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Celebrating the 2023 Community Partnership Awards recipients

by VCU School of Social Work Communications
  • Three award recipients hold their awards, standing in front of a table with flowers and a black table cloth that reads "VCU School of Social Work."
    Karen Rice, left, representing Virginia Home for Boys and Girls; Patrick Link (M.S.W.’19) and Lisa Mathews-Ailsworth
  • Zoom screen shot of Mary Nkengla, wearing a red blouse
    Mary Nkengla

The VCU School of Social Work Office of Field Education is pleased to recognize six recipients for the 2023 Community Partnership Awards Ceremony on May 16.

The awardees were:

Outstanding Field Instructor Award

Alum Patrick Link (M.S.W.’19), Assisting Families of Inmates 

Outstanding New Field Instructor Award

Mary Nkengla, Chesapeake Integrated Behavioral Healthcare 

Outstanding Task Supervisor Award

Lisa Mathews-Ailsworth, VCU Dean of Students Office 

Field Liaison of the Year

Britney Pitts, Ph.D. candidate, VCU School of Social Work

Amy Rosenblum Field Instructor Award

Alum Amy Webb (M.S.W.’18), Thrive Virginia

Outstanding Community Partner Award

Virginia Home for Boys and Girls

Alum Daryl Fraser raises his right hand to gesture as he talks inside a classroom. In the background, an attendee sits and listens; black, white and gold balloons are visible in the background.
Two-time VCU alum Daryl Fraser, (B.S.’00; M.S.W.’07), LCSW

The Office of Field Education would also like to thank alum and former associate professor in teaching Daryl Fraser (B.S.’00; M.S.W.’07), LCSW, for his keynote presentation. He spoke on “The Art of Preparing New Social Workers for the World (and the World for New Social Workers).” Daryl’s practice is Fraser & Associates Complete Therapeutic Services.

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