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GABE W. MILLER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION AWARDS
FIFTEENTH SCHOLARSHIP

Whitney Welsh

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 ScholarTrish Snell, M.S.W., University of Denver, 2006; Ph.D., Notre Dame University
2nd Gabe Miller ScholarDawn Davis, Illinois State University
2006
3rd Gabe Miller ScholarLauren White, Illinois State University
4th Gabe Miller ScholarCheryl Lockett, Illinois State University
2007
5th Gabe Miller ScholarShani L. Trapp, University of Illinois
6th Gabe Miller ScholarChristopher S. Perri, Loyola University Chicago (LUC)
7th Gabe Miller ScholarCarlos F. Moran, University of Southern California (USC)
8th Gabe Miller ScholarAudrey L. Tousant, University of Southern California (USC)
2008
9th Gabe Miller ScholarThomas J. Malczyk, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI)
2009
10th Gabe Miller ScholarRachael Dietkus-Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UI)
11th Gabe Miller ScholarStephanie D. Moss, University of Southern California (USC)
12th Gabe Miller ScholarAnanda Leinartas, Jane Addams College of Social Work of the University of Illinois, Chicago
2010
13th Gabe Miller ScholarZuleika Andrade, University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work
14th Gabe Miller ScholarKristopher Koester, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) School of Social Work
2011
15th Gabe Miller ScholarWhitney Welsh, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) School of Social Work
16th Gabe Miller ScholarJana Hernandez, Loyola University Chicago
17th Gabe Miller ScholarLauren Higbee, University of Illinois Chicago / Jane Addams Colllege of Social Work
2012
18th Gabe Miller ScholarLauren Belding, University of Illinois, Chicago / Jane Addams College of Social Work
19th Gabe Miller ScholarJennifer Copeland, Loyola University, Chicago
20th Gabe Miller ScholarJenny Vu, University of Southern California