Munley Family Scholarship Award for Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology
The Munley Family Scholarship Award for Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology is awarded to graduate students enrolled in master’s level Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology programs who show excellent promise and potential as emerging Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology professionals. The award was established by Dr. Patrick H. Munley, Ph.D., and the Munley Family to recognize and honor students at an early point in their career during master’s graduate training.
Pat graduated from the University of Maryland in College Park, where he earned his doctorate in Counseling Psychology in 1973. He began his professional career with the Department of Veterans Affairs as a staff psychologist at the Lyons VA and East Orange VA Medical Centers in New Jersey. In 1984 he joined the staff of the Battle Creek Michigan VA Medical Center as Chief of Psychology Service with primary professional responsibility for 20 doctoral psychologists and an APA approved pre-doctoral internship program. The Service provided clinical services to all major programs of the Medial Center. During the 1980’s and 90’s Pat taught part-time as an adjunct in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology (CECP) at Western Michigan University. After retiring from the VA in 1999, he joined the CECP faculty full-time as Training Director for the Counseling Psychology Ph.D. program. In 2005 he was appointed Chair of the CECP Department, retiring in fall of 2020 as Chair Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology. During his time as CECP Chair, Pat was appointed by the Governor of Michigan to the Michigan Board of Counseling and served as Chair of the Board from 2013 to 2020.
Pat is married to Mary Anne Munley, who completed her master’s studies at Western Michigan University in Early Childhood Education. Mary Anne has an Early Childhood Scholarship in her honor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Studies (TLES) at Western. Mary Anne and Pat are parents to Elizabeth, Thomas, Michael, John, and Katie; and grandparents to eleven grandchildren: Kaden, Meghan, Lauren, Erin, Finnbarr, Audrey, Gianna, Annabelle, Savannah, Abigail, and Mason. Since retiring from Western, Pat has served as a member of the Board of Directors for Family and Children Services (FCS) in Kalamazoo.
