Current Students
Awards and Nominations
Student Awards
Each year, faculty, field educators, field liaisons and students of the UB School of Social Work may make nominations for students to receive scholarships and awards based on outstanding academic achievement, contributions made in field work, professional potential, etc. The School of Social Work Committee on Students (COS) is charged with administrative responsibility for overseeing awards made to students and conferred by the school.
Procedures and Criteria for Nominating Students
AWARDS
Kristopher L. Braselton Memorial Award
This award is presented to a graduating student who has a professional interest in working with individuals who have health/mental health disabilities and who has overcome a personal difficulty or challenge and demonstrated academic persistence and determination.
Niles Carpenter Award
This award is named after the first Dean of the School of Social Work and is awarded to a first year student who is finishing the foundation curriculum. This award is given on the basis of financial need, outstanding GPA, strong field performance, and the candidate’s potential for professional achievement.
Louisa Cielen Award
Established in 1988 by Emil J. Cielen to provide an annual award to a meritorious student entering the final year of the Master of Social Work program in the School of Social Work at the University at Buffalo with preference to graduate students committing in the field of health.
Terese M. Eusanio Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship has been established to recognize and support MSW student (with preference to a part-time student) who embodies the qualities the late Terese Eusanio exemplified. The student will identify as a feminist and demonstrate an interest in the area of women’s health. The student must also maintain high academic standards, and social work ethics. She/he will demonstrate respect for the dignity of all, an ability to work as a member of a team, and have an interest and aptitude for community action and working towards social and political change.
Outstanding Student Award
This award is presented to a graduating student who has demonstrated academic excellence, leadership abilities within the school, community, or university, and a commitment to the social work profession through his or her role as a student, colleague, or member of a community
Julian Sodja Memorial Award
This award is presented to a graduating student who makes an extraordinary contribution to addictions practice, addicted trauma survivors, and/or people with coexisting psychiatric disorders.
Hazeltine T. Clements Memorial Award
This award is sponsored by the Haseltine T. Clements Society to recognize a graduating student who has demonstrated concern for human dignity and interracial relationships in his of her field placement through participation in cross-cultural activities.
NASW Award
The National Association of Social Workers established this award, Western New York Division, to a graduate student who has demonstrated academic excellence and personifies the values that are enunciated by NASW. (This is award is given by the school in recognition of our affiliation with NASW. A gift is given at a NASW meeting.)
School of Social Work Alumni Association Award
This award was established by the School of Social Work Alumni Association and is presented to a student who has completed the foundation curriculum and who has demonstrated practice skills, relationship building with clients, and a commitment to the social work profession in the field education experience.
Archie W. Swanson Honorary Award
This award is presented to a graduating student who has demonstrated the following qualities in fieldwork practice: professional integrity, creativity, respect for dignity of people, warmth and keen sensitivity. As Executive Secretary of Family Service Society, Mr. Swanson represented the upheld these ideals, striving to build and strengthen family life through professionally trained staff and high agency standards
Dorothy Lynn Honorary Award
This award was established to honor Professor Emeritus Dorothy L Lynn, a pioneer in professional social work education and a dedicated and dynamic teacher in the School of Social Work for twenty-nine years. It is presented in recognition of consistently outstanding performance in class and field during the foundation year.
Thorn and Rose Award
Faculty, alumni and community leaders established this award in honor of Bertha S. Laury, emeritus associate dean for community affairs. The award is selected based on observation and association. Academic progress and transformation into a positive role model are necessary. The award does not have to be presented every year.
Dena P. Gold Memorial Award
This award was established by friends and family of Dena P. Gold in memory of her contribution to the field of social work in Western New York. The award will made to a graduating student for outstanding study, fieldwork or other contributions related to families, women or children. The recipient should demonstrate a commitment to work with women, children or families through his/her field work, research project or voluntary activities.
