Important Student Information
Student E-mail Accounts
All Department of Social Work students are required to
have a WestConn e-Mail account. Students are advised to check their e-mail
frequently for announcements and communications including information about
important events, meetings, scholarships, current courses, new courses,
Junior and Senior application deadlines, etc.
The Department will communicate with students ONLY
through the WestConn e-mail system, and not through students' personal
e-mail addresses.
Scholarships and Awards
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SCHOLARSHIPS
AND AWARDS
The Department awards
three scholarships each year to social work majors. All three require
applications. These were created in memory of social work students, who
died while enrolled in the program. The Scott Andrews Memorial
Scholarship is awarded to a returning student who reflects the spirit of
Scott. He embraced life, was sensitive, caring and committed to a career in
social work. Recipients have a demonstrated commitment to helping others as
well as a financial need. Preference is given to students in single parent
families.
The Laura Duffy
Memorial Scholarship
is awarded to a social work student who has demonstrated a life-long
commitment to community services and who embodies the warmth and caring
which Laura personified. This scholarship is administered and awarded by
the Phi Alpha Honor Society, in which Laura was a member.
The Craig Lundwall
Memorial Scholarship
was created in memory of Craig Lundwall, a 1998 graduate of the Department
of Social Work. The award is given to a student who excels academically, is
sensitive and has a passion for social change – all qualities Craig
personified.
The Department of
Social Work recognizes the outstanding senior and outstanding junior each
spring at the School of Professional Studies Student Honors Convocation with
The Beatrice K. Nemzer Student Recognition Awards. The awards are
given based on grade point average, service to the Department and University
and commitment to the profession.
The Alice Fales Social
Work Service Award
is awarded to a graduating Social Work Senior whose service to the Social
Work Program and to fellow students exemplifies key values of the social
work profession –specifically, Service, Competence, Dignity and Worth of the
person, and the Importance of Human Relationships. The award is named in
honor of Alice Fales, Class of 1998, who set a high standard of academic
achievement paired with service-directed activities which furthered both the
success of department projects and supported the advancement of her peers.
The Ray Strolin Social
Justice Writing Competition
The Department of
Social Work sponsors a Social Justice Writing Competition to honor the
memory to the late Ray Strolin, a former adjunct professor in the Department
of Social Work, to affirm our commitment to social and economic justice and
to underscore the definition of Social Work as both an Art and a Science.
Honorees receive a certificate and read their selection at the Annual
Beatrice K. Nemzer Social Work Symposium. A copy of the selected work(s)
will also be shared with the Strolin family.
Phi Alpha Honor
Society, Chi Sigma Chapter,
is a national honor
society for upper-class social work students. Eligibility requirements
include an overall GPA of 3.25 and an average of 3.50 in social work courses
(slightly higher for Juniors), completion of a minimum of 9 credits of
social work courses, and demonstrated excellence of scholarship and
commitment to the profession. Invitation for membership is made by the
Society membership yearly, and an Induction Ceremony is held in the Fall.
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