Class of 2021 Academic Recognition Program

Program

June 15, 2021 • 4pm ET

Welcome & Congratulatory Remarks

Allison Bobick, MSW, LCSW

Director of Student Advancement

Nancy Gallina, PhD

Interim Dean

Greetings from Touro Leadership

Rabbi Moshe Krupka

Executive Vice President, Touro College & University System

Patricia E. Salkin, JD

Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs, Touro College & University System
Provost, Graduate and Professional Divisions, Touro College

Nadja Graff, PhD

Vice-President, Touro College Division of Graduate Studies

Outstanding Community Service and Leadership Award

Presenter: Jennifer Zelnick, ScD

Professor, Chair, Social Welfare Policy Sequence

Recipients: Tamminn Trail, Eden Zakai

Special Recognition Research Award

Presenter: Kam Man Kenny Kwong, PhD, LMSW

Professor, Chair Research Sequence

Recipient: Lisa Rubin

Excellence in Field Education Award

Presenter: Roberta Shiffman, MSW, LMSW

Director of Field Education and Community Partnership Development and Academic Advisement

Recipients: Ian Baum, Abraham Elberger, Miriam Helfgott, Kenyul Kuliyeva, Donna Marcos, Isaac Perlstein, Prajna Pramita, Giovanna Sano, Miriam Schottenstein, Michael Wax, Elimelech Weinreb

The Fellowship Awards

Presenter: Susan Brot, MSW, LMSW

Associate Director of Field Education and Advisement

Aging Education

Recipients: Caroline Baruch, Regina Kapriyelov, Kenyul Kuliyeva, Eden Zakai

Evidence Based Practice in Mental Health Education

Recipients: Prajna Pramita, Tamminn Trail

Military Social Work Education

Recipients: Adalyn Brijbukhan, Eidel Pearl

OWEP – OPIOID Workforce Expansion Program

Recipients: Stephanie Augustin, Guilda Elinor, Benjamin Felendler, Jay Fleischer, Devorah Jaye, Tracy Lane, Crystal Matos, Alexa Nathanson, Lalia Parker, Carlos Roberts, Samantha Rosen, Lisa Rubin, Malka Tennenhaus, Shedifa Treasure

Special Recognition: Alumni of the Year Award

Presenter: Sarala Kislak, LMSW

Assistant Director, Brooklyn Division

Recipient: Diana Roberts-Richards, MSW – Class of 2018

Child Protective Specialist Supervisor – New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS)

Dean’s Academic Honors with Distinction, Cumulative GPA 4.0

Presenter: Nancy Gallina, PhD

Interim Dean

Recipients: Ian Baum, Mushka Deutch, Jay Fleischer, Joshua Frank, Miriam Helfgott, Isaac Perlstein, Lisa Rubin, Feigel Sprei, Maria Ventura

Dr. Bernard and Sarah Lander Distinguished Social Work Tikun Olam Award

Presenter: Allison Bobick, MSW, LCSW

Director of Student Advancement

Recipient: Maria Ventura

2021 Student Commencement Speaker

Presenter: Allison Bobick, MSW, LCSW

Director of Student Advancement

Ian Baum

Congratulatory Remarks to Graduates from Senior Faculty

Senior Faculty Touro College Graduate School of Social Work

Presentation of Graduates

The 2021 Graduating Class