RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY F A L L 2 0 1 9 PARTNERING for CHANGE

A PUBLICATION FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF THE RUTGERS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

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PARTNERING for CHANGE t h o u g h t s CONTENTS

DEPARTMENTS

Message from the Dean 3 24 On Campus 4 Faculty News 8

Alumni News: Bill Waldman 24

Honor Roll of Donors 27

Class Notes 30

In Memoriam 32

FEATURES

THEY’RE THE FIRST 14

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 18 “Diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance.”

VERNA MYERS

Two faculty members discuss their commitment to diversity and inclusion at the School of Social Work and beyond.

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PARTNERING for CHANGE Dear Friends,

Published by the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, We have commenced another academic year at the School of Social Work, welcoming the School of Social Work, and the hundreds of new students eager to embark on a path to become leaders and change Office of Communications Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey makers. They hail from a range of different backgrounds, some entering the field of social work for the very first time. 120 Albany Street, Tower One, Suite 200 New Brunswick, NJ 08901 848-932-7520 Many of the stories we present in this issue of Partnering for Change highlight our stalwart commitment to diversity and inclusion. The education we provide helps our students recognize and promote the diverse and increasingly global environment in which we DEAN AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF live. We also host a variety of events in keeping with this commitment. CATHRYN C. POTTER, MSW, PH.D. Last spring, our Office of Student Affairs and Graduate Student Association partnered to DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS organize a series of discussions on diversity and inclusion, promoting collaboration AND EDITOR against hate in honor of Social Work Month. Weeks later, we sponsored a social justice LAURIE ZAZENSKI symposium at Rutgers University–Camden with a keynote address from transgender activist Sarah McBride. The summer kicked off with the Office of Continuing Education’s CONTRIBUTING WRITERS third annual Challenging Racial Disparities Conference, providing guidance for working THOMAS BENJAMIN professionals to put systemic repair into action. SAMUEL LEIBOWITZ-LORD ‘21 MELISSA KVIDAHL REILLY LAURIE ZAZENSKI Our feature stories highlight two faculty members dedicated to diversity and inclusion as well as six School affiliates who were first-generation students. Their stories give a

PHOTOGRAPHY glimpse into the array of our faculty and student experiences. B PROUD PETE BYRON We are also pleased to share exciting news, like our ranking from U.S. News & World MARIAN DIKSIES Report, which places the School of Social Work at 17th in the nation. Faculty accolades GRADIMAGES ROY GROETHING and other recent happenings at the School are too within these pages. PETER JACOBS CHRISTINA MINA After nearly 20 years as a faculty member, William “Bill” Waldman retired in July. A NATALIE MOORE-BEMBRY JOHN O’BOYLE School of Social Work alumnus, Bill was deeply committed to serving the public and ASHLEY RIFKIN educating future luminaries. You can read about his journey to a career in social work LAURIE ZAZENSKI later in this issue.

PUBLICATION DESIGN In keeping with our longstanding tradition, we invite you to our Annual Winter Alumni ERIC MILLER + ASSOCIATES Reception on Thursday, November 21. This once-a-year celebration brings together School of Social Work alumni for an evening of merriment and an opportunity to catch

PRINTING up with old friends and make new connections. We hope to see you there. GARRISON PRINTING COMPANY Sincerely,

We welcome your comments and suggestions. Please email us with your feedback or ideas to [email protected]. Cathryn C. Potter, M.S.W., Ph.D. DEAN AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR RUTGERS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

RUTGERS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK / PARTNERING f o r CHANGE 3 ON CAMPUS TRANSGENDER RIGHTS ACTIVIST SARAH MCBRIDE DELIVERS KEYNOTE AT SOCIAL JUSTICE RUTGERS SCHOOL OF SYMPOSIUM Sarah McBride, author of Tomorrow Will Be SOCIAL WORK RANKS AMONG Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality, was the inaugural speaker at Rutgers TOP 20 GRADUATE SCHOOLS University–Camden’s first annual Social Justice Symposium on April 15. As lead sponsor, the IN U.S. NEWS & WORLD School of Social Work had a strong presence at the event, including Dean and Distinguished REPORT Professor Cathryn C. Potter, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice Marla Blunt-Carter, and many social work students, among others in attendance. Rutgers School of Social Work’s Master of Social Work In 2011, McBride was elected student body program is again ranked among the top 20 programs in president at American University. During her last week in the role, McBride gained international the country by U.S. News & World Report, the global attention when she came out as a transgender authority in graduate program rankings. According to woman in her college’s newspaper, The Eagle. the report, Rutgers ranks 17th in the nation. McBride is largely credited with the passage of legislation in Delaware banning discrimination on “This recognition is a reflection of our outstanding the basis of gender identity in employment, faculty and staff and the quality of education we housing, insurance, and public accommodations. provide,” said Cathryn C. Potter, Dean and In July 2016, she was a speaker at the Democratic National Convention, becoming the Distinguished Professor. “Our faculty are leaders in first openly transgender person to address a education, research, and practice, offering a balanced major party convention in American history. pedagogical approach that prepares students for a “Our college campuses should look like the country we want to build in 10 or 15 years, and lifetime of success in the field. The MSW program Rutgers–Camden is clearly helping lead the way readies graduates to serve society in a variety of clinical, in building the next generation of leaders and change agents,” said McBride. “It was particularly academic, government, nonprofit, and corporate meaningful to see such incredible turnout from settings throughout the nation and the world.” both students and administrators alike for a Rankings of the 262 MSW programs accredited by discussion around trans rights. When my friend Marla Blunt-Carter asked me to speak at Rutgers– the Council on Social Work Education are based on the Camden, I jumped at the chance, and I’m so glad results of peer assessment surveys sent to deans, faculty, I did. From the discussion with Marla to the and other key informants. Only fully accredited conversations with students before and after the event, I left feeling empowered and inspired by programs in good standing during the survey period the Rutgers community.” are ranked.

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RACE CONFERENCE TEACHES SOCIAL WORKERS TO PUT SYSTEMIC REPAIR INTO ACTION By Samuel Leibowitz-Lord ’21

Rutgers School of Social Work hosted its third opening address, “The inevitable invisibility panel discussion moderated by Marla Blunt- NEW JERSEY LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AND SOCIAL JUSTICE annual conference “Challenging Racial of whiteness (for whites).” Carter, Assistant Professor of Professional Disparities: A Call to Action” on June 4, Jelani Cobb, Ph.D., the Ira A. Lipman Practice. Difficult questions and thoughtful ADVOCATE bringing together social workers and other Professor of Journalism at Columbia Univer- answers were posed by both audience DELIVERS CONVOCATION ADDRESS helping professionals to discuss what they sity, staff writer at The New Yorker, and a members and panel participants, including By Thomas Benjamin can do to challenge racism. Rutgers alumnus, delivered the conference’s Battle, Cobb, Winawer, and Nydia Garcia Busch Student Center’s conference keynote lecture. He explored the concept and Preto of the Multicultural Family Institute. Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver, the second-highest ranking Later in her remarks, Lt. Governor Oliver shared the driving rooms were packed by attendees of this history of race in America and showed how it Key points included the need for all social official in New Jersey government, delivered the School of Social forces behind her choice to become a social justice advocate. As a sold-out event, featuring lectures by and has played out in institutions throughout the workers to self-reflect and evaluate their roles Work’s Convocation address to the 955 graduates — the largest young girl, she read the historical novel A Tale of Two Cities and was workshops with faculty, alumni, and practi- centuries. He challenged the audience to in potentially oppressive institutions, and the cohort in the School’s history — who earned a degree this year. aghast. “That created the foundation of me knowing I had an obliga- tioners. The conference was organized by the undo these systemic injustices by confronting importance of empathy when dealing with A 40-year resident of East Orange, and a native of Newark, Lt. tion to be a voice for people who didn’t have a voice, and that’s School’s Office of Continuing Education and racial issues in the field, rather than ignoring issues of race in the field. Governor Oliver was first elected to the General Assembly in 2003 what social workers do,” she explained. offered continuing education hours for those them, and called for more focus to be put on Eight break-out sessions were held later and became Speaker in 2010. She was the first African-American With a background in sociology, Lt. Governor Oliver decided to who attended. systemic reform. “The role of social workers is in the day, led by Battle, Winawer, Teaching woman in state history to serve as such, and just the second in the study social work as a graduate student. “I like to work on behalf of Welcoming remarks were given by Dr. to be the conscience of a democracy,” Cobb Instructor Dr. Natalie Moore-Bembry, nation’s history to lead a state legislative house. disenfranchised people, disadvantaged people, people who don’t DuWayne Battle, Director of the BASW said to the crowd, who gave him a standing Lorraine Y. Howard, Director of Addiction Dean Cathryn C. Potter introduced Lt. Governor Oliver to the have the opportunity to access and participate in the mainstream of program and Associate Professor of Teaching. ovation at the end of his lecture. Education at Rutgers Center of Alcohol & crowd and presented her the Voice of Social Justice Award, which is American life. That’s what made me gravitate toward the field of He urged attendees to take the issue of race in The keynote lecture is offered each year Substance Use Studies at the Graduate School given to an individual who embodies the values of social work, social work,” she continued. public institutions and private practice in honor of social work professor Dr. William of Applied and Professional Psychology, and chooses to stand for social justice, and advances opportunities Offering encouragement, Lt. Governor Oliver told the students, seriously, offering statistics that demonstrated Neal Brown, the first black professor at Rut- DSW program alumna Dr. Jesselly De La for others. “Know that the world is waiting for you to do great things for continued and systemic disenfranchisement gers. Brown, who passed away in 2009, was Cruz, among others. The workshops were Lt. Governor Oliver opened her speech with excitement. “As yourself, and for your families, and for your communities, and for of non-white people in the job market, represented at the conference by his longtime designed to help social workers deal with someone who has spent her entire life providing and advocating for your state and your nation.” The audience responded to her inspiring education, and the justice system. “Racial partner, Suzanne Zimmer. Zimmer com- specific issues, including racial trauma, the social services in New Jersey, I cannot begin to express how thrilled I words with a standing ovation. disparities affect the entire population due to mended the conference for acknowledging intersection of race and addiction, cultural am to be with you today to celebrate your great accomplishment,” Dean Potter followed the rousing speech by inviting graduates to their social and economic costs,” Battle said. Brown’s legacy and contributions to Rutgers, humility, and resilience theory. she said. “I am in awe as I look out on this bright, diverse, and the stage, conferring degrees to 779 MSW students, 154 BASW Hinda Winawer, a frequent part-time lecturer which have historically gone unnoticed. Next year the conference will be held on

talented group of graduates who are ready to change the world.” students, 16 DSW students, and 6 Ph.D. students. PHOTOGRAPH BY GRADIMAGES at Rutgers School of Social Work, gave the Cobb’s keynote was followed by a June 2, 2020.

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VOICES IN THE NEWS

“Epidemiological research in cognitive aging “I believe that our colleges and universities in New highlights an intuitive yet oftentimes overlooked Jersey are actually ahead of the curve in trying to aspect of brain aging: It is lifelong.” address these issues. Through the conference, it’s another example of a way that we’re trying to be A Poor Childhood Could Hurt Your Memory in Old Age The Atlantic proactive and solution focused, and working together February 26, 2019 to try to create safer and healthier campus Emily A. Greenfield, Associate Professor communities.”

How NJ Colleges are Tackling Campus Sexual Assault New Jersey 101.5 March 27, 2019 “Most people were given advice of some kind. In Sarah McMahon, Associate Professor and Director, Center on Violence Against Women and Children particular, they were given relationship advice… I tell my patients that the meaning of final words is going to be up to the people in the room left to SSW FACULTY ATTEND LAUNCH OF decipher them.” “It’s not enough to just go and train bystanders and GLORIA STEINEM ENDOWED CHAIR IN MEDIA, What are the Most Common Things People Mention say, ‘now you know what to do, go do it!’ You have Right Before Death? CULTURE AND FEMINIST STUDIES The Dr. Oz Show to also be training leadership, you have to be April 12, 2019 changing policy and you have to be changing those Dr. Erica Goldblatt Hyatt, Assistant Director, DSW Program Last fall, Sarah McMahon, Director of the Center on have made her a global thought leader, was selected as organizational norms.” Violence Against Women & Children (VAWC), and Judy the first chair. “I am honored to have been chosen for Postmus, Founder and Former Director of VAWC, this prestigious position and eager to join Rutgers ‘We Are All Responsible’: attended a reception celebrating the launch of the Gloria students in connecting the dots between some of the How #MeToo Rejects the Bystander Effect Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture, and Feminist most critical issues of our time,” Klein said to Rutgers Longreads Studies at Rutgers University–New Brunswick. According Today. “People who trade cryptos look very much like February 2019 to Rutgers Today, the event focused on the ways that Over the next three years, Klein will teach, organize Victoria Banyard, Professor information technology and new media are reshaping public events, conduct research, and immerse students in those who trade high-risk stocks such as margins culture and power relationships as well as the challenges debate and scholarship on a range of issues. Topics will ahead for progressive movements in the United States include the role of activist journalists in revolutionary and options.” and beyond. movements from abolition to feminism as well as the As part of Rutgers Institute for The Women’s complex relationships among new media technologies, Why Cryptocurrency Trading Appeals to Problem Gamblers Leadership Consortium — a forum for intellectual exchange market forces, democracy, and movements for racial, Yahoo! Finance and a vital source of information about women’s leadership gender, and economic justice. March 11, 2019 — Postmus helped conceive the first-ever academic chair Klein’s appointment comes at a critical time in the Lia Nower, Professor and Director, Center for Gambling Studies named in honor of Steinem while supporting fundraising American political and media landscape as women & Addiction Counselor Training (ACT) Program efforts and selecting the inaugural chair. progressive leaders link human rights and economic Naomi Klein, a public intellectual whose best-selling justice with climate change and other global challenges. explorations of social, economic, and ecological injustice

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Ericka Deglau, Jerald Floersch, Erica Goldblatt Hyatt, Emily A. Greenfield, Jeanne Koller, Jeffrey Longhofer, Shari Munch, Sarah McMahon, Lia Nower, Kristen Powell, Jackie Stanmyre, Abigail Williams-Butler, Professor of Teaching and Associate Professor, Assistant Teaching Associate Professor, Teaching Instructor and Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Associate Professor and Professor and Director of Assistant Research Professor Teaching Instructor and Assistant Professor, Director of the Intensive has been named a 2019 Fellow of Professor and Assistant in partnership with collaborators at Program Coordinator presented the keynote address presented the closing keynote Director of the Center on the Center for Gambling and Associate Director of the Program Coordinator of the received awards from the National Weekend Program, and the Society for Social Work and Director of the DSW Program, the Edward J. Bloustein School of of the MSW Aging & Health The Manualization of Everything address Compassion Fatigue: The Violence Against Women Studies & Addiction Center for Prevention Science, ACT Certificate Program, Institute of Mental Health, the Amy Strickler, Research (SSWR). SSWR Fellows has been awarded a research stipend Planning and Public Policy, was Certificate, was appointed as a at the New York State Society for Cost of Caring at the 3rd Annual and Children, was named Counselor Training (ACT) and Andrew Peterson, was awarded $2,850 from the NICHD Summer Training Institute for Teaching Instructor and are members who have served to participate in the Rutgers Center awarded a grant through the member of the Clinical Quality Clinical Social Work 50th Neonatal Palliative Care co-chair of the Safe and Program, received two grants Professor and Director of the Rutgers Research Council for the Early Careers Scholars on Child Assistant Director of the for Historical Analysis (RCHA)'s Life with distinction to advance the Rutgers Community Design for Improvement Subcommittee for the Anniversary Conference. Symposium in Morristown, Inclusive Learning Environments with the Center for Gambling Center for Prevention Science, New Jersey Gam-SBIRT project with Abuse and Neglect, and the Racial Intensive Weekend Program, and Death project for the 2019-2020 mission of the society — to Health and Wellness Visiting Nurse Association of New Jersey. working group on New Jersey’s Studies: Sports Wagering in New launched the Northeast & Caribbean the Center for Gambling Studies. Democracy, Crime and Justice presented MSW Education and Child academic year as a faculty fellow. advance, disseminate, and Interdisciplinary Research Group. Central New Jersey (VNACNJ) Com- Plan for Higher Education under Jersey, funded by the Division of Prevention Technology Transfer Center Network Summer Research Welfare Reform in New Jersey, 2006- According to the project website, the translate research that addresses This competitive program provides munity Health Center. She already Governor Murphy’s Task Force Gaming Enforcement, in the (NeC-PTTC) for HHS Region 2, which Institute. seminar unites interdisciplinary faculty present at the Title IV-E Roundtable in serves New Jersey, New York, Puerto issues of social work practice and and researchers to explore “what it seed funding for interdisciplinary serves on their board of trustees. for Higher Education. Joining her amount of $2.6 million [Lia Atlantic City, New Jersey. They were Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Pow- policy and promotes a diverse, means to be alive or dead. It will groups of scholars to partner with She also founded a local chapter in the working group are part- Nower, PI] and Developing GBIRT joined by alumni Amanda Hammond ell (Director) and Peterson (Co-Director) equitable, and just society. The consider the legal, social, political, community leaders on innovative, — the Central NJ Chapter — of the time lecturer Laura Luciano, for Ohio, funded by the Ohio ’09, Florence Racine ’10, Melena received a $3 million grant from the SSWR Fellowship has been estab- religious, and ethical ramifications of community-rooted opportunities to Radical Age Movement (RAM). RAM Ph.D. student Julia Cusano, and Department of Mental Health Anderson ’16, and Janet Dashio ’16, U.S. Department of Health and Human lished by the society to honor and medical and scientific developments address upstream determinants of is a national non-profit grassroots Simone Snyder, Senior Program and Addiction Services, in the public child welfare employees who Services, Substance Abuse and Men- recognize current SSWR members as they relate to the creation of life health. Their project will support the organization based in New York City Coordinator at the Center on amount of $115,496 [Lia Nower, completed their MSWs through the tal Health Administration to operate and the end of it.” Goldblatt Hyatt Intensive Weekend program. Strickler for their individual accomplish- development and study of interac- seeking to fight for age justice and Violence Against Women and PI; Jackie Stanmyre, co-PI & the NeC-PTTC for five years. Its pur- proposes a qualitative exploration of also presented School Success for ments, leadership, and tive, web-based mapping tools combat ageism. Children. Part-time lecturer Vivien (Wen Li) Anthony, co-PI]. pose is to strengthen the substance maternal-fetal medicine specialists the Adoptee: Meeting the Challenges contributions to SSWR as a within two county government Randy Stamm was also selected abuse prevention workforce in the re- (MFMs) and later abortion patients to with Christine Morales, Teaching scientific society. structures; these mapping tools are to be a part of the On Ramps to gion through research and dissemina- understand how the diagnosis of fetal Instructor and Assistant Director of intended to aid in county-level College working group. tion of knowledge through technology anomaly after 24 weeks’ gestation, Recruitment and Admissions, at the age-friendly planning, policy, and McMahon, Luciano, Cusano, transfer activities, including the deliv- NJ Interagency Adoption Council and also known as the age of viability, programs, as well as inter-depart- Snyder, and Stamm are among ery of multifaceted training and techni- the Rutgers School of Social Work’s influences whether providers are likely mental collaboration around aging. the 19 Rutgers faculty, students, cal assistance to improve knowledge Annual “Let’s Talk Adoption” to recommend abortion. The implica- staff, and administrators in the and skills in prevention science and Conference. tions of these findings on the field of working groups chosen through a evidence-based prevention practices. reproductive health, rights, and social justice can inform policy and practice formal selection process and

with women and their families. appointed by the governor.

MUNCH

NOWER

STANMYRE

KOLLER

LONGHOFER FLOERSCH WILLIAMS-BUTLER DEGLAU/STRICKLER MORALES

GOLDBLATT HYATT GOLDBLATT GREENFIELD

POWELL/PETERSON McMAHON

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“We are committed to providing opportunities for our students, faculty, and professional social workers to engage in conversations about promoting diversity and inclusion within professional practice. These events aimed to provide a lens through which we could better understand what hate and discrimination look like in New Jersey. It is critical that we learn how to work within a diverse community and develop effective relationships in order to build alliance.” DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION SERIES PROMOTES COLLABORATION — Marian Diksies, Director of Student Affairs at Rutgers School of Social Work AGAINST HATE IN HONOR OF SOCIAL WORK MONTH still lags in the field. Our aim was to fill the active social justice roles.” School of Social Work’s efforts to educate By Laurie Zazenski gap, presently, as workshops aim to inspire “The ultimate takeaways from the event students on the central role diversity and others to continue the conversation into are that we need to consider intersectionality, inclusion play in the field of social work. In Rutgers School of Social Work’s Office of professional social workers to engage in following week, the Camden team hosted a action. Along with Rutgers students, we be allies for one another no matter what our fact, one of the MSW program’s top goals is Student Affairs leaders Charles Chear, Marian conversations about promoting diversity and panel on advocacy efforts in New Jersey, hosted social work students from Seton Hall personal cause is, and check our privilege to prepare students for ethical, evidence-based Diksies, and Natalie Moore-Bembry partnered inclusion within professional practice. These featuring Ronald Pierce (New Jersey Institute and elsewhere. Through dialogue during the when we have it,” Irizarry commented. “These and critically-informed social work practice with the School of Social Work’s Graduate events aimed to provide a lens through which for Social Justice), Dr. Tyree Oredein (Garden workshop, we learned that a strong desire for are broad ideas, but when they’re put into that promotes social justice, engages diversity Student Association (SSWGSA) and the we could better understand what hate and State Equality), and Ross Wishnick (NJ critical inquiry was common among many practice they make a big difference.” and difference, and strengthens individuals, National Association of Social Workers New discrimination look like in New Jersey. It is Alliance Against Hate). The panel was social work institutions.” “Another big takeaway that stuck with me families, and communities in local, national, Jersey (NASW-NJ) to host a series of events critical that we learn how to work within a moderated by Rutgers MSW student Gianna Natalie Moore-Bembry, Assistant Direc- was a comment from one of our panelists. He and global contexts. on diversity and inclusion in honor of Social diverse community and develop effective Irizarry. The series concluded on March 13 in tor of Student Affairs and MSW Camden was an older man who was released from In the past, the SSWGSA has hosted a Work Month last March. This year’s events relationships in order to build alliance.” Newark with a panel discussion on invisible Campus Coordinator, explained, “We are at a prison about two years ago and said we gen- variety of events focused on diversity and focused on the theme of joining against hate, The series kicked off on February 27 in wounds of racial trauma with Michael Ajagbe pivotal time in our nation’s history where uinely have no idea why we hate each other inclusion from film screenings about gender drawing in audiences of social work students New Brunswick with a panel on developing (MSW) and Kristin Miller (LCSW). many are seeking to take action against the — we’re just taught to hate. When someone and sexuality to discussions on the role of and practicing social workers throughout effective community partnerships. Panelists Assistant Director of Student Affairs countless social injustices in front of us. The asks us why we hate, there is never an answer. activism in the pursuit of social justice, among New Jersey. included Renee Koubiadis (Anti-Poverty and MSW Newark Campus Coordinator panel provided our university community This seems like a simple notion, but the way others. n Marian Diksies ’08, Director of Student Network of New Jersey), Brian Lozano (Wind Charles Chear said, “Social work as a profes- with not only a plethora of actions that could he framed it forced us to think about how Affairs at Rutgers School of Social Work, of the Spirit and NJ Alliance for Immigrant sion and field of study is rapidly growing in be taken, but also instilled a sense of hope in hate can have no justification yet be so deeply explained, “We are committed to providing Justice), and Jaymie Santiago (New Brunswick the U.S. and around the world. Yet, critical our students. The students walked away feeling rooted in our communities.” opportunities for our students, faculty, and Tomorrow) with moderation by Diksies. The inquiry about diversity, equity, and inclusion energized and ready and willing to step into This series represents just one of the

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FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS OVERCOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN ORDER TO ATTAIN HIGHER EDUCATION. BUT, BY PURSUING CAREERS IN SOCIAL WORK, THEY’RE ALSO A GROUP THAT GIVES BACK.

BY MELISSA KVIDAHL REILLY

DIBA SALEEM ’19 STARTED HER JUNIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL IN NEWARK, A NEW JERSEY WITH HER SIGHTS SET ON COLLEGE. She saw her friends signing up for the SAT, and visited her guidance counselor to ask for a fee waiver. “My guidance counselor told me there was no point in even trying, since I’d never make it into a uni- versity,” Saleem recalls. “She ripped up my fee waiver application and threw it in the trash in front of me. I was hurt, and felt discouraged.” As the first in her family to pursue a college education, Saleem wasn’t sure how to find help or what to do. She didn’t apply to college for another two years. Roughly 75 miles away in Philadelphia, Charles Chear — now Teaching Instructor, Assistant Director of Student Affairs, and Newark Campus Coordinator — was finding his way as the child of survivors of the Cambodian genocide. His parents ran a small jewelry shop, but had bigger aspirations for their son. “I told them I wouldn’t mind being in the family business, but my father shut it down anytime I hinted that I enjoyed repairing jewelry,” he says. “It was very clear that he wanted me to be a ‘professional’ and not a laborer.” But not having gone to college himself, Chear’s father wasn’t able to help him navigate the confusing world of higher education. And cultural barriers, like a distrust in institutions and a hesitation to disclose personal information due to past persecution in Cambodia, didn’t make it any easier to find scholarships, aid, or other resources that could help. Though they’re quite different, what unites these stories is that they exemplify the first-generation college experience. Though it’s not a homogenous group by any stretch, it’s one that faces some common challenges.

RUTGERS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK / PARTNERING f o r CHANGE 15 Many first-generation students, for exam- herself. “This isn’t the case for everyone, but At the School of Social Work, the Intensive ple, come from families where college was it’s more common for people with doctoral Weekend MSW program allows students to inaccessible due to financial constraints, family degrees to come from families with doctorates continue working full time in the field while obligations, immigration status, language and and advanced degrees, which means they pursuing a master’s degree. That said, a num- cultural barriers, or other challenges. At Rutgers often already have a sense of the culture of ac- ber of first-generation students happen to find School of Social Work, first-generation students ademia,” she says. “My dad was a plumber. So themselves in this program, says Deglau. “This and faculty are paving a path to higher educa- I didn’t grow up with flowy academic jargon. gets to my gut because I had this experience,” tion for their own families, but also putting I couldn’t ask my family for career advice. she says. “The fact that this program makes it their education to work by addressing these That path just wasn’t modeled for me.” possible to gain skills without interrupting their and other inequities faced by all kinds of What compounds these challenges is career is financially critical for many first- underserved communities. that first-generation status is something generation students,” she says. students don’t often talk about, either because Jumping Hurdles they don’t have the language to describe it or Champions of Change Rachael Smith ’19 First-generation students face a unique set of because they don’t see it as something worth Deglau isn’t the only first-generation graduate Hearing Officer, Office of challenges, beginning with the college appli- bringing up. Chear says, “Even on my or faculty member finding herself working in Student Conduct, Rutgers Laura Johnson ’12, cation process. For example, though Chear undergraduate application, I didn’t mention an area that mitigates the challenges she wit- Camden ’18 wanted to join sports and other after-school that I was first-generation, from a Cambodian nessed growing up. In fact, many share a sim- Ericka Deglau Assistant Research activities, this was discouraged by his parents refugee background, or anything about my ilar story. Johnson says, “A lot of people in Professor of Teaching and “I definitely think there’s Professor, Center on who thought it would take away from his identity. I didn’t know you could get social work come into the field because of Director of the Danielle Slavin ’19 Charles Chear a connection between Violence Against Women Adiba Saleem ’19 studies and hurt his chances of getting into scholarships or admission points for being things they’ve experienced or challenges Intensive Weekend Family Service Teaching Instructor, being a first-generation and Children Program Director, New college. “I tried to tell them it was otherwise, underprivileged.” they’ve observed in their own lives and, Program Specialist, Adoption Unit, Assistant Director of Day Family Success Center that getting into extracurricular activities can Ericka Deglau, Professor of Teaching and broadly, first-generation students may not Division of Child student and the field of Student Affairs, and “The biggest assets to actually enhance one’s applications, but they Director of the Intensive Weekend Program, have grown up with the same opportunities “Childhood vaccinations, Protection and social work. We’re all Newark Campus me as a first-generation “My parents always were firm in this belief that it didn’t do any puts it this way: “I felt different but didn’t as other students. If you’re a first-generation Permanency very passionate about Coordinator except for polio, didn’t stressed the importance good,” he says. “This came from them just not look different from my essentially upper student because you’ve had family recently certain things, and we student were the exist when I was a child, of education. They were understanding college.” middle class peers when I got to college. I immigrate, faced financial challenges, or had “There was never any want to do something “I think what people mentors I met along the so I caught various teenage parents, so they Once they arrive on campus, first-gener- didn’t have many of the experiences my peers other responsibilities, all these cultural factors question that I wanted to need to understand way. I changed majors so diseases that kept me that's truly going to ation students all face immense pressure to did since I grew up in a working class family might motivate someone to pursue social many times because I had to work rather than pursue social work. When make a difference in about first-generation work.” It certainly did in Johnson’s case. home from school. One attend college, and made succeed. This was the case for Saleem, who ex- with a different cultural and linguistic my parents got divorced, people’s lives. Though my college students is not didn’t have someone to plains that being a first-generation student is background.” Drawn to and working with Her grandmother grew up in a tradi- day, my mother came sure higher education I was 10 years old and specific family’s status only that they need help show me how to find out about more than earning a degree. “It’s about different cultural and ethnic groups starting in tional family, and women were expected to be home from the town was on my radar. Though struggling with my didn’t have much to do but they may not know what I liked and how to taking your family to the next level,” she says. the 1970s, it became quickly evident that homemakers. When she voiced a desire to be library with a big stack of I felt pressure to emotions. My mother with my personal path how to ask for help in translate that into a “We have a lot riding on our backs, as your others faced more obvious hurdles because of a nurse, her family refused to allow it. John- books, as suggested by succeed, it does work enrolled herself, my — they were lucky to the first place. It took a career. My mentors sat family is pushing for you to succeed and take skin color and socioeconomic status. It was son’s mother, one generation later, wanted to the teacher, and from both ways. It kept me that legacy a step further.” then that systemic inequities became clear be a hairdresser. Again, it was discouraged. “As brother, and me into a find good jobs and I was very patient and kind with me, helped to parse then on, I became an going at times when I For Rachael Smith ’19, the pressure was to her. a result, my mother always communicated to program called Strength- English literature profes- out what I was interested avid reader. My mother comfortable growing up in proving to her parents that she was making If you ask Danielle Slavin ’19, it’s time me growing up that it was important for ening Families. We met in, and brainstorm how was overwhelmed with cared a lot about my ed- — I’m sure that those sor in my first year of the right choices. “Trying to explain the im- for first-generation students to speak up. women to be independent,” she says. “I took we can put those three young children, once a week with other coming from families of college to help me portance of education to someone who never “Being a first-generation student isn’t some- that literally in some ways when I became ucation and went to night working, and going to families, had dinner, did immigrants or families of realize the importance of interests together into a went to college can be hard,” she says, espe- thing that is spoken about, unless it’s directly committed to women’s rights and advocating school to learn English. school. But we’re an activity, and then color face additional clear communication and career based on their cially since her parents found success without asked, and I’m not sure why,” she says. “We on behalf of women.” Both of my parents blazing the trail for our broke out into groups — hurdles in achieving how to let people know various networks. I had going to college. This hurdle was as large as should be proud of this, because it is such a Drawing work inspiration from familiar worked in factories and entire family. I have a the kids in one room and higher education, and I’m who I am and what I want to rely on outside people making the case for college in general, and as huge accomplishment. We didn’t have a clue hardships is also the case for Chear, whose cur- had only attended a few cousin now who is a the adults in another. sure those specific or need. Now, I try to for things that others small as making the case for studying on Sat- what we were getting ourselves into with rent practice and research interests center on years of grade school in first-generation college urdays rather than waitressing, when earning higher education, and we couldn’t rely on our Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees, and That was the first time in struggles only amplified help MSW students in the may rely on their families Europe. They immigrated student and just earned potential was highest. parents to guide us. We don’t recognize it as the violence and poverty they continue to en- my childhood that I felt I same manner.” for. I was lucky that at to the U.S. in the 1950s their need to make And while her friends’ parents were en- the big deal that it is.” dure in Philadelphia, Camden, and elsewhere. varying points in my life I her degree. Family as displaced persons, was really being heard, social change.” couraging their children to follow their pas- And what about Saleem, who was made those connections members have seen my thanks to post-World and I knew then that I sions — and worry about work later — Smith Rutgers Resources silenced in her guidance counselor’s office as with mentors who were humble beginnings and War II legislation, just a wanted to go into a field felt a lot of pressure to choose a major that Here at Rutgers, 35 percent of undergraduates a teenager? “I want to be a voice for people willing to do that they look to me and say, couple of months before that helped other kids would “pay off” in terms of salary after gradu- arriving on the Banks are first-generation stu- who cannot be a voice for themselves,” she for me.” if she can do it, I can ation. “Convincing my parents that social dents, and 79 percent of them graduate, well says, recalling that she had no one to advocate I was born. During my feel heard, too.” do it.” work, and especially a master’s degree, was the above the national average of 26 percent. It’s for her when her guidance counselor ripped earliest years, two path for me took a lot of time,” she admits. no coincidence, since Rutgers intentionally in- up her SAT fee waiver. “I don’t know if that languages were spoken in This divide becomes even more apparent vests in this often underserved population. counselor realized just how much she could my household, neither of the higher a student progresses in academia. Not only does Student Support Services (SSS) have impacted my life if I took her advice and them English. Like many Laura Johnson ’12, ’18, now Assistant Re- provide resources like one-on-one tutoring, never tried. It doesn’t matter how little a per- children of immigrants, I search Professor at the School of Social Work’s career and academic coaching, and financial son has, or what mistakes they have made in became the family scribe Center on Violence Against Women and Chil- support, but gateways like RU1st are designed life. Everyone deserves a second chance. and translator.” dren, recalls the process of becoming a faculty to support first-generation students in their Everyone deserves to be treated with dignity member and not meeting many students like pursuit of a diploma. and respect.” n

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D I V E R S I T Y AA N D INCLUSION

BY LAURIE ZAZENSKI

UWAYNE BATTLE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHING AND DIRECTOR D OF THE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM, AND MARIAN DIKSIES ’08, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF TEACHING AND DIRECTOR OF STUDENT AFFAIRS, SHARE HOW THEY FOSTER DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK WHILE CHALLENGING INEQUALITIES FURTHER BEYOND.

How do you support diversity and inclusion at the School of Social Work?

DuWayne Battle: For the past 18 years, I’ve been teaching our “Diversity and Oppression” course, which is a requirement for both undergraduate and graduate students. MSW students take this course in their first semester, so they’re given a new framework to understand our curriculum and the world around them. It’s not uncommon for my students to suggest areas that need more focus, and we respond to their requests. We’ve recently put more of a focus on environ- mental justice in this course.

RUTGERS SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK / PARTNERING f o r CHANGE 19 What do students learn in the “Diversity MD: I’m quite involved in my church’s youth and Oppression” course? ministry. What’s particularly interesting is it’s a group that’s truly bicultural and bilingual. MD: A lot of students say the “Diversity and A lot of the members grew up in Egypt and Oppression” course changes their worldview. moved to the United States to attend college Then they say, “Now what?” They desire to or live with their families. I find it gratifying understand more and be further involved in to help them navigate our cultural similarities conversations on the topic. As a school, we’re and differences. trying to ensure we respond in a systematic way. What role does diversity and inclusion play DB: When students meet people who are dif- in the field of social work? ferent from them, they often interact on a superficial level. They retreat back to their MD: I think it’s the core of everything we do. I spaces of familiarity. But this course challenges don’t know how you would try to separate students to value the differences in others, and social work from diversity and inclusion. I we use critical thinking and experiential don’t think it’s possible. exercises to guide them through this process.

MD: DuWayne always says, “If I’ve left my Do you think it’s always been that way? students feeling uncomfortable, then I’ve done my job. I’ve succeeded in my goal.” DB: The early history of social work involved charity work and serving immigrant popula- tions. However, diversity has always been a How do you promote diversity and inclusion key component of the profession. But social outside of the School of Social Work? work has evolved over the years. Our code of ethics and cultural competency standards DB: I’ve worked with NASW-NJ for many years. mandate us to make sure we prepare students During my tenure as the first African American to be effective in their work with diverse indi- president of the organization, I emphasized the viduals, families, groups, organizations, and importance of diversity in our professional communities. That’s part of the development organization. Bill Waldman, fellow School of of the profession. Social Work faculty and NASW-NJ member, Diversity is at the core of social work, but asked me to serve on a diversity and cultural it’s not just about celebrating diversity. There’s competency committee, and I accepted the Marian Diksies, recently been a shift. We have to honor diver- MA, MSW, LSW opportunity. The committee developed a new DuWayne Battle, Ph.D., D.Min., M.Div., MSW Director of Student Affairs and Associate sity but also challenge disparities. That may Associate Professor of Teaching and Director of Professor of Teaching leadership certificate program titled “Leading be the piece that’s gained greater attention Baccalaureate Program Through a New Lens,” which teaches members and has grown stronger. how to respond to institutional racism. In short, the goal is to “institutionalize diversity MD: I believe the field will continue to evolve. and social justice.” In addition to celebrating diversity and chal- In addition, I’ve traveled to other univer- lenging disparities, we’re also talking a lot sities and conferences throughout the country, more about inclusivity. What does an inclu- presenting on disability awareness, access, and sive environment actually look like? What advocacy with one of our former students, structural efforts do we need to make to Dr. Jacqueline “Jackee” Jackson ’05, who was recognize and appreciate difference but also Beyond the classroom, I’ve been a part of what’s happening in the world around us. named NASW’s Social Worker of the Year in provide a space for it to thrive? We provide Whether it’s your status at an agency or your enough to have people in positions. People the Rutgers–Camden diversity and inclusion In addition, I chair the School’s diversity 2011. We also went to Capitol Hill to advocate students opportunities to have these conver- relationship with an individual, it’s all about have to be valued and empowered. hiring committee, and last year, I was given and inclusion working group. We’re trying to for policies and programs aimed to improve sations inside the classroom and beyond having a voice. Feeling empowered to speak the Clement A. Price Human Dignity Award. better understand and evaluate students’ the lives of people living with disabilities. through events and programming. up will eventually bring recognition to an How do you feel about the future at the It recognizes Rutgers University faculty, staff, experiences with diversity, inclusion, and I also collaborate with Pastor Vanessa issue. But we have to be consistent. We might School of Social Work? students, and community partners’ achieve- equity. It’s incredibly important because it Brown of the Rivers of Living Water Church, a speak up during an isolated incident but ments in their work and commitment to allows us to measure our effectiveness in Christ-centered, radically inclusive, open and What can Rutgers School of Social Work ignore the next instance that happens after- DB: I’m hopeful for our School. There’s great promoting and practicing diversity and inclu- meeting the School’s mission to develop and affirming, non-denominational spiritual family. students — and social workers in general wards. We have to stick with it. potential here. I’m amazed by the rich sion at the University and in partnership with disseminate knowledge that promotes social They are engaged in a lot of programs and serv- — do to further conversations about diversity our students bring. We have an the broader community. and economic justice and strengthens individ- ices in both New York and New Jersey. I enjoy diversity and inclusion? DB: I’ve worked with groups that have a strong opportunity to really show how the work of ual, family, and community well-being in our being involved with this group because I’m the commitment to diversity in which we literally diversity and inclusion can be done in a way Marian Diksies: I also teach the “Diversity diverse and increasingly global environment. minority, and I get a chance to learn how to MD: People have to be willing to take risks sit around a table and ask the questions, that’s useful and beneficial to all. n and Oppression” course. It’s gone through Our work is still under way, and we’re hoping be received as a person who is not from and speak up. It’s something I struggle with “Who’s not here? Who’s not represented at many iterations and is continuously changing it will help us reframe some of the processes their community but walks alongside them. at times. We get so comfortable with how this table?” We need to make an effort to be based on students’ needs and in response to and initiatives going on at the School. things are, and we’re afraid to be disruptive. as inclusive as possible. But it’s not just

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FROM PROSE TO POLICY: ALUMNUS WILLIAM WALDMAN’S JOURNEY TO A LIFELONG CAREER IN SOCIAL WORK

By Laurie Zazenski

illiam “Bill” Waldman ‘72 always loved Meanwhile, responsibilities at home intensified. He Shakespeare. So in his twenties, he set had a wife and young child whose needs always came forth on a path to pursue a master’s de- first. It was a daily struggle to balance multiple jobs, gree in English. A job at the Essex County school work, and familial obligations. Welfare Board kept him busy during the Yet with his hard work and commitment to social day, and classes on literature and linguis- justice, Waldman graduated with his MSW in 1972. W tics occupied his evenings. Fully immers- Still employed by the Welfare Board, he quickly ad- ing himself in the field, Waldman even learned specialized vanced through a series of supervisory and administrative processes like identifying legitimate watermarks on Eliza- positions, including administering the county’s food bethan portfolios. stamp and employment and training programs. But it was the late 1960s, and his classes began to From 1975 through 1987, Waldman directed the New feel insignificant in light of the injustices he observed in Jersey Department of Human Services in Middlesex his community. County, where he served as the administrator of numerous Working at the Welfare Board in Newark, he witnessed county-based human services programs, managed a staff social upheaval firsthand. During the civil disturbances in of 65 employees, and administered an $8 million budget. 1967 he observed armored vehicles barreling down Cen- Deeply committed to serving the public, Waldman tral Avenue, one of Newark’s main thoroughfares. The continued to work in various roles for the State of New city’s entrances were secured by guards who forced Wald- Jersey from 1987 to 1998, including as Director of the man to show his ID in order to access his downtown Division of Youth and Family Services, Deputy Commis- office during this time. The guards, most ranging from sioner and Commissioner of the New Jersey Department 18 to 21 years old, displayed outward authority, but of Human Services, and a member of the cabinet for Waldman saw right through their facades and felt their three governors. fear. One day, a particularly vulnerable guard drew his As Commissioner of the Department of Human gun and nearly shot Waldman. Services — New Jersey’s largest public agency — Waldman He decided to become more involved in the Civil administered a $7 billion budget and managed a work- Rights Movement and began going to marches. Soon he force of 19,000 employees who served over one million learned he was eligible for a social work scholarship residents of the state. The department encompassed through his job at the Welfare Board, so he jumped at seven operating divisions, including the Medicaid pro- the opportunity and enrolled in the MSW program at gram, services to the mentally ill and developmentally Rutgers School of Social Work. disabled, the child welfare program, all public welfare While juggling classes, Waldman, a caseworker, was programs, as well as services to the blind and visually im- assigned to a massive housing project in Newark by the paired and the deaf and hard of hearing. He also had Welfare Board. His working-class background did not responsibility for 18 institutions, including psychiatric prepare him for the destitution and deprivation he saw. hospitals, developmental centers, children’s residential “At first I was overwhelmed, and I was going to quit facilities, and a residential program for the blind. because I just didn’t think I could make a difference,” he Waldman later served as Executive Director of the admits. American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) “The poverty was brutal. When we’re in our twenties, in Washington, D.C., from 1998 to 2000. APHSA, a we all think we can change the world. But it was a slap in nonprofit whose members include the health and the face to witness firsthand what the world was really like human service agencies in all 50 states, as well as many for many people. I found my calling after experiencing agencies in counties, municipalities, and U.S. territories, that,” he explains. aims to develop, promote, and assist its members in the

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WE APPRECIATE our alumni and friends who made gifts between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. Your contributions create opportunities for our dynamic and determined students and faculty which otherwise would not be possible and hope you find lasting pride in Rutgers School of Social Work.

“We as social workers have accomplished so much in improving the lives of our fellow Please note that names are listed as they were entered at the time of the gift. Questions or changes can be directed to Madison Molner citizens. We also have much further to go. Social workers have an obligation to advocate for at [email protected]. social and economic justice and equality for all people.” ^ Denotes multi-year major gift donor. $100,000 or higher M. Kathleen Woodward Edwin W.B. Be RC'54, Thomas Ferris William D. Jones NCAS'75, Gloribell Mercado SSW'11 Samer Boraie^ SSW'70 SSW'63 Dr. Aaron R. Fichtner SSW'77 Daniel M. Meyers LC'87 implementation of sound public human services policies. In honor of his dedication to the field of social work as a whole Susan Boraie^ Douglas E. Behan LC'85, GSNB'05 Cheryl K. Jones-Holaday Marla J. Meyers RC'89, $500 to $999 In 2001, Waldman joined the School of Social Work faculty as a — and particularly to the welfare of children — the New Jersey Com- Jill Chalsty SSW'89 Cindy E. Flynn SSW'87 SSW'89 SSW'91 Joan G. Axelrod, Ph.D. Suzanne M. Bell SSW'74 Paul Flynn Erin Jung Lynn Ferrante Miller Visiting Professor and ultimately became a Professor of Professional munity Development Corporation dedicated a building in Waldman’s John S. Chalsty Dr. Dezhi Lu^ SSW'81, GSNB'91 Rebecca W. Benjamin Sharon A. Fortin RC'99, Arlene A. Kahn SSW'80 SSW'78 Practice. He oversaw the management and policy (MAP) program, name in 2008. The William Waldman Independence House in Paterson The Estate of Patricia A.Nagle Adam C. Broman LC'03 SSW'97 GMLR'12 Edward Kahn Dr. John P. Monahan which is designed to build knowledge, skills, and competencies of provides housing and supportive services for young people during their UCNB'83, SSW'85 Marissa Broman Judith H. Berenson SSW'70 Alice E. Foulkes-Garcia Linda M. Kardos SSW'83 SSW'62, GSNB'75 current and future leaders of nonprofit and public service organizations final years in the foster care system. A. Donald Pray RC'69^ James E. Cone, M.D.,M.P.H. Joseph A. Bertolino SSW'90 SSW'15 Michael J. Katz SSW'78 Elinor Mone and to assist them in strategically managing the many challenges pre- Looking back on his career after retiring in July, Waldman marks Penelope Bragg Pray DC'70^ Lisa Coran Theodore Blunt SSW'68 Steve Frank Ellen J. Braden Keane Louis C. Mone, Ph.D. sented in today’s human services environment. He also served as faculty his proudest achievements as his work on the state’s welfare reform Michael F. Price Michael Coran Marla K. Blunt-Carter Marsha Frankel NCAS'68, SSW'89 SSW'65 advisor for the School’s Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Fellowship effort and the New Jersey Kid Care program, which expanded eligibility Christopher Edel SSW'03 SSW'71 Johnna L. Keen SSW'95 Ruth Kirk Moore SSW'70 $25,000 to $99,999 and Andrew Goodman Foundation Vote Everywhere Fellowship. for Medicaid for the lowest-income families and provided high-quality William C. Harris RC'84 Susan R. Bonsper SSW'83 Bruce A. Fredrickson Rebecca Kelberg SSW'15 Gail D. Morgado RC'04 The Estate of Professor Fakhruddin Hussain Donna R. Booker-Dennis Kristin K. Fredrickson Lorraine Kell SSW'80 Carol T. Mostrom SSW'88 With a distinguished career dedicated to serving the public, Wald- health care for thousands of children in lower- and moderate-income Yetta H. Appel RBSNB'02, RC'02 SSW'91 Kathleen E. Gallagher Bridget Stillwell Kennedy Dr. David Richard Mueller man received numerous awards and recognitions over the years. In families. Carol Edwards^ Sakina Hussain Dr. Jackson W.T. Bosley SSW'83 SSW'86 GSNB'72, GSNB'77 1982, he was named the National Association of Social Workers New Waldman reflects, “We as social workers have accomplished so Dr. Richard L. Edwards^ Rachel Lanman GSAPP'99 Kevin R. Gallagher SAS'15, Felicia M. L. Key SSW'76 Annette R. Murphy SSW'98 Jersey (NASW-NJ) Social Worker of the Year, and in 2013, Waldman much in improving the lives of our fellow citizens. We also have much Maury L. Lieberman Scott Lanman Sylvia Braswell SSW'18 Marilyn Kirsner Kirsten A. Muyskens received the Chauncey Alexander Lifetime Achievement Award from further to go. Social workers have an obligation to advocate for social SSW'66^ Michael C. LaSala, Ph.D. David L. Bresnahan Mary Beth L. Gallimore Michael M. Knox SSW'75, SSW'83 the Network for Social Work Managers. and economic justice and equality for all people. I think the diversity in Dr. Cathryn Potter^ Theresa A. McCutcheon GSBC'93 SSW'82 GSNB'08 Diane Sue Naar SSW'79 Waldman was bestowed the NASW-NJ Lifetime Achievement our country is one of the attributes that makes us strong. If we fall victim Christopher Potter^ SSW'94 Gail Bresnahan UCC'89, Loubert Ganthier Dr. Jeanne M. Koller Charles Nappen Award in 2015. The award recognizes an individual who demonstrates to racism, nativism, and xenophobia, it will be our greatest challenge.” Leslie Scallet^ Karen Molner SSW'92 Marie-Edith Ganthier GSNB'08 Christopher F. Nees Michael Molner Barbara J. Bristow SSW'78 SSW'87 Rosemarie C. Kopacsi, Lenna Nepomnyaschy the best in social work values and professional accomplishments over For future generations of social workers, Waldman advises prac- $10,000 to $24,999 Lori E. Nanton-Harris RC'85 Deborah Bronson Charlotte P. Gelfand Ph.D. SSW'66, GSNB'90 SSW'91 the social worker’s entire career. In her address to award ceremony ticing honesty and integrity. “One thing I always told my students was Anonymous Donor #40 Dr. Gerard T. Reardon Lisa Bronson SSW'84 Isaac Kremer Karen M. Nevalsky SSW'83 attendees, Rutgers School of Social Work alumna and NASW-NJ Vice to be clear about ethics,” he comments. “In my life, with well over 50 Arthur J. Falk, Ph.D.RC'66, GSNB'87 Dr. Leonard N. Brown Gail M. Goldfinger SSW'90 Emily F. Kuhn SSW'05 Justin D. Nichols President Tawanda Hubbard, who now serves as NASW-NJ President, years in the field, I made a lot of mistakes. But I never made a mistake RBSG'90 Dr. Eve Remsen Sachs Christopher S. Butler Dr. Sylvia P. Goldwire- Mark W. Lamar SSW'76, James S. Niederland said, “Throughout his career, Bill Waldman has been a vigorous voice that bore upon my personal ethics, because you can’t come back from Madonna F. Falk SSW'85 GSED'84 COOK'95 Braswell SSW'74 RBSG'91 NCAS'95, SSW'96 for the voiceless. He has been an exceptional social worker at both the those mistakes.” Lorri S. Goldberg Bonnie Jean Schwebel Lisa K. Butler DC'93, Tina B. Gordon DC'72 Michelle L. Lamar, Esq. Judith A. Oakes SSW'82 state and national levels. Most importantly, he has provided hope, In Hamlet, Shakespeare proclaimed, “This above all: to thine own SSW'79 SSW'98 Gerardo Grasso UCC'13, GSNB'77, CLAW'88 Ed L. Osborne, Jr. RC'69 $5,000 to $9,999 opportunity, and a better life for the most vulnerable among us.” self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not Mary Patricia Van Hook, Kevin A. Caldwell SSW'97 SSW'14 Thomas Larson Sandra Lee Owens SSW'76 Sandra H. Lanman Ph.D. GSNB'84 Joel Cartun Ronald Gravino Anne E. Leegan-Quinn Joseph Palys Waldman was also given the John J. Heldrich Distinguished Lead- then be false to any man.” DC'72, SCILS'03^ Susan E. Van Vleet SSW'76 Susan Cartun Abby S. Grayson SSW'00 Peggy J. Palys ership Award from the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development and No words more aptly describe the beliefs held by Waldman, a Steven E. Lanman RC'71^ Carolyn Waldman Melissa M. Chalker SSW'03 Jeremy S. Grayson Kali T. Lerner RC'03, Vincent S. Paolillo, Jr. the Mental Health Association in New Jersey Golden Bell Achievement Shakespearian turned social worker — and untiring advocate of virtue. n Alison Schwartz SSW'96 William Waldman SSW'72 Trista Chiu SSW'14 Christopher L. Guidette GSED'06 SSW'17 Award in 2018. Dr. Allison L. Zippay Heather Ciociola SSW'15 GSNB'81 Ami Levy Marc Parette COOK'85 $1,000 to $4,999 Christine A. Clayton-Stroh Barbara W. Hale SSW'93 Jason Levy The Reverend Raymond Jean P. Barnes SSW'79 $100 to $499 UCNB'03, SSW'08 Patricia M. Hart SSW'83 Marissa A. Lieberman David Patch SSW'75 Erin M. Capone LC'05 Beatrice A. Adewole SSW'04 Kathryn A. Cortese SSW'92 Sarah J. Hart SSW'87 RC'03 Kassandra Patterson Vincenzo Capone J. Gardner Ainlay SSW'80 Anita I. Costello SSW'81 Louella F. Haynes SSW'75 Jeanne E. Lindsay SSW'85 SAS'13 Sarah C. Dukmen Dr. Stephen C. Ainlay Daniel Cowles Henry S. Healy Victor H. Llerena SSW'11 Nicholas P. Pelligra SSW'16 ENG'04, RC'04 GSNB'77, GSNB'81 Steven M. Darien RC'63 Lynne M. Healy, Ph.D. Robert P. Lloyd SSW'67 Lisa Picciuti Dr. Fontaine H. Fulghum Andy Albert Susan Kinsley Darien GSNB'85 James Albert Malone, Ph.D. Donna M. Pincavage Ron Geraci Beverly Pressman Albert DC'64, SSW'66 Diane J. Hess SSW'79 SSW'68 SSW'79, GSN'88 Rebecca Ann Keane RC'76 SSW'76 Arpan Dasgupta RC'03 John R. Heydt SSW'74 Jerome Steve Marton Dr. Judy L. Postmus William P. Keane RC'76, Barbara Albu Lehman Laura Dattner Eileen Hinckley Stanzione SSW'69 Lynette A. Potter SBC'99 RBSG'82 DC'72, GSNB'83 Dale C. Davis, Jr. SSW'75 SSW'76 Miriam H. Mason LC'81, Shirley E. Priester SSW'18 Dr. Raymond Sanchez Carmen E. Almonte Dr. Rebecca T. Davis David P. Hoff SSW'94 SSW'82 Daniel Ramos Mayers SSW'16 Abigail R. Desilva SAS'18 John Jay Hoffman Josephine Matta Katie M. Regan SSW'85 Ariaceliz Ortiz SSW'08 Roberto N. Alvarez SSW'98 Renee Jean DeVore SSW'85 Louis Hoffman SSW'13 Jill C. Matthews RC'03 Professor Nathan M. Reiss Kathleen J. Pottick, Ph.D. Divya Anantharaman, Ph.D. Laura DiMarcantonio Courtney E. Holt SCILS'99, Zavier Mauldin Patricia Reynolds SSW'63 Barbara Lenore Quinn Seth Antin SSW'12 Andrew L. Dory SSW'78 RC'99 Mary McAvoy Guidette, Robert M. Ring RC'73, LC'87, SSW'13 John T. Ash, III, Ph.D. Peter E. Dougherty Janis Ikeda SSW'12 Ed.D. GSED'82 SSW'79 Professor Ramesh Raghavan SSW'78, GSNB'94 UCNB'96, SSW'02 Charles J. Imbimbo SSW'05 Dr. Judith L. McCoyd The Reverend Wilfredo The Reverend Donald J. Elliott Askew Sonja C. Douglas SSW'04 Barbara D. James SSW'90 Gail E. McHugh SSW'69 Rodriguez SSW'10 Stager RC'76, SSW'91 Victoria Banyard David A. Errickson LC'95, Jeffrey Johnson Bert D. McMunn Maureen Braun Scalera David J. Stern SSW'72 Ronne E. Bassman-Agins SSW'96 Dr. Juanita Johnson G. Sue McMunn SSW'75 DC'80 Jonathan M. Storm SSW'72 Molly Fagan SSW'10 SSW'71, GSNB'80 Shaniqua D. McRae Robert Schapire Carl R. Woodward, III, Barbara E. Baumecker Cheri Fallon Loren Johnson-Rosa LC'01, SSW'07 Mitchell A. Schley, Esq. Esq. RC'65, NLAW'68 SSW'76 Dana Feldman SSW'02 Ronald K. Melendy NLAW'83 Marshall Feldman SSW'63 Nancy Schley

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Lori R. Schlosser, Ph.D. Anne Z. Allen SSW'89 Charles Pazzaro Bright Shonn Y. Crowe-Waller Javier O. Galindo, Jr. Heather Ilonich Lindsay B. Lieberman Karen R. Milano SSW'92 Keith Pishna SSW'86 Moshe Shemtov Monica A. Valencia In Honor Of SSW'81, GSNB'03 Antonio Almeida LC'83 SSW'08 SSW'15 Sari Infield RC'07 Jessica Miller Mary J. Poinsett SSW'83 Dr. Derek G. Shendell NCAS'19 William Waldman Rachel H. Schwartz RC'01, Leticia C. Almeida Professor Eleanor L. Brilliant Sharon D. Cuba-Rodriguez, Ruth E. Gandek SSW'83 Abdulai Jalloh SAS'18 Marjorie Lieberman Judith F. Millman SSW'66 Kyle A. Post J. David Sherman RC'85 Ruth Z. Valentine SSW'70 SSW'08 GSED'05, SSW'16 Virginia L. Brodie SSW'88 Ph.D. NCAS'02, SSW'04 Alice Garcia Richard A. Jamieson Winnie Ling Luper Jesse Mir SSW'15 Mary R. Potter SSW'74 Eric Sherman Mary Valentino In Memory Of Frederick Schwarzenbach Maureen M. Almeida Anne Broman Ashley M. Cummings Gabrielle L. Gault LC'04, COOK'84 Juana M. Lisboa SSW'14 Michelle C. Mitchell Jonae N. Potter-Gill Margaret Sherman Paul Joseph Van Blake William C. Bass, Jr. SSW'15 SSW'86 Christine L. Brown SSW'09 SSW'18 SSW'07 Megan Jeffers Amy D. Litkey Jessica Mitra NCAS'16 Melissa L. Sherman RC'04 SHRPG'16 Edward J. Costello Philip Sforcina Natalie L. Aloyets Artel Claire R. Brown SSW'18 Janice E. Dabney SSW'73 Nancy Gault Kristin Jekins Judith R. Logue, Ph.D. Farah Hanim Binti Mohd Kristen G. Powell SSW'02, Gregory S. Shukis UCNB'99 Eric Verdell Irene T. Costello Shaina Sherman DC'95, SPH'99, SSW'07 Joel D. Brown UCNB'73 Colby R. Daferede SSW'13 Brad H. Gellman Christopher D. Jennings SSW'66, GSNB'83 Alwi GSNB'13 Melissa P. Shukis SSW'97 Dominique Villemaine- Joan Geraci Dr. Cassandra A. Simmel Cassandra L. Alston Terry H. Brown SSW'93 Modupeola O. Daramola Carly Gellman LC'78, SSW'13 Lynda Longley SSW'98 Michele Molnar Julie Pugkhem Ravjit K. Siddhu SSW'10 Kuhn GSNB'78 John E. Kovach Richard Simon CCAS'07, SSW'10 Victoria Williams Brown SSW'12 Irv Gellman Laura Johnson SSW'12, Dana Longstreet SSW'12 Madison Molner SAS'17 Ashley M. Purvis Rhoda Ann Silver SSW'73 Rasheena K. Vincent Reverend Robert Clayton Dr. Karun Singh Ashanti M. Alvarez RC'99, SSW'76 Janet Dashio SSW'16 Rebecca Gellman GSNB'18 Ethel Lorenson Edward Molush Richard Quinn Dorna Jaeger Silverman CCAS'00, SSW'02 Lamar Roberta I. Sloan SSW'10 SCILS'99, SCILS'09 Raoul D. Bruce RC'79 Sonia Carnaval DaSilva Yoyce Geronimo-Galvan Dana Jones, Esq. DC'04, Emma D. Lorimor David M. Monfried RC'67 Carol Ann L. Raff SSW'71 DC'67, GSED'84 Caroline Vosch Sheryl Lanman Nichols Sidney C. Snead NCAS'64, Yessenia D. Alvarez-Vera Jessica Brum SSW'17 LC'96 Eileen Alison Getchell- CLAW'07, GSBC'07 Patricia Louis SAS'17, David B. Moorehead Caroline M. Rankin Stephanie S. Simms Jennifer Waddell Felix Ortiz SSW'76 Ausirys Alviz UCN'17 Susan Brumel SSW'81 Amy L. Davidow Shumbris Terence K. Jordan SSW'18 SSW'73 Salome Rao UCN'15 Paula A. Walcott-Quintin Kimberly Rich-Young William R. Speer SSW'90 Kathleen Ambrosy Warren B. Brumel, Esq. Enrico DeGironimo LC'76, Samira Ghani RBSNB'96, RC'96 Lobitta Lughas Joanne A. Moorehead William C. Readel, Jr. Barbara G. Sirolli COOK'92 Stella Sloan Richard W. Stanzione Olivia G. Amodeo CLAW'80 SSW'79 Kathleen Gilbert Laverne M. Kalafor LC'77, Deborah L. Lukens SSW'98 Lorin N. Mordecai RC'08, SSW'65 Thomas R. Sirolli SSW'75 Dr. Jianfeng Wang Shirley Tracey SSW'78 Joanne C. Angell SSW'82 Rey Oliver C. Bune RC'01, Bette Feather DeGraw Peter Ross Gilbert RC'87, SSW'79 Dorothy L. Lupo SSW'71 SSW'13 Susan Reed SSW'94 Joshua Slatko Corinne D. Warrener Hilda Lee Thompson Robert Edward Stone Irene Armah SSW'15 GSNB'05 SSW'72 RBSG'95 Susan Kalison Karp Rita Lyman Philip Mundt Andrew M. Rees UCNB'97, Theia L Smallwood SSW'07, GSNB'13 SSW'64 Ilona Arnold-Berkovits Giovanna Cabrera Dr. Neil DeHaan, Jr.SSW'74, Janet Ginest Carol R. Kasabach SSW'81 Jennifer Lynham- Milady E. Murillo RC'99 SSW'01 SSW'14 Marcia B. Wasserstrom Eloise J. Sulzman SSW'88 Marc A. Arroyo Rosalind Campbell SSW'96 RBSG'90, GSN'04 Catherine Giordano Devra Keenan Cunningham Shyamala Muthurajah Joan Wiggins Reeves Gwendolyn H. Smith Richard Wasserstrom Corporate & Janice Svizeny Robert W. Ater SSW'04 The Reverend Sally L. Nancy B. DeLeon SSW'83 Maria Fernandez Giumarra Cheryl F. Key Michelle MacTiernan SPH'00 SSW'76 SSW'79 Haslyna A. Watson SSW'17 Foundation Andy C. Tally Colleen S. Au Campbell SSW'80 Jacqueline Devore SSW'90 Amelia Khalil NCAS'15, Sara Magaletta Helen Holland Myers Jessica Reilley James W. Smith, Jr. SSW'75 Julie Webb Sponsors Theresa K. Tally CCAS'00, La Verne E. Austin SSW'92 Veronica D. Campbell Angela Di Dolce SSW'88 Shaina Goldberg SSW'13 SSW'17 Sean W. Magill SSW'88 SSW'92 Marcia C. Reyes SSW'14 Laureen A. Smith Chad Weihrauch SSW'02 Albert E. Aveta UCN'18 SSW'91 Laurie Diamond Ruth L. Goldsmith SSW'00 Christine V. Khalil Daveen L. Mann LC'95, Joseph Nadilo Tiffany J. Riccardelli Suzette M. Smith Judith L. Weinberg SSW'75 Cem Tanbay Joy Awadalla SAS'17 Onur Camurdan Stanley Diamond Grace A. Gordon NCAS'15 Dr. Ricardo M. Khan SSW'09 Rohin R. Nair GSED'18 Laurie Sneider UCNB'81, Robert M. Weinberg Aetna Foundation, Inc. Michael Trebino Nicole L. Axtell SSW'03 Matthew F. Cannizzo Dr. Donald T. Dickson Laurene A. Graham RC'73, MGSA'77 Barbara C. Mannucci Michelle Nees DC'04 Amy M. Riel, Esq. DC'79, SSW'83 Dr. Mark S. Weiner The Andrew Goodman Paula S. Tsarides SSW'63 Amie Bajalieh GMGA'12 Susan Caplan Marian R. Diksies COOK'03 Shashi Khanna LC'04, SSW'97 Carly M. Nelsen CLAW'84 Simone Snyder SSW'18 GSAPP'97, GSAPP'00 Foundation Catherine M. Twanmoh Nancy B. Baldwin Bettina Capone NCAS'99, SSW'08 Carol L. Gray DC'70 SSW'08 Shaleen D. Manoil Anderson Jeanne Basile Nelson James Riesenbeck Adam F. Staats UCNB'04, Rebecca Weinreich Apple RBSG'80 GSNB'93, SSW'16 Elizabeth Capone Larissa Dinatale Ellen Greenwald SSW'74 Jeong K. Kim LC'93, SSW'94 SSW'71 Merrily Riesebeck SSW'10 Leslie S. Weintraub Benevity Susan G. Uhl SSW'84 Sylvia Barden Julia Capone Mary M. Ditzler SSW'91 James Greenwood Dr. Jeounghee Kim Therese Marchetti Mary Eileen Nemeth David Rodriguez SSW'14 Lisa H. Stafford SSW'91 GSED'05 FJC, A Foundation of Claudia L. Van Porter Amanda R. Barrish Raffaele Capone Brendan C. Doohan RC'05 Valerie Greenwood Megan Kinney Neshama L. Marcus RC'05, NCAS'65, SSW'68 Dr. Norma Rodriguez- Richard A. Stagliano RC'75 Sandi Weisenfeld SSW'00 Philanthropic Funds SSW'07 Enrique Basauri NCAS'19 Justine M. Carnevale Leo Doohan Colleen S. Gregorio Cynthia Jane Kleiman SSW'10 Christine L. Newman- Roldan GSNB'91 Teresa Staten SSW'13 Geraldyne P. Weiser The Grotta Fund for Karen E. VanOrden SSW'91 Linda C. Bass LC'75, SSW'13 Andrea J. Douglas NCAS'08 SSW'14 Richard S. Kleiman, M.D. George J. Marshall, Jr. Young RC'05, SSW'08 Rita M. Roedig SSW'06 Sarah R. Stern SAS'15, SSW'79 Senior Care Susan Van Vleet SSW'85 Brian Carson Dorothy J. Dreeland Cassandra N. Grod SAS'17, RC'72 SSW'76 Emily M. Nilsen Amy S. Rosenthal SSW'16 Aymie Weiss Henry and Marilyn Taub Carol A. Veome Jeff Baumstein Jenny Gragg Carson Amy M. Earl COOK'01 SSW'18 Elayne F. Klein SSW'88 Kyara Martin Kimberlee D. Noordyk GSNB'96 Steven M. Stern ENG'69 Kenya Welch Foundation Anita E. Viera SSW'90 Jennifer Baumstein SSW'12 Samantha M. Eckerling Juan Guevara Gail Kleinman Solana Martinez SAS'17 Matthew Rosenthal Paola Stevens SSW'16 Christine Welzer SSW'00 Huamin Charity Nellie R. Vitale SSW'74 Adrienne Bender Ellen M. Carter SSW'71 Chrys Edell Lisa M. Guillod SSW'92 Max L. Kleinman Wendy Marussich Debra L. Norman Evelyn K. Ross UCN'83 Constance Z. Stober Jeffrey S. Whelan LC'93 Foundation^ Professor Theodore Walden Rhonda Bender SSW'92 Lamar M. Carter RC'09 Susan Holly Edelman Kenneth Hahn Michael Kleinman Rebekah E. Masters SSW'11 GMLR'04 Ruth E. Ross, Ph.D. SSW'83 Linda J. Whitfield-Spinner Jewish Community GSED'78 Stephanie Beynon Professor Elyse Castilo DC'72 A. Heather Halperin Beth S. Knight SSW'85 Matthew Mastrianni Barbara M. Norris SSW'73 SSW'78, GSNB'85 Amy Strickler SSW'77 Foundation of Greater Alison L. Waldman Nicole Bieniasz Sheri B. Chaitman Janette Edelstein SSW'72 Ruth Anne Koenick Nichole Mastrianni Richard A. Norris Faith H. Rost SSW'79 Katherine A. Stubbs Karen Wicks Mercer SCILS'00, RC'00 Matthew Birkbeck SCILS'02 April M. Eichhorn SAS'12 Darlene Hammel SSW'13 Christian Kohl Betty A. Mata NCAS'08 Susan Nowelsky NCAS'69, Nutan S. Rubinson SSW'13 Linda J. Wiles SSW'91 Jewish Community Paul Waldman Susan H. Birnbaum SSW'69 Norman J. Chaleff SSW'16 Jennie G. Ellis NCAS'65, Liti Haramaty Carly A. Koppel Matthew R. Mayo RC'05, SSW'72 Fredda Klein Sacharow Daniel A. SuckermanRC'03 Kristin M. Will SSW'10 Foundation of Sharon Marie Walker LC'81 Allison Bisbey Michael Chambers SSW'69 Janay A. Harden CCAS'09, Hannah Korn-Heilner SSW'14 Susan F. O'Banion LC'75 DC'71 William C. Sullivan SSW'73 Diamond Williams SSW'17 MetroWest New Jersey Joanne Walters Neha Biswal UCN'10, SSW'13 Christine E. Fabian SAS'17 SSW'11 SSW'18 Maria Mazzeo Carole V. O'Brien DC'81 Devon C. Safran RC'04 Marcella R. Supnick SSW'81 Ketty A. Williams LC'89 Johnson & Johnson Dr. Daniel Weisman Nina Blachman Chelsea S. Chang SAS'15 Ben Fan GSNB'06 Dawn P. Hartfelder Ondrej Kucera COOK'09 Norah R. McCormack Nicole M. Oceanak SAS'11, Taufika Sakhawat SSW'14 Annette M. Sussman Kathleen Louise Win Family of Companies GSNB'86 Latoya R. Blackmon Hsien C. Chen SAS'17 Suzanne M. Fanuele UCNB'05 Harry F. Kuhn, III SSW'78 SSW'87 SSW'13 Baheejah Salahuddin SSW'74 SSW'79 Microsoft Corp. Robert I. Weiss UCN'98 SSW'09 Kamila Cieslik SSW'15 Ilene M. Haspel SSW'80 Aimee LaBrie Douglas McCray Susan Oceanak Michael Santillanes Jake M. Sussman SAS'14, Patricia A. Wippich SSW'84 Pfizer, Inc. Denise K. Wilkens SSW'87 Roxanne Blake SSW'13 Diane Elaine Clapp SSW'75 Heather Farabaugh Kendra L. Hayes RC'03 Arlene Laderman Allison McCurry Thomas Oceanak Victoria Saraiva, Esq. SSW'18 Nicole M. Wismer CCAS'18 Phi Alpha Honor Society Booker T. Wilkins SSW'74 Veronica Bledsoe-Epps Irene Salayi Clark Jamie L. Farina SSW'00 Richard E. Hekemian Jeffrey M. Laderman RC'72 Randall McCutcheon Tommy Oceanak SAS'13, NLAW'17 Natalie A. Swiatek SSW'02 Sister Patricia M. Wormann The Price Family Ann S. Winn-Mueller UCC'81, SSW'83 UCNB'71, SSW'73 John Joseph Farrell SSW'14 Bethany Lalonde SSW'08 Kathleen McGonigle Ruby J. Ofori-Arthur Steven Sayer Carol Swinkin SSW'81 Foundation, Inc.^ SSW'78 Carl L. Blesch Dr. Emily Greenfield Cohen Dr. Philip B. Feldman Dr. Paul A. Herman Leonard Lauer SSW'69 SSW'01 Kristy A. Omelianuk RC'00 Christopher E. Scacco David Swinkin Jaime Wylen The Robert Wood Tara C. Young ENG'95 Vera T. Blossom SSW'97 Robin S. Cohen LC'77, GSNB'96 Alison L. Hickman DC'00 Berly Laycox Kathleen McGrann Amarachi E. Onyima LC'10, SSW'15 Gail Sylvester-Johnson Dorothea C. Wynter Johnson Foundation The Reverend E. Walton Dr. Gordon F. Boals SSW'81 Danny Fernandez Chalyn Hickson SSW'17 Anne Leavitt-Gruberger SSW'82 SHRPG'18 John H. Schafhauser SAS'13, SSW'18 CCAS'05, SSW'14 We Help People, LLC Zelley, Jr. SSW'91 GSNB'78 '79 Cheryle Comprelli Dr. Patricia A. Findley Danielle Hickson SAS'12, Jessica Lebeau-Richman Martin J. McHale Michele Orlando SSW'14 Jason T. Szamreta Hallel Shulamit Yadin Well Spring Behavioral Milbrey T. Zelley GSNB'67 Richard H. Bogh, Jr. SSW'65 Michael T. Comprelli Thomas W. Findley RBSG'18 Benjamin P. Lebowitz Patricia K. McHale Ivan L. Page, Ph.D. LC'83, Beverly-Ann K. Schilling Amanda M. Tabasco Ana A. Yanez SSW'02 Health, LLC Thomas Bonanni SAS'17 RBSNB'97, LC'97 Josh Fineman Christine R. Hines SSW'07 Michelle Lebowitz UCNB'83, SSW'89 SSW'85 SSW'83 SSW'16 Sivan Yosef RC'03 West Windsor Up to $99 Christine D. Boone SSW'72 Sean J. Conlon SSW'81 Lisanne G. Finston SSW'95 Oshrat Hodara John Lekocevic SSW'13 G. Arthur McKay SSW'73 Ruth K. Paik SSW'12 Elfriede Schlesinger, Ph.D. MaryAnne D. Tamm Kathleen M. Zavila SSW'81 Psychotherapy Diane C. Abel NCAS'95, Barbara G. Bornstein Samantha Contrini Halston Fleming Jodi Holzband Janet W. Lemonnier Kim M. McLennon SSW'94 Kaye Bard Paletz DC'72 GSNB'73 SSW'81 Laurie Zazenski SSW'97 SSW'76 Annemarie E. Cooke Laura Fliegel Ruth L. Honigfeld RC'83, SSW'18 Sarah McMahon, Ph.D. Raquel Panitz Courtney Schlisserman Rachael E. Tanner SSW'08 Eileen M. Zebrowski Jason C. Abrams LC'07 Kerri A. Bossardet-West DC'74 Monique Ford-Martin SSW'94 Gia N. Leo SSW'10 SSW'97, GSNB'05 Jessica Panlilio SAS'18 Jeanne Schwartz Joanna Tassie SSW'94 Mary M. Ace SSW'81 SSW'97 Elise E. Cooper LC'94, SSW'12 Alan S. Horwitz RC'77 Janelle Leorux Rekishia L. McMillan Pooja Patel SSW'16 Larry R. Schwartz SSW'68 Michael P. Taylor SAS'18 Saul Zeichner SSW'62 Jacqueline A. Adelman Cynthia D. Boyd SSW'83 SSW'95 Claire M. Forte-McRobbie Ellen W. Hosley SSW'81 Alan C. Lerner UCN'02, SSW'11 Cynthia B. Paul RC'81 Richard Seaton SSW'81 Andrea N. Thompson Ziyi Zhao GSN'98 Darrell F. Boyd Martin Cordon, Ph.D. SSW'06 Li Huang Wendy A. Lerner Sean X. McNally SSW'09 Dr. Peter D. Paul RC'78 Stacey D. Sedlak RC'04 CCAS'14, SSW'16 Lisa Zittis LC'86, SSW'89 Belinda Akamelon SSW'13 Channah R. Brandeis RC'50 Jess Frank Tawanda L. Hubbard Denise M. Letendre RC'10 Leanna I. Megaro Delmara S. Pearson SSW'10 Megan Shane Emmy Tiderington Nicos A. Zittis ENG'87, Caitlin Alago SSW'16 Sue Braunstein Horwitz Jessica A. Corrales Josh Frank SSW'05, SSW'17 Kristen Mulheren Levitt Nicholas Micchelli James D. Peck Ranganathan Shanmugadas Harvey I. Trabb RBSG'92 Suzan N. Alawi SSW'83 Marcelo Corrales UCNB'08 Lindsay Freishtat Arlene Hunter Carolynn Levy NCAS'80 Marsha L. Peck Judith Berg Share DC'72, Carole A. Trakimas SSW'99 Carol Ann Albanese SSW'83 Naomi Mueller Bressler Mary Jean T. Corrao SSW'89 Lynn R. Fryer RC'83, B. Junahli Hunter, Ph.D. Shireen K. Lewis DC'86 Phyllis A. Micchelli Kimberly M. Peterman RBSG'83 Djung Tran Martin Alboum SSW'71 EJBG'08 Chad Costello SSW'13 GSNB'95, SPH'95 GSNB'88 Christine D. Liberati SSW'86 SAS'18 Courtney A. Sharkey RC'98 Margaret M. Tuohy Christine M. Allegra Dr. Peter J. Bridge SSW'76 Mia Cox UCN'17 Diane P. Fuscaldo SSW'86 Kemi Idowu CCAS'88, SSW'89 Samantha J. Michaele Donna Pompa Pillai Catherine Sheehan Katherine F. Tyler SSW'05, GSNB'12 Maureen Cozine Chinelo Ike SAS'16 Robert J. Liberati SAS'11 SSW'84 Mindy Shemtov SSW'93

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Bethany L. Backes ’00, Glasgow, and in 2007 au- shame, guilt, anger, and Mary Jane Lovett ’18, Spirit Award at this Gender Ph.D., MSW, MPH, thored an article, “Sharing fear associated with passed the LCSW exam year’s Rutgers College started on faculty at the heritage and differing trauma is crucial to in June 2019 and is in Alumni Association Total matriculated MSW University of Central values in child welfare reclaiming a full life, the process of complet- annual meeting. The students Florida in August 2019. services in Scotland and and Botwin provides in- ing the final domain in award is given to She joins the Violence North Carolina,” which sight into strategies such her CADC classes. She individuals who have Against Women Faculty was presented at the as journaling, bodywork, was recently hired by provided a lifetime of Cluster Initiative and has British National Social mindfulness, and using Jefferson Health and was support for the RAA and 1,667 a joint appointment in Work professional healing relationships, accepted into the Coun- Rutgers through actions the Department of Crim- meeting at Cambridge such as group therapy, to cil for Relationships above and beyond their inal Justice and School University in 2008. Beer- aid recovery. Any reader post-graduate certificate peers. of Social Work. This ap- man started a summer who has experienced program in sex therapy. Race 1,463 Sidney C. Snead NCAS pointment follows after language and culture trauma or knows some- (self-identified) Other: 3 (0.18%) a year spent at the immersion in Costa Rica, one who has will find Marla Meyers RC ’89, ’64, SSW ’76, authored Latino: 231 (13.86%) University of Texas Steve which has operated since comfort and hope in its SSW ’91, joined the a book entitled Southern Hicks School of Social 2002, and he led 10 of pages, and a path for- Board of Directors for Abolitionist White Woman. No Response: 28 (1.68%) 87.7% Work as the Director of the trips. Beerman retired ward to a full life. Learn the Girl Scouts of It has been accepted for White: 866 (51.95%) Puerto Rican: 100 (6%) Research and Evaluation in 2013 and now lives in more, and find out how Central and Southern inclusion in the Library Asian: 65 (3.9%) within the Institute on Asheville, North Carolina. to order the book, at New Jersey. of Congress and can be Domestic Violence and He has taught social www.sharibotwin.com. purchased from Amazon Pacific-Islander: 3 (0.18%) Sexual Assault. Prior to work as an adjunct at Ariaceliz Ortiz ’08, and Barnes and Noble. Female this role, Backes spent a Mars Hill University and Lucia Delaroca SAS ’18, established a memorial African American/Black: 327 Bi-Multi Racial: 35 (2.1%) decade with the is a reserve employee at began working at Hack- award to provide schol- Mina Vargas DC’06, (19.62%) National Institute of the Biltmore House. ensack Meridian School arship support for an SSW’09, was presented Unknown: 4 (0.24%) Justice directing its of Medicine at Seton MSW student at Rutgers the Cheryl M. Clarke American Indian: 3 (0.18%) Violence Against Women Hall University immedi- SSW who demonstrates Award at the Rainbow research program. ately after graduation. a commitment to serv- Graduation Ceremony in Native Hawaiian: 2 (0.12%) Bethany, her partner Eric She is a Community ing others. This gift hon- May 2019. Backes LC ‘99, and two Liaison for the School’s ors her father, Felix Ortiz daughters are excited for Human Dimension Pizarro, who was only new adventures in course, which provides able to attend up to the Program Florida and being back opportunities for med- 2nd grade, but instilled Blended: 8.4% on the East Coast. ical students to learn a love of education and Online: 26.75% about the social determi- a passion for serving Daniel Beerman ’73, nants of health from others in his children. Traditional–Camden: 8.58% 204 taught in the joint MSW community leaders and program at the Univer- community members. Traditional–New Brunswick: sity of North Carolina at Delaroca is also respon- 26.57% Greensboro and North sible for analyzing access Intensive Weekend: 12.66% 12.23% Carolina A&T State Uni- to healthcare and com- Traditional–Newark: 17.04% versity until 2013 after a Shari Botwin ’96, LCSW, munity demographics to more than 20-year career authored the forthcom- ensure students in the in public child welfare ing book Thriving After Human Dimension Age and direct clinical prac- Trauma. Botwin program are enhancing Male tice. Initially, he worked discusses the many ways population health initia- Christina Zakrzewski with the North Carolina trauma victims have tives. Outside of the CCAS ’09, SSW ’11, Oldest student born in 1951 Child Welfare Education overcome the conse- School, she has been LCSW, accepted a posi- Collaborative and later quences of a wide array working with the state’s tion as a school social Youngest students born in 1997 became Director of the of circumstances, includ- Dept. of Children & worker for the Manitou Center for New North ing physical or sexual Families in implement- Springs School District Carolinians, which works abuse, war-related injury, ing federal law H.R. in Colorado Springs, Born in 1950s: 14 students on immigration and and loss due to tragedy, 4980, by helping to Colorado. She began her refugee resettlement. In illness, and natural create a training course career working in Born in 1960s: 101 2009, NASW-NC chose disasters. Real stories and new policies that hospitals and residential Beerman as North illustrate the many types ensure foster care youth Helen F. Pirrello treatment facilities but UCNB’00, MSW’05, Born in 1970s: 202 33 Carolina’s Social Worker of trauma people experi- are being encouraged to found a new passion of the Year. He studied ence and the actions they participate in social, received the Rutgers serving youth and students are either internationally via an took to help them cultural, recreational, Alumni Association families. Born in 1980s: 410 exchange with the Univer- survive, grieve, and move and professional devel- (RAA) Walter H. Seward active military, reserves, 8 sity of Strathclyde in on. Letting go of the opment activities. Class of 1917 Reunion Born in 1990s: 940 or veterans students have international status

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William Waldman Fellowship Gala Friday, October 11, 2019, 6-9pm The Heldrich, Livingston Ballroom IN MEMORIAM Beloved by his students and colleagues, the School of Social Work will honor Professor of Professional Practice William “Bill” Waldman’s dedication to social justice in the state of New Jersey and to Rutgers. The event will help establish an endowed fellowship in his name to We extend our deepest sympathy to the assist students who would otherwise have difficulty attending or remaining in school as they loved ones of the deceased alumni and balance it with family and work. To purchase tickets, contact Madison Molner at friends listed below who have passed [email protected] or 848-932-4437. since April 2018 to June 2019. Blanche Grosswald Memorial Endowed Lecture Steven J. Alfano SSW'83 Thursday, November 7, 2019, 12-2pm Nancy L. Bastan SSW'90 New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Hageman Hall Joan Burke SSW'81 Part of an annual series, this event honors the intellectual legacy of Blanche Grosswald, Gary M. Burruss SSW'78 former Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Grosswald Saul Cohen SSW'63 worked as a social worker at the Golden Gate Regional Center in San Francisco, CA. Her Janet Brown Collins CCAS'83, SSW'84 research interests overlapped several fields including social welfare, sociology, public health, Daryl M. Day SSW'90 law, labor, and health policy. She was beloved by her husband, friends, family, students, and Pamela Doud Delaney SSW'70 colleagues at Rutgers for her courage, and support for vulnerable populations, throughout a lifetime struggle with depression. Phyllis E. Drohan LC'77, SSW'80 Janice K. Foley DC'74, SCILS'75, SSW'80 Allen W. Foster SSW'72 Annual Winter Alumni Reception (AWAR) Elaine J. Friedman SSW'79 Thursday, November 21, 2019, 6-8pm Rutgers Visitor Center, 100 Sutphen Road, Piscataway, NJ Carol J. Graf SSW'86 Edythe H. Grant SSW'74 Join the Rutgers SSW Alumni Council for the largest annual gathering of social work alumni Judith C. Hazelrigg SSW'87 to celebrate and network with free food and entertainment. Guest speakers will include Dean Cathryn C. Potter and other esteemed colleagues. Winner of the 2019 Outstanding Alumni John R. Heydt SSW'74 Award will also be announced. James B. Hinnant III SSW'70 Doris W. Holmes SSW'76 David J. Stern Endowed Lecture on Innovation in Social Work & Gerontology Suzanne A. Huffaker SSW'71 Wednesday, March 11, 2020, 12-2pm Winsome Keane-Dawes SSW'68 New Brunswick Theological Seminary, Hageman Hall Caitlin L. Kennedy SSW'08 The David J. Stern Endowed Lecture is an annual event focused on innovation in social work Carol Ann Kuiken SSW'65 and gerontology. Stern’s son Robert, also a Rutgers alumnus, endowed this lecture as a Dr. Barton M. Lilenfield SSW'61, surprise birthday gift to his father. They both have high hopes that demonstrating successful GSED'72, GSED'75 interdisciplinary solutions to human needs will encourage the broader community to adopt Ruth Loeb SSW'71 such approaches. Hank Mandel SSW'69 Raquel A. Maravilla SSW'17 Rutgers Day Joann M. Natali SSW'91 April 25, 2020 Karina I. Orellano SSW'14 Rutgers Day is a one-day celebration of learning and discovery with programming in Camden, Carol Throop Pollak SSW'61 New Brunswick, and Newark. With free performances, exhibits, hands-on activities, and Virginia G. Prescott SSW'91 demonstrations, Rutgers Day will engage and inform you about the valuable contributions the Anthony J. Provenzano SSW'69 university makes to the people of New Jersey and beyond. All are welcome and admission is “When we’re talking about diversity, it’s not a box to check. It is a reality that Gail Roberts SSW'81 free. Ann H. Rudolph SSW'82 should be deeply felt and held and valued by all of us.” John Seccafico SSW'83 Fourth Annual Challenging Racial Disparities Conference Joan E. Wallis SSW'83 A Call to Action Barbara Lee Wichansky DC'66, SSW'68 Tuesday, June 2, 2020 This annual conference focuses on understanding and changing racial disparities. Designed with the practitioner in mind, the conference provides social workers and allied professionals with a AVA DUVERNAY dynamic learning opportunity on the topic of racial disparities. Through expert presentations and interactive discussions, attendees will gain new skills to address issues of race in their practice with clients, organizations, and communities. The keynote speaker will be Robin DiAngelo, PhD, Associate Professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work and author of White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People To Talk About Racism. PHOTO BY STEPHANIE MORENO/GRADY COLLEGE OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS FOR PEABODY AWARDS/UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF ARTWORK BY PETER JACOBS

James Hoston, Paul Robeson, Actor, from the Layqa Nuna Yawar, Paul Robeson, Singer, from the Valerie Suter, Paul Robeson, The Scholar, from the Paul Robeson Legacy Project, 2018, oil on panel. Paul Robeson Legacy Project, 2018, acrylic on Paul Robeson Legacy Project, 2018, watercolor on Collection Zimmerli Art Museum, Commissioned canvas. Collection Zimmerli Art Museum, paper. Collection Zimmerli Art Museum, for the Paul Robeson Legacy Project at Rutgers Commissioned for the Paul Robeson Legacy Commissioned for the Paul Robeson Legacy Project University 2019. Project at Rutgers University 2019. at Rutgers University 2019.