Counseling Issuances, 1958- | University of Illinois Archives

Appearing as the Student Counseling Bureau in May 1949, this unit assisted students with educational, vocational, and personal problems.¹ By 1956 its name appeared as the Student Counseling Service.² In 1970 the Board of Trustees changed the name of the Student Counseling Service to the Psychological and Counseling Center, to reflect more clearly the nature of services available there.³ By 1989 it was listed as the Counseling Center, and with vocational, academic, personal, and interpersonal problems; its services included workshops, classes, individual, couple, and group counseling, as well as consultative services to University staff and departments.⁴

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 45th Report, May 21, 1949, p. 389.

2. Board of Trustees Transactions, 1956-1958, 49th Report, July 16, 1957, p. 566.

3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 55th Report, May 20, 1970, p. 919.

4. Undergraduate Programs, 1989-91, p. 42.