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S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 www.socialwork.wayne.edu Alumni News and Information for Future Newsletters We’re interested in what you’re doing now. Please take a Your current position (title and employer) moment to complete the following and return it to us via fax, e-mail or US mail to: Wayne State University School of Social Work 4756 Cass Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 Your news Fax: (313) 577-8770 e-mail: [email protected] Name Year of Graduation Degree Detroit, MI 48202 MI Detroit, 4756 Cass Avenue Cass 4756 Permit No. 3844 No. Permit Detroit, MI Detroit, PAID U.S. Postage U.S. Nonprofit Org. Nonprofit a publication of the WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK www.socialwork.wayne.edu S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 inside Lila Lazarus to Emcee 75th Anniversary Dinner June 10 at Detroit Golf Club 2 Message from the Dean ila Lazarus, well-known news health 3 Doctoral Candidate Wins Prize reporter and news anchor, will 4-7 News from the Center for L emcee the School of Social Work’s Social Work Practice and 75th Anniversary Celebration dinner and Policy Center program Thursday, June 10 beginning at 6:30 PM. The event will be held in the 8 Brendro Delivers Diversity Lecture historic clubhouse of the Detroit Golf Club, 17911 Hamilton Road, in Detroit. 9 Hill and Rivera Honored by Lila Lazarus leads her life at a pace that Alumni Association is breathtaking, invigorating and fulfilling 9-10 Publications in Print - and that’s just in the morning. She is an award-winning journalist who has anchored 11 Alumna Hinton Works with the news in The setting for the celebration is one Ft. Hood Soldiers Michigan, of America’s great golf and country clubs, 12 Message from Association Maryland, and uniquely located in the middle of the city. President Edwards Massachusetts. The beautifully wooded two hundred and Best known nineteen acres, rambling Old-English style 14 Alumni Updates from All Over as the always clubhouse and two 18-hole golf courses are 15 Weisz Discusses Sexual Assault smiling, a fitting legacy to the prominent group of Prevention energetic and forward thinking Detroiters who formed the effervescent Club over one hundred years ago, in 1899. anchor In 1916, famed architect Albert Kahn was and health commissioned to design a new Clubhouse. Celebration Emcee Lila Lazarus reporter, Although wartime problems hampered when she construction, the Clubhouse was finally isn’t running around town with a camera completed in May 1918. crew, she’s likely running a marathon, The Celebration, hosted by Dean Phyllis taking part in a triathlon or teaching a yoga Vroom, costs $75 per person and will Visions is published by the class. In 2007, Governor Jennifer Granholm feature a cash bar. All alumni are cordially Wayne State University School of Social Work and the WSU Office of appointed Lazarus to the Governor’s Council invited to join the festivities and can Marketing and Publications. on Physical Fitness. An avid motorcyclist, Lila register online at www.alumni.wayne.edu/ Dean: Phyllis I. Vroom, PhD was recently named Michigan’s Ambassador events or call Special Events at 313-577- Editor: Al Acker of Motorcycle Safety. 0300 before May 26. n Photographers: Rick Bielaczyc, M. J. Murawka Tina Abbott Eugene Driker Annetta Miller Wayne State University is an equal Wayne State University Richard Bernstein Diane L. Dunaskiss Gary S. Pollard opportunity/affirmative action employer. Board of Governors Deborah Dingell Paul E. Massaron Jay Noren, ex officio S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 www.socialwork.wayne.edu ME ssag E F R O M T H E D E an events, especially the major celebration were able to cover. One of our PhD of the year the June 10th dinner at the students, Jessica Lucero, who will receive Detroit Golf Club, which comprises the her Doctorate in May, won 1st Prize for lead story in this issue. her poster presentation at the university’s But there’s another cause for first ever Graduate Exhibition. In addition, celebration. It hardly seems possible, but two faculty members have achieved The Center for Social Work Practice special recognition. Assistant Professor and Policy Research is celebrating its Debra Patterson has been awarded a 2nd Anniversary. Director Dr. Joanne University Research Grant for her project Sobeck and her staff have put together Understanding Online Help-Seeking by a series of articles that give you a Sexual Assault Survivors. And Assistant fascinating look at how the Center has Professor Shawna Lee is being recognized Dean Phyllis Vroom met its goals and what the plans are in by the journal Pediatrics for an article she the future to make it an even more vital co-wrote on corporal punishment. t seems this issue of Visions has a community and academic resource. All in all, an issue chock full of good focus on anniversaries. As most of In this anniversary year we are also news at a time in our lives when I you already know, 2009-2010 marks making a special effort to encourage good news is especially welcome… the 75th Anniversary of the founding alumni to get in touch with us and let as is spring. Enjoy! n of the WSU School of Social Work. So us know what is happening now in their it is very appropriate that several stories professional lives. You will notice several Sincerely, here are about anniversary events, some responses in this issue…but we’d like to Dean Phyllis Vroom of which have already occurred and have yours as well. others which are planned for the rest of As we were about to send this issue the year. We hope you will be able to to the printer, I was pleased to receive celebrate with us by attending upcoming several pieces of good news, which we School of Social Work Board of Visitors N. Charles Anderson Phyllis Edwards Paul L. Hubbard Lillie Tabor Detroit Urban League, Inc. Class of 2002 Class of 1971 Retired President, C. Patrick Babcock Angela G. Kennedy Alumni Association John H. Talick Class of 1969 Class of 1966 Retired W.K. Kellogg Foundation Annette S. Freedman Guadalupe G. Lara Class of 1969, Retired Alice G. Thompson Michael Brennan Class of 1976 Class of 1981 United Way for George D. Gaines, Jr. Mohamed Okdie Black Family Development, Inc. Southeastern Michigan Class of 1964, Retired Class of 1985 Jacquelin E. Washington Juanita Doss Allan Gelfond President, Mental Health Board Class of 1965 Class of 1972 Class of 1961 V. Lonnie Peek, Jr. Board of Governor Emerita Burdette and Doss American Technion Society Class of 1969 Psychological Clinic Eloise C. Whitten Shirley Mann Gray Strategic Solutions Retired Michael S.Earl Class of 1976 Susan H. Rogers, Chair Class of 1980 Children’s Hospital of Michigan Angela B. Wilson Class of 1977 Oakland Family Service Class of 1985 Louise Guyton Birmingham Public Schools Communities In Schools Comerica, Inc. Lenora Stanfield Of Detroit, Inc. Class of 1966, Retired 2 www.socialwork.wayne.edu S P R I N G 2 0 1 0 Doctoral Candidate Jessica Lucero’s Poster Takes 1st Prize at Inaugural Graduate Exhibition essica Lucero, whose poster took first prize and choosing the best of the over 150 for the Social and Behavioral Sciences at presentations must have posed a significant Jthe Wayne State University’s inaugural challenge for the judges.” Graduate Exhibition on Sunday March 28, In addition to Lucero, other winners of will be among the first four PhD students to the awards in Social and Behavioral Sciences, be awarded their doctorates next month by Education and Information Technology were the School of Social Work. Ambika Mathur, 2nd prize winners Levi Nieminen, Psychology, Associate Dean of the Graduate School and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Kelley organizer of the event said, “We had an Unger, Instructional Technology Program, extremely high caliber of student presentations College of Education. n Jessica Lucerno University Research Grant Awarded to Assistant Professor Debra Patterson On March 24, Provost Nancy S. popular form of communication and utilize the Internet to cope with their Barrett announced the awarding of a source of information among Americans. victimizations. In addition, the knowledge University Research Grant to Assistant The literature suggests that many adults gained from this study could be used Professor Debra Patterson for her project are seeking online information and to develop online interventions that Understanding Online Help-Seeking by support for many medical and mental are responsive to the needs of sexual Sexual Assault Survivors. Reacting to health concerns, especially for conditions assault survivors. the news, Patterson said, “this funding that involve stigma. Patterson came to Wayne State provides a great opportunity to begin Given the under-examined nature of University from Michigan State University, understanding if and how the Internet can this topic, this grant will fund a pilot study where she completed her doctoral degree help foster the healing process of sexual using an online survey to explore several in Community Psychology in 2008. She assault survivors.” key areas to understand who is seeking completed her MSW in 1996 at Wayne Many survivors do not disclose their online help, the online needs of survivors, State University and subsequently worked victimizations to informal or professional and the experiences of those seeking at a domestic and sexual violence agency support because they fear being blamed. online help. This study will provide data to for eight years as an advocate, therapist, The Internet has become an increasingly begin understanding if and how survivors and director.
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