Our students work hard, and it gives us great pleasure to see their work pay off. When they succeed, we know we are on the right path with our training and curriculum.

Here, we would like to acknowledge our students who have made the Dean’s List and those who have received the Outstanding Senior Award.

Outstanding Senior

The outstanding senior is selected each year by the faculty.

Outstanding seniors have:

  • demonstrated outstanding potential through services provided as a volunteer, a leader, and as a beginning professional in the department, across the university, or in the community
  • maintained outstanding overall academic performance with a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0
  • demonstrated active engagement, creativity, and innovation within the classroom and field
  • demonstrated excellent teamwork skills
  • demonstrated a strong commitment to social work values

Past Outstanding Senior Award Winners

  • 2016 – Alaina Schmidt
  • 2015 – Mercedes Carr and Alicia Yoder
  • 2014 – Sohee Park
  • 2013 – Grace Kozak (Sherritt)
  • 2012 – Leda Fortier and Greg Taylor
  • 2011 – Shae Robison-Burkholder and Andrea Vargas
  • 2010 – Kurt Gard and Kim Perry 
  • 2009 – Brittany Albertson and Rocio Borreguero Bolanos
  • 2008 – Donna Armstrong and Terri Whitaker
  • 2007 – Katherine Davis
  • 2006 – Elizabeth Blanchard and Kiwi Ormond
  • 2005 – Erica Levine
  • 2004 – Elizabeth Huser and Nikki Thompson
  • 2003 – Kyra Hainlen and Carla Day2002 -Tracy Bemis-Smiley and Jeremy Wines
  • 2001 – Elizabeth Walker and Amy Leman
  • 2000 – Krista Skelley
  • 1999 – Marci Hladik and Sarah Morris
  • 1998 – Rebecca Agness and JoAnn Rhoades
  • 1997 – Chuck Barker and Shelly Brock
  • 1996 – Tiombe Burton
  • 1995 – Julie Blackburn and Greg Donathan
  • 1994 – Arlene Cuerdo and Melissa Hampton
  • 1993 – Honor Dixon- Johnson and Steve Rickner
  • 1992 – Barbara K. May
  • 1991 – Sandra Laley
  • 1990 – Amy J. Sczesny and Wendy Stephens
  • 1989 – Kelli Crandall and Karin Hess
  • 1988 – Suzanne Skinner and Kathy Chanson
  • 1987 – Ruth Holdeman
  • 1986 – Thomas Donovan
  • 1985 – Peter Dupont
  • 1984 – June Koegel
  • 1983 – Joyce Houser
  • 1982 – Helen McDonald
  • 1981 – Leslie Vidrine and Ruth Peters
  • 1980 – Laura Axtell
  • 1979 – Diane Jackson
  • 1978 – Lisa Evans