ISU social work student to receive state award
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - The Indiana chapter of the National Association of Social Workers will recognize Indiana State University student Emily Greene of Richmond with the state's first Bachelor of Social Work Student of the Year award Thursday (Oct. 6) at this year's Professional Education Development Conference in Indianapolis.
Peggy Weber, an assistant professor of social work at Indiana State, nominated Greene for the award. After reviewing applications and letters of reference, the state association's executive committee chose Greene as Indiana's first Student of the Year.
A Presidential Scholar, Greene has been active with the Student Social Work Association for four years, the Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society, United Campus Ministries and the National Association of Social Workers Board of Directors. She is a Learning Community peer Assistant and served as a founding officer of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.
"[ISU] has been very generous and supportive of me in my three years here. I have excellent social work professors that have developed a very reputable and challenging social work program," Greene said. "I have full confidence in the social work education I am receiving here at ISU."
Currently an intern at Riley Elementary School in Vigo County, Greene plans to continue work in a public school system as a social worker after obtaining her Master's degree in School Social Work at IUPUI.
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Contact: Robyn Lugar, interim chair, Department of Social Work, Indiana State University, (812) 237-3428 or sklugar@isugw.indstate.edu
Writer: Robyn Armes, intern, ISU Communications and Marketing, (812) 237-3773 or rarmes@indstate.edu
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