Argosy University, Sarasota Student Receives Prestigious Scholarship from Licensed Professional Counselor Association of North Carolina

SARASOTA, FL (Oct. 20, 2012) - Argosy University, Sarasota Master of Arts in Mental Health Counseling student Monica Miller Long has been awarded the Licensed Professional Counselor Association of North Carolina (LPCANC) Nancy Howell Scholarship.

The LPCANC promotes the development of licensed professional counselors through professional excellence and advocacy. LPCANC provides a voice for public policy, directs the activities of their professional lobbyist, and responds to the continuing education needs of licensed professional counselors in North Carolina.

The Nancy Howell Scholarship Award is designed to acknowledge graduate students who demonstrate leadership potential as counseling students and as a future licensed professional counselors. This Scholarship provides student members of LPCANC a monetary award for student involvement in counseling. In addition to the monetary award, the recipients are provided the opportunity to volunteer working with the LPCANC Board and membership to foster professional relationships and inform students on the needs and concerns of the counseling profession.

According to the LPCANC site, “These scholarship monies are awarded to well deserving counseling graduate students as a way to recognize their hard work, potential and commitment to the counseling profession.”

About Argosy University
Argosy University (www.argosy.edu), with 28 campus locations in 13 states and its online program, is a private academic institution dedicated to providing undergraduate and graduate degree programs to students in a supportive learning environment where academic knowledge is enriched by the acquisition of interpersonal skills vital to success. Argosy University has seven colleges: Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, Business, Education, Health Sciences, Undergraduate Studies, The Art Institute of California Institutes and Western State College of Law. With one of the largest communities of graduate students in the nation, Argosy University offers doctoral and master’s degree programs in Psychology, Business, Counseling and Education. The institution also offers bachelor’s degree programs in Psychology, Business, Liberal Arts and Criminal Justice and, through The Art Institute of California Institutes, serves as an important source of education for design, media arts, fashion and culinary arts students and professionals. Degree level and programs offered vary by location. Full and part-time law programs are offered through Western State College of Law. Argosy University is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (985 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 100, Alameda, California, 94501, http://www.wascsenior.org). Licensed by the Florida Commission for Independent Education, License No. 2610. See auprograms.info for program duration, tuition, fees, and other costs, median debt, federal salary data, alumni success, and other important info.