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STUDENT SOCIAL WORK ORGANIZATIONS
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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]
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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—