Farber Memorial Fellowship – Deadline 2/8

The School of Social Work’s Scholarship Committee is pleased
to announce that applications are being accepted for the Farber Memorial
Fellowship’s inaugural offering. This fellowship is for University of
Washington MSW students who will be enrolled during the 2012-2013 academic
year.  The fund has been established to
honor the social work careers of Arthur and Ruth Farber.

About Arthur and Ruth Farber:

In a career starting as a practitioner, supervisor and executive, and culminating in 17 years as a
professor at the University of Washington School of Social Work, Arthur was a
courageous pioneer for social justice and individual empowerment.  In addition to his professional areas of
interest, Arthur Farber’s personal style embodied a constant expressive joy in
the exploration of ideas that led him intrinsically toward innovation.

His colleagues admired his capacity to maintain broad-based intellectual respect and cordial relationships with
those holding differing opinions.  Students found him open and warm, as he encouraged them to explore themselves and their chosen profession with honesty and depth. Friends and family delighted in his humor and treasured his capacity for self-examination and thirst for learning. And he was that rare academic – a philosopher practitioner – who sought to be a change agent and made a difference.

Throughout Arthur’s career, Ruth, a
professional social work counselor for over 50 years, had been his essential
partner, united in outlook, yet willing to discuss and question each new turn
of his philosophical journey.

The Farber Memorial Fund will offer a biennial award to a
student whose research, written work or practicum experience best exemplifies
the following:

1. Social work theory or practice that
   demonstrates innovation in improving the
   health and welfare of individuals and communities.
2. Examples of the student’s personal commitment to and
   practice of the above values and practices.

The fellowship consists of a one-time award of approximately
$2000.00 to the selected student.
To apply for the fellowship, complete this form: Farber Fellowship Announcement 2012-2013.

Please submit electronically
the required materials by February 8, 2013 to Farber Memorial Fund Committee,
c/o Juanita Ricks, Director of Admissions swschol@u.washington.edu.

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