![Graduation](/education/academicdepartments/ce/images/crcimage.jpg)
Several Florida Atlantic University graduate programs are included in the latest U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Programs” for 2023-24, including rehabilitation counseling at No. 36.
![WAVES](/education/academicdepartments/ce/images/waves.jpg)
FAU's Department of Counselor Education has received a five-year, $6 million grant for a project titled, the “Wellness Advocates Valuing Educators and Students” (WAVES) program.
![FAU Researcher Seeks to Help People with Disabilities](/education/academicdepartments/ce/images/fau-researcher.jpg)
Jennifer Sánchez, Ph.D., associate research professor in COE department of Counselor Education, featured in FAU Research Daily’s Faculty Spotlight.
![First-Generation Graduate and Proud](/education/academicdepartments/ce/images/nigel-johnson.jpg)
Nigel Johnson, M.Ed. in Counselor Education (Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling), is the first in his family to attend a four-year university and earn a master’s degree. He credits FAU’s first generation programs with...
![Kelly Emelianchik-Key, Ph.D., and Carman S. Gill](/education/newsevents/images/date-violence.jpg)
Kelly Emelianchik-Key, Ph.D. & Carman S. Gill, Ph.D., involved in study to understand the dating violence experience and perpetration of college-age women.
![Paul Peluso, Ph.D., FAU COE department of Counselor Education](/education/newsevents/images/peluso-covidsm.jpg)
Professor Paul Peluso, Ph.D., department of Counselor Education, weighs in on couples' relationships as they endure the pandemic.
![US News ranking icon](/education/newsevents/images/usnews-grad.jpg)
FAU programs listed in the 2021 “Best Graduate Programs” include overall education (No. 158) and speech-language pathology (No. 146).
![potrait od Elizabeth VIllares](/education/newsevents/images/el-swellsm.jpg)
Elizabeth Villares was instrumental in an FAU and St. Lucie Public Schools collaboration to develop the S.W.E.L.L. program designed to increase the number of SLPS school counselors.