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INDIANA UNIVERSITYSCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK

FOR ALLWHO ASPIREASPIRETO LIFTHUMANITY.HUMANITYAt the Indiana University School ofSocial Work, we remain dedicated to amission we started more than 100 yearsago: advancing social and economicjustice, empowerment, and humanwell-being in a changing globallandscape. Every day, our alumni areusing their skills to help individuals andcommunities find what sometimes seemslike a scarce resource: hope.Today, our smart and compassionate students—whollycommitted to bettering lives in Indiana and beyond—arein demand more than ever.With your support, these students will use their passion andexpertise to help people find the social and economic justicethat eludes them. We invite you to please support our mission.Together we can alter the course of the lives of some of themost vulnerable among us.As part of For All: The Indiana University BicentennialCampaign, we at the IU School of Social Work are seekingto raise critical private support to sustain and expand thismission. Together, we can fulfill the promise of buildingstronger communities and creating a brighter future for all.

IT STARTSWITH YOUUndergraduatescholarships build adynamic, highly talentedcommunity and helpus equip students ascompetent, caringprofessionals whoembody social justice.FOR ALL WHOSTRENGTHENTHE VULNERABLEGOAL #1: INCREASE STUDENT SUPPORTWith each new class that arrives on campus, werenew our commitment to educating and preparingexceptional social work professionals. Thesecompassionate individuals feel a calling to care forthe needy, guide them through difficult situations,and point them toward success and recovery. Thestudents at the IU School of Social Work are thefuture of our discipline.However, there are many excellent candidates who havea passion for social work, but don’t have the means tofinance their education. More than 80 percent of ourstudents receive some sort of financial aid that must berepaid. Merit-based assistance through scholarships, onthe other hand, doesn’t have to be paid back. For thisreason, it’s one of the most powerful tools we have tobring these candidates to IU and to fuel their success,both as students and as social work professionals.When you invest in student scholarships, you createmore opportunities for talented students to gaina world-class education. You can enable them tograduate with more confidence and less debt. Together,we will provide them with the knowledge, experience,and training to start their careers and benefit countlessfamilies and communities in the years to come.Graduate fellowshipsand assistantships attracttop scholars to IU, wherethey generate fresh ideas,assist faculty in teachingand research, and advancethe discipline of socialwork worldwide.When Lisa and Mike Patchner’s son Christopherwas 15 months old, he was diagnosed with majordevelopmental disabilities. During their journey withtheir son, Lisa and Mike—who is now dean of the IUSchool of Social Work—realized how important itwas to have good social workers to help families insituations like theirs. After Christopher died in 2014,they created the Patchner Family Scholarship Fundin his memory to help meet that need.In a remarkable twist of fate, when the scholarship’sfirst set of recipients were named, one of them wasElizabeth Wilson—a former aide who, it turns out,had worked with Christopher for more than six years,and who had overcome homelessness and otherchallenges to enroll at the School of Social Work.“ By supporting students throughscholarships, you further thepractice of delivering thoughtfulclinical care to our mostvulnerable populations.”— Michael Patchner, Ph.D.Dean, Indiana School of Social Work

When you support the IU School ofSocial Work, you’re in the companyof people likeWH I C H I N S P I R E D I R E N E TODEVOTE HER LIFETO SOCIAL WORK,IRENEWEINBERG ’61,I N C LU D I N Gveterans’affairsadoptionsand fostercarenursinghomecounselingWHO, LOOKING FOR A M ENTO R ,MET SOCIA L WORK PRO FESSO RTHEODORAALLENTODAY, T HAN KSTO I RE N E ’SGENEROUSGIFTto findhomes fororphansWHO SHA R E D HOWS H E WO RK ED INEURO PE AF TERWO RL D WAR I Ito counselthe hurtingto settledisplacedpersonsMORE THAN 25THEODORAALLENSCHOLARSHIPSH AV E B E E N AWA R D E DCONTINUINGTO ENABLESTUDENTSTO IMPROVEHUMAN LIVES

James Hall, Professor ofPediatrics and Social WorkGOAL #2: SUSTAIN FACULTY EXCELLENCEThe landscape of many disciplines—mental health, childwelfare, addiction treatment, counseling services, and nonprofitmanagement—continues to be shaped by our exceptional facultyand their contributions to the next generation of social workers.These faculty are engaged in interdisciplinary research and federallyfunded projects designed to be taken from the lab and applied toeveryday practice with at-risk youth and adults.One major area of research for our faculty is transitional-aged youth—risk-prone men and women ages 16 to 25. James Hall, professor ofpediatrics and social work (shown at left), is using a 1.4 million grantfrom the Health Resources and Services Administration to increasethe number of social workers trained to work with this population.IT STARTSWITH YOUFaculty endowmentsand research supportare critical tools forbuilding a superiorfaculty and equippingthem to direct teachingand research aroundthe world.The purpose of the project is to expand the knowledge base ofadvanced clinical social work students, so they can work effectivelywith these youth and their families. As part of the initiative, thecurricula for all academic social work programs (B.S.W., M.S.W.,and Ph.D.) will also be improved to address the needs of this targetpopulation. Ultimately, the project will expand the number of M.S.W.students who have specific training to work with transitional-agedyouth, and it will raise the awareness about these young adults withmany existing agencies and organizations.Another critical area of focus is mental and social health care forgeriatric patients. Our faculty are part of a team working on a threeyear federally funded grant to train students, practitioners, patients,and family caregivers in relation to interdisciplinary geriatric careFOR ALLWHO TEACHUS TO SERVEWhen you give to support the work of our researchers, they cangive back tenfold—creating new programs to lift up communitiesstatewide and worldwide. With your financial assistance, you havethe power to help create our first endowed chair or professorship,which will enable us to attract and retain esteemed educators andactive scholars.Together, we can recruit top faculty and students, sustain theirexcellent work, and promote our school’s strong research agenda—for the benefit of all.“ There are a whole range of young people who are unemployed,don’t have health insurance, and have severe mental illness.That’s who we are trying to reach.”— James HallProfessor of Pediatrics and Social Work

IT STARTSWITH YOUInternational servicelearning opportunitiesextend our influencebeyond the borders ofIndiana and give ourstudents new perspectivesas they experience crosscultural communicationand thinking.GOAL #3: DEVELOP GLOBAL LEADERSThe world needs advocates with a profound senseof empathy who can forge connections acrossinternational boundaries. One of the ways our futuresocial workers are gaining a deeper understandingof other cultures is by working directly with them inother parts of the world.FOR ALL WHOFORM HUMANCONNECTIONSTake Kristina Brenneman, MSW’13, who travelledto Croatia in 2011. Looking out a bus window at thepassing Croatian countryside, she was surprisedby how much the passing scenery reminded her ofIndiana—until she saw the businesses and homespockmarked by shrapnel and the signs warning oflandmines in the woods.Kristina Brenneman,MSW’13That experience for Brenneman and other socialwork students who made the trip to Croatia broughtnew insights for understanding people from war-torncountries. Far from their comfortable homes androutines, they found themselves reconfirming exactlywhy they wanted to become social workers.Unlike Brenneman, most students will neverexperience firsthand what it’s like to work in aninternational setting. But in today’s global world,people who have survived war routinely arrive inagencies throughout the Unites States that arestaffed by graduates like ours. With the help of ourstudents and alumni, refugees can start new lives offreedom and become contributing members of a newcommunity to call home.It’s imperative that tomorrow’s social workersdevelop a deep understanding of global cultures andperspectives. That’s why international experiencesare such a vital component of our students’ education.However, the cost of these trips can be quite steep,and with limited funding, many who would benefitfrom such an experience simply can’t afford to go.“It was fascinating to seehow the nonprofit agencies inCroatia are working to rebuildconnections. It’s so important tounderstand other perspectives,and to do that, you sometimeshave to put yourself in newenvironments.”—Karimah Aziz ’15With your support, we can champion the nextgeneration of state and world leaders in socialwork. Together, we can expand our reach, and giveour students the international perspectives that willenable them to solve tomorrow’s global challenges.