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College of Social Work Celebrates Annual Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony




Award Honorees
Seated: John Behling; L-R: Sandra Stephenson, Interim Dean Thomas Gregoire, Wayne Moore, Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, and Eileen Saffran

The College of Social Work recently held its annual Alumni Hall of Fame Awards Ceremony and dinner on Friday, September 11, at 5 p.m. at the OSU Faculty Club.

Dr. Holly Dabelko-Schoeny, assistant professor of the College of Social Work, received the college’s 2009 Distinguished Recent Career Award. Each year, this prestigious award is presented to an alumnus who has graduated within the past 10 years and whose accomplishments exemplify outstanding professional achievements in one or more of the following areas: practice/clinical excellence, community development, advocacy, education, or administration.

Alumni recipients of the 2009 Distinguished Career Awards included John Behling, Sandra Stephenson, Wayne Moore, and Eileen Saffran. This award is presented for exceptional professional achievements, initiatives, or leadership in practice/clinical excellence, community development, advocacy, education, or administration.

Following is information about each honoree.

Dabelko-Schoeny (BA ’93, MSW ’96, PhD ’02) has devoted her career to the field of aging as a colleague, mentor, educator, and researcher with a focus on improving the quality of life for older adults and their caregivers.

She is a 2004 Hartford Family Scholar; has published nine refereed journal articles, given 12 refereed conference presentations at the state and national level; and conducted four externally funded research studies. Dabelko-Schoeny is also a recipient of the 2008 Mortar Board Senior Honor Society Teaching Award and the 2002 Merriss Cornell Distinguished Researcher Awards.

Behling (BSSA ‘54, MSW ’57) has served the social work profession for over five decades in a variety of roles such as a community organizer, mentor, researcher, student recruiter, and educator. He is the author of research books, i.e, Research Methods, Statistical Concepts and Research Practicum; Guidelines for Preparing the Research Proposal; the Practice of Clinical Research: The Single Case Design Method.

Behling is also a recipient of the Outstanding Teaching of the Year Award in 1986 and 2002, the 1981 and 1986 Distinguished Service Award, and the 2001 OSU Office of Disability Services Award.

Stephenson (BSSW ‘74, MSW ’75) was appointed Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health by Governor Ted Strickland in 2007. Stephenson provided stewardship to Ohio’s behavioral health community for decades, giving service to, but not limited to the Ohio Association of Behavioral Health Care Management and the Ohio Council of Behavioral Health Care Providers as a Board Member, and as Chairwoman of the Mental Health/Chemical Dependency/Mental Retardation Advisory Committee at Columbus State Community College.

Moore (MSW ’75) is professor of Social Work and Sociology at North Carolina A&T State University.  He has served the profession as an emergency in-take worker, clinical coordinator, medical social worker, educator, author, and researcher.
Moore has also served as co-investigator of twelve research grants and has been published in numerous journals such as The Western Journal of Black Studies, the Journal of African American Studies, Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, and Clinical Gerontologist to name a few.

Saffran (BSSW ‘74, MSW ’76) is the founder and executive director of The Gathering Place, a nonprofit, community-based cancer support center for the Cleveland, Ohio area.  The Gathering Place has provided social, emotional, physical, and spiritual services free of charge since its opening in 1998, and served over 18,000 individuals with cancer as well as their family and friends.

Saffran is a former clinical social worker and community medicine coordinator, public educator, and a private practice therapist who specialized in individual, marital and family counseling of individuals with chronic illness. She is the recipient of several awards that include the 2007 Woodruff Price Award for excellence in mental health programming; the 2003 Visionary Award; and the Pillar Award for executive director of the year.

Join Archie Griffin and many other Ohio State stars on the 2010 Buckeye Cruise for Cancer

The 2010 Buckeye Cruise for Cancer sets sail on Feb. 25 through Mar. 1, 2010 from Tampa, Fla. on Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas on a 5-day, 4-night cruise brought to you by Travel Partners in Dublin. Thousands joined over 20 former Ohio State athletes and coaches on last year's cruise, and enjoyed food, fellowship, and lots of fun. Proceeds from the Buckeye Cruise benefit the Stefanie Spielman Fund for Breast Cancer Research at Ohio State's James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute. Book your spot now and see what celebrities will be cruising with you at http://www.buckeyecruise.com/.
 

New: Charter flights to Penn State game on Nov. 7, 2009

Ohio State Alumni Tours is proud to offer a round-trip charter flight from Columbus to State College, Penn., brought to you by Premiere College Sports, together with Dodds Athletic Tours. The Express Jets 50-passenger planes will depart early in the morning of Nov. 7, in time for the Buckeye Bash, and return immediately after the game. Football tickets are not included, but there is an option for tickets to be purchased through the tour provider’s own broker site. The fully escorted trip features open bar on the flights, round-trip motor coach transfers from/to Penn State airport, and special souvenir name badge and credentials. For details and registration: http://www.ohiostatealumnisportstravel.com/
 
Travel to watch the Buckeyes take on the Indiana Hoosiers and let us do the driving,  Oct. 3, 2009.  $186 per person

Support the Buckeyes on the road and enjoy two meals, a game ticket in the Ohio State section, and entertainment en route including videos, Ohio State trivia, and prizes. To learn more and print a reservation form, go to www.ohiostatealumni.org/tours/2009tours/osuaaprimetours2009.pdf or call the Tour Office at (614) 292-2372 or (800) 852-8687.

Rebate Program Supports Alumni Scholarship Fund

Thanks to the generosity of College Traditions rebate program, 15% of purchases logged under the Social Work Alumni Society code number AL9575 will be redirected to the Social Work Alumni Scholarship Fund, endowment # 600043. Here's how the program works. 

When you make purchases on-line, by phone or at a College Traditions store tell them you are a part of the Social Work Alumni Society.  Be sure to give this code number AL9575 and 15% of your purchase will be rebated to the Alumni Society Scholarship Fund.

Rebate savings are totaled for the calendar year under the Society's code number, and the Alumni Society will then receive a check for the Social Work Alumni Scholarship Fund.  Purchases can be made in person at 286 W. Lane Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201, via Traditions toll-free # 1-800-628-4678, or at http://www.collegetraditions.com/