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new group of social work students was initiated into Alpha Delta Mu, the social work honorary society, on November 4, 2007. Friends and family of the new members of Alpha Delta Mu enjoyed brunch and a brief program, which included a talk by Dr. Michael Fendrich, director of the School’s Center for Addiction and Behavioral Health Research. Following welcomes from Deborah Padgett, chair of the Department of Social Work, and Associate Professor Susan Rose, Fendrich spoke to the initiates about the connection between scientists and social workers. Both are problem-solvers who engage in fact finding, observing behavior and collecting data and who may need to develop a theory to help them solve problems, he said. Social
workers need integrity; they cannot simply accept conventional social wisdom as they work with their clients. Instead, they must look for other theories that can help. “Do not be fooled by other scientists, but speak to other social workers to get new ideas,” he said, stressing the importance of paying attention to the world around us in our work. According to Fendrich, it is important to have an element of doubt as we go about our work. Problem solving means finding out what really happened; then social workers can best help their clients. He noted that success is not about pleasing our superiors but more about challenging our teachers, our superiors and ourselves. “If we go about our life in this way,” he said, quoting the rock group the Who, ‘We won’t get fooled again!’”
Membership in Alpha Delta Mu requires an overall grade point average of 3.5 for undergraduate students who are in their senior year and 3.75 for currently enrolled graduate students who have completed two semesters. The following students met those requirements and were initiated into ADM for 2007: Natasha Anderson Michelle Baemmer Amy Bennett Maren Bourelle Chelsie Brandl Nicole Braun Michelle Cornwell Jamie Cox Sandra Crafton Nadia Czarniak Crystal Fiene Kathryn Franher Miho Fujii Rebecca Geppert Andrea Gromoske Lindsay Grooms Kathryn Hamm Catherine Harrison Jennifer HernandezMeier
Megan Higgins Joanna Hopefl Sarah Jungwirth Elizabeth Katz Rachel Kelbert Margaret Knulty Lynette Larsen Jessic Linberts Jane Mackey Brittney Neidhardt Emilie Klusmeyer O-Connor Kelly Ohme Adetoun Omole Janet Patterson Madeline Payton Amy Plettner Jennifer Ramirez Sara Rauch
Amy Roeper Suzanne Roundy-Schmidt Alauna Ruble Dianne Schaller Kristin Scheel Alyssa Schroeder Elizabeth Schultz Nichole Sherman Lara Shoemaker Carolina Solarte Lucia Stubbs Kristy Tweedy Corrie Warning Brenda Wells Tiffany Ware Kathleen Wolfgram Amy Yellick Jessica Zimmerman
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