The Virginia Counselors Association (VCA) recently presented its 2004 William H. Van Hoose Career Service Award to Thomas H. Hohenshil, of Radford, Va., professor of educational leadership and policy studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech.

The award was established by the VCA Executive Committee in 1964 to annually recognize one member in the 2,300-member association whose contributions to the professional aims of the counseling profession have been substantial and who has provided outstanding service to the counseling profession at local, state, and national levels. The award was presented Friday, Nov. 5, at the association's annual convention held at the Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center.

Hohenshil, who is the current program area leader in counselor education at Virginia Tech, has made significant contributions to the counseling profession through publishing more than 100 articles in professional journals, book chapters, and research reports during his 32 years at the university.

His area of specialization is the diagnosis and treatment of the learning and behavioral disorders of children and adolescents, and he is also nationally recognized for his pioneering work in the use of the Internet to deliver counseling services. He is associate editor of the Journal of Counseling and Development and has served on the editorial boards of eight other national and international journals in counseling and psychology. In addition, Hohenshil has served on the board of directors of the National Association of School Psychologists, and as president of the Virginia Association for Counselor Education and Supervision.

Hohenshil, received his bachelor's degree, master's degree and Ph.D. from Kent State University.

The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences embraces the arts, humanities, social and human sciences, and education. The college nurtures intellect and spirit, enlightens decision-making, inspires positive change, and improves the quality of life for people of all ages. It is home to the departments of apparel, housing and resource management, communication, educational leadership and policy studies, English, foreign languages and literatures, history; human development, interdisciplinary studies, music, philosophy, political science, ROTC, science and technology in society, sociology, teaching and learning, and theatre arts.

Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college, Virginia Tech has grown to become the largest university in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, Virginia Tech's eight colleges are dedicated to putting knowledge to work through teaching, research, and outreach activities and to fulfilling its vision to be among the top research universities in the nation. At its 2,600-acre main campus located in Blacksburg and other campus centers in Northern Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia Tech enrolls more than 28,000 full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries in 170 academic degree programs.

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