Caroline Favulli Receives Western New England College Honor Graduate in Social Work Award

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(L-R) Professional Educator of Social Work Paula Nieman, Caroline A. Favulli, and School of Arts and Sciences Dean Saeed Ghahramani

SPRINGFIELD, MA (06/11/2010)(readMedia)-- Caroline A. Favulli of Shrewsbury received the Albert C. Pryor Jr. Award for the Honor Graduate in Social Work during Baccalaureate ceremonies at Western New England College. The award is presented to the graduating senior Social Work major who best evidences a commitment to promoting social work values and academic excellence. It is named after the late Dr. Albert Pryor, who started the Social Work program at Western New England College.

Favulli graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Social Work. A member of the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society and the Social Work Club, Favulli participated in two internships while at Western New England College. For one, she helped a Somali refugee family that could not speak English to adapt to the everyday challenges of life. The other internship had Favulli working at the Hampden County House of Correction, providing individual and group services to male inmates as she helped them to examine their lives and choices to try and find ways that they may turn their lives around.