Photo Gallery: 2022 BUSSW Alumni Association Awards
Alumni Association Board President Dan Do (MSW'13, SPH'14, PhD'24) and Dean Jorge Delva with award recipients Maya Milic-Strkalj, Betty J. Ruth and Kristina Whiton-O'Brien.
Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) honored four members of the School community on Saturday, October 1, 2022 at its annual Alumni Association Awards. Held at the University’s Terrace Lounge during BU Alumni Weekend, the ceremony was the School’s first in-person awards celebration since 2019.
In addition to the 2022 award recipients – Betty J. Ruth, Kristina Whiton-O’Brien, Maya Milic-Strkalj and Richard “Rik” Cornell – the School also honored three 2021 award recipients who were in attendance: Ken Schulman, Dawn Belkin Martinez and Sonia Mee.
Photo Gallery:
Dean Jorge Delva (right) and Assistant Dean Mena daSilva-Clark greet guests before the ceremony. (Dave Green Photography)
Alumni Association President Dan Do (MSW’13, SPH’14, PhD’24), serving as master of ceremonies, speaks at the podium. (Dave Green Photography)
Kristina Whiton-O’Brien (SSW’95), former assistant director of online advising and field education for the Online MSW Program, accepts her award for Outstanding Contributions to the School of Social Work. (Dave Green Photography)
Maya Milic-Strkalj (SSW’12) accepts the Hubie Jones Urban Service Award. (Dave Green Photography)
Richard “Rik” Cornell (SSW’87), who was unable to attend in person, accepted his award for Oustanding Career in Social Work by video. (Dave Green Photography)
Clinical Professor Emerita Betty J. Ruth (SSW’84, SPH’85) accepts the award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Social Work. (Dave Green Photography)
Guests watch the ceremony from the BU George Sherman Union’s Terrace Lounge. (Dave Green Photography)
Dan Do and Dean Delva with award recipients Maya Milic-Strkalj, Betty J. Ruth and Kristina Whiton-O’Brien. (Dave Green Photography)
Milic-Strkalj and Do are joined by Milic-Strkalj’s nominator, Clinical Professor Dawn Belkin Martinez. (Dave Green Photography)
Ruth and her spouse Ken Schulman, former associate dean for Enrollment Services & Alumni Relations, with Do and one of Ruth’s nominators, former alumni board vice president Nikki Pollard (SSW’04). (Dave Green Photography)
Dean Delva and Do with three of the 2021 Alumni Association Awards recipients (left to right): Dawn Belkin Martinez, Ken Schulman, and Sonia Mee. (Dave Green Photography)
Learn more about the Alumni Association Awards here, and get to know our 2022 award winners and their accomplishments here.
