SSW Professor, Alumna to Receive NASW Awards

Two members of the SSW community are being recognized by the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) at the organization’s annual awards reception on March 11, 2008.

Professor Scott Miyake Geron, who is Director of the School’s Institute for Geriatric Social Work, will be honored with the Beverly Ross Fliegel Award for Social Policy and Change. Ruthann Dobek, a 1983 graduate and Staff and Volunteer Coordinator with the Brookline Council on Aging, will be recognized as Social Worker of the Year. (Ruth received a SSW Alumni Association Award in 2001 for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Social Work.)

The reception will be held at the Marriott Newton Hotel. For more information, please visit www.naswma.org