Anita Rosen Award Recognizes the Work of Students at APM

The Gero-Ed Center congratulates Christopher E. Bargeron, College of St. Catherine and University of St. Thomas, and Nancy Giunta, University of California at Berkeley, on winning the 2007 Anita Rosen Gerontology Awards for Outstanding Student Poster at the 2007 CSWE APM Gero-Ed Track. The two students were presented with the award and prize money at the 4 th Annual Gero-Ed Center/AGE-SW Joint Event.

With his winning poster Aging Well: Narratives of GLBT Seniors, former MSW student Christopher Bargeron highlighted his research on theories of successful aging and GLBT elders. Nancy Giunta’s poster Implementing the National Family Caregiver Support Program (NFCSP): An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Study, which won the PhD student award, examined the factors contributing to the successful implementation by states of this federal caregiver support program.

The Rosen Awards are made possible by a generous donation from Dr. Anita Rosen, reflecting her career-long commitment to gerontological social work and advancing the inclusion of gerontology competencies for all social work students. More information on this year’s winners and on the Anita Rosen Awards is available on our Web site.

Christopher E. Bargeron and Nancy Giunta with their awards at the AGE-SW/Gero-Ed Center Joint Event, APM 2007.