Professor Janice Furlong Receives BU Metcalf Cup and Prize
Professor Janice Furlong
Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Certificate in Clinical Social Work and Behavioral Medicine Janice Furlong received Boston University’s highest teaching award this year. The Metcalf Cup and Prize citation has this to say: “Exemplary educator, accomplished clinician, and generous mentor to countless students and faculty over the years, Professor Furlong is that rare teacher whose unrelenting devotion to excellence inspires not only the best from her students but the advancement of her field and the art, itself, of instruction.” Stay tuned for more in the next issue of Currents.
In the Field Deb Riggs (’15), Cape Cod Campus As a result of her field experience, Deb Riggs was instrumental in facilitating a Wampanoag tribe cultural awareness workshop on the Cape Cod Campus. Approximately 3,000 members of the tribe still live in New England. The workshop focused on working with Wampanoag families, and, while geared towards students and field instructors, was open to the wider community. Suzie Walker (’16) Online Program, Located in Ohio Suzie Walker is currently completing her advanced field placement at the Women’s Therapeutic Court at the Forensic Psychiatry Center for Western Ohio. The Forensic Psychiatry Center for Western Ohio assists the Municipal, County, and Common Pleas Courts in determining the disposition of cases in which substance abuse, mental illness, emotional disturbance, and maturity may have influenced the defendant/ respondent’s behavior and their ability to participate in Court proceedings, sanctions, or rehabilitation. Allyson Delprino (’16), Charles River Campus Allyson Delprino is a first year clinical student completing her field placement at Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership. She is working with clients who are struggling with hoarding issues and who are at risk for a variety of problems, including eviction.
Off-Campus Program Graduates Forty-one Off-Campus Program students earned their MSW in 2015. Most students live and work in the New Bedford, Fall River, Greater Lowell, and Cape Cod areas. Graduates plan to continue their careers within their home communities. Heather Shruhan, of Brockton, Massachusetts, was the OffCampus Program Graduation Student Speaker.
Eleven Students Present Independent Leadership Projects During Final 2014–15 Lowy-GEM Seminar, Francis G. Frank Prize Winners Announced On April 17, during the final Lowy-GEM (Geriatric Education Model) Seminar for 2014–15, eleven Lowy-GEM Program students presented their Independent Leadership Projects before a panel of three faculty judges who selected winners of the Francis G. Frank Prize. Judges evaluated the quality of the projects and presentations and the contribution to the students’ field agencies or to the field of aging in general. The projects included: Emily Abrams (’15), End of Life Experiences: Identifying and Addressing Needs of Emergency Medicine Physicians Anastasia Beil (’15), A Brochure on Aging and Memory Loss for a Hospital Emergency Department and Evaluation of Patient and Family Experience on an Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry Unit Jessica Boerma (’15), Advance Care Planning Among Diverse Patients in a Chronic Dialysis Unit
Anthony Cephas (’15), Identifying Real Community Needs: Revisiting Conventional Evaluation Outcomes by Applying the Participatory Model of Assessment Shabnam Deriani (’15), Making the Most of your Visits: Interacting with Loved Ones Living with Dementia Leilani Diaz (’15), Intellectual Activity, Social Engagement, and Lifelong Learning as a Model for Healthy Aging through an ESL Class Stephanie Guro (’15), Development of a Stabilization Resource Manual for the Hearth Inc. Outreach Team
Katherine Hunt (’15), Understanding the Similarities and Differences in Hospice and Palliative Care Erica Sawyer (’15), Mental Health Resources for Older Adults: A Survey for Councils on Aging across Massachusetts Marylou Seitz (’15), A Caregiver Profile: Benefits, Challenges and Recommendations for Self-Care Elisa Waltz (’15), Recovery in Mental Illness: A Journey of Hope, Growth and Transformation
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! THIS YEAR’S AWARDEES ARE: EMILY ABRAMS, JESSICA BOERMA, AND LEILANI DIAZ. Boston University School of Social Work
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