Alumni Office News

Julie (Crouch) Baptiste (MSW'03) is working in California as an LCSW in the emergency department of a local hospital.

Linda Favitta (MSW'05) recently established a private practice. She serves youths, parents, co-parents and couples with special-needs children who are experiencing issues of grief and loss, family dynamics, and self-esteem issues. She also provides clinical supervision to licensed social workers.

Norma Marie Keil Shaw (MSW'78) is a social worker in a subacute rehabilitation facility. She is also President of The Tuesday Musicale of Detroit, an organization that dates back to 1885. Norma plays clarinet in two orchestras as well as performs chamber music in Detroit.

Randy Goon (MSW'68) has retired. Following graduation, he embarked upon a career in hospital psychiatric social work in Ontario and B.C.  He organized a patient self-government program on a psychiatric ward, a cognitive-behavioral and supportive outpatient treatment program, headed an outpatient clinic, taught social welfare policy, and was the social worker on an interdisciplinary team in a special short stay psychiatric assessment program.

Amy Ellwood (MSW'83) was a recent participant at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Summer Institute at Stony Brook University in NY. The faculty development program teaches faculty from various disciplines in science, social science and journalism to distill information about their research and work so that it is easily understood by the general public.

Christine Sauve (MSW'11) attended the first White House National Convening on Immigrant and Refugee Integration in July. She joined leaders from across the country to put forth recommendations for a national immigrant integration plan.

Craig Laurie (MSW'13) and a colleague were awarded a ​$500k federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health for their project,​ "Building a Movement for Michigan Gay-Straight Alliances” (BAMM GSAs)​. As part of Craig's position with the Michigan Organization on Adolescent Sexual Health, he and his team will work to improve health outcomes for LGBTQ youth in Michigan through increased prevalence and capacity of GSAs throughout the state over the next 3 years.

The School of Social Work Alumni Board of Governors is accepting nominations for the Distinguished Alumni Award. The Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes School of Social Work alumni whose achievements exemplify the values of the School of Social Work and who have made an exceptional impact on the profession, the community and/or Social Work education. Nominations are due September 5, 2014.