PSSW Success Stories
Captain Elizabeth Brown, a WTAMU Psychology alumnus, was promoted to Captain by the Amarillo Police Department. She reaches a rank that no other female at APD has ever achieved. Congratulations Captain!
Ms. Abril Vazquez, a WTAMU alum of the BSW and MSSW Programs ('13 and '15) was recently highlighted in the Alumni Association's newsletter. Ms. Vazquez was honored as a "Rising Star" by Los Barrios of Amarillo for her work with the Hope and Healing Place. During her internship, Ms. Vazquez created and delivered the first Spanish grief support group at Hope and Healing. She is active in her community, and states "I love this town and I just want to make sure I give back twice as much as what was given to me." Way to go!
Ms. Desire' Winslow, MSSW Student, was awarded a $5,000.00 Ima Hogg scholarship from the Hogg Foundation. The scholarship recognizes academic achievement for students that demonstrate a strong commitment to providing mental health services in Texas following their graduation.
The Social Work Club coordinated the Lighting up Lives project in December, 2015, that provides gifts to wards of the State of Texas. Recipients are adults with developmental disabilities and elderly clients living in nursing homes. Thanks to campus involvement over 300 gifts were provided to approximately 100 clients.
Melody Loya, Kimberly Phillips, Holly Bellah, and Elsa Diego-Medrano are collaborating on a research project that examines student learning outcomes from faculty-led study abroad experiences.
Holly Bellah is developing and testing the effectiveness of using MP3 recordings of audio English lessons to aid Karen refugees. This project is being funded by a Kilgore Research Grant.
Jed Falkowski is a recent graduate from the Master of Arts Psychology Program. He is now a PhD student in Clinical Psychology.