| WHEREAS |
Dr. Joyce Scout Smedley has faithfully served Millersville University
for 25 years and the field of education for a total of 36 years, and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served as Chair of the Department of Counselor Education
from 1989-1991, and has served as the Director of the School counseling
Program in the Psychology Department from 1991-1998, and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served as Faculty Senator from 1976-1989 and Alternate
Faculty Senator from 1973-1975 and from 1992-1998, and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served as a member of the Graduate Course and Program
Review Committee from 1982-1989 and chaired the committee for six years,
and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served on faculty evaluation committees and search
committees of several departments, as well as on many other uniersity-wide
and departmental committees and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served as the Graduate Faculty Marshall for graduations
held from 1991-1993, and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served as an active member of many professional
organizations, including the Pennsylvania Association for Counselor
Educators and Supervisors, for which she served as chairperson of the
Awards Committee from 1978-1990, and the Pennsylvania Counseling
Association, for which she served as newsletter editor from 1978-1987,
and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley has given liberally of her time and expertise in the
provision of in-service presentations to numerous local organizations and
school districts, and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley has presented many papers at state and national
conferences of the American Counselors Association, and |
|
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley was appointed by the Secretary of Health of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to serve on the Board of Trustees of the
Elizabethtown Hospital for Children and Youth in 1978 and was presented
with the Meritorious Service Award in 1986 by the Pennsylvania State
University for her dedicated service on the Advisory Board and her
outstanding contributions to the program, and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served on the Board of Directors of the Mental Health
Association in Lancaster County and on several task forces of the Mental
Health/Mental Retardation Program of Lancaster County, and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served on several invitational committees, including the
committee to review the standards for Certification of Professional School
Personnel appointed by then Secretary of Education, Robert G. Scanlon,
and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley served on seven Pennsylvania Department of Education
Program Review Teams and on the Commission on the Future of Graduate
Education from 1991-1993, appointed by Chancellor McCormick, and |
| WHEREAS |
Dr. Smedley was the recipient of many awards and honors, including a
Teaching Excellence award by the Millersville State College Faculty
Assoication in 1980; a Professional Development Award, as one of 60 to
participate in a national project for preparation of Gerontological
Counselor Trainers, in both 1985 and 1988; Counselor Educator of the Year
in 1997, by the Pennsylvania School Counselors Assoication; and the 1997
Susquehanna Township High School Alumni President's Award for Outstanding
Service to All Humanity. |