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2012
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Research Holding the Torch of Knowledge
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Bronze icon at the main entrance of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Director’s Message
Greetings from the School of Social Work!
The cover of this issue, Research Holding the Torch of Knowledge, is one of
the doors of the Library of Congress. We
are featuring it on our cover not only for
its beauty, but because it
symbolizes the importance
that our School places on
the generation of knowledge and the application
of knowledge in the
practice of social work.
Our 2012 Spring Forum on Cultural
Diversity and Social Work and 2012 Fall
Conference on Social Work Ethics and
Economic Justice provided stimulating, if
not controversial, dialogue and continuing
education for our alumni and
field instructors. These forums
are wonderful opportunities to
keep our alumni up-to-date on
big topics for our profession.
I recently had the privilege of
traveling to Michigan to attend
the 99th birthday party of Mable
Meites, BA ‘42, MSW! Mable
has been featured previously in
Social Work Notes for her charitable gift annuity that she has
made to endow a scholarship.
Faculty and student
research is highlighted on
pages 12-13. We are particularly proud of Dr. Colleen Galambos’ participation in a $14 million grant
from the Centers for Med- Director Marjorie Sable.
Photo by Yolanda Ciolli.
icaid and Medicare (CMS)
Dianne Orton has retired from
that was awarded to MU’s School of Nursher faculty position but continues to
ing. These CMS grants were made possible assist us with development efforts. She is
through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
working on a new development campaign
entitled I Give Because that will be feaWe are also featuring the accomplishtured on our website soon. The campaign
ments of our wonderful faculty, students
focuses on planned giving in an effort to
and alumni. The illustrious careers of
make it easy for our alumni and friends to
alumni Teresa Titus-Howard and Don
make gifts to the School. (See page 17).
Howard are featured on p. 16. I am
happy to report the successful recruitWe mourn the loss of our dear friend Jane
ing of five new faculty members (pages
Bierdeman-Fike, who generously endowed
10-11) and two new staff members.
a scholarship for our doctoral program.
She will live on through our students.
In February, the School was notified by
the Council on Social Work Education
In December we launched our new
that our accreditation was reaffimed. To
Facebook page. Please go to www.Facebook.
build on this, we are now engaged in a
com/MizzouSocialWork and “like” us!
visioning process to examine our curWe will be providing updates on our
riculum and to determine where we want
activities and links to pages of interest.
to be in eight years when we go through
our next reaffirmation. We want to ensure
We are always happy to hear from
that we are providing our students with
you! Please write, call, or e-mail and
the knowledge and skills necessary to be
tell us what you are doing. We’ll
competitive in the changing social work
put your news in the next issue and
marketplace. The ACA, for example, has
in the Alumni Updates section of
opened many new avenues for social work,
our website, ssw.missouri.edu.
and we are planning our Spring Forum
for March 8, 2013, to address these new
Wishing you the best for a
opportunities in a program entitled Social
happy and healthy 2013!
Work and the Affordable Care Act.
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Director’s Development Council
Carolyn Allen
Kathleen Cain
Joanne Fulton
Tim Harlan
Peggy Johnson
Cindy Mustard
Dianne Orton
Sallee Purcell
Marjorie Sable
Sally Silvers
Paul Sundet
Karen Woodbury
Harriet Yelon
Newsletter Board
Marjorie R. Sable
Director, MU School of Social Work
Dianne J. Orton
Dir. of External Relations, Social Work
Diane M. Davis
Writer/Designer/Photo Editor
Contributors: Patricia M. Fisher
and Carol A. Snively
Photographers: Kalea Benner, Anne CaseHalferty, Kathleen Claxton-Rogers,
Rachel Coward, Diane Davis, John
Fernandez, Morty Lebedun, Dianne
Orton, Antaniece Sills
Keep in Touch
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keep track of where you are and
what you’ve been up to since graduation. Send us updates on yourself,
your work, your family and your
honors.
Send your news and updates via
e-mail to ssw@missouri.edu or mail
to: Editor, Social Work Notes, 105
Hillel, MU, Columbia, MO 652117700.
Please include your degree, year
of graduation, name (including
maiden) and any activities or
achievements you’d like to share
with fellow grads.
Funding for this issue of Social
Work Notes was made possible by a
bequest from the estate of Lynda
Marye Quan, MSW ‘75.
Table of Contents
Social Work
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Director’s Message ..............................................................................2
Alumni Spotlight
Annual awards from Alumni Association ....................................5, 7
Teresa Titus-Howard, MSW ‘93, and
Don Howard, MSW ‘94............................................................6
Alumni News .................................................................................. 7
Student Spotlights
Study abroad: Antaniece Sills and Aaron Earley .............................4
Graduation 2012...................................................................... 14-15
Program Spotlights
MSW Field Education programs ....................................................8
Faculty publications, presentations and news ...........................9, 13
Faculty profiles ....................................................................... 10-11
Research spotlights .................................................................. 12-13
Development & Alumni
Planned giving; Dianne Orton retires .................................... 16-17
Donors, Social Justice Society ...................................................... 18
School of Social Work Alumni Organization .............................. 19
www.facebook.com/MizzouSocialWork
The School’s Facebook page went ‘live’ in December. We are now able to
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events, workshops, etc. Take a look, and we hope you ‘like’ what you see!
Professional
Jerrie Jacobs-Kenner - PAC Chair
President and CEO
Mo. Alliance for Children & Families
M. Jenise Comer
Director, BSW Social Work Program
University of Central Missouri
Tim Decker
Director, Mo. Division for Youth Services
Marta Halter
Deputy Director, Practice & Professional Dev.
Mo. Dept. of Social Services, Children’s Div.
Jan Heckemeyer
Deputy Director
Mo. Dept. of Mental Health
Janis Irby
Director of Social Work
NW Mo. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Ctr.
Anne Janku
Researcher, Court Business Services
Office of State Courts Administrator
Nancie McAnaugh
Chief Operating Officer
LeadingAge Missouri
Laura Neal
Self-employed health care consultant
Board member, Mo. State Com. of Social Workers
Veronica Ramnarine
Chief, Social Work
Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital
Paula Richards
Bereavement Social Worker
Hospice Compassus
Joylean P. Sampson
Associate Professor of Sociology & Social Work
Lincoln University
Susan Schopflin
Assistant Director, Healthcare Home
Compass Health/Pathways/
Family Counseling Center
Bill Seidhoff
Director, Dept. of Human Services
City of St. Louis
Candace Shively
Director, Children’s Division
Mo. Dept. of Social Services
Lori Strong-Goeke
Associate Director for Planning
Mo. Division of Budget & Planning
Cindy (Wilkinson) Rackers
Section Administrator
Mo. Dept. of Health & Senior Services
Div. of Community & Public Health
Elizabeth Wilson
Dir. & Asst. Prof., Social Work Program
William Woods University
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Student Spotlights
BSW students travel to Ghana for study abroad
BSW students Antaniece Sills (summer
2011) and Aaron Earley (summer 2012)
helped teach school in Ghana as part
of the MU Study Abroad program.
Senior Antaniece Sills parti­cipated
in the Global Service in Cape Coast,
Ghana. The service project was overseen
by Proworld, a non-governmental
organization (NGO). The service
group consisted of Mizzou students
from public health, education and
social science fields. She was given
the option to pursue education or
public health during the course of the
program. She chose education and
worked directly with Korye Dance
Theatre, a non-profit, NGO cultural
group based in Cape Coast, Ghana.
In addition, twice a week Antaniece
was responsible for teaching English
and mathematics in a nearby village
classroom. This one classroom consisted
of youth ages 3-12. On occasion, she
participated in recreational activities
with the students. The program
designed weekend excursions for their
service group. They visited historic
slave castles, create building bricks,
and relax on a nearby resort!
Aaron Earley, BSW ‘12, taught
basic math and English at a school
in Cape Coast. The study abroad
program donated a bookshelf, books
and other materials to the school as
a part of a sustainability project.
While in Ghana, Aaron worked for
a non-profit called Hoops Care. “We
implemented P.E. classes into a variety
of schools, taught at underprivileged
schools, coached the Hoops Care
basketball team, organized a 6K Aids
Race to raise awareness and provided
free HIV/Aids testing,” said Aaron.
Antaniece used this experience in her
undergraduate field practicum at the
Juvenile Justice Center. She and her field
colleagues put together an “all around the
world day” and introduced the youth to
Ghanaian and Indian cultures that they
may never have had the chance to explore.
Overall, this opportunity allowed her to
learn that it is possible to strengthen a
community in a limited amount of time
and that we should never take for granted
the luxuries that we have in the U.S.
Left: Antaniece encouraged the students to practice
writing skills in their daily notebooks. In this photo,
U.S. President Obama is pictured on the cover of
the writing notebook. Photo by Antaniece Sills.
Right: Aaron Earley, BSW ‘12, with a student in
Cape Coast. Photo by Anne Case-Halferty.
SSW student helps increase grant funding for Columbia agency
As part of her Learning Plan last semester,
Kathleen “Katie”
Lappe was tasked with
rewriting and requesting a significant increase
in funding for the
second year of the Supportive Services for VetFrom left: Aneisa Sherrill-Mattox,
erans Families Program MSW, LCSW, and Katie Lappe, MSW
student. Photo by Diane Davis.
at Welcome Home,
Inc., in Columbia, Mo.
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The organization’s executive
director, Aneisa L. SherrillMattox, MSW ‘06, LCSW,
says, “I would like to extend
my sincerest congratulations
to the School of Social Work
and Ms. Lappe. Due to her
diligent research and attention, we were awarded $89,000
to provide homeless prevention and rapid rehousing to
veterans and their families.”
Aneisa concluded, “This amount is
a substantial increase (more than
double) from the previous year’s
funding of $42,000! On behalf of our
homeless veterans and their families,
my staff, and our Veteran Board of
Directors – I extend our sincerest and
most heartfelt gratitude for a job well
done! Thank you for your service to
our veterans and our community.”
Awards
2012 School of Social Work Alumni Organization awards
The SSWAO awards for 2012 were
presented on April 20, 2012, at the School
of Social Work Spring Conference by
Danica Wolf, president of the SSWAO,
and Terri Marty, Awards Committee.
The Outstanding BSW Student is
Kam Phillips, BSW ‘12, who came
to Missouri from Texas to attend the
University of Missouri. Kam is one of
60 Truman Scholars nationwide and the
only University of Missouri student to
receive the Truman Scholarship. In her
undergraduate program, she founded the
Dream Outside the Box organization with
the goal of helping children from lowincome families explore career choices.
She is a winner of the mtvU competition
as a college student who changed her
world. She is a founding member of the
MU chapter of the American Association of University Women and was the
2011 MU Homecoming Queen. Kam
plans to pursue a graduate degree.
Terri Marty and Kam Phillips. Photo by Kalea Benner.
For the Outstanding MSW Student, the
Association chose Kelly Jackson, MSW
‘12. She spent her semester placement
at LOVE INC. Kelly has a nursing and
administrative background and has been
a foster parent, is active in her church,
and is a mother and grandmother. In her
internship at LOVE INC, she demonstrated leadership and compassion. She
collaborated with her placement agency
to develop the Extra Mile, a program that
extends mentoring to include personal
goal setting, community networking and
financial management. She is known for
her skills in having those difficult but
necessary conversations with clients.
Michelle Kaiser, PhD ‘12, is the Outstanding PhD Student. Michelle has
been the student representative to
the SSWAO and the School of Social
Work Doctoral Committee, where she
represented and advocated for doctoral
students. The respect and admiration
of her peers and school faculty are
evident in her multiple nominations.
In fall 2012, Michelle began work as
an assistant professor at the School of
Social Work at Ohio State University.
new placement if needed, often within
days of the need arising. She is known to
emphasize professionalism and ethics to
students, where she leads by example.
LOVE INC is the 2012 Outstanding
Social Service Agency. Love In the Name
of Christ was established in 2008 by cofounders Jane Williams and Pat McMurry. The agency serves as a local clearinghouse that receives social service requests
and uses mostly volunteer efforts to match
needs with local church and community
resources. The agency provides community life coaching, budget counseling, job
search assistance and re-entry support for
ex-offenders. In 2011 George Lombardi,
director of the Missouri Department
of Corrections, presented LOVE INC
with a Community Partnership Award
for its efforts in helping ex-offenders.
LOVE INC also maintains a partnership
with the MU Office of Social Learning.
LOVE INC offers their Living Large
Program twice a year to the community.
This 12-week educational program offers
skill building in job seeking, life skills,
spiritual development and financial skills.
LOVE INC is recognized as a force
for social justice in the community.
This year’s Outstanding Faculty Member
is Suzanne Cary. Suzanne is the director of field instruction at the School. In
this position, she has contact with every
practicum student, field instructor and
field agency. Coordination of this process
is no small feat. She makes sure that the
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field experience
intersects with
what has been
taught in the
classroom, which
enables students to
begin the process
of applying what
they have learned.
She tirelessly seeks
out the best placement for every
student to enhance
their learning.
Suzanne is able
to troubleshoot
placement probFront row from left: Terri Marty, Jane Williams representing Love INC,
Suzanne Cary and Danica Wolf. Back row: Judy Hillyer, Kelly Jackson and
lems and find a
Michelle Kaiser. Not pictured: Kam Phillips. Photo by Diane Davis.
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Alumni Spotlight
T
he exciting and accomplished
careers of Teresa Titus-Howard
(MSW ‘93) and Don Howard
(MSW ‘94) illustrate just what is
possible with an
MSW degree.
In 2011, Don and
Teresa moved to the
Baltimore, Md., area
to work in the public
policy arena. As a
result of the passing
and implementation of President
Obama’s Affordable
Care Act, both of
them took advantage of impacting the
transformation of our nation’s health
care system by working at the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Teresa is currently working at the Center
for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.
As a senior leader at the Innovation
Center and the deputy group director
for the Learning and Diffusion Group,
Teresa’s responsibilities include initiating and leading a broad set of national
health care reform quality improvement, learning and diffusion activities
aimed at achieving rapid and large-scale
adoption of effective payment and care
delivery models that are known to
improve the delivery of health care, the
health of the U.S. population and reduce
health care costs for all Americans.
Don is currently working in the Center
for Clinical Standards and Quality.
As a health insurance specialist, he is
responsible for the national implementation of the Hospital Value-based
Purchasing Program at CMS. The
objectives of this program are to move
hospitals in the U.S. from a traditional
model of health care based on volume
to one of rewarding hospitals that
provide high quality patient services.
Prior to becoming national policy leaders,
the Howards lived in Kansas City. Teresa
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was the associate regional administrator
at the Office of Clinical Standards and
Quality, Division of Quality Improvement of CMS at the Region VII Office
from 2007-2011.
From 2003 to 2007,
she was the bi-state
vice president for
the Mid-America
Coalition on Health
Care. She also
served as assistant
director of quality improvement at
Western Missouri
Mental Health
Center, where she
focused on improving the quality of
care for severely mentally ill patients.
Later, she became a quality improvement
specialist at Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of Kansas City (BCBSKC). Teresa
was the first social worker hired by
BCBSKC, a well-known provider
of health insurance. She was asked
to focus on improving depression
outcomes for health plan members.
In these positions, Teresa’s passion
as an advocate for patient-centered
care and the delivery of high quality
of care was realized on a daily basis.
Don, who has always been supportive
of Teresa’s highly driven personality,
willingly moved back to the Greater
Kansas City area and secured a manager
of clinical services position at TriCounty Mental Health, Community
Mental Health Center. He later
worked at New Directions Behavioral
Health, LLC in Overland Park, Kan.,
a managed behavioral health care
organization, for 10 years, where he
achieved a senior leadership position
as the director of clinical services.
In her spare time, Teresa earned a
master’s degree in health administration (1998) and a doctorate in public
affairs and administration (2012) from
the University of Missouri-Kansas City
(UMKC). She also served as a clinical
instructor at UMKC’s School of Medicine from 1999-2011, where she taught
a course entitled Behavioral Science
Topic: The Business Side of Medicine:
Dynamics of Healthcare Financing.
Don and Teresa have two sons, Donald
“Patrick” Howard III and Jackson
Titus Howard; and a daughter, Ashley,
whom they adopted at age 15.
Don and Teresa credit much of their
inspiration and motivation as social
workers to Don’s parents, Don Sr. and
Nancy Howard. Don Sr. and Nancy
played a vital role in increasing awareness of behavioral health needs, such as
mental health and chemical dependency
treatment, in Columbia and across the
state of Missouri for more than 40 years.
Both Don Sr. and Nancy dedicated
their professional lives as advocates
for chemical dependency prevention,
treatment and recovery services for
adult men and women. They authored
a book on the impact of alcoholism
on a family system entitled The Family Approach to Problem Drinking.
Don Sr. and Nancy were founders of
The Family Counseling Center, now
known as Compass Health, in the early
1970s and the McCambridge Center, a
women’s treatment center in Columbia,
in 1978. Don Jr. recalls, “I remember
meeting Mercedes McCambridge, an
Academy Award-winning actress and
chemical dependency prevention and
treatment advocate in the late ‘70s, when
she stayed at my parents’ home while in
town for the grand opening of the FCC.”
Although it doesn’t sound like Don and
Teresa have much spare time, they make
the time for vacations because they are
big supporters of keeping an appropriate
work-life balance. They really enjoy
taking family and friend vacations
each year. Some of their adventures
have included Estes Park in Colorado,
Hawaii, Florida, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic
States and Europe, to name a few.
Alumni News
Continued from page 5 (awards)
Outstanding Alumna Judy Hillyer,
LCSW, ACSW, is a 1987 BSE and 1994
MSW graduate of MU. Judy did her
internship at Boys and Girls Town in St.
James, Mo., and today she is the director of advancement for the Great Circle,
formed in 2009 by the merger of Boys and
Girls Town of Missouri and Edgewood
M
elissa Fritts, MSW ‘11, LSW,
lives in Pittsburgh, Penn.,
where she works at Family
Services of Western Penn as a care
manager for older adults. She is working
with a family therapy program through
the agency to do reconciliation and
co-parenting counseling, and she hopes
to have her LCSW within a few years.
M
arjie Brady, MSW ‘10,
LMSW, is a vocational
counselor in the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation at
the Missouri Department of Elem­
entary and Secondary Education.
J
arod Giger, PhD ‘10, and wife, Jaime,
welcomed little Jack Giger to the
world on Nov. 10, 2012. The baby’s
arrival put a damper on Jarod’s plans to
attend this year’s CSWE conference.
The Gigers reside in Sioux Falls, SD, and
Jarod recently entered his third year as an
assistant professor
at the University
of South Dakota
(USD). Jarod is the
co-director of a
joint Social Work
and Occupational
Therapy smart
Jack Giger. Submitted photo.
home teaching
and research
ADL suite at USD; his research
focuses on technology acceptance
among at-risk populations and
early identification of sleep hygiene
problems in adults with Alzheimer’s.
Childrens Center. Her recognition of
vulnerable girls being unaware of the
ability to make choices in their own
lives made her determined to develop a
program to give them the power to create
a future of their own choice based on
positive experiences and relationships.
With the help and support of staff, board
members and the community, Changing
Prisms—A Voyage of Self Discovery—
L
eslea D. White, MSW ‘10,
LMSW, MBA, is working
as a full-time medical
social worker at the University of
Missouri Hospital in Columbia.
A
A
drian Johnson, MSW ‘07, is
a researcher at NPC Research
located in Portland, Ore.
llyson (Fitzgerald)
Sebolt, BSW ‘03, of Lee’s
Summit, Mo., and her
husband, Josh, announced the birth
of Joanna Kay on Nov. 29, 2011.
L
aura Pingry O’Neill, PhD, BSW
’99, and her husband, Pete, became
parents of a baby girl, Teagan,
summer 2012. In July 2012 they moved
from Buckley Air Force Base to Hill Air
Force Base near Salt Lake City, where
Pete is stationed. Laura recently published
an article with Dr. Markward. (See page
9.) Laura gets her “social work fix” by
serving as the philanthropic director of
the Officers’ Spouses’ Club and managing
service projects for the Fisher House,
a “home away from home” for families
of patients receiving medical care at
major military and VA medical centers.
T
revor Harris, BSW ‘93, works
as a radio producer/on-air host at
KBIA in Columbia. He and his
wife, Lisa Groshong, celebrated their 13th
wedding anniversary this year. Trevor is
an active gardener, bicyclist and artist.
was born. Since 2003, this program has
served more than 400 young women.
Judy Hillyer exemplifies “the social
work professional devoted to problem
solving in human relationships, and
empowerment and liberation of people
to enhance their well-being.” (International Federation of Social Workers)
Congratulations to all of our recipients!
L
isa Dobkin-Deutsch, BSW
’93, lives in St. Louis where
she facilitates classes to
build confidence, self-esteem and
empowerment in teenage girls. She
and husband, Jim Deutsch, MU
‘94, have four children: Ryan (14),
Max (12), Sam (8) and Molly (5).
J
oe Bock, MSW ‘82, PhD, recently
wrote a book, The Technology
of Nonviolence: Social Media and
Violence Prevention (2012), MIT Press.
He is the director of global health
training at the Eck Institute for Global
Health, University of Notre Dame.
S
tan Remer, MSW ’68, was selected
the 2012 Faculty Member of the
Year for Valley Forge Christian
College – Woodbridge campus (Va.). He
teaches social work and sociology on both
the main campus and Woodbridge campus. Remer is currently serving on the
National Board on the Society of Social
Work Leaders in Health Care, Virginia
State Board of the NASW, and is on the
national planning committee for the
2014 Convention of the North American
Association of Christian Social Workers.
J
ohn W. Carton, MSW ‘67, served
as executive director of Butterfield
Youth Services, Marshall, Mo., from
1976 to retirement in 2008. He currently enjoys outdoor activities including gardening, hunting and fishing,
and he continues to serve on several
boards in the Marshall community.
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Program Spotlights
Off-campus MSW
program expands to
south central Missouri
From left: Suzanne Cary, MSW, LCSW, director of field education; Mary Ford, MSW student;
Aneisa Sherrill-Mattox, MSW, LCSW, executive director at Welcome Home and recipient of
the 2012 MSW Field Instructor of the Year; Katie Lappe, MSW student; and Carol Snively,
MSW, PhD, director of MSW and off-campus programs. Photos by Diane Davis.
MSW field education program grows
There was a record turnout for the annual MSW Field Instructor Luncheon
held at the Columbia Country Club on May 4, 2012. Aneisa Sherrill-Mattox,
the winner of the 2012 MSW Field Instructor of the Year Award, was honored
during the luncheon by her students and School of Social Work faculty.
In her welcoming comments to luncheon attendees, Dr. Carol Snively said,
“We started the 2011-2012 academic year with 209 MSW students in our onand off-campus programs. This is a 22% increase in enrollment from fall 2010
and is the highest fall semester MSW enrollment in the history of the School.”
Snively continued, “This semester we also have the largest number ever of
on-campus MSW students graduating. In the past five years, our spring
graduation has ranged from 42 to 53 students, but this spring” we had
62 on-campus students who walked across the stage. “This is in addition
to the 36 off-campus students who graduated in December 2011.”
At the BSW Field Instructor Breakfast
at Jack’s Gourmet Restaurant on Dec. 7,
2012. Karen Souza, MSW ‘92, LCSW,
was recognized as the BSW Field
Instructor of the Year. She is pictured
here with Christine Woods, BSW field
coordinator. Karen works as the Licensed
Clinical Social Work supervisor at
Fulton State Hospital and was nominated
by BSW student Kayla Spector.
Christine is a new faculty member in
the School. (See page 11 for profile.)
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Beginning with the fall 2012 semester, the
School of Social Work expanded the offcampus program to south central Missouri
with a cohort of seven regular standing MSW
students. The south central region includes 16
counties (Camden, Crawford, Dent, Douglas,
Howell, Laclede, Maries, Miller, Morgan,
Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Pulaski, Shannon,
Texas and Wright). Following the off-campus
MSW program model in southeast and northern
Missouri, students take two classes (6 credits)
each semester. Classes are delivered in-person,
online and through interactive television (ITV).
Students attend in-person classes at Missouri
S & T in Rolla and ITV classes at one of our
partner sites in Salem, Lebanon or West Plains.
Many off-campus MSW students are working adults with families for whom a graduate
education has been inaccessible. As Corie
McKibben, new south central MSW student
stated, “Having the ability to take classes
closer to home is the reason I can continue my
education at this time. In fact, if this had been
available a year ago, I would have started then.
I purposely delayed going back to school to
accommodate my family’s needs. My youngest child is still in high school, very busy with
academics and activities. If I had to drive
to Columbia twice a week to class, I would
miss being involved with her activities.”
Applications are now being accepted for an
off-campus advanced standing cohort in
south central, southeast and north Missouri.
This new advanced standing cohort will begin
coursework in fall 2013. For more information,
please visit our website: ssw.missouri.edu/msw.
Faculty Publications & Presentations
Faculty Publications
Anderson, Kim M. (2012). Fostering resilience in daughters of battered
women. In D. Becvar (Ed). Handbook of
Family Resilience. New York: Springer
Publishing, 495-514, http://dx.doi.
org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3917-2_28.
Anderson, Kim M. (2012). Recovery:
Resilience and redemption in survivors of intimate partner violence.
In A. Browne-Miller (Ed). Violence
and Abuse in Society: Understanding a
Global Crisis, Volume 4: Approaches and
Responses. Santa Barbara, CA: ABCCLIO and Praeger Publishers, 239-261.
Shigaki, C.L., Anderson, Kim M.,
Howald, C.L., Hensen, A.L., &
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Fiscal returns on improved representation of children in Dependency
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Nova Law Review, 36(2), 435-449.
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Presentations
Anderson, Kim (January 2012).
Recovery: Resilience and Redemption in
Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
(juried presentation). Washington:
Annual Program Meeting for Society
for Social Work and Research (SSWR).
Anderson, Kim (April 2012). Sexual
Assault Awareness Month (panel member).
Fulton, Mo.: William Woods University.
Anderson, Kim (April 2012). SolutionFocused Interviewing and Case Work; Victim
or Victimization: Uncovering Resilience in
Survivors of Family Violence (presentation). St. Joseph, Mo.: Missouri Western
State University Social Work Institute.
Anderson, Kim, & Bang, E. (April 2012).
Assessing PTSD and Resilience for Adult
Daughters of Battered Women (juried presentation). Oklahoma City: Southwestern
Psychological Association Convention.
Peters, Clark M. (January 2012).
Juvenile Law: Working to Improve
Children’s Lives (presentation). Ithaca
NY: Cornell Law School, Public
Interest Career Symposium.
Peters, Clark M. (February 2012).
Where Do We Go from Here? The State
of the Evidence of Fiscal Returns on ImContinued on page 13
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Faculty Profiles
Welcome, new faculty members
David Albright, PhD
At 6’4”, when Dr. Albright stands up for
what he believes in, it is no small matter.
All joking aside, however, he brings quiet
determination and seriousness of purpose
to his role of assistant professor and to his
responsibilities as director of the School’s
Center for Education and Research
for Veterans and
Military Families
(CERV).
His initial course
load includes
Military Culture,
an area of everincreasing
David Albright, PhD,
importance to
Assistant Professor
the field of social
work. He also
conducts several research projects, such
as attitudes towards veterans and mental
health, effectiveness in interventions for
combat veterans who are victims of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, homelessness
among veterans, the criminal justice
system and vets, and communication
processes among military families.
Dr. Albright is a former Army infantry
officer whose family has a tradition of
service going back to the American
Revolutionary War. This personal
history gives him a special empathy for
military servicemen and women and the
unique challenges they face in order to
serve their country. In the classroom, he
transmits this empathy to his students so
that as social workers in the field, they
too will be prepared to help veterans,
their families and friends successfully
cope with these unique challenges.
Dr. Albright earned his PhD at Florida
State University’s College of Social Work,
as well as an M.S. in measurement and
statistics. His dissertation, Utilization and
Costs of Outpatient Social Work Services
Among Patients With Combat-related
Polytrauma at the James A. Haley Hospital
between 2007 and 2011, was funded by
the Department of Veterans Affairs.
During this period of his academic career,
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he served on several editorial boards
and reviewed for several journals. He
continues to be the managing editor for
Research on Social Work Practice and is
on the editorial boards of the Journal of
Military Behavioral Health, Journal of the
Society for Social Work and Research, Social
Issues and Policy Review, and the Campbell
Collaboration’s Social Welfare Group.
Before beginning his post-graduate work,
Dr. Albright worked at the Florida Department of Children and Families as an
abuse registry supervisor. He holds a B.A.
from Centre College in anthropology,
and the MSW and Certificate in Aging
Studies from the Florida State University.
Kelli Canada, PhD
Dr. Canada began her masters program at
Columbia University in September 2001
and experienced first-hand the deep need
for the unique role social workers play
in understanding individuals in a wide
embracing context,
from the historical
to the immediate,
from the micro
family-centric
to the macro
socio-economic.
During her years
Kelli Canada, PhD,
in Chicago, Dr.
Assistant Professor
Canada worked
in the field as she
pursued her PhD. Much of her time
was spent helping older adults navigate
the health care system, coordinating
community resources, and assisting in
the management of daily stressors. Dr.
Canada also worked as an assistant director in a community-based psychiatric
rehabilitation center and as a hospital
social worker on the west side of Chicago prior to pursuing her doctorate.
Dr. Canada received her B.A. in psychology in 2001 from Depauw University,
went on to earn her MSW in 2003 from
Columbia University and her PhD. from
the University of Chicago in 2012. Her
dissertation is entitled Serious Mental
Illness & Treatment: Perspectives from
Mental Health Court Participants.
Her teaching here will focus on evidencebased clinical social work practice with
individuals and groups. Her research
interests include serious mental illness,
especially among the elderly, and the
intersection of mental illness and the
criminal justice system.
It was in Democracy and Social Ethics
(1902) that Addams wrote: “You must
live the life of those you would serve,
for action is indeed the sole medium
for ethics.” Such a statement highlights
Dr. Canada’s concern with developing
skills of empathy as rigorously as those
of quantitative analysis, so necessary in
our modern world, so that one’s work
as a social worker is truly successful.
Leigh Tenkku, PhD
Dr. Tenkku’s research interests include
Fetal Alchohol Spectrum Disorders,
women’s access to mental health
services, the social and cultural context
of health and health behavior changes
in commun­ity-based programs and
in the general health care delivery
system, community-based programs,
health program design and planning.
Dr. Tenkku graduated from Kent State
with a B.S. in elementary education; she
received her master’s in public health
from St. Louis University in 1999 and
her PhD in public health in 2007. Her
doctoral dissertation was entitled
Investigation of the
Relationship Between
Psychiatric Disorders
and Unintended
Pregnancy.
Current funded
research includes a Leigh Tenkku, PhD, Associate
Research Professor
two-year Midwest
Regional Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Training
Grant, funded by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. This is the 10th
Faculty Profiles
year of the grant, which serves 15 states
and Puerto Rico. The training center
is now the largest regional training
center in the country. The Regional
Training Centers provide education
and training to health care providers in
their states on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders (FASD), as well as providing
education and awareness on prevention
of FASD to the general community.
Another of Dr. Tenkku’s research
projects funded by the CDC is the
Midwest Partners for Success Intervention for Youth and Young Adults with
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. It
runs from Oct. 1, 2009, through Sep.
30, 2013, and was one of only two in the
country funded to design an intervention for youth and young adults with
FASD. Dr. Tenkku focuses on youth ages
12-28, looking at reducing maladaptive
behaviors of the youth with FASD. The
research uses a social work model in
which family therapy is provided in the
home twice a month, a mentor is provided once a week for young adults, and
the third component is a family support
group. The intervention is for six months
with a three-month follow up period.
Aaron Thompson, PhD
Dr. Thompson is an enthusiast of learning, teaching and mentoring. He has an
inspired resolve to impact the real world
by educating future social workers on
the fundamental importance of empathy,
creative problem-solving and nurturing
healthy ambition. As he begins his career
at MU’s SSW, he strives to provide as
much as he requires of his students, giving thoughtful, student-centered feedback, introducing the skills necessary to
achieve rigorous research, and harnessing
his own efforts to the motivated learning
of his students eager to become leaders in
their profession.
George Bernard Shaw, a towering figure
in 20th century theatre, whose passionate commitment to forward-thinking
ideas such as women’s rights and economic equality, captures the spirit of Dr.
Thompson’s enthusiasm in his famous
epistle dedicatory to Arthur Bingham
Walkley for Man and Superman:
“This is the true joy in life, being used
for a purpose recognized by yourself as a
mighty one... I am of the opinion that my
life belongs to the whole community and
as long as I live, it is my privilege to do
for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly
used up when I die, for the harder I work,
the more I live. I rejoice in life for its
own sake. Life is no brief candle to me.
It is a sort of splendid torch which I have
got hold of for the moment and I want to
make it burn as brightly as possible before
handing it on to future generations.”
Wonderful words for a teacher of social
work!
Dr. Thompson’s research interests focus
on the education system in the U.S. and
how it can help break cycles of poverty
and dependence when mental and
behavioral health services are provided
to students in a
full-service delivery
model. Before
entering academia,
Dr. Thompson
was a youth
counselor, school
social worker,
assistant principal
and ultimately
Aaron Thompson, PhD,
Assistant Professor
a full principal
at a school for
troubled children; his personal interests
include wilderness leadership skills.
Dr. Thompson received his B.S. in
Legal & Paralegal Studies in 1996 and
his MSW in 2001 from the University
of Southern Illinois. He earned his PhD
in 2012 from the University of North
Carolina - Illinois. His dissertation is
entitled A Feasibility Trial of the SelfManagement Training and Regulation
Strategy. His initial teaching responsibility at SSW includes Evaluative Research
in Clinical Social Work Practice.
Christine Woods, MSW
Mrs. Woods is a two-time MU grad,
having completed her BS in Human
Development and Family Studies in
1997 and her MSW in 2002. After a
successful 12-year career in communitycentered social work, Ms. Woods was
very excited for the opportunity to
return to MU for a third time and
share the lessons of her experience.
She began
her career as
many BSWs
do—accepting
a position with
Missouri Alliance
for Children and
Families—but
quickly moved
Christine Woods, MSW,
up to supervisor
Clinical Instructor
and ultimately
program director. She also served as a
crisis counselor in the Columbia Public
School system for a short while before
joining the MU SSW faculty. During
her years of professional experience,
she came to understand first-hand the
importance of setting aside the unrealistic
goal of helping every client who walked
into her office. In setting this aside, she
gained capacity for a more robust and
effective approach of identifying clients
who are ready to help themselves and
clients who need help in getting there.
This pragmatic approach of developing
the skills necessary to quickly discern
where clients are on the readiness scale
allowed for greater success: more positive
outcomes for her clients and a deeply
rewarding career.
As coordinator for the BSW Field
Education and instructor for the BSW
Senior Seminar, she hopes to pass
along these essential skills to the next
generation of MU social workers.
Mrs. Woods’ extensive certifications
range from counseling victims of sexual
abuse to evidence-based prevention in
rural African-American churches. Her
professional interests include family
and children issues, crisis intervention
and community services coordination.
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Research Spotlights
Colleen Galambos, PhD,
ACSW, LCSW-C, LCSW,
professor and director of the Graduate
Certificate in Gerontological Social
Work Program, is a co-investigator in
a four-year, $14.8 million study funded
by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services Center (CMS) for Innovations.
The study has four primary goals:
•
•
•
•
to reduce the frequency of avoidable
hospital admissions and readmissions,
to improve resident health outcomes,
to improve the process of transition­
ing between inpatient hospitals
and nursing facilities and
to reduce overall healthcare spending without restricting access to
care or choice of providers.
As the lead coach, Dr. Galambos’ role
will be to manage the Care Transitions
Coach (CTC) portion of the grant.
Requirements for that position are a
licensed MSW with hospital/longterm care experience. The University
of Missouri grant is the only one of
the seven that so prominently features
social work in the intervention model.
“It was gratifying to be at the table with
colleagues from other disciplines who
truly understood and appreciated the
unique role social
workers play in
the care transitions process,” said
Dr. Galambos.
Principal Investigator Dr. Marilyn
Rantz, professor
in the Sinclair
School of Nursing, “and other
School of Nursing faculty were
supportive when
From left: Greg Alexander, health information technology lead; Marcia
Flesner, project coordinator; Colleen Galambos, care transitions coach lead;
we were craftand Amy Vogelsmeier, intervention practice expert. Submitted photo.
ing the proposal
and ensured that the role of care
treatments such as antibiotics) while
transition coach would be filled with a
residing in the home and during
trained professional social worker.”
transitions of care. The investigators
believe that this enhancement will
The Care Transition Coach (CTC) will
contribute to the meaningful reduction of
work with participating nursing homes
rehospitalizations and their related costs.
in the initiative to facilitate and enhance
the working relationships among staff,
The other team members are faculty
residents and families. The CTC will
from MU’s Sinclair School of Nursing,
work closely with social services/social
School of Medicine and School of Social
service designees, the primary care
Work; Tiger Institute and Connect
providers and nursing staff, especially
Missouri affiliates; the Quality Improveas communication systems are put into
ment Program for Missouri Nursing
place to assure consistent communication
Homes (QIPMO); Primaris (the Quality
of each resident’s (or proxy’s) decisions
Improvement Organization for Missouri);
about advanced care directives (including
LeadingAge Missouri (a continuum of
code status, hospitalization and specific
senior care provider organizations); Missouri Health Care Association; Missouri
Health Connection (MHC, the stateauthorized health information network);
and industry representatives from
technology and electronic health records.
The study will be conducted in St. Louis,
which according to CMS has the highest
rate of rehospitalizations in the country
for key diagnoses of acute myocardial
infarction, congestive heart failure, pneumonia and readmissions within 30 days
of discharge for all medical or surgical
conditions. Sixteen nursing homes within
the St. Louis area have been recruited for
the projects. Ms. Susan Pekios has been
hired as the CTC for the project. Ms.
Pekios has extensive experience working in hospital and hospice settings.
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B
SW student
Antaniece
Sills and
her research
mentor,
Dr. Lorraine
Gutierrez of
the University
of Michigan,
presented a poster
in August 2012
at the University
of Michigan
Summer Research
Opportunity
Program
Symposium.
The poster’s title
was “Addressing
the Needs of
the Community
through the New
St. Paul Head
Start Program:
A Qualitative
Approach.”
Antaniece also
won two NAACP
awards in 2012—the
Barbara Jordan Student
of the Year and the
Charles Hamilton
Houston Collegiate
Achievement Award.
Research Spotlights
Continued from page 9 (Faculty Presentations)
proved Representation of Children in Dependency
Court (presentation). Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Nova
Southeastern University Law Center, Improving Outcomes for Children Symposium.
Peters, Clark (Sept. 20, 2012). Enduring Assets:
The Financial Lives of Young People Transitioning
from Foster Care. Washington, DC: 2012
Assets Learning Conference, Corporation
for Enterprise Development (CFED).
Sherraden, Margaret, Peters, Clark, Wagner,
Kristen, & Guo, Baorong (March 29, 2012).
Contributions of Qualitative Research to Understanding Saving Theory for Children and Youth. Lawrence, KS: Assets and Education Symposium.
K
udos to Dale Fitch,
PhD, Social Work
assistant professor,
who received a 2012 Provost’s
Outstanding Junior Faculty
Teaching Award. He says, “I
was totally humbled simply to
be nominated by my students
and colleagues, but to actually
win has left
me kind of
speechless.”
Dale Fitch.
Photo by
Diane Davis.
Sable, Marjorie R. (October 2012). Promoting Health Equity Through the National
Prevention Strategy: Implications for Social Work (invited presentation; practice
respondent). San Francisco: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting.
Yu, Mansoo, Pitner, R.O., Nebbit, V.E., & Lombe, M. (August 2012).
Understanding Tobacco Use Among African American Adolescents Living
in Urban Public Housing Communities. Orlando, FL: 120th Annual
Convention of American Psychological Association (APA).
Yu, Mansoo, Pitner, R.O., & Olate, R. (October 30, 2012). Racial/ethnic Differences in Predictors
of the Length of Staying off Cigarettes Among Adolescent Regular Smokers: Findings from a National
Study. San Francisco: 140th annual meeting of American Public Health Association (APHA).
Olate, R., Yu, Mansoo, Vaughn M., & Salas-Wright, C. (October 31, 2012). Externalizing
Problem Behaviors Among High-risk Latino Youth in Boston, MA, and San Salvador, El
Salvador—A Cross-sectional Comparison: Findings from a National Study. San Francisco:
140th annual meeting of American Public Health Association (APHA).
SSW External Grant Awards, July 2011 - September 2012
PI
Awarded Project Title
Sponsor
HES Amt.
Anderson, Kim
Trauma-informed Practice for a Rural
Domestic Violence Agency
Coalition Against Rape
& Domestic Violence
Galambos, Colleen
NIH R15 - Academic Research Enhancement Award
NIH
Initiative to Reduce Avoidable Hospitalizations
Among Nursing Facility Residents
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Svcs. (CMS)
$1,816,273
Kelly, Michael
Contract for Pre-svc. Training
for Public Child Welfare
Mo. Dept. of Social Svc.
$792,824
Kelly, Michael; Clark
Peters; Dale Fitch
MSW Title IV-E Training Program
Mo. Dept. of Social Svc.
$521,015
$35,368
$9,013
(PI: Lori Popejoy, Nursing)
Galambos, Colleen (PI:
Marilyn Rantz, Nursing)
$3,174,493
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Graduation 2012
BSW graduates
In the following list of BSW
graduates, the outstanding
seniors are indicated by
italic type, honors certificate
students are in bold type,
and honors students are
indicated with an asterisk
(*) or pound sign (#).
**=Summa cum laude (3.9-4.0 GPA)
#=Magna cum laude (3.7-3.89 GPA)
*=Cum laude (3.5-3.69 GPA)
Allcorn, Kristen Nicole*
Allison, Dawn L.
Anderson, Kelly Lynn*
Aronberg, Steven J.
Baltrusaitis, Andrea Beth (Windle)
Brown, Leah Marie
Conine, Ashley
D’agrosa, Lia
Doyle, Elizabeth Moran*
Earley, Aaron R.
Forrester, Sara Charleah
Frazier, Kendra Lea
George, Kathryn Anne
Griffith, Margaret Erin
Imhoff, Kristen Nicole**
Hamilton, Whitney Lauren*
Jaworski, Craig Edward
Koch, Zoe Jo**
Kullman, Erin Patricia
Lammy, Kelsey Lauren
Morgan, Michaela Nicole*
McNail, John R.
Moore, Felicia Lyshae
Pearson, Raelyn Nicole#
Phillips, Kam S.#
Pietroburgo, Jessica Anne#
Rhodes, Amanda J.#
Sedovic, Hilary Lynn#
Silver, Millicent Ann
Spector, Kayla Melissa
Thompson, Cassandra Ann
Turner, Amanda Frances
Vincenz, Meagan Elizabeth*
Wann, Justin Lee
West, Jennifer Jean
Williams, Jennifer Rose
Wilmes, Jackie Leigh*
Wolken, Stephanie M.
Wysocki, Amanda Michelle#
Zuccarello, Sara Lyn
MSW graduates
Andrews, Rhianna
Anterhaus, Eric
Bailey, Rachel
Bearden, Caroline
Three generations of social workers: Bonnie McManus, MSW; Mary Beth Fernandez, BSW ‘11, MSW ‘12; Brigid
McManus Fernandez, BSW ‘85, MSW ‘86. Photo by John Fernandez (brother of Mary Beth Fernandez).
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Belgeri, Carolyn
Benakis, Whitney
Buren, Hillary
Caldera, Veronica
Campbell, Sade
Campbell, Caitlin (Jenkins)
Cherry, Monique
DeGonia, Lindsay
Fernandez, Mary
Finn, Allison
First, Jennifer (Rice)
Fishback, Kristen
Gale, Jamie
Gore, Megan
Gray, Paul
Harvey, Lindley
Hausman, Jessica
Hendrix, Bobbi
Heuvelman, Kelsey
Hill, Kelly
Hoeflicker, Raschel
Hofmann, Ashley (Telmer)
Hoskins, Anna
Hunter, Sarah
Jackson, Kelly
Jang, Eun Young
Jenkins, Ashlee (Smith)
Joyce, Adam
Keller, Madeline
Korst, Kelly
Krygiel, Traci
Lappe, Kathleen
Lawrence, Rachel
Lenger, Abigail
Lewis, Samantha
Libey, Wendy
Loftus, Kathleen
Long, Stephen
Marek, Shauna
Massey, Laurel
Meng, Tian
Merryfield, Carlye
Montgomery, Scott
Morrow, Ila
Nanney, Erica
Osborn, John II
Pittman, Kelly
Roades, Jennifer (Mueller)
Rodenbaugh, Crystal (Morris)
Rogers, Sarah
Rowden, Elizabeth
Graduation 2012
Russell, Brittany
Seiben, Angela
Sheridan, Helen
Spragg, Lauren
Starke, John
Stratman, Stacia
Tieman, Kelsie
Weger, Bethany
White, Holly
Wilcox, Kara
Wilson, Rachel
Wolk, Kelsey
PhD graduates, spring
2012
Laura Parker-Barua, Poverty
and Affordable Housing:
Comparing the Attitudes and
Beliefs of Social Work Students in
the U.S. to Those of Social Work
Students in the Netherlands
Michelle Kaiser, Cultivating
a Landscape for Food Justice: An
Exploratory Study of Community
Food Security Measurement
to Inform Community-based
Intervention Strategies
Above, December MSW graduates. Front: Holly White. Back: Paul Andrew Gray,
Ila Morrow, Rachel Bailey. Photo by Kathleen Claxton-Rogers.
Below, December BSW graduates. Front, from left: Aaron Earley, Hilary Sedovic, Kelly Anderson, Felicia Moore, Lia D’Agrosa, Stephanie Wolken, Jackie Wilmes.
Middle row, from left: Kelsey Lammy, Amanda Rhodes, Raelyn Pearson, Sara Forrester, Merris Ross, Meg Griffith, Erin Kullman. Back row: Jessica Pietroburgo,
Kayla Spector, Craig Jaworski, Steven Aronberg, Kendra Frazier, Millicent Silvers, Amanda Turner, Dawn Allison. Photo by Kathleen Claxton-Rogers.
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Development
Alumni make a difference through planned giving
“B
y endowing a social work scholarship, I seek to honor the memories of two very
special, dear people while giving to others the opportunity to combine academic
excellence with an ambition to help others in need,” said Joanne Fulton, MSW ‘76.
“My husband, Jerry Barrier, cared a great deal about the welfare of others – especially
when he saw injustice, such as those with the advantages of money and power ignoring or
discriminating against those without,” said Joanne. “He had an unwavering confidence
in the importance of what I did as a social worker, which inspired me to accomplish more
than I ever imagined possible in what I can only describe as a wonderful and wonderfully
rewarding career. Jerry often remarked to me that he ‘could not do what I do.’ It would
not have been possible without his love and support. I must also speak of my husband’s
Aunt Cat, who mentored Jerry from the time he was a very small child. She encouraged
him in his intellectual pursuits, and they shared an abiding curiosity about their world
that led them both to travel widely and experience cultures other than their own.
“What we all shared was a desire to contribute what we could to make the
world a better place. I did this through my career as a social worker and they as
teachers. They each took special pride in mentoring students throughout their
careers and lives. Through a planned gift, I am able to create a Mizzou legacy
that the School of Social Work will receive as part of my estate,” said Joanne.
Joanne Fulton, MSW ‘76. Photo
by Rachel Coward.
“I
give to the School of Social Work because I must,” said Morty Lebedun, MSW ‘69. “My
experience in graduate school helped shape my world view and gave me direction toward
a career that has lasted 45 years. Very importantly, my education helped me create a personal
identity that has been rewarding because it directs me toward helping others. My social work
career in mental health has given me a lifetime of satisfaction. I can hardly imagine another
profession that could be so empowering and humbling at the same time. Of course I give!
“I have included the School in my annual giving and estate plan. I hope my gifts
will help others succeed as they work to improve society,” said Morty.
Aneisa Sherrill-Mattox, MSW ‘06.
Photo by Rachel Coward.
Morty Lebedun, MSW ‘69.
Submitted photo.
“I
give because my social work colleagues and the veterans I serve inspired my
passion for learning and love for the profession,” says Aneisa Sherrill-Mattox.
“I give because so many who have dedicated their lives on the front lines in defense
of our mission, values and freedoms deserve to be supported in their endeavors to
achieve success in their life of public service. I give because I am a first-generation
social worker, a first-generation college graduate and an eight-generation veteran.
“I give because I am passionately committed to a life in public service and supporting
the mission of the School of Social Work. I give because I believe that students entering a career in public service should be supported in their endeavors to achieve quality and social justice. I give because my social work education freed me from the bonds
of poverty, ignorance and inequality. I give to honor the profession who inspired and
challenged me to self-discovery and to honor all the amazing social work colleagues
I am honored to serve with in public service. I give because I am a social worker.”
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Development
SSW faculty member retires from teaching
Dr. Dianne
Orton has
retired after
a long career
with the School.
She was the
director of Field
Education for
16 years (19912007) and was
BSW program
Dianne Orton
director from
1993-1995 and again from 2007-2008.
Beginning in 2007, she split her time
between teaching and assisting the
director with development and alumni
relations. She received her D.Phil. from
the University of Stellenbosch (South
Africa) in 2007, completing a dissertation
entitled, Photo-Perceptions – A Look At
Visual Imagery and Reflective Writing of
South African Social Work Students During
Their Final Field Work Experience.
As field director, Dianne got to know all
of our students, field instructors, and field
agencies. She worked tirelessly to ensure
that our students received a quality
education in their field practicum. She
was the lead author on two workbooks,
one entitled Building Professionals:
Designing a Professional Portfolio. (Prentice
Hall, 2003) and another entitled Helping
Professionals Critical Thinking and
Reflection Journal (Allyn & Bacon 2003).
Dianne also spearheaded many creative
projects with the School, including the
Social Work Shoes project, the Helmet
Heroes fundraising event, and the designs
on many of the covers of Social Work
Notes. Her efforts in development have
helped to secure many gifts to the School,
including several scholarships. A donor
herself, Dianne is creating an endowed
gift to the School for field education.
Fortunately for us, Dianne is remaining with the School part-time
to continue her work in development and alumni relations.
Planned gifts are a powerful way to make a difference
There are several ways to create
a planned gift, and it only takes a
simple will to make a bequest. Donors
can designate distributions in living
trusts that act just like bequests from
a will. Like bequests, beneficiary
designations can be quite powerful
ways to make gifts. Any asset that
requires that a beneficiary be named
can be given to a charity like MU.
Remember – you can split beneficiary
gifts just like you can a bequest.
Your planned gift can give you
income during your life time through
a gift annuity or charitable trust.
These gift arrangements offer tax
benefits and income payments now,
with the satisfaction your gift will
establish a legacy in the future.
Contact the MU Office of Gift Planning
and Endowments for assistance with
creating a planned gift for the MU
School of Social Work. Learn how
bequests can become a powerful part
of your estate planning. For more
information, contact the MU Office
of Gift Planning and Endowments at
(800) 970-9977, e-mail giftplanning@
missouri.edu or go online at www.
formizzou.missouri.edu/giftplanning.
Keep in touch
with online tools
The School is pleased to report that our webpage
has been updated and now includes a section where
alums can give an update on their career/personal
lives and post a photograph. The screen shot (middle
right) is an example of an alumni posting. We hope
new alums and former graduates will participate.
www.facebook.com/MizzouSocialWork and
ssw.missouri.edu/alumni_classnotes
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Donors & Social Justice Society
Marjorie R. Sable &
George P. Smith
Jennifer Davenport Schroeder
& David Schroeder
Curtis E. Thomsen
The Social Justice Society
recognizes alumni and friends
who have made a substantial
commitment of philanthropy
in support of the school.
Distinguished Fellow
Sustaining Member
Colleen M. Galambos
Charles D. Cowger &
Janice Hartman
Michael J. Kelly &
Kaitlin A. Post
Joanne R. Fulton
Sallee M. Purcell &
John T. Murray
Fellow
Priscilla A. Maddux
Mable Emilie Meites
Len DeGonia &
Linda DeGonia
Elizabeth M. Hiestand
Leigh Collier Huesgen
Nancy G. Griggs &
David R. Griggs
Stephen J. Brannen &
Holly Brannen
William J. Burnham
William D. Johns &
Carla Waal Johns
Judith A. Davenport &
Joseph Davenport III
Annual Member
David W. Johns
Dianne J. Orton &
Gordon Howard
Mary Dunlap Smith
J. Wilson Watt
Venkataraman Ramachandran
& Anuradha Rajagopalan
Stanley G. Remer &
Sondra S. Remer
Sally K. Silvers
Paul A. Sundet &
Jean A. Sundet
In Memorium
Jane Bierdeman-Fike, 89,
passed away on March 13,
2012. Jane was director of
psychiatric social work at
Fulton State Hospital for 38
years and a good friend of
the School of Social Work.
She endowed the Jane
Bierdeman-Fike Doctoral
Fellowship Fund in Social
Work and was featured in
Social Work Notes, fall 2008.
Jane was the recipient of
many awards and honors
including the NASW
Social Worker for the Year
Award, Missouri Chapter.
Ann Ruhl Woody &
Donald E. Woody
— 2012 Donors —
Jennifer Atkinson
Susan Gaarder
Freddie & Timple Avant
Geraldine & Franklin Hall
Donald & Jane Barton
Donna Baudendistel
Joseph Bock & Susan Lyke
Stephen & Hollie Brannen
Anita Brown
Marta Halter
Nurham Hamarat
Suzanne & Steven Hemmann
Kathy & John Heyl
Elizabeth Hiestand
Richard & Fredda Caplan
Deanna Hudson
Charles Cowger &
Janice Hartman
Peggy Johnson
Virginia L. Crnkovich
Karren Crouch
Linda & Len DeGonia
Harlan & Shirley Dubansky
Grant Duncan
Albert & Betty
Feuchtwanger
Bambi Fisher
Carolyn Freiburg
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Michael Kelly & Kaitlin Post
Jaqulyn Kent
Jimmie Kurtz
Dianne Orton &
Gordon Howard
Jack & Leanne Peace
Curtiss & Joyce Petrek
Betty & James Posz
Sallee Purcell & John Murray
Daryl & Lori Raithel
Venkataraman Ramachandran
& Anuradha Rajagopalan
Geraldine Rauch
Suzanne Rein
Sondra & Stanley Remer
Sally Silvers
Sara Silvers
Mary Dunlap Smith
Social Work p.r.n.
Sarah Sorem
Janice & Edward Spence
Owen & Carol Sperry
Ann Stillman
Lewis & Veronica Struemph
Paul & Jean Sundet
Aharon Sykes
Paula & Wayne Richards
Timothy & Gayle
Von Engeln
Marcia Landers
Marjorie Sable &
George Smith
Elaine & Richard Wehnes
Morty & Barbara Lebedun
Kristina Schmidt
Sara & Thomas Lezon
Susan Schott
Fordyce & Jane Mitchel
Aneisa Sherrill-Mattox
Caroline Morgan
Rebecca Silvers
Roberta Lancaster
Roy & Roberta Wheeler
Hall & Amy Whitaker
James Womack
Ann & Donald Woody
Alumni Organization
Greetings from the School of Social Work Alumni Organization (SSWAO)! Our
focus continues to be centered on connecting current Social Work students and SSW
alumni while honoring professional achievements and promote new membership.
Andrea “Andy” Shaw Reynolds,
BSW ‘06, SSWAO president.
Photo by Dianne Orton.
The SSWAO was honored to recognize the outstanding achievements of all of our award recipients at the
2012 Spring Forum. (See page 5.) Nominations not only
pay tribute to the specific contributions of the individual, but also bring validation and recognition to the
profession. Nominations for 2013 awards will be accepted until Feb. 28, 2013. Award nominations are for
Outstanding Agency; Outstanding Alumni; Outstanding Faculty; Outstanding Social Service Agency; and
Outstanding BSW, MSW and PhD. See ssw.missouri.
edu/awards for more information or contact Patricia
Fisher, e-mail fisherpm@missouri.edu or 573/882-4447.
A big thank you is in order for the entire SSWAO membership who contributed
to an amazing year for the organization. The Mizzou Alumni Association
(MAA) honored our membership-building efforts with a prize of $250. The
SSWAO Board determined the best investment of those funds would be to award
this in form of a scholarship to a Social Work student member of MAA.
If you would like to join us in our efforts to honor, encourage and connect with
alumni and students, please consider a membership in the SSWAO. A membership
application is available at Mizzou.com/joinsocialworkalumni. This exclusive link not
only ensures that a portion of your dues goes to the SSWAO, but you’ll also be
included on our list of contacts for future events and outreach. For one price, you
will be a member of the Mizzou Alumni Association, the SSWAO and your local
chapter. Membership also provides you with numerous special discounts, school
updates and notices, the annual wall calendar and connection with more than 40,000
other Mizzou graduates. If you are interested in serving on the SSWAO Board,
we would love to have you! Please contact Ashley Visco at ashsbu@hotmail.com.
Alumni Board
President
Andrea Shaw Reynolds, BSW ‘06, MSW
President-Elect
Stephen Hick, MSW ‘04
Secretary/Treasurer
Lacey Prater, MSW ‘08
Past President
Danica Wolf, BSW ‘09, MSW ‘10
Board Members:
Katie Bartek
BSW Student Representative
Tiffany Bowman, MSW ‘07
Suzanne Cary, MSW ‘93
Field Faculty Representative
M. Dianne Drainer
Mizzou Alumni Association Liaison
Patricia Fisher
Staff Liaison
Jennie Graves
MSW Student Representative
Ashley Hall Visco, MSW ‘08
Katy Klick, MSW ‘04
Dianne Orton, DPhil, MSW, LCSW
SSW Faculty Representative
Lacey Prater, MSW ‘08
Abigail Rolbiecki, MSW
PhD Student Representative
Marjorie Sable, DrPH, MSW, MPH
Director, MU School of Social Work
Brenda Sites, MSW ‘98
Kristi Sveum, MSW ‘05
Katie Burnham Wilkins, MSW ‘08
Alumni Websites
•
ssw.missouri.edu/alumni
•
mizzou.com/joinsocialworkalumni
There will be upcoming events and opportunities to connect with others in your
field, so be sure to keep an eye on your e-mail for these! We look forward to seeing
many of you at these events!
If you have any questions about
the SSWAO or how you can
be involved, please contact
Patricia Fisher, SSW executive
staff assistant, at 573-882-4447
or fisherpm@missouri.edu.
SSWAO Board of
Directors, 2012:
Front, from left: Kristi Sveum
and Lacey Prater. Middle:
Ashley Hall Visco, Andrea
Shaw Reynolds, Terri Marty,
Katy Klick, Stephen Hick,
Danica Wolf. Back: Brenda
Sites, Robert Dieckhoff.
Photo by Dianne Orton.
With pride and gratitude,
Andrea Reynolds, BSW ‘06
SSWAO President
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Columbia, MO 65211-4470
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March 8, 2013, 1-5 p.m.
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Send your registration to SSWAO Staff Liaison, 729 Clark Hall, MU School of Social Work,
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$35
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