On Tuesday, April 11, 2023, IUPUI celebrated The Elite 50 Awards Dinner, highlighting the top fifty graduate and professional students for academic year 2022-2023. We are excited to announce four students from the IU School of Social Work were recipients of this distinguished honor: Kristin Funk – PhD program, Meredith Canada – PhD program, Tayon Swafford – MSW and PhD programs, and Jade Presnell – PhD program.

“We are very proud of the four awardees for receiving the Elite 50 honor. Their accomplishments are impressive, and we really appreciate, not only their achievements in the classroom, but on campus and in the community,” said Margaret Adamek, director of the PhD program, IU School of Social Work.

 

The event is organized by the IUPUI Division of Student Affairs, the Indiana University Graduate School Indianapolis, the Office of Academic Affairs, and the Graduate and Professional Student Government. Selection is based on students who “demonstrate excellence beyond the classroom in areas such as campus leadership, scholarly work, and community engagement,” – IUPUI Elite 50 website.