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W W W.HOOD.EDU Social Work Program Accreditation Reaffirmed Hood’s social work programs were recently reaccredited for another eight years by the sole accrediting agency for social work education in the United States. Hood met or exceeded the Council on Social Work Education’s eight standards that define competent preparation for social work practice. The rigorous, threestep process was led by Joy Swanson Ernst, Ph.D., associate professor of social work and director of the program, along with Lynda Sowbel, Ph.D., associate professor of social work. The 15-month process included a self-study prepared by the social work program faculty, a review of the selfstudy and a site visit by an evaluator, followed by a review of the evaluator’s report and a ruling by members of the Council on Social Work Education’s Commission on Accreditation. Students who graduate from accredited programs are eligible to take the Maryland state licensing exam and apply for admission with advanced standing to many master in social work programs. Hood’s social work program was initially accredited in 1981, and accreditation must be reaffirmed every eight years. There are 468 accredited baccalaureate social work programs in the U.S. There are currently 40 Hood students majoring in social work. Of those, 15 seniors are in a field placement. Front row: Board of associates chair Earl H. Robbins Jr.; vice chair Jewel K. Smith; Coblentz; Leonard; Kline and President Volpe. Back row: Boyd; Proffi tt; Aufdem-Brinke; Haque and Kumar. Nine Community Members Elected To Board Of Associates Nine new members were elected to the Hood College Board of Associates. Elected to serve three-year terms are: Jason Aufdem-Brinke of Glenn Dale, Md., freelance designer and board member of The Nora Roberts Foundation; Jeffrey A. Boyd of Frederick, vice president and global head of Human Resources-Bioscience at Lonza in Walkersville, Md.; Lisa Coblentz of Thurmont, Md., vice president and regional director of Manpower Staffing Services, Frederick; Syed W. Haque, M.D., of Frederick, chief of medicine at Frederick Memorial Hospital; Karlys Kline of Frederick; Uplaksh S. Kumar of Gaithersburg, Md., director of operations and manufacturing at Life Technologies in Frederick; Mike Larkin of New Market, Md., vice president of State Farm Insurance Companies in Frederick; Dawn Leonard, M.D. of Gaithersburg, Md., medical director for the Herman and Walter Samuelson Breast Care Center, LifeBridge Health, at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown, Md.; and Michael L. Proffitt of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., president and owner of Proffitt & Associates Architects in Frederick. New Major Gifts Officer Appointed The Office of Institutional Advancement welcomed a new fund-raising team member in January. Jane Moore was appointed major gifts officer. She will be responsible for identifying, cultivating and soliciting major gift donors; managing new and continuing bequests and the planned gift program; and supporting Annual Fund initiatives. Moore, who has worked in the banking industry for more than 12 years, most recently served for three years as a private banking officer at Chevy Chase Bank in Baltimore, where she was responsible for all phases of business development. Previously, she served in the same capacity at PNC Bank/ Mercantile Bank & Trust. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business from Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore and an M.B.A. from Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Md. New Faculty Members Welcomed This fall, five part-time and seven full-time faculty members joined the Hood community. Trevor Dodman, Ph.D., assistant professor of English Jill B. Dunham, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics Tianning Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of finance Rebecca Prime, Ph.D., Sophia M. Libman National Endowment for the Humanities professor Alison Roark, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology Jerrold Van Winter, Ph.D., assistant professor of management Noel Verzosa Jr., Ph.D., assistant professor of music New part-time faculty includes: April Boulton, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of biology Carin Robinson, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science Mary Pat Robinson, clinical instructor of education Susan Weddle, visiting assistant professor of education Tanya Williams, M.S. ’07, instructor of education
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