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Whitney Welsh, an Advocacy, Leadership and Social Change MSW student at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) School of Social Work, has been awarded the 15th Gabe W. Miller Memorial Foundation Scholarship.
Hands on personal involvement drives this Peace Corps veteran. Her work in Cape Verde focused on youth development by leadership workshops and life skills training, as well as establishing alcohol/drug prevention and intervention programs. At UIUC, Whitney has worked with refugees at Heartland Alliance and as an [Anti-] Domestic Violence Advocate [for the principle and for victims] within the University.
Update 2012: Whitney is currently employed as a Case Manager with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Illinois (Champaign County) where she focuses on Match Support and enrollment of "Littles" and "Bigs". She continues her volunteer work with the Wesley Evening Food Pantry in Champaign.
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2005 | |
| 1st Gabe Miller Scholar | Trish Snell, M.S.W., University of Denver, 2006; Ph.D., Notre Dame University |
| 2nd Gabe Miller Scholar | Dawn Davis, Illinois State University |
2006 | |
| 3rd Gabe Miller Scholar | Lauren White, Illinois State University |
| 4th Gabe Miller Scholar | Cheryl Lockett, Illinois State University |
2007 | |
| 5th Gabe Miller Scholar | Shani L. Trapp, University of Illinois |
| 6th Gabe Miller Scholar | Christopher S. Perri, Loyola University Chicago (LUC) |
| 7th Gabe Miller Scholar | Carlos F. Moran, University of Southern California (USC) |
| 8th Gabe Miller Scholar | Audrey L. Tousant, University of Southern California (USC) |
2008 | |
| 9th Gabe Miller Scholar | Thomas J. Malczyk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) |
2009 | |
| 10th Gabe Miller Scholar | Rachael Dietkus-Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI) |
| 11th Gabe Miller Scholar | Stephanie D. Moss, University of Southern California (USC) |
| 12th Gabe Miller Scholar | Ananda Leinartas, Jane Addams College of Social Work of the University of Illinois, Chicago |
2010 | |
| 13th Gabe Miller Scholar | Zuleika Andrade, University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work |
| 14th Gabe Miller Scholar | Kristopher Koester, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) School of Social Work |
2011 | |
| 15th Gabe Miller Scholar | Whitney Welsh, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) School of Social Work |
| 16th Gabe Miller Scholar | Jana Hernandez, Loyola University Chicago |
| 17th Gabe Miller Scholar | Lauren Higbee, University of Illinois Chicago / Jane Addams Colllege of Social Work |
2012 | |
| 18th Gabe Miller Scholar | Lauren Belding, University of Illinois, Chicago / Jane Addams College of Social Work |
| 19th Gabe Miller Scholar | Jennifer Copeland, Loyola University, Chicago |
| 20th Gabe Miller Scholar | Jenny Vu, University of Southern California |