Social Work Newsletter
Social Work Day
Spring
2013
March 2013
At our annual Social Work Day celebration on March 13, 2013, the Social Work Program was honored to have Dr. Susan Vaughn (’71) as our keynote speaker. Vaughn spoke about the history of social work education in Alabama and the contributions of the University of Montevallo’s Social Work Program to that history. Vaughn began her lifelong career of educating and mentoring social work students and professionals at the University of Montevallo in 1975. She served as the director of social work practicum from 1975 until 1989. Vaughn received her Ph.D. in social welfare from Case Western University
in 1986, and then became the director of the Social Work Program at Montevallo in 1989, a position she held for 20 years until her retirement in 2009. In 2012, a new scholarship was established in Vaughn’s honor – the Dr. Susan Vaughn Advocacy Scholarship. This year, the Social Work Program inducted seven new members to Phi Alpha, the social work honor society. We also recognized the contribution of some of our field education partners by awarding the Outstanding Practicum Agency Instructor of the Year 2013 to Dorann Tanner of the
Shelby County Board of Education, and the Outstanding Practicum Agency of the Year 2013 to the Bibb County Department of Human Resources. Joyce Greathouse (’56) presented awards to the 2013 winners of the Joyce Greathouse Advocacy Writing Contest (http://www.montevallo.edu/bss/SWK/ Janet%20Greathouse/default.shtm). Justin Vest was the first place winner, and Katherine Roberston was the second place winner. Finally, 18 scholarships were awarded to social work students who will be completing practicum placements in the 2013-2014 academic year. 1