Kerry Patton, of Wallingford, has been appointed the director of counseling services at Quinnipiac University. In her new position, Patton will be responsible for implementing university policies and procedures for identifying and serving the needs of distressed students; managing mental health-related emergencies; implementing the university’s medical leave of absence policy; supervising mental health professionals; and providing training for faculty, staff and students. “I am eager to provide guidance to students, families and faculty when students are challenged with stress that may be impacting their academic performance or their quality of life and assist them to accomplish their academic and personal goals. " Before coming to Quinnipiac, Patton worked at Yale-New Haven Hospital-St. Raphael Campus, where she was the program manager of the child and adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit. Patton is also in private practice as a licensed clinical social worker at the Connecticut Healing Center. Patton holds a master’s degree in social work from Southern Connecticut State University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Eastern Connecticut State University. Patton is married to Sean Patton. They have two children, Taylor, 9, and Aidan, 6. Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,200 full-time undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges issue. The 2013 issue of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master’s programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review’s “The Best 377 Colleges.” For more information, please visit www.quinnipiac.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at www.facebook.com/quinnipiacuniversity and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.
