Kim White, M.S.W., has been selected as the state’s 2016 Social Worker of the Year by the National Association of Social Workers, West Virginia Chapter.
White, a U.S. Navy veteran and director of Marshall University’s Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, said she feels fortunate to receive the recognition.
“I know there are thousands of deserving social workers in West Virginia who are giving voice to people and problems and who are working toward solutions,” White said. “Social workers have a long history of empowering others by focusing on the strengths of the individual and the community and working toward change. I’m privileged to be a part of that tradition.”
At Marshall, White assists veterans throughout their college experience and conducts research to help such programs succeed. She said her mission is to keep veterans from leaving college before they earn their degrees. In addition to her duties at Marshall, White serves as president of the NASW West Virginia Chapter, where she promotes the values, skills and knowledge of professional social workers to industry, government and legislative leaders.
White received the award earlier this year at the annual Spring Social Work Conference in Charleston, West Virginia.
In presenting the award, Dolly Ford Sullivan, M.S.W., the chapter’s president-elect, described White’s leadership as “stellar.”
“She has championed our taking a leading role in shaping the important policy responses to the issues that affect our state and its people,” said Ford Sullivan.
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Photo: Marshall’s Kim White, director of the Office of Military and Veterans Affairs, was named West Virginia’s 2016 Social Worker of the Year.