SearchPast Issues April 24, 2008

Social work to present 2008 Distinguished Alumni Awards The George Warren Brown School of Social Work will honor five distinguished individuals for outstanding school service during its annual Alumni Awards Dinner April 30 at the Coronado Ballroom. The Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are Ruth R. Ehresman, Ronda S. Connaway, D.S.W., and Michael E. Willis. Curtis McMillen, Ph.D., professor of social work and associate director of the Center for Mental Health Services Research, will receive the Distinguished Faculty Award. The Dean's Medal recipient is B. A. Bridgewater, Jr., retired chairman and chief executive officer at Brown Shoe Company. Service in bloom Alumna Shirley Bowden Brown (right) is presented with flowers from Antoinette Stallings, an Eskridge High School senior and participant in WUSTL's Wellston Summer School program. An educational consultant, Brown is one of seven recipients of the 2008 Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award, presented annually to a select group of WUSTL community members who exemplify a character of service and giving to the St. Louis region. Career services dean hired by law school Michael Spivey has been named the new assistant dean for career services, strategy, and marketing at the School of Law, announced Kent D. Syverud, J.D., dean and the Ethan A.H. Shepley University Professor. Jazz workshop for K-12 teachers funded by NEH Gerald Early, Ph.D., the Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters in the department of English and director of the Center for the Humanities, both in Arts & Sciences, has received a $73,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities' Division of Education Programs. The grant will fund "The Impact of Jazz on American Life," an NEH Faculty Humanities Workshop for K-12 teachers. Of note Brian Allan, Timothy M. Lohman, Ph.D., Yoram Rudy, Ph.D.. and Karen Wooley, Ph.D. Notables policy Submit all Notables to Jessica Daues via e-mail, jessica_daues@wustl.edu, or by fax, 935-4259.