1970's

• 1971: Department Rehabilitation Counseling formed in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• 1971: Calvin Pinkard Founding Department Chair
• 1973: First graduating class in Rehabilitation Counseling
• 1977: CORE Accreditation (Council on Rehabilitation Education)

1980's

• Mid-80s: Dr. Pinkard and Dr. Tennyson Wright led Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) grant that focused on recruiting and training minorities in Rehabilitation Counseling

1990's

• 1992: John Rasch Department Chair RMHC
• 1997: William Emener Chair Department RMHC

2000's

• 2000: Entered the College of Behavioral Health and Community Sciences (in 2008 when CBCS was formed/established)
• 2001: Program name changed to Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling
• 2002: Charlotte Dixon Department Chair RMHC
• 2003: Marriage and Family Graduate Certificate
• 2003: Addictions and Substance Abuse Graduate Certificate
• 2006: Integrative Mental Health Care Graduate Certificate Established by Gary Dudell, PhD.
• 2007: Tennyson Wright Department Chair RMHC

2010's

• 2015 Merged into the Department of Child and Family Studies
• 2015 Chih Chin Chou appointed Program Director
• 2015 Rehabilitation Services Administration Grant Program providing financial support to students going into state rehabilitation programs
• 2016 CACREP Accreditation Granted (Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs)
• 2018 Addictions and Substance Abuse Profession Undergraduate Certificate
• 2019 Addictive Studies Undergraduate Minor
• 2019 U.S. News and World Report placed the RMHC program in the top 25 (I think we were 24th at the time) Best Rehabilitation Counseling programs in the country

2020's

• 2020: Marriage and Family branched off into new master’s program
• 2020: Second 5-year cycle of RSA scholarship program (training grant) funded
• 2021: HRSA Grant funded to sponsor RMHC students in field work in Integrative Behavioral Health settings
• 2022: Rehabilitation Counseling and Disability Science online master’s program began
• 2022: Program name changed to Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling