Wells of Greensburg, Ky., is hooded at a Campbellsville University School of Social Work ceremony.

2018 Jan 11

Students in the Carver School of Social Work were inducted into Phi Alpha Honor Society among the awards given at the Carver School pinning ceremony Dec. 15 at Campbellsville Baptist Church.

Savanna Wells of Greensburg, Ky., was hooded at the ceremony.

Phi Alpha Honor Society is the highest achievement a social worker can receive. Those accepted into the society were: Kela Capps of Burkesville, Ky.; Joseph Campbell of London, Ky.; Dana Conn of Mount Sterling, Ky.; Renee Cotter of Mount Airy, Md.; Ashley Hughes of Ashland, Ohio, and Nicholas Kaliin of Florence, Ky.

The Social Work Awards were given to Kayla Reece of Campbellsville, Ky., president of the Social Workers in Touch Can Help (SWITCH) Club on campus, and Brianna Shelby of Shepherdsville, Ky., president of the Louisville East Club, who also worked under Church Outreach and was recently hired under Renee Sartin, BSW LEC site director and assistant professor, as her main recruiter.

According to Dr. Helen Mudd, the dean of the Carver School of Social Work, the founding mothers of the school were in the graduating class of 1904 with the sponsorship of the Women's Missionary Training School that formed the first Carver school in Louisville, Ky.

From there, under the direction of Dr. William Owen Carver, the school grew, and in 1994 the Carver School of Social Work was brought to Campbellsville University. The university has had a social work program since 1974.

Mudd said 13 years ago when she first joined the School as a professor, there were only three faculty on staff, and now there are 13 faculty who love working with their total of 500 students now enrolled in the Carver School.

Those receiving a Baccalaureate of Social Work are: Stefanie Amos of Elizabethtown, Ky.; Amy Bisby of Springfield, Ill.; Kela Capps of Burkesville, Ky.; Abbagayle Carter of Somerset, Ky.; Promise Litsey of Bardstown, Ky.;

Sylan-Drake Mayes of Winchester, Ky.; Natasha Morrow of Somerset, Ky.; Miranda Perry of Somerset, Ky.; Kayla Reece of Campbellsville, Ky. and Brianna Shelby of Shepherdsville, Ky.

Those receiving a Masters of Social work are: Chelsea Altenhofen of Independence, Ky.; Rachael Andrews of Altoona, Penn.; Kayla Barnett of Mount Sterling, Ky.; Helena Bergman of Paint Lick, Ky.; Donald Branscum of Somerset, Ky.;

Tara Buchanan of Glensfork, Ky.; Jayme Burchett of Redbush, Ky.; Joseph Campbell of London, Ky.; Dana Conn of Mount Sterling, Ky.; Renee Cotter of Mount Airy, Md.; Kritika Dhakal of Louisville, Ky.;

Brigette Fritz of Portsmoth, Ohio; Daphne Gibson-Emerson of Liberty, Ky.; Jessica Hartlage of Pendleton, Ky.; Christi Hatfield of Allen, Ky.; Ashley Hughes of Ashland, Ohio; Anna Humphrey of New Haven, Ky.,

Katie Jerome of Springfield, Ky.; Sarah Kaiser of Independence, Ky.; Nicholas Kaliin of Florence, Ky.; Heather Lawhorn of Nancy, Ky.; Heidi Lewis of Athol, Idaho; Stacey Mason of Liberty, Ky.; Heather Petty of Georgetown, Ky.; Kayelea Reed of Greenup, Ky.;

Lucinda Schroeder of Wayne, W.Va.; Ginger Scott., Prestonsburg, Ky.; Tracie Seer of Franklin, Wis.; Amanda Skaggs of Hillsboro, Ky.; Antionette Smith of Elkhorn, Ky.; Amber Stamper of Morehead, Ky.; Ashley Stevens of Rome, Ga.;

Jaala Taylor of Somerset, Ky.; Suzanna Taylor of Jackhorn, Ky.; Sharon Tolliver of Dublin, Ga.; Amber Utz of Florence, Ky.; Darreian Wallace of Morehead, Ky.;

Nicole Walls of Martinsville, Ind.; Savanna Wells of Greensburg, Ky.; Rachel Williams of Somerset, Ky. and Madelyn Wise of Campbellsville, Ky.

For the closing, Sartin sang "Ave Maria" followed by a benediction by Locke.

Campbellsville University is a widely-acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 8,000 students offering over 90 programs of study including 20 master's degrees, six postgraduate areas and seven pre-professional programs. The university has off-campus centers in Kentucky cities Louisville, Harrodsburg, Somerset and Hodgenville with instructional sites in Elizabethtown, Owensboro, Summersville, all in Kentucky, and one in Costa Mesa, Calif., and a full complement of online programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.