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Luis Zayas is the new associate dean of faculty and Wendy Auslander is now director of the Ph.D. program, Dean Edward Lawlor announced.

A new partnership between the YouthBridge Association and the Skandalaris Center at Washington University in St. Louis will support social entrepreneurship in the St. Louis region. YouthBridge has pledged $500,000 in funding over five years so Washington University can create the YouthBridge Award and the St. Louis Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition. The university, with the help from community partners, plans to support the initiative with more than $500,000 in resources. Washington University and YouthBridge are inviting other area universities, institutions, community groups and foundations to collaborate on this effort. The purpose of the competition is to stimulate collaborative activity that leads to multiple innovative approaches to the area’s social problems.

After earning an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College in 1977 and moving to the Boston area, Edward F. Lawlor spent many mornings searching for a job. Typically, he would then head over to Harvard Square to browse the job openings posted there — and also to catch an afternoon movie. “Easy Rider and Five Easy […]

The George Warren Brown School of Social Work honored three individuals with Outstanding Alumni Awards at the 2005 Outstanding Social Work Awards Banquet May 12 at the Forest Park Visitor Center. The school also presented an Outstanding Faculty Award to Mark R. Rank, Ph.D., the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare. Outstanding Alumni Awards were presented to the Rev. Cynthia S. Bumb, Ruth Greene Richardson and Frank S. Seever.

She did a practicum as an adviser with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regional Office in Thailand.

Alumni awards were presented to Cynthia Bumb, Ruth Greene Richardson & Frank Seever; the Outstanding Faculty Award went to Mark Rank.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe School of Social Work held its annual International Festival April 22 in Brown Hall; the theme was “Crossroads: Celebrating One World.”

This year’s theme is “Crossroads: Celebrating One World”; the event will begin with an international banquet and art exhibition.

Photo by Bill StoverA powwow featuring an expanded drum circle and a special stomp dance exhibit was the final event of American Indian Awareness Week.

From traditional foods to lively entertainment, international students at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will offer a taste of their homelands at the 11th annual International Festival 5-9:30 p.m. April 22 in Brown Hall. The event will begin with an international banquet and art exhibition from 5-7:30 p.m. in Brown Hall Lounge. This year’s theme is “Crossroads: Celebrating One World.” The entertainment, which includes dance, song and poetry from numerous countries, will start at 7:30 p.m. in Brown Hall Room 100. All events are free and open to the public.