The following faculty and staff where honored at this year's WSU Employee Recognition Ceremony held on April 24, as well as at a special reception at the School of Social Work, which was held on April 26.  We had seven honorees this year, whose combined service to Wayne State is equal to 140 years!  The 2018 honorees from the School of Social Work are as follows:

• Cassandra J. Bowers - 20
• Kim D. Jaffee - 10
• Margaret A. Madej - 30
• Neva A. Nahan - 40
• Durrenda Onolemhemhen - 20
• Debra A. Patterson - 10
• Praveen K. Thomas - 10

Congratulations to our colleagues for their dedicated service to our School of Social Work!

Pictured below: Kim Jaffee, Jana McNair, Praveen Thomas, Neva Nahan, Debra Patterson, Cassandra Bowers and Margaret Madej

Viktor Burlaka, who visited the School of Social Work this past February, will be joining the full-time faculty at the beginning of the 2018-19 academic year.  Burlaka is an experienced social work clinician and educator, whose contributions to our school in the areas of clinical research, teaching, and scholarship are eagerly anticipated.  

On Tuesday, April 23^rd the School of Social Work and Shantalea Johns welcomed BSW WOW! students to campus to celebrate the end of the semester and learn about the MSW program (pictured below).

There were a few young warriors on campus April 26^th with the annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. To celebrate, special programming was planned for Wayne State Insiders and their families. Children were invited to participate in activities across campus ranging from holding a human brain to planetarium shows. Our own young Social Work Junior Innovators visited the school to join in the Employee Recognition Soiree. Below from left: Stella Resko and daughter Carolyn, Jana McNair and son Quintin, and Praveen Thomas and daughter Sarah.

Tamarie Willis will receive the Academic Advising - Primary Role Award at the upcoming Michigan Academic Advising Association (MIACADA) state conference on May 18th at Henry Ford College.  In the words of MIACADA's President-Elect, Rachel Pawlowski, "Tamarie is an excellent example of what being passionate about student success encompasses."  Congratulations Tamarie on this well-deserved honor!