Current Students
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Featuring Our Students:
Social work students (l to r) Tyla Booher, Tom Knox, David Minervini, and David Simmons strike an O-H-I-O pose after volunteering for the Community Shelter Board’s HUD required nationwide count of the homeless in Columbus/Franklin County. The event took place at 3:30 a.m. on a cold January day!
PhD Student Linda Ginzer and Dr. Virginia Richardson Research Found in Social Work Today, U.S. News & World Report, and More; Social Work's Dr. Virginia Richardson and PhD Student Linda Ginzer speak on research findings that older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than younger adults who have similar problems. Their research is featured at Social Work Today, U.S. News & World Report,ScienceDaily, The Columbus Dispatch, MedicineNet.com, FirstScience--and many more. To view them all, google search "Linda Ginzer study."
Immersed in American Barbecue; Scott Shen (right), a first-year Ohio State MSW student, and Jeff Ray, center volunteer, dished up grilled hotdogs at the Beechwold Community Resource Center on Wednesday, November 25, as more than 220 households received turkeys and Thanksgiving groceries over three days. Shen’s service is part of the Social Work 709 course, Poverty in Social Work Practice: An Immersion Approach.
Congratulations to doctoral student Shawn King, who was selected as the 2009 recipient of the Jane B. Aron Doctoral Fellowship from the National Association of Social Workers and received a special projects grant from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues through the American Psychological Association. Both awards supported Shawn's dissertation research that examined the effects on health care services use for midlife and older gay based on factors that enable use of services, need for care, psychosocial stress and coping behaviors that mediate stress. Shawn successfully defended his dissertation earlier this year under the guidance of his faculty advisor, Dr. Virginia Richardson. To read more, click here.
Congratulations to CAP student Dave Simmons, whose outstanding digital story, “Homeless and Helplessly Hopeful” was featured in The Ohio State University’s Summer Workshop 2009 Digital Storytelling Showcase. A digital story is a short (3 – 5 minute) movie which uses images, voice, and music to tell a story. Dave participated in OSU’s Digital Storytelling June workshop, which consisted of intensive story development roundtables and an immersion workshop in digital tools. His finished product is an informative, powerful and compelling narrative on the issue of homelessness. View Dave’s digital story.
Congratulations to BSSW student Elon Simms, the 2009 recipient of the McMurry Citizenship Award. The Citizenship Award, founded by 1960 social work graduate Preston V. McMurry, Jr. of Phoenix, Arizona, honors student athletes with a minimum 3.0 GPA, who best exemplify the idea of "Education for Citizenship" through significant volunteer service to the community. Coaches representing the 36 varsity sports nominated candidates for this award, and a committee of graduate-level social work student leaders selected the recipient.
Read about Elon's service.
Congratulations to MSW students Nicole Jones and Andy Miller who shared their expertise on “Strategies on Engaging Residents for Successful Service Coordination” at the National InCare Conference at the Embassy Suites in Dublin, OH on May 19, 2009. The students worked with their field instructor, Stacy Herman, to develop their presentation on implementing effective practices to engage, assess and develop educational programs with residents living in affordable housing. The presentation included their knowledge gained over the year they spent as field students with National Church Residences.
Congratulations to MSW student Jean McKinnon for the award of “Best Graduate Student Paper” at the 33rd Annual Conference and Meeting of the Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education. Jean's paper is titled, “The Dynamics of Spirituality as a Coping Mechanism within the Aging Community.” Jean is a student of Dr. Holly Dabelko-Schoeny and Dr. Keith Anderson.
Congratulations to Allison Gibson, a graduating senior in the CAP program, who was selected to be honored by Dr. E. Gordon Gee at this year’s President Salute to Undergraduate Academic Achievement dinner. Allison was nominated by the College of Social Work for this prestigious award because of her outstanding academic achievements. Allison has selected Dr. Keith Anderson as the faculty member who will attend the honorary dinner with her.
