2013-14 M.S.W. Awards
Alumni Development Award
Crystal Marie Barnes, Kathryn Victoria Kevin
Kenneth C. Royall, Jr. Scholarship
Anne Mabry Peacock
Melvarene J. Howard Adair Scholarship
Karon Falaq Johnson, Travis Thompson Wireback
Janice Hough Schopler Scholarship
Emily Ruth Abernathy, Kimberly Autumn Bowers, Nicollette Elizabeth Connelly, Joanna Glee Fullmer,
Darlene Shovelle Lewis, Yalitza Akua Ramos, Madeline Julianna Serpa, Caroline Elizabeth Stayer,
Heather Ann Todd, Hong Zhou
Jane Hall and William Johnston Armfield Scholarship
Kayla Mishay Humphrey, Crystal Kim Randles
Social Justice Fund Scholarship
Kennetra Keyana Louise Irby
Annie Kizer Bost Award
Ronald Duringo Hunt
Florence Soltys Memorial Scholarship
Dean Allen Fox, II
Amy Louise Brannock, MSW Memorial Scholarship Fund
Lauren Taylor Brookshire
Springle Memorial Scholarship
Christina Melissa Bullins Pope
Chaney-Jacobs-Preyer Award
Michelle Rene Osborne
93 Annual Commencement
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Linda M. Summer Scholarship
Courtney Anne Pope
Brett Chavis Memorial Scholarship
Marie Catherine Funk
Child Welfare Education Collaborative Scholarship
Hilary Cissokho, Lena Harris, Melissa Lee Henderson McDonald, Jessica Zollinger
Child Welfare Leadership Scholarship
Ron Hunt, Scott Sabatino
The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
School of Social Work
Leah Tannenbaum Scholarship
Jennifer Mae Gadd, Tomeko Michelle Moore, Heidi Dale Woodgeard, Denea Monique Sellers
Kristen Marie TenHarmsel Anderson Scholarship
Sara Elizabeth Harwood
Smith P. Theimann Scholarship
Caroline Reece Phillips, Nadia Sue Rayyan
Robert and Peggy Culbertson Scholarship
Elyse Breland Hamilton
William E. and Catherine M. Cummins Award for Outstanding School
Social Work Practice
Emily Kate McClimon
Martha Sherrill Dunn Scholarship
Brittany Danielle Hunt
Walsh-Cioffi Award
Nicole Breanne Felkel, Jamie Persons, Derrell Rashad Pettiway, Quinton LaKeith Smith
Ellen Black Winston Scholarship
Deborah Lynn Hughes
Ph.D. Awards
Bertie Oscar Edwards Scholarship
Shannon Elise Spillane
Joanna Finkelstein Gorham Scholarship
Sara Caitlin Bearden, Olivia Anne Brown, Jasmine Harris, Jillian Elaine Harris,
Brendan Timothy Rice, Lindsay Elizabeth Royek
Kirsten E. Hewitt Scholarship
Caroline Paige Oxford
Armfield-Reeves Innovation Fund Award (for project entitled, “The Incredible Years Pilot
Program for Parents with Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders”)
Sarah Dababnah
Carolina Center for Public Services – Community Engagement Fellowship
Katie Lyn Cotter
Alan Keith-Lucas Scholarship
Christine Engle Alvarado, Tyler Matthew Giese
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) / Association for Gerontology in Social Work
(AGE SW) Pre-dissertation Initiative Conference Travel Award
Christina Elyse Horsford
Jeffrey Langston Scholarship
Denea Monique Sellers
Heath Webb Doctoral Research Award
Tonya Bloomer VanDeinse
James and Connie Maynard Scholarship
Jamie Lynn Alongi, Oprah Cherelle Keyes
North Carolina Center of Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (NC-ACE) Pre-doctoral
Fellowship
Caroline B. R. Evans, Katie Lyn Cotter
Robert Ernest McClernon Memorial Fund
Kathryn Falbo-Woodson, Brittany Stowe Little, SheNita Paulette Mangum
Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
Katie Lyn Cotter
Meehan Scholarship
Chelsea Dynea Kolander
Royster Society of Fellows
Shiyou Wu, Todd Michael Jensen
Betsy Rogers Millar Scholarship
Ross Marshall Cole, Candice Noel Locklear, Erin Page Magee
Hugh MacRae Morton, Jr. Memorial Scholarship
Sonya Sergeyevna Deulina
Sam & Betsy Reeves Doctoral Fellowship
William James Hall, III, Christina Elyse Horsford, Jane (Jaime) Moore Hughes, Candace Killian Farrell,
Wen (Vivien) Li, Brianna Lombardi, Rainier De Vera Masa, Jenna Nicole Tucker, Charity Sneed Watkins,
Christopher John Wretman, Shiyou Wu
Jane Curtis Parker Award
Dolores Chandler, Jennifer K. Wilburn, Sarah Otto Wood
John B. Turner Dissertation Award
Kate Melissa Wegmann
Joan Phillips-Trimmer Scholarship
Barbara Ray Harviala Rodriguez
UNC Graduate School Dissertation Fellowship
Sarah Dababnah
Ellen E. Power Scholarship
Monica Rose Ferenz
Victor Marshall Travel Award through Institute on Aging
Jane (Jaime) Moore Hughes
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May 10, 2014
1:00 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Program
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Processional
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WelcomeJack Richman
Dean
Alumni Association Welcome
Ebon Freeman-James, M.S.W. ‘02
Alumni Council President
Presentation of Distinguished Alumni Awards for 2014
Seanee Garris Alexander, M.S.W. ‘99
Mary Deyampert-McCall, M.S.W. ‘80
Chris Estes, M.S.W. ‘00
Jack Richman
Dean
Recognition of SoWoSO Officers Lisa Zerden
SoWoSO Advisor
Presentation of Faculty and
Staff SoWoSO Awards
Brittany Little and Monica Ferenz
Outgoing SoWoSO Chairs
Introduction of Speaker
Jack Richman
Commencement Address
Gene Nichol
Boyd Tinsley Distinguished Professor of Law
Director of Center on Poverty, Work
and Opportunity
Presentation of the Ph.D.’s
Sheryl Zimmerman
Associate Dean for Doctoral Education
Hooding Ceremony
Rebecca Macy
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Sarah Naylor
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Closing Remarks
Jack Richman
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Recessional
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Photography services provided by Photo Specialties (919) 967-9576
Master of Social Work Graduates
Justin Robert Allen z
Julie Marie Anderson l
Jamie Lynn Alongi pv
Ashley Renea Arthur v
Tonya Dianne Baldwin
Crystal Marie Barnes z
Jessa C. Batson
Theresa Martin Bayless m
Sara Caitlin Bearden
Teresa Michele Beck
Rosie A. Benzonelli l
Erin Marie Bergstrom
Jamie Belinsky Blasko
Allison Paige Blue
Lauren Taylor Brookshire
Alison Lee Brown
Olivia Anne Brown
Matthew Kirk Broyles
Kristin Areletta Bure
Joseph Bryant Campbell q
Dolores Chandler
Priyadarshini Evangeline Chelladurai zp
Peter Joseph Cianci
Hilary Stewart Cissokho
Stephanie Haik Clark q
Elizabeth English Cobb
Sara Catherine Cobb v
Courtney Tate Collins
Kanisha Latina Coleman
Tara Lowdermilk Conrad q
Erin Brittany Conroy
Aimee Hoke Davis l
Sonya Sergeyevna Deulina
Katie Mae Dight z
Monica Rose Ferenz v
Carrie Elisabeth Fields
Alexandra Lewis Fox q
Dean Allen Fox, II l
Claudia Adriana Freiberger t
Joanna Glee Fullmer
Marie Catherine Funk
Jennifer Mae Gadd
Julia Grace George v
Chelsea Elizabeth Godbout
Kelly Lence Godinho p
Charissa Reed Gray z
Gary Sondermann Grubb
Daniel Freeman Ham
Elyse Breland Hamilton
Carrie Clark Harrill z
Jasmine Harris
Jillian Elaine Harris p
Lena Jewel Harris
Lindsay Alyce Hays
Eiman Randy Henson q
Terra Demetria Hodge q
Marbeth Hunt Holmes q
Michael Patrick Holsten
Natasha Gorr Holt n
Timothy Benjamin Hucks
Deborah Lynn Hughes p
Brittany Danielle Hunt
Ronald Duringo Hunt
Laura Doris Jasmine
Karon Falaq Johnson
Elilzabeth Ann Jones p
Elyse Mallory Keefe z
Kathryn Victoria Kevin
Oprah Cherelle Keyes
Emily Ann Landeck v
Lindsay Anne Lassiter
Avery Phillips Lee
Hannah Meacham Legerton z
Rachel Grace Levy
Brittany Stowe Little
Pascale Andrea Mackey
Anthony Joseph Maglione
SheNita Paulette Mangum q
Maria Sheridan McAllister
Katherine Elizabeth McCarthy l
Emily Kate McClimon v
Melissa Lee Henderson McDonald
Meredith A. McMonigle
Rex Kendal Mercer q
Jeremy Matthew Moore q
Cory Hunt Morgan
Allison Taylor Norman
Karen Ann Oelschlaeger
Caroline Paige Oxford m
Kiah Dawson Pape z
Mawiyah Kijai Ferguson Patten
Anne Mabry Peacock
Hannah MacNeely Pittman p
Christina Melissa Bullins Pope q
Courtney Anne Pope
Elizabeth Corinne Queen m
Yalitza Akua Ramos
Ariel Catherine Reynolds
Brendan Timothy Rice
Michelle Yolanda Ropero-Cartier v
Lindsay Elizabeth Royek
Ellen Ruebush v
Scott Patrick Sabatino
Melissa Lamb Saunders z
Alyssa Catherine Savino
Mackenzie Caitlyn-Lency Schneider
Katherine Ann Schwartz
Denea Monique Sellers
Whitney C. Sewell
Maximilian Serge Shafir
Louisa Myers Sloan v
Mark Brandon Smith
Rachel Elizabeth Smith q
Sierra Nicole Spellmon q
Shannon Elise Spillane q
Jettana T. Thomas v
Albert Crenshaw Thrower
Heather Ann Todd
Katie Anne Treen
Kendal Marisa Waite
Emily Marion Waters z
Laura Kay Wenzel
Jennifer K. Wilburn mt
Kayleigh Ann Williams p
Mark Bobbitt Williams
Tamara Wertz Wilson
Whitney Claire Winslow
Travis Thompson Wireback
Sarah Otto Wood
Heidi Dale Woodgeard
Jessica Anne Zollinger
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August/December 2014 Graduate
Dual Degree MSW/MDIV
Dual Degree MSW/MPH
Certificate in Aging
Certificate in Global Transmigration
Certificate in International Peace and
Conflict Resolution
Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership
Certificate in Substance Abuse
School Social Work Licensure
Social Work Ph.D. Graduates
Carmen Michelle Crosby
Jenna Nicole Tucker
Sarah Dababnah
Kristina C. Webber
Jungwon Huh
Kate Melissa Wegmann