Awards

Group Work Practice Award
Eminent Career and Professional Advancement Award

Group Work Practice Award

The ASGW Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the Group Work Practice Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize an outstanding practitioner in group work. Recognition may be for any area of group work covered by the ASGW Professional Standards and nominees must be members of ASGW.

A nomination letter and two supporting letters should address the following points:
Scope of practice of nominee to include:
Type of group work
Client population served
Practice setting
Innovations in group work practice by the nominee.
How nominee has disseminated group work skills through workshops, conference presentations, supervision, or training.
Evidence of nominee's significant contribution to group work practice.

Electronic submissions are preferred and may be submitted via email (attachment) to: lguth@iup.edu

Submissions via regular mail should be sent to:
Lorraine J. Guth, Ph.D.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Department of Counseling
206 Stouffer Hall
Indiana, PA 15705

Applications (nomination letter and two supporting letters) must be received by January 31st, preceding the conference.

The award recipient is announced during the ASGW Luncheon at the annual ACA Conference.

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Eminent Career Award and Professional Advancement Award

The ASGW Awards Committee is seeking nominations for the Eminent Career Award and for the Professional Advancement Award. Nominations in either category should address the nominee's outstanding activities and contributions to the field of group work. Additional letters speaking to the nomination would be welcome. Letters should identify which award is being sought.

Eminent Career Award: This highest award is intended to recognize major contributions made to the field of group work by an ASGW/ACA member. Credentials and letters of recommendation for the nominee should convey the national and/or international influence the individual has had on group work over a period of time.

Professional Advancement Award: This award is made to recognize the outstanding activities of an individual who has helped advance the field of group work through any one of the following: research, development of a new technique or theory, public relations, legislative activities, or group work practice.

Electronic submissions are preferred and may be submitted via email (attachment) to: lguth@iup.edu

Submissions via regular mail should be sent to:
Lorraine J. Guth, Ph.D.
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Department of Counseling
206 Stouffer Hall
Indiana, PA 15705

Applications (nomination letter and supporting letters) must be received by January 31st, preceding the conference.

Award recipients are announced during the ASGW Luncheon at the annual ACA Conference.

ASGW Past Presidents

1973-1975	George M Gazda
1975-1976	Jack A. Duncan
1976-1977	Clarence A. Mahler
1977-1978	Merle M. Ohlsen
1978-1979	John Vriend
1979-1980	H. Allan Dye
1980-1981	Walter Lifton
1981-1982	James Gumaer
1982-1983	Rex Stockton
1983-1984	Marguerite R. Carroll
1984-1985	James Beck
1985-1986	Glen R. Martin
1986-1987	James V. Wigtil
1987-1988	Richard L. Hayes
1988-1989	Diana Hulse-Killacky
1989-1990	Fannie R. Cooley
1990-1991	E.W. Christensen
1991-1992	Rosemarie Smead
1992-1993	Chuck Kormanski
1993-1994	Samuel T. Gladding
1994-1995	Bree A. Hayes
1995-1996	Robert K. Conyne
1996-1997	Beverly M. Brown
1997-1998	A. Michael Hutchins
1998-1999	Jeremiah Donigian
1999-2000	Arthur M. Horne
2000-2001	Linda Keel
2001-2002	Lynn Rapin
2002-2003	Rod Merta
2003-2004	George Leddick
2004-2005	James Trotzer
2005-2006	M. Carolyn Thomas
2006-2007	Maria Riva
2007-2008	Janice DeLucia-Waack
2008-2009	Lenoir Gillam
2009-2010	Don Ward
2010-2011	Bogusia Skudrzyk
2011-2012	Niloufer Merchant

 

ASGW Fellows

1987	George M. Gazda
1988	Fannie R. Cooley, Walter Lifton, Merle Ohlsen
1989	Marguerite R. Carroll, Jack Duncan, Rex Stockton
1990	James D. Beck, Benjamin Cohn, H. Allan Dye
1991	Gerald Corey, Richard L. Hayes, John Vriend, James V. Wigtil
1992	E.W. Christensen, Robert K. Conyne, Marianne Schneider Corey, Diana Hulse-Killacky
1993	Jeremiah Donigian, Arthur M. Horne, Richard Malnati, D. Keith Morran, James P. Trotzer
1994	Rosemarie Smead, Rebecca Schumacher, Carolyn Thomas, Donald Ward
1995	Chuck Kormanski, George Leddick, Kathleen Ritter, Flip Robison, Allen Segrist
1996	None awarded
1997	Jesse B. DeEsch, Samuel Gladding, Jeffrey A. Kottler, Jeffries McWhirter, F. Robert Wilson
1998	Janice DeLucia-Waack, Bree A. Hayes, David G. Zimpher
1999	Holly Forester-Miller, Rod Merta
2000	Ed Jacobs, Lynn Rapin
2001	Michael Hutchins, Beverly Brown, Michael Waldo
2002	John Dagley, Glen Martin, Karen Prichard, Zipora Shechtman, Vernon Sheeley, Marlow Smaby
2003	Maria Riva
2004	William Kline
2005	Kurt Kraus
2006	Fred Bemak, S. Lenoir Gillam, Michael Wilbur
2007	Michael Garrett, Alicia Homrich
2008	Burt Bertram, Rita Chung
2009	Sheri Bauman
2010	Edil Torres- Rivera

 

2011 ASGW Award & Scholarship Recipients

History of Award & Scholarship Recipients