The School of Social Work's Entrepreneurship Committee was awarded the SAGE/CSWE Innovation in Teaching Award for their work in promoting and advancing social entrepreneurship education and opportunities for Wayne State social work students. Established in 2017, the Entrepreneurship Committee distinguished itself within social work higher education by creating meaningful opportunities for social work students to explore the emerging field of social entrepreneurship through coursework, campus-based interdisciplinary collaborations, academic advising, and access to Greater Detroit professionals. Tamarie Willis (Academic Advisor), Dominique Golden (MSW Candidate), and Marijo Upshaw (Adjunct Faculty) accepted the award on the behalf of the committee at the CSWE Annual Program Meeting in Orlando, Florida on November 9-11, 2018. They were also able to present a model for adding social entrepreneurship curriculum and field placement opportunities to social work programs. Photographed below from left: Tamarie Willis, Joshua Perigo (Acquisitions Editor for Social Work at SAGE Publishing), Marijo Upshaw, and Dominique Golden.

Social Work PhD candidate Jeoung Min Lee accepted an Outstanding Dissertation Proposal Award from the Korean American Social Work Educators Association (KASWEA) at the 2019 CSWE APM in November. Min Lee received the award, which recognizes dissertations that exemplify high standards in social work research by doctoral students with Korean heritage, for her dissertation titled "Exploring Bullying and Peer Victimization among African American Adolescents in Chicago's Southside".

Congratulations to Airika Buford and her family on their new addition! Akira Rain was born on October 25^th and was 9 lbs 2 oz and 20 ¼" long.