C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2017

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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School of Social Work

2017Graduation/Convocation

Celebration

Louis A. Brown Athletic CenterLivingston Campus

May 15, 20173:00 p.m.

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ORDER OF EXERCISES

THE PROCESSIONAL Majestic Brass Quintet

GONFALONIER Michael LaSala, M.S.W., Ph.D.Director, D.S.W. Program

and Associate Professor

DEAN’S GREETING Cathryn C. Potter, M.S.W., Ph.D.Dean and Distinguished Professor

OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD Susan Darien, SSW’66

FACULTY AND STAFF HONORS AND AWARDS

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER Richard L. Edwards, M.S.W., Ph.D.Chancellor, Rutgers University – New Brunswick

and Distinguished Professor

PH.D. DISSERTATION AWARD Allison Zippay, M.S.W., Ph.DDirector, Ph.D. Program

and Professor

PRESENTATION OF D.S.W. Michael LaSala, M.S.W., Ph.D.DEGREE CANDIDATES

M.S.W. AWARDS Antoinette Y. Farmer, M.S., Ph.D.Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

and Associate Professor

PRESENTATION OF M.S.W. Laura Curran, M.S.W., Ph.D.DEGREE CANDIDATES Director, M.S.W. Program

and Associate Professor

B.A.S.W. AWARDS Antoinette Y. Farmer, M.S., Ph.D.

PRESENTATION OF B.A.S.W. DuWayne Battle, M.S.W., M.Div., D.Min., Ph.D.DEGREE CANDIDATES Director, Baccalaureate Social Work Program and Associate Professor of Teaching

COMMENCEMENT READER Arlene M. Hunter, M.A. Associate Dean for Student Affairs

FINAL COMMENTS Cathryn C. Potter, M.S.W., Ph.D.

ALMA MATER

THE RECESSIONAL Majestic Brass Quintet

The Recessional will be led by the Dean and the faculty. Students and guests are asked to remain in place until the Recessional is completed.

Please turn off all cellular telephones during the ceremony.

A professional photographer will take pictures of the graduates during the program.

PRESENTATION OF PH.D.DEGREE CANDIDATES

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October 2016

Shuang LuDissertation Chair: Chien-Chung Huang, M.S.W., Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Well-being of Migrant and Left-behind Children in China

May 2017

Denalee M. O’MalleyDissertation Chair: Patricia Findley M.S.W., Dr. Ph. Dissertation Title: Examining the Impact of Diabetic Status on Multiple

Outcomes among Cancer Survivors

PH.D. GRADUATES

2017 MSW GRADUATES

Shahnaz Amira Abdul-HaqqApril L. AbramsLismarie AcevedoMari-Lena AcevedoRoland Al AchtauJesse Wayland Adams IIStanley O. AgwanihuAlesia AhiekporIbn Abdush Musa AhmadAmanda Lee AikensModupe Chisom AiyegbusiAsha Amirah AlexanderIDivine AllahAudrey Nathalie AllicockKristen Loren AlonsoJeffrey Alan AlpertGabrielle AlvarezJackelyn AlvarezAlyssa N. AmabileAnna Marie Amaya

Enaida AndersonMegan Anderson **Catherine Antoine-WalkerAngela Marie AntrilliRuby AparicioAmanda Anne AquitatoJasmarie Carmen ArceJillian R. ArendEvan ArlingtonCaroline Lizbeth ArreagaRoxanna Shayesteh AstJessica Ayala **Camilla Marie BachAlexandra Bachar ** Ω

Chirsteen BadieRebekah Lynne BagacoGerald Bailey **Francois Daniel BaillargeonJulijana BajceskaLysa Baker **

DSW GRADUATES

Michael Deshun BaileyCristina Laura BlasoniMichael Justin BraymanAndrea Jean CalabreseJesselly De La CruzAlejandro FloresTawanda Lynette HubbardMarisol Lado

Michelle LipchockGloria Maritza López-HenríquezGuerdie MichelRuth NormanPenny RubinfineLaurie SuttenbergWendy Winograd

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Monica Mae Baker *Jessica Sara BangelJenise Brianne BanksAndrea E. BaresichMelanie L. BarovickYisela BarraganNikita Keyana BarrettSanjukta BarryJanelle Justine BartleyKelly Marleny Bates **Deitria B. BattleGiulia A. BayukVictoria R. BeaulieuXavier BedwardYazmin Aminah BeeksLindsey Taylor BehrGina Marie BellifemineJillian Melissa BenusJoselyn Ashley BerriosAlia Gabrielle Berry *Sade Sharyn BetheaMargaret F. BilbyYanina Bimbolov *Jenna Nicole BirdyAnthony Stephen Bisti *Bonnie Lynn Black **Jessica Anne BlahowskyChristine Marie BlancoKatie Lynn BlossfeldQuincy M. BloxomSuhail Santos BohórquezKristin Elizabeth BonifaceRachel BorisowAgape Abby BoxmanTimothy John BracagliaVirgdant V. BretónMarcia M. Bristol **Carly Marie BrodskySarah Ann BroisAmanda Michelle Brown *Nicole Alyssa BrownMichael Benjamin BrownbridgeChristina Lynn BruceJessica A. BrumAnita BrunoAngelika Justyna BurdzyNaomi Jane BurrowsAlexander John BykowskiVictoria CabreraJennifer K. CalchiSachini D. CaliStacey A. Callahan

Julianna CalleoKerry Ann CamererLonden Shian CameronCatherine Marie CamisaTara Marie Campbell-MingioneJessica CamposConcetta CardellicchioLindsay CarlsonYanira Noelia CarrionJames Anthony CasadiaKimberley Rose CastroKatherine Emma CelardoLauren Lynn CelonaSharisse CephasSara Megan CerilloLaTrice Nicole ChambersKaitlyn Marie Chandonnet *Dolly Thalia ChaparroJenna P. ChaskelbergColleen ChenYafan ChenConnor Evan ChewAndrea J. ChicaGabriela ChimentoEmily Sarah-Margaret ChristBonita Michelle ChristmasCarol R. ChurginJustin Matthew CianciottoAisha Chandi ClaryChristine Erin CoccaCheryl Nanette CojocarJesse A. CollinsLeslie Andrea ColonElizabeth Ann ConnollyElizabeth Valerie ConnollyElizabeth Ashley ConoverJaclyn Nicole ContiLaura Katherine ConveyAshley Victoria ConyersVictoria Elise CooperKattya Francesca CoralAna Lily CortesKayla Costelloe-LotierzoKatheryn Ann CoyleDelaney M. CroninMilagros W. CruzLaura CurrieCristina Couceiro CurtoJoseph David CzerniawskiDayna Lynn D’AmicoPatrick Shaun DarganAmber Kristina Davis

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Davin Deshawn DavisTheresa Jean DavisVanessa Alejandra Daza-SaavedraTinamarie De GeorgeCarolina De La PazNina Marie DebrotJaclyn Michelle DeCarolisAshley Marie DeitzMelissa Lynn DeJesusCharlene R. DeliaCourtney M. DeMaioJanine DeMartini **Elizabeth Akemi Namba DenninLamayta DennisSuzanne Melissa DePasqualeMichelle C. Derer *Kaylin A. DeSantosRebecka DevalveSusan DevlinJoseph Edward Diacheysn IIAnyelis M. DiazSara Raquel DiazKatelin Anne DiBenedettoSarah Eileen DiGiaimoChristina Lynn DimichinoStephanie Christine DoddsHeather Anderson DonnellySamantha Mara DooleyChalaaya M. DowningMichele Lisa DramisTaryn Michelle DueñesJadaysia DurantRoderick D. EastSusan Yanet EbertsJamie-Lynn J. EldridgeAmanda Paige ElkerNicole Marie EniclericoKathryn Kane EnkhausIlana Nicole EpsteinLessica Lissette EscalaHillary Chelsea EscobozaGilliany Maikiel EstevezVeronica EstevezMounika M. EthanasiossAisha Katrell Evans *Christina Paige Fabris *Patricia FaceyLisa Marie FahySamantha June FalcoMichelle FalliveneStacie L. FanelliSamantha A. FaridRyan Alexander Farr

Randi-Jo FarrellKathleen Frances FayDaniel Eric FeinsteinVanessa FerreiraTurqueya Kamilah Ferren-BeyAlyssa Marie FiedorczykCarmen D. FixEstella Patricia FlezinordZumy Janett FloresMarissa Lee FloreyMarianne Lu FontillasCourtney E. FonzettiMarie Michaelle ForgesChristopher Aaron FormanKerri Lisa FoxLaura Danielle Frauenpreis *Rose Zissy Fried **Samantha Ann FrostAlisha Ann FuinoRoberta Gaban MonteiroMichelle Renee GaffneyKelsey Anne GalbraithAnna Maria GalindezAnthony Nicholas GalloLauren GalvanoBetty Lynn Gannon *Jennifer GarciaLissette GarciaMorgan Leigh GarciaSara Ann Gardiner **Davika GhoorayDiane Lorraine GiancasproSara Elizabeth GiffordLorayna L. GilSheila Marie Gilchrist *Caitlin Marie GilmartinGilda Grace GiovineErin Elizabeth GleasonEmalyn Louise Glenn *Andreia Golden Jacqueline Renee GonzálezJulie GonzalezKaren M. GonzalezJoslainez GonzaloKerry Ann GorbosMelissa Angela GosselinCatherine Leigh GraneyGavin Eric GreenMonesha Ireda GreerDebra Violett GrindstaffDaniela GrinienkoRoss Evan GriswoldJoy Carol Gross *

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Kanani Lynne Grover *Edith GuerraShauntay Nicole GuionsKiersten GuthermanSandra G. GutierrezKathleen Diana GuzmanSuzanne HaggertyArmita HaghshenasNorell M. HamiltonDelilah Sam Harcum-WhiteSteven Hardwick IITara Marie HarkinsJessyca Simone HarperAntonio Dion Harris **Clarissa Elizabeth HarwellJaveria HassanShayla Elyssabeth HatcherGilliann Faith HavertySonia Marisa Haynes **Ciara Leigh HebertCatherine HeizerJuli Ann HencoskiKelly Ann HennebryCristina P. Hernandez *Elizabeth Hernandez **Chalyn HicksonBrittany C. HigginsLorena HincapieKari Michelle HiraldoLacy-Jo Caitlin HoffmanStephanie HolguinRachel Lea HolzbergVanessa B. HosephrosJessica Rae HubbsErika HurtadoRaheela Tabassum HussainHamid ImamAbdulMaalik Ibn JacksonShakora Mae JacksonAdam Robert JaegerShweta JainJosbeth JeanKristina Jeanty **Mabell Indhira Jimenez *Amanda Marie JiosiJennifer Marie JobesJasmin JohnBrittany Shabree JohnsonCasey Scott Johnson **Deborah Ann JohnsonLindsay Ann JohnsonPriscilla Adebayo JohnsonRonique Carry Johnson *

Caitlin Bradshaw JonesMonique LaShell Jones *Lisa Naomi JosephFleurette Marie JulesCatherine Donnelly JungHalimatou KabaJacob Julius KafkaJaime Lynn KaiserAliza Ilanit KaplanEmily KeenanKristen M. KellerRyan Frances KellySarah Marilyn KellySamantha Kennedy-WellsRachel Marie KerlenSam Arab KhazaelSamantha Lynn KiferLora Amy KimballAlyssa Janel Kimbrough **Lolitta Ann KirbyMaryana KleynJaslyn KochharJennifer T. KoehlerShawna Clarice KohnSamantha Emily KralleLauren Rae KretzmerEmma Rose KrugAlla Krutyansky *Hannah Marie KucksRachel Marie KuikenJennifer T. KurdylaDiana LaboyRachael LackayElise LamadieuNiyah Janee’ LamarPhyzna LamartineArtemis Deanna LambrianouNancy J. LangNorah Elizabeth LangweilerJoanne R. LaushLuz N. LavadoAbril Fabiola LazaroIvona LazarovskaWendy Jay LazarusRayshawn John LedetDaniel Seong LeeKevin Christopher LeeLissette LeeJeremy Lees *Justin Ryan Leonard *Mabel LeonardoStephanie M. LeonettiArthur Daniel Levin

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Mira Peyser Levine **Diana LevyJodi LewisCristen Margaret LimDonna Lynne LimmertSarah Anne LindsayMelissa Ann LiquoriAva Marie LittrealJennifer LivingstoneMarītsa Loaiza-DuenasKatherine Elizabeth LoaneGila Azar LoBueBianca Marie LopezJennifer Marie Lott *Nancy Sue LouisTheresa Ann LourieChava Miriam Lowy **Carol Leslie Loyd *Angelina R. LunaNikki Joanne LynchTiffany Danielle MackDeborah MaioranoJosue MalaveReema Rakhee MalhotraAshley Marie MandatoMichael A. ManfreadySandile C. ManziniSusan Elizabeth MaranoRaquel Adriana MaravillaAllison Nicole MarcusLauren R Marimon **Michelle MarmolAshley Christine MarshKrystin Elizabeth MartinCarolina P. MartinezSamantha MartinezVanessa MartínezShawn K. MathaiKiamarae MathesMelissa A. Matthews *Allison Marie Maull *Amanda Lynne Maurone *Brandon Patrick MaxwellMackenzie Leigh McDermottShakira McDonaldJessica McFarlaneRebecca Anne McGuireCourtney Elizabeth McHughDerrick Tarron McKieAshley Ann McMillenBrittany Nicole MedinaGieshala Medy *

Loraine R. MegaroMelissa B. MejiaKathleen M. Melady-ConwayRochel Teichman Mendlowitz *Melissa MendozaEfrain Jose MercadoGuerdie MichelTina Anne Mikes **Xavier Denise MillerSamantha Kay MillsUlander MiottKia Kali Mitchell *Ellington Duke MollieDanielle MonacoJoseph Anthony Monforto IIILisa L. MonkAracelis M MontalvoJacob William MooneyJohnice Aeida Yvette Moore *Johanna H. Moore-ValverdeMarika Peta-Gay MorrisNicole Catherine MortTamaira J. MortimoreAdam Jeremy MoscowitzAlexa Winifred MoubarakSusan Mrsic *Alafau M. Muafono **Arlene Maria MunozJillian Mary MurphyVictor Murray **Rania MusallamChelsey MuscatelloCatherine Dorothy MykytiukAmber L. NavaraDenese M. Neide ** Ω

Aleksandra Nesterova **Thomas G. NewmanElester Joyce Gontenas NicolasAlejandro NietoSamantha Saint NogueraCharlie Demetrius NorrisKimberly NunezEugene Joseph O’BrienPaul Kwadwo Ohene Boboli *Rebecca Lynne Ohlson **Stephanie Adaobi OkoyeSusan Linda Oliff *Tanay Lakeisha OliverJennifer Esther OlszykAmanda OnibudoDaysi I. OrellanaNaomi Ortiz

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Deloras Lillie PaganJován Christian PagánJamie Reyes PagdonsolanNicole PaivaKerstin Julia PalloTara Judith PalmaPatricia Sienna Sherice PalmerVincent Salvatore Paolillo Jr.Francesca Papillon *Minna ParkAlexa Morgan ParksJuana Rosa Parraga-VidaurreRichard David Pasciuto **Esmeira PaulinoKayla Marie PayneKimberly Ann PeckNathalie Michel PeckStephanie Amanda PedrickLucia G. PenaKatherine Samantha PenaherreraKeyue PengJulia Elizabeth PennickAmanda May PereiraAngela Nicole PereiraJessica Dos Santos PereiraMelany L. Perez-EstevaCarl Perry Jr.Lacey Jean PetersonChristine Anna PetitBrianna Sarafino PetroneHelen PetrosyanStephanie Moss Peyton **Lauren Claire PharaohIlean Phillips **Victoria Renee PhranerDylan PidgeonMelanie Angel PierceWoolianna PierreChristina Pierre-NoelHolly Anne PolakiewiczDelores Guillermina PontonCaitlin Patricia PorterJori Lynn Procaccini *Marianna ProctorVictoria ProtoJulianna Maria ProvenzanoClarice J. PulcineSharifya O. QuinonesHena Mateen QureshiMaura Ryan RaffertyAshley Teresa RamosDesiree Ramos

Jonathan RamrupGregory D. RatcliffDawn M. ReaganAlison Michelle RedaAlyssa Marie Refolo *Suzanne Marie Reichwein **Natasha L. ReisnerEboné A. RelifordErika Alexandra RepoliGraciela Alejandra ReyesAddam Scott ReynoldsCarolyn Mary Reynolds *Endgie Barbara ReynoldsJhonel RichardsNicole Marie Richardson **Sherrie RichardsonFabienne RichemeBrittany Lynn RittermanShana Liani RiveraMansoor Ali RizviNatalie Grace RobertsonCharlene Michelle RobinsonSharifa Monica RobinsonDomenique Marie RodriguezBrooke Ashley RomanKelly Eileen Rooney *Matthew Jose RosadoDenise June RoseKayla D. RosenbergAimée N. Ross **Kelly Anne Ross *Shaniqua Desireé Marie RoyalYumnah S. Saad *Jodi Michelle SainiSamantha Jade SaksMonica Lee SalermoMaria Theresa SalernoJacqulean Ann SalibDiana SalvaticoAshley N. SanguinettiGloribel SantiagoManyori SantiagoTanya Santucci-MuehterSilver D. SaporitoMatthew Robert Scheuer *Rosalind Emma SchickSara Elizabeth SchneiderDonna Joseph Schuyler **Marcus J. ScruggsTaylor B. SeligRobin Lynne ShaferTheresa Francine Sharin **

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* October 2016 graduate** January 2017 graduateΩ degree awarded posthumously

Candidate list is correct as of April 24, 2017.

Alyson Regina SharkeyNittu SharmaThomas Andrew SheaJanessa Latoya ShealyMichelle SheppardCaitlin Elizabeth Sheridan **Lisa Nicole Siehl *Jacqueline Marie SmallDanyell Tysher Smith-Ekhaguere **Colleen Joann SnowStephanie Arielle SolomonVanessa Marlene SortoNicole SotoAmanda Gail SpencerNarisse SpicerGayle K. SteinEvangelia Maria StoneLaura J. StoneIshwari Store **Margaret Porter StrasleMelanie Jean SudiaImtisal Yasin TabbassumErica I. TaitSumer LaVern Tatum-ClemDana Elizabeth TaylorShaina Kelsey TehlikianRachel TeicherJenna Victoria TemperaErica Bianca TennantKatrina Amelia Tenor **Brooke-Rose Ashley Tharp *Kelly Ann TiffanyFaheemah B. TillmanTacquaya Marie TobiasFatima Lourdes TobonKatarzyna Maja ToczylowskaCamilo Jose TorresSarah Elizabeth TraceyErica Lyn TraupmanOlivia M. TrocheStefanie Ann TufaroBreanna Nicole TurnerAnah UkpereTaylor UzzellDanielle Brittany VaillancourtGina Elizabeth VallimontRebecca Lynn Van Der HornMario Vargas *Erica Sophia VazquezChristina G. VegaNatalia Andrea VelandiaVictoria Ann VeninataMonica Vera *

Patrick Alexandro VeraKarissa Linae ViebeckPhilip James ViebeckSamantha Jo ViscusoVanessa VolneSara Marie von BartheldDouglas Amar WaldenDaMonique Lashall WalkerErin Rose WalkerRoshanara WalliAshley WalshPaul Michael WanagielNaketta Tonyail Watkins-Ward *Haslyna Andrea Watson **Liesa WatsonElizabeth Frances WeaverSherri L. Webster *Sloane Weinstein *Eden S. WeissXin WenRechelle Wennette West **Megan E WhalenDonyea Chantell WheelerCecelia A. WilliamsDesireè Dijour WilliamsDiamond WilliamsEbonee Laticia Williams **James WilliamsJaslyn Marie WilliamsTempestt Alexandra WilliamsBriana Michelle WillsKristen Raven WilsonBrittany Nicole Woods-TurnerSusan Kathleen Woomer *Katherine Ann WordenDerek Nicholas WorlockVanessa YamucaAlexandra Yannelli **Yunyu YeSejin Yeh **Kelly Ann YutzGabriella Zajzon-MayerKaren Jazmin ZambranoSharon ZarateGlenda J. ZavalaAlaina Louise Zielezinski

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ANTICIPATED OCTOBER 2017 MSW GRADUATES

Frannia AddoAnnette Tolulope AkibayoLillian Helen AlexanderAndea AlfordSilvia AlmeidaPriscilla BarnettSheree BooneMarlene BorgesTracy BowmanKarima F. BoydHugh BrownBrittany BrusbergMaria CafferataDemetra CargarAngel Jean Chirico Irene ClarkRandall Edward ClarkAnjennett Regina Corry Katherine Lynn CostelloSharon CoyleRosemarie Cuevas Amy Damele Beatriz De La EspriellaAlyssa De SanteKaitlin DeptulaApril DigiannantonioNeil DuffyEsther EduseiAlana EngelAndrea Nicole FelicettaDavid Nicholas FerraroDina FioreKristine Lee FredericksdorfArturo FuentesLarissa GallucciAlma D. GarciaPaulina GastelumTia Richelle GayThomas GeiselCarl GoepfSharon GoldeyKayla Annese GrahamChristopher HadfieldMegan Elizabeth HemmannChristine Ruth Holihan BootheMary HoltTiffany HornLily Ya-ling HuangSam Adam HusthArleen JacobyClara L. Javier

Miraida JavierAlthea JohnMarie JulesCaitlin KennyAmelia KhalilMichael KhanDanielle Marie KitchenJanet Marie Kleckley PorterRodh Joseph La MotheJessica LaxStephanie Reneé Lee Sarah LivingstoneGeoffrey LloydDavid M. LutzkyKristen ManataAlyssa Jean MarmoNicole MattiaJillian Lee McGuireStephen MejiasJulie MillerDiana Caterine MirandaMichelle Theresa MorabitoEstefany MorelWanda Mule’Renee NemethAyesha NoelLauren Theresa O’ TooleJennifer PaganRosetta ParterAngelica PerazaMarisa PisanoJasmine PowellShasha RandallErica Sabrina Rattray-St. JeanAltchie RedischDaylegi ReinosoMatthew Charles RemingtonCicely RendlemanYenda D. ReyesKelly RivadeneyraEric D. Robinson Jr.Gail RyanLady Margarita SantanaGloria Rae Scaruzzi Margaret SchantzGlorious Ali ShabazzCarol ShuApril SigodaJonathan SilgalsJessica Siniscalchi Barbara Siqueira

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NEW BRUNSWICK CAMPUS

Stephanie AcevedoBlerta BaholliJasmine BarbozaKristen BarlicsAngela BasaneseKaitlyn Bedard

Elizabeth BinsteinBrandi BlackshearChristopher BowenClaudia BrevesChrissto CanalesBridget Carr

2017 BASW GRADUATES

Angeline Neejay AcquahPorcha Marie BaylorYehudah N. Ben-YaaqovRebecca R. CarterChardè L. ColemanCachet CookTatiana A. CouncilJordan Elise Grace CrawleyRaymond William CunninghamAlicia M. DarcyTianna Janay DowClara Anne FayerKaysie Alexandria GettyAshley M. GleasonBrittany Leigh GraeberImani Brianna HayesNicole Alexandria HaynesVictoria Ann HeifetJordan Evans HernickHeather R. HouserChristina Beth HudakChanté J. JohnsonDerrick Johnson **Erykah N. Jones *

Elisabel LaluzChristine L. MagaņaAnthony Maio *Israel Musa MansarayLauren Elizabeth Michelfelder *Alexandra Melissa NunezBrittany Renee O’BrienMaria Violet PerdunnEbony M. PoeWood J. Polynice *Radha PrabakaranRodney M. Satterfield IILindy R. SchallerLauren D. Sigman **Maura R. SimoneAmanda Jane SimsAlisha D. SingletonNaombi R. StarlingVirginia Marie TillLauren Lynn WeastKelly Anne WelshDeborah A. YeagerElyssa C. ZarnochHailey Morgan Zitterman

CAMDEN CAMPUS

Sumer SmithErnest SmithenSully Anette SotoTrisha StewartRodney SturgisChristine SullivanDavid SuroGail Sylvester-JohnsonDymir TatemAmanda ThorpeKatie TorsielloAndrea TreadwellJay Andrew Tunnicliffe

Jarrett Van OllefenPedro VicenteMichelle WallEmily Christine WalshChristina WardMarsha WatsonMargaret WelchRayna WengMeghan WheelerDawn WillisAshley WoodApril Tessa Young - DiPietroKristi Zybulewski

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* October 2016 graduate** January 2017 graduate

Tiffany CorteseCarmen CortezAndrea DavisGina DeFabritisAnna DeliaCelia DensonRosanna DiazAlize Duncan *Ada FloresMaria FodaliRachel FromeTaylor GarzoneCassandra GrodRebecca GuardadoCatherine HendersonJessica HernandezCatherine JaegerDemond JamesRaven JenersonQuynetta JohnsonCheyanne JuddPenelope KingDarieana LaudAbraham LinaresPatricia LouisMarissa MaldonadoAndrea MarabutoEmily MarcusKiarra MarshallLeslie MataTaylor MillerIan Nahan

Kimberlee NoordykSamantha NotaroKathleen OlsonNafeesa OnqueElizabeth ParkerJoann PaulJennifer Peralta-HerreraKayla PetersYohana PisabajThelma PleitesNicole RedwoodJessica ReyesSabrina RiddickTheresa RiordanHilka RiveraAmanda RodeKatelyn RogozinskiMonika RynkowskiKiersten SaboJaylene SarmientoKareem SingletonKarly SkerbetzViktorija SpasovaAriel StephanickJessica SzaboJulia WaldmanTrisha WelsnAlethia Wright-Levels

Monique LaShell JonesCarol Leslie Loyd

DUAL DEGREE IN DIVINITY AND SOCIAL WORK

Jackelyn AlvarezAlyssa AmabileSachini CaliCatherine HeizerHannah KucksCarol Loyd

Aging Certificate Melissa MejiaJohanna Moore-ValverdeHelen PetrosyanCaitlin SheridanSejin Yeh

Jacqueline Marie SmallPhilip James Viebeck

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Violence Against Women and Children Certificate

Asha AlexanderCaroline ArreagaRoxanna AstAlia BerryYanina BimbolovAgape BoxmanSarah BroisChristina BruceNaomi BurrowsKerry CamererLonden CameronCatherine Camisa Yafan ChenGabriela ChimentoElizabeth Dennin Michelle DererSara DiazStephanie DoddsSamantha DooleyJadaysia DurantJamie-Lynn EldridgeNicole EniclericoTurqueya Ferren-BeyShauntay GuionsSuzanne HaggertyAliza Kaplan

Kristen KellerRyan KellyMaryana KleynJennifer Kurdyla*Niyah LamarNancy LangAbril Lazaro*Lissette Lee Jodi LewisReema MalhotraMackenzie McDermottMarika MorrisSamantha NogueraSusan OliffAmanda OnibudoFrancesca PapillonKimberly PeckJulia PennickChristine PetitBrianna PetroneVictoria Phraner Holly PolakiewiczDelores PontonSharifya QuinonesDomenique RodriguezAimee Ross

April Abrams Camilla BachVictoria BeaulieuJillian BenusQuincy BloxomJessica Brum*Jennifer CalchiKimberley CastroJesse CollinsLaura ConveyVictoria CooperKayla Costelloe-Lotierzo Milagros CruzMelissa De JesusMarie ForgesErin GleasonJaveria HassanLauren KretzmerDaniel LeeCristen LimJennifer LivingstoneJosue MalaveCourtney McHugh

Aging and Health CertificateBrittany MedinaJoseph MonfortoCatherine MykytiukElester Jo NicolasEugene O’ BrienDaysi OrellanaEsmeira PaulinoKeyue PengAngela PereiraLauren Pharaoh*Christina Pierre-NoelAddam Reynolds*Denise RoseMaria SalernoRosalind SchickTaylor UzzellVictoria VeninataSamantha ViscusoErin Walker*Gabriella Zajzon-Mayer

* Aging Fellowship

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Roland AchtauJesse AdamsRebekah BagacoMelanie BarovickNikita BarrettLindsey BehrGina BellifemineRachel BorisowCarly BrodskyMichael BrownbridgeJames CasadiaEmily ChristElizabeth A. ConnollyJaclyn ContiDayna D’AmicoRebecka DevalveAmanda ElkerKathryn Enkhaus Patricia FaceyKerri FoxKerry GorbosRoss GriswoldKelly HennebryCristina HernandezAbdulMaalik JacksonShweta Jain

Josbeth JeanJennifer JobesSamantha Kennedy-WellsLolitta KirbyRachael Lackay Ivona LazarovskaSusan Marano Jessica McFarlaneTamaira MortimoreJennifer OlszykStephanie Pedrick Lucia PenaKatherine PenaherreraJessica PereiraDylan PidgeonEbone RelifordNatalie RobertsonAshley SanguinettiColleen SnowErica TaitShaina TehlikianPaul WanagielDonyea WheelerJames WilliamsTempestt Williams

Addiction Counselor Training Certificate

Nittu SharmaEvangelia StoneMelanie SudiaJenna TemperaSara Von BartheldAshley Walsh

Eden WeissDesiree` WilliamsKristen Wilson

*Violence Against Women and Children Verizon Wireless HopeLine Scholar

Stanley AgwanihuIbn Abdush AhmadAmanda AikensAudrey AllicockAlyssa AmabileAngela AntrilliJasmarie ArceJanelle BartleyXavier BedwardYazmin BeeksQuincy BloxomAnita Bruno

Human Services Management Certificate

Naomi BurrowsStacey CallahanChristine CoccaLeslie ColonDelaney CroninPatrick DarganJamie-Lynn EldridgeVeronica EstevezKathleen Fay Anthony GalloSara GiffordVanessa Hosephros

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Camden ChapterChristina Hudak – PresidentKaysie Getty – Vice PresidentAlicia Darcy – TreasurerClara Fayer - SecretaryHailery Zitterman – Public Relations

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK BASW STUDENT ASSOCIATIONNew Brunswick ChapterBlerta Baholli – PresidentSamantha Notaro – Vice PresidentCatherine Henderson – TreasurerRebecca Guardado - Secretary Cheyanne Judd - Events Coordinator

DuWayne Battle, Associate Professor of Teaching – Faculty Advisor

Francois Baillargeon - ChairmanEmalyn Glenn - 2016 Co-Chair

Katie Loane - TreasurerJenise Banks - Secretary

Lauren Pharaoh - Communication Representative Simone Snyder - Community Liaison

Davika Ghooray - Mentor Program CoordinatorJenna Chaskelberg - 2nd Year Clinical Student Representative

Quincy Bloxom - Second-Year Management & Policy (MAP) RepresentativeSarnya Kunchithapatham - First-Year Representative

Marian Diksies, Associate Professor of Teaching – Faculty Advisor

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK MSW STUDENT ASSOCIATIONExecutive Council

Hamid ImamDeborah JohnsonCaitlin JonesJaime KaiserJaslyn KochharAbril LazaroDaniel LeeKevin LeeLissette Lee Diana LevyCristen LimSandile ManziniKrystin MartinVanessa MartinezShakira McDonaldAlexa MoubarakCatherine MykytiukElester Jo Nicolas

Alejandro NietoJovan PaganKerstin PalloJuana Parraga-VidaurreVictoria Phraner Jonathan RamrupAlison RedaAddam ReynoldsEndgie ReynoldsNittu SharmaNicole SotoLaura StoneChristina VegaPatrick VeraErin WalkerRoshanara WalliKristen Wilson

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ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Richard L. Edwards, Ph.D.

Richard L. Edwards came to Rutgers as Dean of the School of Social Work in August 2005. Since then, he has served Rutgers as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and as Interim President. In 2012, he was appointed Interim Chancellor and in 2014 he was appointed Chancellor of Rutgers–New Brunswick.

In a career spanning over 50 years, Edwards served as a social worker in mental health and child welfare settings. In higher education, he served as a BSW Program Director, Director of Field Education, and as Acting Dean. He has served as Deans at Case Western Reserve University’s Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences and at the School of Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). At UNC, he also served as Interim Provost and he was named Alumni Distinguished Professor of Social Work.

Edwards has been a visiting professor at Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, and Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada, and served as a consultant for the Soros Foundation’s Open Society Institute on the development of gerontology education for professionals in 18 central and eastern European countries. In 2008, Edwards spent several weeks at Ben Gurion University in Israel as a Fulbright Senior Specialist.

From 1989 to 1991, Edwards was president of the National Association of Social Workers. Edwards is the author of a number of articles and book chapters and is author or editor of several books. He was editor-in-chief of the 19th edition of the Encyclopedia of Social Work, published in 1996. He serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals and served for several years as associate editor for North America for Social Work Education: The International Journal. Currently, Edwards is the editor-in-chief of Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership and Governance.

Edwards has been honored as a distinguished alumnus by the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, where he received his master’s degree in social work, and the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy at the State University of New York at Albany, where he earned his Ph.D. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Augustana College in Illinois.

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Ayse Akincigil, M.A., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Edward Alessi, M.S.W., Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Mary Beth Ali, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Coordinator of Field Education

Beth Angell, M.S.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Faculty Chair

Wen (Vivien) Li Anthony, M.S.W., Ph.D.Assistant Professor

V. DuWayne Battle, M.S.W., M.Div., D.Min., Ph.D.Associate Professor of Teaching, Coordinator of the Camden Program and Director of theBaccalaureate Program

Doug Behan, M.S.W.Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Director of Continuing Education

Natalie Bembry, M.S.W., M.A.Teaching Instructor and Assistant Director of Student Affairs

Mariann Bischoff, M.S., M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Coordinator of Field Education

Marla Blunt-Carter, M.S.W.Assistant Professor of Professional Practice

Emily Adlin Bosk, M.S.W., Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Charles Chear, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Assistant Director of Student Affairs

Stephen Crystal, M.A., Ph.D.Distinguished Research Professor

Laura Cuesta, M.A., Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Laura Curran, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Director of the MSW Program

Rebecca Davis, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Director, Center for Global Social Work

Ericka Deglau, M.S.W., Ph.D.Professor of Teaching and Director of the Intensive Weekend Program

Marian Diksies, M.A., M.S.W.Associate Professor of Teaching and Director of Student Affairs

Jacquelynn Duron, M.S.W., Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Richard L. Edwards, M.S.W., Ph.D.Distinguished Professor and Chancellor, Rutgers – New Brunswick

Antoinette Y. Farmer, M.S., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Patricia Findley, M.S.W., Dr.P.H.Associate Professor and Coordinator, Newark MSW Program

Jerry Floersch M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Emily Greenfield, M.S., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Aging Certificate Program

Anna Haley-Lock, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Bernardo Hiraldo, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Associate Director of Field Education

Lorraine Howard, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Field Education Coordinator

Chien-Chung Huang, M.S.W., Ph.D.Professor and Director of the Huamin Research Center

Miriam Jaffe, M.A., Ph.D.Teaching Instructor and Co-Director of the Doctorate in Social Work Writing Program

Myungkook Joo, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Rupa Khetarpal, M.A., M.S.W. Assistant Professor of Teaching and Coordinator, VAWC Certificate Program

Jeounghee Kim, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Becca Klaver, M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D.Instructor, Doctorate in Social Work Writing Program

Max Kleinman, M.A., M.S.W.Associate Professor of Professional Practice

Jeanne Koller, M.S.W., Ph.D.Teaching Instructor and Program Coordinator, M.S.W. Aging & Health Certificate

Mark Lamar, M.S.W., M.B.A.Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Executive Director of Field Education

FACULTY

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FACULTY

Michael LaSala, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Director of the Doctoral (D.S.W.) Program

Eric Lock, M.A.Associate Teaching Professor

Jeffrey Longhofer, M.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Michael MacKenzie, M.S., M.S.W., M.A., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Raymond Sanchez Mayers, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Judith McCoyd, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Sarah McMahon, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center on Violence Against Women and Children

Christine Morales, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Assistant Director of Recruitment and Admissions

Felix Muchomba, M.P.H., Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Shari L. Munch, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Sara Munson, M.S.W.Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Executive Director of the Institute for Families

Lenna Nepomnyaschy, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Lia Nower, J.D., Ph.D. Professor and Director, Center for Gambling Studies and Co-Director of the Addiction Counselor Training Certificate Program

Kerrie Ocasio, M.S.W., Ph.D.Assistant Research Professor

N. Andrew Peterson, M.A., Ph.D.Professor and Director of The Center for Prevention Science

Sara Plummer, M.S.W., Ph.D.Assistant Professor of Teaching and Assistant Director of the Baccalaureate Program

Judy L. Postmus, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor and Director of the Center on Violence Against Women and Children

Cathryn C. Potter, M.S.W., Ph.D.Dean and Distinguished Professor

Kathleen Pottick, M.S.W., M.A., Ph.D.Professor

Kristen Gilmore Powell, M.S.W., Ph.D.Assistant Research Professor and Associate Director of The Center for Prevention Science

Ronald Quincy, M.A., Ph.D.Professor of Professional Practice

Ramesh Raghavan, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Associate Dean for Research

La’Tesha Sampson, M.P.A., M.S.W.Instructor and Associate Director, ACT Certificate Program

Nancy Schley, M.S.W.Assistant Professor of Teaching and Associate Director of Field Education

Rachel Schwartz, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Director of Online MSW Programs

Gina Sharpe, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Assistant Directorof Continuing Education

Darcy Siebert, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Cassandra Simmel, M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

Karun Singh, M.S.W., Ph.D.Professor of Teaching

Amy Strickler, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Assistant Director of the Intensive Weekend Program

Trinay Thomas, M.S.W.Teaching Instructor and Associate Director of Field Education

Emmy Tiderington, M.S.W., Ph.D.Assistant Professor

Donna Van Alst, M.S.W., Ph.DAssistant Research Professor and Director of Research - IFF

William Waldman, M.S.W.Professor of Professional Practice and Executive in Residence

Allison Zippay, M.S.W., Ph.D.Professor and Director, Ph.D. Program

Karen Zurlo, M.B.A., M.S.W., Ph.D.Associate Professor

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS

Cathryn C. Potter, M.S.W., Ph.D.Dean

Antoinette Y. Farmer, M.S., Ph.D.Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Ramesh Raghavan, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Dean for Research

Arlene M. Hunter, M.A. Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Sharon Fortin, M.H.R.M.Associate Dean for Administration and Finance

Allison Zippay, M.S.W., Ph.D.Director, Ph.D. Program

Michael LaSala, M.S.W., Ph.D.Director, D.S.W. Program

Laura Curran, M.S.W., Ph.D.Director, Master’s of Social Work Program

Ericka Deglau, M.S.W., Ph.DDirector, Intensive Weekend Program

Rachel Schwartz, M.S.W.Director, Online M.S.W. Programs

V. DuWayne Battle, M.S.W., M.Div., D.Min., Ph.D. Director, Baccalaureate Social Work Program

Mark Lamar, M.S.W., M.B.A.Executive Director of Field Education

Marian Diksies, M.A., M.S.W.Director, Student Affairs

Sara Munson, M.S.W.Executive Director, Institute for Families

Lia Nower, Ph.D., J.D.Director, Center for Gambling Studies

Rebecca Davis, M.S.W., Ph.D.Director, Center for Global Social Work

N. Andrew Peterson, M.A., Ph.D.Director, Center for Prevention Science

Judy L. Postmus, M.S.W., Ph.D.Director, Center on Violence Against Women and Children

Chien-Chung Huang, M.S.W., Ph.D.Director, Huamin Research Center

Erin Capone, M.S.W.Director of Development

Aimee LaBrie, M.A., M.F.A., M.L.S.Director of Communications

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OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARDS

Dean's Award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation

Dean's Recognition Award to an Outstanding MSW Graduate

Dean’s Recognition Award to an Outstanding Student in Management and Policy

Dean’s Recognition Award to an Outstanding Student in Clinical Social Work

Dean’s Recognition Award to an Outstanding BASW Graduate

Brian C. Wright Award to a BASW Graduate

FACULTY AND STAFF AWARDS

Outstanding Professor

Most Supportive Professor

Innovative and Creative Teaching Award

Outstanding Adjunct Instructor Award

Outstanding Doctoral Student Instructor Award

Most Supportive Staff Person

OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD

Susan Darien, SSW ’66

PROMOTING SOCIAL JUSTICE AND ADVOCATING POSITIVE SOCIAL CHANGE ARE CORNERSTONES OF THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION AND THE NASW SOCIAL WORK CODE OF ETHICS. Each of us can affect social change by voting. Today we are providing the opportunity for graduates and guests to register to vote in NJ’s upcoming elections. The Andrew Goodman Foundation has a table near the main entrance where you may register to vote today.

THE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION Andrew Goodman and two of his contemporaries were young adults committed to equality, voting rights and social justice – they died fighting for those very commitments during Freedom Summer 1964. Vote Everywhere is the Foundation’s nonpartisan program established to strengthen democracy by leading long-term voter engagement, public policy and social justice initiatives.

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HISTORY AND MISSIONOF THE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

Established in 1954, the School of Social Work at Rutgers has a distinguished record of instruction, research, and public service. Classes were first offered during the Depression to meet the state’s need for social workers.

Today, the School offers undergraduate and graduate professional degree programs, serving the Camden, Newark, and New Brunswick campuses, and is affiliated with more than 800 social service agencies throughout the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area. The School offers joint degrees with the Rutgers Law School and with the Princeton Theological Seminary.

The School’s mission is to develop and disseminate knowledge through social work research, education, and training that promotes social and economic justice and strengthens individual, family, and community well-being in this diverse and increasingly global environment of New Jersey and beyond.

Special attention is given to the development of educational programs and community partnerships that respect and enhance the rich diversity of the population of New Jersey. This includes concern about the poor, the oppressed, those vulnerable to discrimination or injustice, and other at-risk groups.

In 2010, the accreditation of the School of Social Work was reaffirmed through the year 2018.

ALMA MATER

On the Banks of the Old Raritan

From far and near we came to Rutgers,And resolved to learn all that we can;And so we settled down,In that noisy college town,On the banks of the old Raritan. Refrain:On the banks of the old Raritan (my friends)Where old Rutgers evermore shall stand,For has she not stood Since the time of the flood,On the banks of the old Raritan.

Then sing aloud to Alma MaterAnd keep the scarlet in the van’For with her motto highRutgers’ name shall never dieOn the banks of the old Raritan.(Refrain)

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2016 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Against All Odds: The Joan Geraci Memorial Endowed ScholarshipConstantia Burt-Dixon

Alumni Association of the School of Social Work Endowed FellowshipLinnea Luzzo

Katherine Worden

Dorothy Cartun Amdurer Memorial FellowshipJulianne Gonnelli

Becky Liken

Yetta H. and Hyman Appel Scholarship Kristin Boniface

Londen CameronJessica Campos

April DigiannantonioSamantha Frost

Erin Gleason

Sam HusthEmily KeenanMinna ParkDana Taylor

Tacquaya TobiasElizabeth Weaver

Boehm Memorial Fund

Junie Escarment

William Neal Brown Memorial FellowshipReema Malhotra

Kenneth Christmon Memorial ScholarshipMaria Fodali

Marcia Cohen and Mark Forman Memorial AwardJacob Kafka

Douglas Walden

Darien Family Endowed Fellowship for the School of Social WorkElizabeth DenninLarissa Gallucci

Kathleen Guzman

Dean’s Academic Excellence Award

Andrea BrownJenna Chaskelberg

Amber DavisKhadijah Davis

Elizabeth Gorrell

Kia MaconShawn MathaiKaylan MichasNathalie PeckDesiree Ramos

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Dean’s Scholarship

Lismarie AcevedoMari-lena Acevedo

Jesse AdamsModupe AiyegbusiGabrielle Alvarez

Alexis AyalaRosa BarnhillJanelle Bartley

Yonetta BloomfieldJamie Boschee

Stephanie BrainNijjah BrownRyan Bullard

Angelika BurdzyDana Caputo

Lauren CelonaCharmaine Chadden

Yafan ChenLeslie Colon

Elizabeth ConoverCristina Couceiro

Dashe CountsCollette Crines

Jonathan CroweMilagros Cruz

Christina CuccoTheresa Davis

Blas Martin De La CruzBianca De Bellis

Nina DebrotMelissa De JesusSarah Di GiaimoAnna Di LibertiMaria Diwane

Lisa FahyCrystal Fair

Jaimie FarkasChristopher Forman

Amanda FresnicsMarjorie Georges

Maritza GilSalinas Griffith

Katie Haas SentanceGilliann Haverty

Christina HernandezShelbie HilliardKristian HuntCaitlin JonesRachel Kerlen

Chelsea Kilmer

Emma KrugRachel Kuiken

Luz LavadoAbril LazaroKristen Leach

Jonathan LeanoDaniel Lee

Monika LenartSarah Lindsay

Jennifer LivingstoneFrancis LopezTheresa Lourie

Zayna LyonEbony MaddoxAngela MancaoNicole Manente

Michael ManfreadyAshley Marsh

Alison McFaddenSarah McGrathLoria McGruder

Summer Rae McLaughlanEndelea Meadows

Kerry MillenJohanna Moore-Valverde

Michelle MorabitoBrittany MurphyShoshana Novick

Ujunwa Okey-MaduClaudette Ollivierre

Juana Parraga - VidaurreOlivia Pierre

Holly PolakiewiczSara Ponder

Paige PortnerSherrylynn Quinn

Ashley RamosSabrina RestivoCynthia ReyesMeagan Rice

Hannah RighterAdiba Saleem

Ashley SanguinettiSusan Scano

Norman SepulvedaMichelle Sheppard

Kyonghui ShinZainabu SillahKelly SkovronGiselle Sosa

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Nicole SotoGlenn Spencer

Jesse StoneCaroline StorkDymir Tatem

Morrissa TuckerLatrese Vance

Erica VazquezPedro Vicente

Catherine WalkerAlexandra Walsh

Xin WenGlenda Zavala

Harold W. and Marguerite F. Demone Endowed FellowshipJessica McFarlane

Richard L. Edwards Endowed ScholarshipSara Orkline

Donna and Art Falk Endowed ScholarshipKelly Bates

Suhail BohorquezMira Levine

Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation ScholarshipMichelle BayhaDylan Goodwin

Nicole Paiva

Jean D. Fredrickson Memorial Award in Social WorkAndrew Katz

Mary Vivian Fu & Robert C. Wells and Fu Family Endowed FellowshipJessica Pereira

Harold F. and Charlotte D. Fultz EndowmentRebekah Bagaco

Jenna BirdyDanielle ClarkeAshley ConyersDaniel Feinstein

Steven GoughJulianne PetersonAidel Weintraub

Bert Goldberg Scholarship

Norah Langweiler

Christine Gorman Memorial ScholarshipJesse Collins

L.I.S.T.A. ScholarshipDolly ChaparroMelissa EspinSarah Lundy

Stephanie SaavedraNatalia Velandia

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Sheryl Lanman Nichols ScholarshipEvangelia Stone

Lillian Ringel Memorial ScholarshipSimone Snyder

School of Social Work Alumni Association Opportunity FellowshipMichael Brownbridge

Suzanne HaggertyVanessa Martinez

School of Social Work FellowshipAlyssa Amabile

Francois BaillargeonPatricia Facey

Ryan KellyMabel Leonardo

School of Social Work in Support of Programs on AgingJessica Brum

Geoffrey LloydLauren PharaohAddam Reynolds

Erin Walker

Krystal Skinner Memorial ScholarshipStephanie Acevedo

Israel Mansaray

Students Supporting Students

Rajaa BourhaniCharles GibbsJosue Malave

Rania MusallamJoshua O’Neal

Carl PerryJennifer PuglieseKaneisha Smith

Rebecca Van Der HornGabriella Zajzon-Mayer

Verizon Wireless Scholarship Program

Jayna JonesJennifer Kurdyla

Abril Lazaro

William Waldman ScholarshipMelanie Lou Pormentilla

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These students were nominated for an Outstanding Student Award.

Congratulations2017 Social Work Graduates!

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NASW Teddy Bears available for purchase

The Graduate Student Association of the School of Social Work is selling T-shirts and sweatshirts today in the lobby. All proceeds will

go to Bonnie Brae in Basking Ridge, NJ.

Roland AchtauJesse Adams

Amanda AikensAsha AlexanderChirsteen BadieYazmin Beeks

Quincy BloxomJessica Brum

Lindsay CarlsonJesse Collins

Katheryn CoyleDayna D’Amico

Nicole EniclericoKathleen Fay

Marianne FontillasRose Fried

Roberta Gaban MonteiroGavin Green

Daniela GrinienkoKelly Hennebry

Elizabeth HernandezJaime Kaiser

Jennifer KoehlerLauren Kretzmer

Abril LazaroKevin Lee

Johanna Moore-ValverdeAlexa Moubarak

Alison RedaMargaret StrasleMelanie SudiaBreanna Turner

Rebecca Van Der HornNatalia Velandia

Eden Weiss

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THE ACADEMIC REGALIA

The wearing of academic garb dates back to the early days of the oldest universities in the world. In the American Council on Education’s book entitled American Universi¬ties and Colleges, it is suggested that “Gowns may have been counted necessary for warmth in the unheated buildings frequented by medieval scholars. Hoods seem to have served to cover the tonsured head…..”

Throughout the years, European universities have continued to show great diversity in their academic dress. American universities, on the other hand, when they decided to adopt academic dress, immediately established a code of regulations that today is followed by almost all American institutions. The establishment of this code has made it possible to distinguish the bachelors, masters, and doctors and, at the same time, recognize the university that has given them the degree.

Gowns: The bachelor’s gown has pointed sleeves and is worn closed. The master’s gown, worn open or closed, has oblong sleeves, the front part of which frequently is cut away at the elbow. The doctor’s gown has bell-shaped sleeves. It is worn open or closed. Cotton poplin or similar materials is used for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees, and rayon or silk ribbed material is used for the doctor’s degree.

At Rutgers, members of the Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, as well as those who hold a doctoral degree from the university, wear the Rutgers gown, which is scarlet with black velvet front panels framed on the outer edge with gold cord braid. The velvet panels are embroidered with a crown and the year 1766 at the neck, signifying the university’s founding as one of the original colonial colleges under King George III of England.

Hoods: The hoods vary in size: 48 inches for the doctor’s degree, 42 inches for the master’s, and 36 inches for the bachelor’s. All hoods are lined in silk in the academic color or colors of the institution conferring the degree. If the institution has more than one color, the colors are shown in divisions using chevrons. The binding or edge of the hood is usually made of velvet in the color designating the subject in which the degree was granted.

Below is a list of some of the faculty colors as prescribed by the Intercollegiate Code for the binding of the hood:

Agriculture / Maize Law / PurpleArts, Letters, Humanities / White Library Service / LemonBusiness Administration, Commerce / Drab Medicine / GreenCity and Regional Planning / Brown Music / PinkCommunication and Information Nursing / Apricot Studies / Gray Oratory-Speech / Silver GrayEconomics / Copper Pharmacy / Olive GreenEducation / Light Blue Philosophy / BlueEngineering / Orange Physical Education / Sage GreenFine Arts, Architecture / Brown Public Administration / Peacock BlueHuman Resources Management / Dusk Science / Golden YellowJournalism / Dark Crimson Social Work / CitronLabor and Employment Relations / Peacock Blue Theology and Divinity / Scarlet

The color or colors of the lining of the hood for the nine colonial colleges are: scarlet, Rutgers; crimson, Harvard; green-gold-silver, William and Mary; blue, Yale; red-blue, Pennsylvania; orange-black, Princeton; light blue-white, Columbia; brown, Brown; and green-white, Dartmouth.

Caps: Black mortarboards or soft hats are worn for all degrees. The gold tassel signifies a doctoral degree.

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C O N V O C A T I O N

May 2017

RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY

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