25 BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Lehigh has always thought big. Thanks to GO, we’re thinking even bigger: Our programs, services, and initiatives are creating new and stronger connections for our students and our entire community — across the globe and right at home in Bethlehem. WE STRENGTHEN OUR COMMUNITY. Community Voices Clinic Mental health is critical to the success of children and families, and research shows that early intervention is key. Lehigh’s College of Education, through its involvement in the Community Voices Clinic (CVC), has provided hundreds of hours of free, in-person mental health services to those who would not have had access to therapy otherwise. Plus, for Lehigh counseling psychology graduate students, the clinic serves as an important training component to their education. The CVC, supported by W. Beall Fowler ’59 ’85P ’89P ’16GP, is a school-based mental health clinic established in 2012 through a partnership between Lehigh University’s counseling psychology program, the Bethlehem Area School District, and Resolve Mental Health Services of Colonial Intermediate Unit 20. The Fowler Fund for the Community Voices Clinic provides support for the director position and the clinic administered by the dean of the College of Education. Operating within the family centers at Donegan Elementary and Broughal Middle schools, the clinic is staffed by College of Education graduate students who provide free, culturally responsive therapy services to children, adults, and families who live in South Bethlehem. Raquel Sosa ’26, Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program, Third Year “ THIS PROGRAMMEETS A NEED THAT IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED – NAMELY, THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS OF CHILDRENWHO MAY BE LIVING IN STRESSFUL FAMILY OR NEIGHBORHOOD SITUATIONS. ” W. Beall Fowler ’59 ’85P ’89P ’16GP
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