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William James College Awarded $1.6M Through HRSA’s Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training (BHWET) Program for Paraprofessionals

Funding will provide paid work opportunities and career training, and will prepare pre-bachelor’s level paraprofessionals for the Commonwealth’s Community Health Workers Certification exam.

Colleges Must Be Prepared for Student Mental Health Needs

As students return to campus this fall some will relish what resembles a return to normal but many, if not all, will be carrying trauma. Fortunately, higher education learning communities offer some of the most favorable environments for healing what has been broken by the pandemic.

After 'The Year that Changed Everything,' Colleges Can Make Changes to Improve Student Mental Health

"Behavioral health cannot be the sole province of the [college counseling center] any more than proficiency in academic writing can be assigned only to the English Department," wrote President Covino in an essay published by a national think tank

Newton-Needham Regional Chamber: Businesses Take Some Positives Out of the Pandemic

William James College President Nicholas Covino joined a Newton-Needham Chamber Panel discussion about how nonprofits and businesses can successfully re-emerge from the pandemic.

Dr. Jenny D'Olympia on GBH, Nurses Feel Pandemic Mental Health Strain

After more than a year of caring for patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, and facing conditions like many have not seen before, Nurses are experiencing unprecedented levels of mental health strain, immense stress, fatigue, and emotional trauma.

"Educational Leadership in Challenging Times," Dr. John D'Auria Speaks with "Research Minutes" Podcast

Dr. John D’Auria, director of the College's Educational Leadership Concentration and a faculty member in the Department of Organizational and Leadership

Parents Magazine Highlights Asian Mental Health Parent Guide

There has been a steep rise in discrimination, harassment, and verbal and physical assaults against Asian Americans since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Recognzing the important role parents play in supporting children who may face attacks or see this behavior around them, the College's Asian Mental...

APA Monitor: 3 questions for Robert Kinscherff

APA Monitor: 3 questions for Robert Kinscherff

William James College Again Recognized for Low Default Rate

William James College Again Recognized for Low Default Rate

Dr. Jenny D'Olympia Speaks with Mass Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing Podcast

Dr. Jenny D’Olympia, assistant chair of counseling and behavioral health department, director of the Online MA in Psychology program, and interim director of the Military and Veterans Psychology (MVP) Concentration and Train Vets to Treat Vets program, joined Jill Garvin, psychological health director...

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