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When Susan Gershenfeld, PhD ’16, (featured on the right alongside Emily Malamud, a 2013 Illinois graduate and former I-Promise student, now in her fourth year of residency in Pediatric Neurology at Stanford) set out to write her new book What If…Why Not?, her goal was clear: to reach more first-generation college students with practical, holistic […]
School of Social Work alumna Franshandra Owens, MSW, LCSW (MSW ’18), has been selected as the 2025 NASW-Illinois Chapter Social Worker of the Year. Owens is being recognized for her exceptional leadership, advocacy, and commitment to survivor recovery through her work as a clinician at the SIU School of Medicine’s Survivor Recovery Center. In this […]
The School of Social Work is proud to celebrate alumna Jewelry Pouna Keodara (BSW ’22, MSW ’23), who has been named a 2025–2026 Titus and Linda Peachey Peace Fellow with Legacies of War. As part of the fellowship, Jewelry will travel to Laos to witness firsthand the lasting impact of unexploded ordnance (UXO) on local […]
We are thrilled to announce the distinguished recipients of the 2023-2024 International Achievement Awards, a collaboration between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Illinois International Programs Honoring Excellence We are thrilled to announce the distinguished recipients of the 2023-2024 International Achievement Awards, a collaboration between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Illinois International Programs. These […]
Alice Dye is a MSW 2011 alum who is making new strides in leadership in healthcare. Based out of the western part of Chicago, she has become of the first two Social Workers in Advocate Healthcare, a large Chicago healthcare system, to be promoted to manager-level following a recent policy change. Alice now works as […]
Carlos Evans, School of Social Work MSW 2012 alum, has been selected as one of 500 Illinois recipients of the “Those Who Excel & Teacher of the Year Awards” by the Illinois State Board of Education. Carlos has received one of the two Awards of Special Recognition Student Support Personnel. Since 1970, the Illinois State […]
Celebrating the remarkable achievements of our esteemed alumni is a cherished tradition at the University of Illinois. We are delighted to announce Suzanne Koenig, a distinguished graduate of the School of Social Work, as a recipient of the Alumni Achievement Award from the University of Illinois Alumni Association for the year 2023. Suzanne Koenig, BSW […]
Alum Spotlight: Lena Summers Lena Summers (BS, psychology, 2021; MSW, 2022) is a proud Illinois Promise alum. After graduating with a B.S. in psychology and beginning an MSW program at Illinois, she spent her final semester of grad school in a full-time internship working with homeless youth in Seattle, Washington. After graduation, Lena took a position […]
Esteemed University of Illinois School of Social Work alumni, Diana Stroud, MSW ’85, and Dr. William (Bill) Spitzer MSW ’73, PHD ’81, will be inducted into the NASW Foundation’s Social Work Pioneer Program. As social work pioneers, they have made outstanding contributions to the field of social work and have paved the way for future […]