The Barbara Martin Stout Counseling Prize is awarded to a graduating MACC degree candidate who has shown outstanding academic achievement and professional development in the ministry of counseling. This year the award was granted to two outstanding students: Ilia Morales and Jacquline Ré.
Ilia Morales ’20 MACC, graduated with the academic honor of Distinction with a 4.0 For the past two years she has served on the Student Elders Council. She is diligent and perfected her research skills while a student at Moravian. Ilia has a heart for advocacy and social justice, passions and skills she immediately put to good use at her KIDSPEACE internship, where she was also offered employment even before graduation. Congratulations to Ilia for receiving this well-deserved award.
Jackie Ré ’20 MACC, graduated with the academic honor of Distinction with a 3.97. Jackie has a passion for all things Spiritual and all things 12-step, passions she wove together as she sought and obtained a hard to acquire internship at Alena Lodge, working with intense issues of addiction, including eating disorders. Jackie integrated a psycho-spiritual approach in everything she did at Alena, including introducing her internship community to the teachings of the Enneagram. Jackie worked full time as Director of Haley House, a Transitional Halfway House for women coming out of addiction, while completing her MACC degree, immediately putting into practice all she was learning. Congratulations to Jackie for receiving this well-deserved award.