Alumni DeChantal (Day) Cummings, MSW '02, to receive 2015 Social Worker of the Year Award by NASW-NYS
Published January 22, 2015 This content is archived.
Congratulations to DeChantal (Day) Cummings, MSW '02, who will be receiving the NASW-NYS 2015 Social Worker of the Year Award. She will be honored at the NASW-NYS annual conference in Albany, New York on March 20, 2015.
NASW-NYS Social Worker of the Year criteria:
An individual considered for this award should demonstrate exceptional professional qualities that make her or him stand out beyond the expectations of her/his job.
The person you nominate must:
- be a member in good standing of NASW-NYS
- demonstrate leadership qualities of an exceptional nature
- effectively integrate experience with education in an outstanding effort to help people
- show a willingness to take risks for improved social services
- enlist public support for improved social services
- contribute to the public’s knowledge of social work
- represent the professional ethics of social work as defined in the NASW Code of Ethics
