Yesterday I was able to communicate with some of the students who will be part of my Cohort. We exchanged emails and discussed moving and weather in Atlanta. I am sure the folks that are coming from the North East will be shocked by "Hotlanta's" summer.
Right now we are 7, out of the 70 who applied, hopefully the competition is over (and from our talks online it seems that way). I am very excited about getting to know them. I am sure I will learn a whole lot from this group.
Friday, April 27, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Personal Statement
I have been in the process of preparing for teaching the CPS 2500 class. Ron Herndon is the Coordinator and he asked us to send him a personal statement. So here it is:
Douglas Ribeiro is a first year counseling psychology doctoral student who is interested in teaching CPS 2500 (GSU 1010) as a way to prepare himself in achieving future goals of educating minority groups in career development and psychological wellness. Douglas' training and previous experience have prepared him to exceed in this position. Douglas has a master's degree in professional counseling in which he was trained in career counseling, and life-cycle development. Douglas has also demonstrated efficiency in preparing and presenting career seminars to CPS 2500 (GSU 1010) while a graduate administrative assistant (GAA) for the Georgia State University's Career Center. His training and presentation experience are just a few of the qualifications that have prepared Douglas to teach and enrich the lives of the CPS 2500 students at Georgia State University.
It is kind of funny to write in third person, but he needs to do what he needs to do :D
Things are going well, I continue to be very excited about next fall.
Douglas Ribeiro is a first year counseling psychology doctoral student who is interested in teaching CPS 2500 (GSU 1010) as a way to prepare himself in achieving future goals of educating minority groups in career development and psychological wellness. Douglas' training and previous experience have prepared him to exceed in this position. Douglas has a master's degree in professional counseling in which he was trained in career counseling, and life-cycle development. Douglas has also demonstrated efficiency in preparing and presenting career seminars to CPS 2500 (GSU 1010) while a graduate administrative assistant (GAA) for the Georgia State University's Career Center. His training and presentation experience are just a few of the qualifications that have prepared Douglas to teach and enrich the lives of the CPS 2500 students at Georgia State University.
It is kind of funny to write in third person, but he needs to do what he needs to do :D
Things are going well, I continue to be very excited about next fall.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Preparation
Things continue to go well, I was able to communicate with a few professors that are important to my academic future. They are Dr. Cassandra White, from the department of Anthropology and chief investigator of a research project which I am involved in. I will probably meet with her today and touch bases on the project. I also emailed Dr. Julia Perilla, from the department of Psychology. She is one of the founders of Caminar Latino, a domestic violence program for Latino Families.
I have also received a few emails from Sojourners, concerning opportunities to be more involved. There are two openings for the Fall: Treasurer and Academic Chair/Student Advocate. I believe the second would be a better choice professionally, but it is not my decision. I will be happy with either one.
For now this is it :D
I have also received a few emails from Sojourners, concerning opportunities to be more involved. There are two openings for the Fall: Treasurer and Academic Chair/Student Advocate. I believe the second would be a better choice professionally, but it is not my decision. I will be happy with either one.
For now this is it :D
Friday, April 13, 2007
It feels like a lot of things happened in the last two days. I was offered a position as the 2007-2008 Editor of the CPS News, which I declined today after talking with Vanessa and realizing that it would be too much responsibility and too little $$$.
Today I also received feedback from Dr. Ancis on my schedule, It sounded like she was OK with it. Here are the classes I hope to be taking next Fall:
Educational Statistics II
Advanced Developmental Psychology II: Personality and Socialization
Applied Practice II
Stress Management
Counseling Psych. Seminar
Research and Publication
Today I also received feedback from Dr. Ancis on my schedule, It sounded like she was OK with it. Here are the classes I hope to be taking next Fall:
Educational Statistics II
Advanced Developmental Psychology II: Personality and Socialization
Applied Practice II
Stress Management
Counseling Psych. Seminar
Research and Publication
4/11/07
Today I emailed my Fall 2007 schedule to Dr. Ancis and Ron Herndon. Yesterday I met with Dr. Chung and accepted a Teaching Assistantship for the Fall and Spring semesters. I will be teaching the CPS2500 class. It will be the first time I will actually teach an undergraduate class and hope this will open doors to many other opportunities.
Review of Events:
It has been a very exciting period of my life. About two and a half years ago (rough estimate) after talking with Dr. Eldridge, Vanessa and I talked about the possibility of me pursuing a PhD degree with the hopes of me teaching online and living in Brazil. Our idea was that I could work part time teaching online and the remaining of the time to minister in Brazil.
After this conversation I started to look into a number of online PhD. degrees. I looked into Walden University, Capella university and a few others. After looking into the APA website, I realized that they had a list of Accredited PhD programs and that even though online programs were regionally accredited they were not APA accredited and consequently unable to get a Psychologist Licence. This information caused me to look into a number of APA approved programs and come down to a few that I liked the most. They were, Miami University, New York University, Georgia State University, Tennessee State University, and a few others.
During the 2005 Spring Break Vanessa and I served in Sarasota Florida and really enjoyed to be around the Brazilian community there and realized that it would not be so bad to attend school in Florida, due to the large concentration of Brazilians in that area. Returning from Florida we stopped in Atlanta, GA at the Rob's home. They introduced to us the Church and the Genesis Counseling Center and informed us that Atlanta also had a large Brazilian Population. It ended up being the perfect match. Georgia State University had a great focus on Multiculturalism, and was located in a area which the Latino population was growing rapidly.
The application process was very long and stressful. I first applied to the Ed.S. program in Professional Counseling. I had a low GRE 880 and my hopes of getting into the Ph.D were very low because of it. Required minimum GRE for Ed.S 900 and Ph.D 1000. The hand of God was through out this process by allowing me to enter both programs with the same GRE. During the application period I got very interested in the Ph.D program at University of Georgia and applied to that program too. It was very discouraging because I was not even called to interview at UGA. My hopes of getting into the GSU program were 0. But God's hand continued to be in the whole process and I was called to interview at GSU and was placed as the first alternate for Dr. Ancis. Needless to say I received the call of acceptance on April 5th around 8:15pm. I also received the following email:
Congratulations, Douglas! You have been accepted into the counseling psychology doctoral program at Georgia State University! For the first year, you will be provided with a GRA either teaching or assisting me with research, or both, a $2000 stipend and tuition waiver. Please let me know if I can answer any questions and whether you accept the offer. We are very happy to be able to extend this offer to you and think you would make a fine candidate for doctoral work.Sincerely, Dr. Ancis
On April 10th I send the following thank you note:
Dear Dr Cravens, Johnson, Finton, and Morris. I hope this note finds you well. I am writing to thank you for your letter of recommendation, and to inform you that I was accepted into Georgia State University's Ph.D program in Counseling Psychology. Thank you for your help,support, and guidance. I thank God for the blessing of having you as a mentor. At the moment, it looks like I will be teaching an undergraduate class, participating on research projects, and working full time on the degree. My hope is to finish the degree by May of 2011.I hope to visit Henderson in the near future, and if possible I would love to see you and thank you personally. Again, thank you. Douglas Ribeiro
In concluding today I want to say that this journal will follow me throughout the program and work as a reminder that God Can Do Anything - Nothing Is Impossible to God.
Today I emailed my Fall 2007 schedule to Dr. Ancis and Ron Herndon. Yesterday I met with Dr. Chung and accepted a Teaching Assistantship for the Fall and Spring semesters. I will be teaching the CPS2500 class. It will be the first time I will actually teach an undergraduate class and hope this will open doors to many other opportunities.
Review of Events:
It has been a very exciting period of my life. About two and a half years ago (rough estimate) after talking with Dr. Eldridge, Vanessa and I talked about the possibility of me pursuing a PhD degree with the hopes of me teaching online and living in Brazil. Our idea was that I could work part time teaching online and the remaining of the time to minister in Brazil.
After this conversation I started to look into a number of online PhD. degrees. I looked into Walden University, Capella university and a few others. After looking into the APA website, I realized that they had a list of Accredited PhD programs and that even though online programs were regionally accredited they were not APA accredited and consequently unable to get a Psychologist Licence. This information caused me to look into a number of APA approved programs and come down to a few that I liked the most. They were, Miami University, New York University, Georgia State University, Tennessee State University, and a few others.
During the 2005 Spring Break Vanessa and I served in Sarasota Florida and really enjoyed to be around the Brazilian community there and realized that it would not be so bad to attend school in Florida, due to the large concentration of Brazilians in that area. Returning from Florida we stopped in Atlanta, GA at the Rob's home. They introduced to us the Church and the Genesis Counseling Center and informed us that Atlanta also had a large Brazilian Population. It ended up being the perfect match. Georgia State University had a great focus on Multiculturalism, and was located in a area which the Latino population was growing rapidly.
The application process was very long and stressful. I first applied to the Ed.S. program in Professional Counseling. I had a low GRE 880 and my hopes of getting into the Ph.D were very low because of it. Required minimum GRE for Ed.S 900 and Ph.D 1000. The hand of God was through out this process by allowing me to enter both programs with the same GRE. During the application period I got very interested in the Ph.D program at University of Georgia and applied to that program too. It was very discouraging because I was not even called to interview at UGA. My hopes of getting into the GSU program were 0. But God's hand continued to be in the whole process and I was called to interview at GSU and was placed as the first alternate for Dr. Ancis. Needless to say I received the call of acceptance on April 5th around 8:15pm. I also received the following email:
Congratulations, Douglas! You have been accepted into the counseling psychology doctoral program at Georgia State University! For the first year, you will be provided with a GRA either teaching or assisting me with research, or both, a $2000 stipend and tuition waiver. Please let me know if I can answer any questions and whether you accept the offer. We are very happy to be able to extend this offer to you and think you would make a fine candidate for doctoral work.Sincerely, Dr. Ancis
On April 10th I send the following thank you note:
Dear Dr Cravens, Johnson, Finton, and Morris. I hope this note finds you well. I am writing to thank you for your letter of recommendation, and to inform you that I was accepted into Georgia State University's Ph.D program in Counseling Psychology. Thank you for your help,support, and guidance. I thank God for the blessing of having you as a mentor. At the moment, it looks like I will be teaching an undergraduate class, participating on research projects, and working full time on the degree. My hope is to finish the degree by May of 2011.I hope to visit Henderson in the near future, and if possible I would love to see you and thank you personally. Again, thank you. Douglas Ribeiro
In concluding today I want to say that this journal will follow me throughout the program and work as a reminder that God Can Do Anything - Nothing Is Impossible to God.
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