The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGE-SW) is proud to announce the Aracelis Francis Minority Scholarship in Gerontology. This $1,000 scholarship is to be awarded to an outstanding MSW student of ethnic minority, who is committed to the field of gerontological social work. Supported by a generous donor who wishes to remain anonymous, the scholarship honors Aracelis Francis, who served for 21 years as Director of the Minority Fellowship Programs at the Council on Social Work Education. She was named Director Emeritus by the CSWE Board of Directors upon her retirement. The Minority Fellowship Program provides support to masters’ degree social workers of color enrolled in doctoral programs throughout the United States. During her tenure, over 300 recipients of the Program received their doctoral degrees and most of them are teaching in undergraduate and graduate programs in schools of social work all over the United States. The purpose of the award is to honor her legacy by promoting leadership in gerontological social work practice for MSW students through scholarship and best practices.
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AGESW hosted a reception at APM in Atlanta, GA, on November 8, 2011.
AGESW will again fund the Gerontological Social Work Pre-Dissertation Initiative for doctoral students. This is a wonderful opportunity for pre-dissertation students to receive valuable training in research methods, writing for publication, seeking dissertation funding and being socialized into the academic gerontological social work family. For more information and an application form (due May 1, 2012) click here.