Congratulations to Tari Nussinov ’20 on being selected for the 2020 Diana List Cullen Memorial First-Year MSW Student Writing Scholarship Award, sponsored by the Metropolitan Chapter of the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work (NYSSCSW)!
Every year, the Met Chapter awards a $500 scholarship and one-year membership to one student from seven participating social work schools in the New York City area in recognition of outstanding clinically-oriented writing done in the first year of their MSW program. Tari’s paper, “DLCP – A Rhodesian Perspective” was recognized for its thoughtful and socio-culturally minded approach to understanding mental health concerns and engagement in care.
She was honored among other scholarship recipients at the awards reception held on Wednesday, November 7 at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in midtown Manhattan where they all presented a synopsis of their papers. We are proud of Tari and honored to have her represent CSSW!
About NYSSCSW
NYSSCSW is a professional association for clinical social work psychotherapists, MSW students, institute candidates, new professionals, and other mental health professionals committed to maintaining standards of professional education and practice in clinical social work psychotherapy in New York State. The Metropolitan Chapter covers New York, Brooklyn and Bronx Counties.
The Society organizes various educational activities and opportunities to interact and network directly with one another regarding referrals, office space rentals, managed care and insurance concerns, practice issues, educational activities sponsored by other organizations, and other issues of interest to our members. They also manage a listserv through which they communicate these activities as well as other invaluable resources.
To learn more about the Society and Met Chapter and benefits of membership, visit their homepage.
Dr. Joy Ippolito is a Social Impact Investment Director or the newly launched American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact. She has more than 18 years of policy, research, and graduate teaching experience in urban education, child welfare, juvenile justice, mental health, and supporting healthy families and communities. She uses this knowledge to guide venture capital investments she makes in healthy youth development. Prior to joining the Institute, Joy was a state policy executive and the first Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families. She previously taught human development at the Urban Education Institute and conducted implementation and evaluation research at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, where she was the project manager for the federal evaluation of the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative (TPPI) for Chicago Public Schools.