Alumni Awards
Distinguished Alumni Awards
Each year, Distinguished Alumni Awards are presented to five College of Social Work graduates at the annual student scholarship dinner. These alumni show an exemplary commitment to social work, service, the College, and their communities.
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – awarded to alumni that graduated more than 50 years ago and demonstrate outstanding leadership and extraordinary contributions to social work.
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – awarded to alumni that graduated less than 10 years ago and have demonstrated outstanding leadership and exceptional contributions to social work.
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – awarded to alumni that currently hold a teaching/leadership position with an educational organization, post-secondary educational institution, or educational policy-making/review board and have made significant contributions to the area of social work education.
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – awarded to alumni that have shown a deep commitment to high ethical, social work standards, have developed/implemented major innovations to improve the quality of life of community members and have shown significant contributions to clients, the professional community and the social work profession via advocacy or professional/civic/community involvement.
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – awarded to alumni that have shown meritorious efforts to serve or have served the social work profession in policymaking with professional or political associations at the state or national level.
Past Award Winners
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Virginia (Ginny) Kennedy Palys
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – Gabriela Holton
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Kia Bentley
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Indira Harris
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Kimberly Boswell
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Nolia Brandt
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award - Chun Rosenkranz
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – David Jenkins
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Angela Martinez
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Lynn Rosenthal
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Joy Jinks
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award - Jessica Anne Harbour
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Pamela Graham MacDill
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Pamela Brooks
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Shevaun Harris
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Richard M. King
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award - Justin McClain
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Diana DiNitto
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Mary Freeman
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Robert Kevin Grigsby
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Patricia (Pat) Lager
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – Andrew Richey
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Barbara Williams White
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Terriyln C. Rivers-Cannon
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Earline Wesley Davis
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Nancy B. Hill
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – Christopher Collins
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Heather Thompson
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Roland L.M. Jackson
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Johanna Byrd
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Iris Larson
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – Shaleiah Fox
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Helen Levine
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Cheryl Berry Bias
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Tom Herndon
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Jacquelyn (Jackie) Dupont-Walker
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – Robyn Metcalf
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Jack Richman
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Cheryl Rowland
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – David William Springer
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – John P. Carter
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – David Albright
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Nicholas F. Mazza
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Art Cleveland
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Carol Preston
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Robert Disbennett
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – Jerrold Jackson
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – William Meezan
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Paula Clark
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Dominic Calabro
- Distinguished Emeritus Alumni Award – Joyce Laidlaw
- Distinguished Young Alumni Award – Dana Morris-Brooks
- Distinguished Social Work Educator Award – Sharon Maxwell-Ferguson
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Work Practice Award – Jeanene Janes
- Distinguished Alumni in Social Policy and Administration Award – Guy Spearman