2026 Field Breakfast: Celebrating Communities in Social Work

This year’s Field Breakfast Awards championed the hard work and dedication of the college’s many agency collaborators and their vital contributions to the social work profession. Over the past year, the college welcomed an additional 150 agencies, bringing the field office’s robust network to more than 500 invaluable community partners. The program also celebrated over 1,000 active student placements, whose combined efforts totaled approximately 475,000 hours of practice in the community.

Congratulations to all the CSW community members who received awards at the breakfast held on April 10:

Field Agency of the Year: Rocking Horse Community Health Center

BSSW Field Instructor of the Year: Melissa Brundage, Syntero

MSW Field Instructors of the Year: Alison Nolder, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections and Mei-Ling Rivera-Cerezo, The James Cancer Hospital

Co-Instructor of the Year: Melissa Kapp, OSU College of Social Work

Education Coordinator of the Year: Heidi Bowling, Adriel Inc.

Office of Field Education Team Member of the Year:  Emily Watts, OSU College of Social Work