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Commitment to Social Change Scholarship Recipients From eliminating the cycle of incarceration to educating the public about HIV prevention, scholarship recipients are initiating social change.
In spring 2009, Walden University awarded its Commitment to Social Change Scholarship to five incoming graduate students who have achieved positive social change in their fields and possess clear visions to do more of the same in the future.
The next application deadline is Oct. 1. Read the application criteria.
Two doctoral students received $5,000:
 Caron Jacobson Title: Instructor at Governors State University (Ill.) Program: Ph.D. in Human Services
Social Change Achievement: Founded Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness, the first sexual assault prevention and education program in Michigan; served as executive director for Women ARISE, an agency that provides services for women in the criminal justice system
Social Change Goal: To support women in the criminal justice system and eliminate the cycle of incarceration
Recipient: Bridget Smith
Social Change Achievement: Identified the relationship between cockroach allergens and asthma, as well as prevention and intervention methods; worked on tobacco prevention and community environmental health programs with the Miami-Dade County Health Department
Social Change Goal: To determine effective strategies that reduce the prevalence of emerging environmental health issues
Three masters degree students received $2,500 each:
Recipient: Sarah E. Forrest
Social Change Achievement: Medical mission with a nongovernmental organization in Peru, as well as several previous academic and volunteer experiences in East Africa
Social Change Goal: To establish a nonprofit organization that promotes accessible mental health care services to Africans in culturally sensitive and appropriate ways
 Natanya Jennings Recipient: Natanya Jennings, Pharm.D.
Social Change Achievement: Conducted a research study on African-American women infected with HIV; guest researcher for HIV-prevention methods with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Social Change Goal: To serve the HIV-prevention movement beyond the role of a traditional pharmacist
Recipient: Dr. Lisa R. Norman
Social Change Achievements: Works with impoverished women in public housing in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to increase HIV/STI testing and educate them about the risk of contracting HIV
Social Change Goal: To decrease HIV infection among impoverished women
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