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On Campus STUDENT SOCIAL WORK ORGANIZATIONS Please send us a short news article about your group’s activities. Also, send us photos of your club in action—we may even feature you on our front cover! It’s easy to share your club’s activities with our readers. Send your news/photos to: Linda Grobman, ACSW, LSW, Editor/Publisher THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER P.O. Box 5390, Harrisburg, PA 17110-0390 or to [email protected] Greetings From the Phi Alpha Honor Society We are pleased to announce the following 2013 Phi Alpha award winners: Outstanding Advisor of the Year: Robin Walters-Powell, University of Findlay Chapter Service Award: Boise State University Theta Psi, Florida International University Delta Iota, Loma Linda University Iota Pi, Texas A&M University-Central Texas Pi Rho Patty Gibbs Wahlberg Scholarship: 1st place: Kori Bower, Pittsburg State University 2nd place: Sara Francesconi, Creighton University 3rd place: Sophie Anderson, University of Portland Congratulations to all winners, and thank you to all Chapter Advisors who served as judges! The Phi Alpha Poster Board Presentation will take place at the Phi Alpha International meeting in conjunction with CSWE-APM in Dallas, Texas, on November 1. All chapters are encouraged to participate at this national event. Please e-mail the International Office at [email protected] for further information regarding the Poster Board Presentation and other Phi Alpha awards. Kind Regards, Tammy Hamilton, Executive Secretary, [email protected] THE SOCIAL WORK GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICANT’S HANDBOOK Second Edition by Jesús Reyes Now available in Kindle format at Amazon.com AND in print at Amazon.com or shop.whitehatcommunications.com NEW: THE NEW SOCIAL WORKER® Magazine’s Back-to-School Guide for Social Work Students Edited by Linda May Grobman and Karen Zgoda Available in Kindle format at Amazon.com and in other ebook formats at Smashwords.com 22 The New Social Worker Fall 2013 Stroud—continued from page 3 American Red Cross, and a health- and health care-related Speaker’s Bureau. Stroud is a graduate student board representative of the National Association of Social Workers Georgia Chapter and currently volunteers as an Emory Healthcare Patient Family Advocate. Stroud came to the attention of Catherine Ivy, NASW Georgia’s executive director, because of the Outstanding Georgia Citizen award and her recognition by a Resolution passed by the House of Representatives. Since then, says Ivy, Stroud “just stayed in my line of sight. She has shown incomparable leadership potential as compared with most students. She’s a natural leader.” Stroud grew up in a house that has been in her family for a few generations and received her B.A. at the University of West Georgia. Although her world is centered in and around the Peach State, Stroud delighted in co-leading an Educational First Tour for 56 retired senior educators—including her mother—