vital space for reflection and dialogue was created on campus by the 25 community members who turned up to participate in Talk to Your Neighbor – Speaking to the Elephant in the Room*. The date, three weeks following the one-year anniversary of the attack on Israel by...

INTERFACE Referral Service Celebrates More than Two Decades of Service to Communities

The INTERFACE Referral Service recently celebrated 50,000 cases over more than 20 years of service to our communities.

As Thanksgiving Nears, William James College Remains Thankful for its Staff

A dozen years ago, when William James College took up residence at One Wells Avenue, faculty and staff gathered for a group photo to mark the occasion; the resulting image went on to grace the Fall 2012 cover of The Rapport. This past October, to honor the College’s 50th Anniversary, Senior Director...

2024 Academic Highlights: News, Notes and Accomplishments

2024 program and department highlights from the Clinical Psychology Department, Counseling and Behavioral Health Department, Organizational and Leadership Psychology Department, Neuroscience of Leadership Program, and School Psychology Department.

Dr. Anne Waters Devoted to Her Students: Teaching, Learning, and Celebrating Success

After earning her PsyD in Clinical Psychology in 1987 and working in various roles (including Director of Training at Faulkner Hospital, the site of her fourth-year field placement), Waters found her way back to William James College in 2002. “It felt like a return home,” she says of evolving relationships...

Trustee Profile: Steven S. Fischman

In 1961, when President John F. Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps, Steven S. Fischman was an undergraduate at Kenyon College in Ohio. Following his graduation, despite mounting educational loans, he put his purpose and passion to work as a volunteer in Colombia—a decision...

Psychology, Adult Learning Theory, and Social-Emotional Competencies

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) awarded William James College’s Center for Behavioral Health, Equity, and Leadership in Schools (BHELS) a one-time, $220,900 grant to facilitate a Superintendent Leadership Conference focused on teacher diversification.

Graduates Explore the Co-Response Model in Crisis Intervention

As the nation's first graduate certificate program in Co-Response, the Crisis Response and Behavioral Health (CRBH) at William James College is providing cutting-edge education and training for—as well as pathways to create effective partnerships between— mental health clinicians and law enforcement...

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