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Jonell Kirby Cash grew up in Georgia; Where she graduated from Franklin County, Georgia, high school, in 1947; Reinhardt Junior College, Waleska, Georgia,1949; University of Georgia, , BS.HEC,1952; MS Degree in Education,1957; (PHD) EdD (Counseling Psychology) ,1964: She performed her post Doctoral, work included a summer session, at Carnegie Melon University She taught in the public schools of Georgia for twelve years and was a full-time teacher at UGA while she was a full-time doctoral student. Her first college position was at Augusta College as Directory of the Counseling Center. Later, she took the position as Director of Instruction (with the responsible for staffing and developing new programs) with the Georgia’s 9th District Services Center. As a visiting professor, she taught courses at UGA and Syracuse U, before her appointment to the graduate faculty at WVU in Morgantown, WV in 1969. After a couple of years living in Morgantown, WV, Dr. Kirby moved to Charleston, WV as Coordinator of Instruction for WVU and programs at the Kanawha Valley Graduate Center. Later when the WV Board of Regents created an autonomous graduate college, the West Val College of Graduate Studies (WVCOGS) , with multi campuses in Southern West Va, . Dr. Kirby's positions evolved along with the needs the new college and its development. In addition to other roles, she served as Assoc. Dean for Program development, and she was appointed to Chair the first accredited process for WVCOGS. Among other professional activities, Dr. Jonell Kirby Cash served on the editorial board of the Journal for Specialists in Group Work and as an advisory editor for The Individual Psychologist; . She was appointed as a member of the Board of Commissioners for the North Central Accreditation Association for Higher Education. In this role, she served on the NCA board for several years and as a consultant to colleges in the North Central region. And at the international level, in her field of Counseling and Psychology, she was involved in workshops and presentations in Portugal, Australia, Brazil, Egypt and England. Dr. Jonell Kirby Cash has authored four books in the field of psychology and counseling and since retiring has written her first novel, A Ring, A Dance, A Second Change. With her busy schedule Jonell has found time to attend workshops in writing, create a writing group, and read widely. Since retiring her volunteer work has included CASA, working with couple under stress and with disruptive children and troubled families.)

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A Ring A Dance A Second Chance

A Ring,
A Dance,
A Second Chance;
My darling’s gone,
Now I’m alone
And then
The Phone…
A love I’d known
Reminded me
That now I’m free
To Live
To Dance
Another Chance….
And Love Again

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