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Distinguished Department Alumnus of the Year

  • Erica Lewis Arrington, ’03, 2023
  • Kristen Lorraine Torres, LMSW, ’16, 2022
  • Jana Newton Donahoe, Ph.D., LCSW, ’85, 2013
  • Laurie Smith Lawson, Ph.D., LCSW, '83, 2012 
  • Robert L. "Bert" Montgomery, M.Div, '93, 2011
  • Markella B. Rutherford, Ph.D., '95, 2010
  • N. Wilbur Carpenter, Jr., Ph.D. '43, 2009
  • Rhonda Stamps Cole, M.A., ’89, 2005
  • Mary Ann Cooper, M.A., ‘72, 2003
  • Jo Smith Hollman, M.A., ‘71, 2002
  • Charles W. Whitten, Th.M., ‘43, 2001
  • Willie A. Whitten, Ed.D., ‘51, 2000
  • Andrew D. Lester, Ph.D., ‘61, 1999
  • Thomas E. Clark, Ph.D., ‘58, 1998
  • Bill Causey, Ph.D., ‘52, 1997
  • Robert G. W. Girling, III, M.S.W., ‘50, 1996
  • Charles M. Tolbert, Ph.D., ‘48, 1995
  • Pete Campbell, Ed.D., ‘67, 1992
  • Charles F. Longino, Jr., Ph.D., ‘60, 1991
  • Direk Arayakosol, Ph.D., ‘56, 1990

Senior Social Work Award

  • Azia Gutierrez – 2023

  • Elizabeth Grace Dudley – 2022

  • Cranesha Roberson - 2021
  • Emily Black - 2020
  • Jessica Flemings - 2019
  • Angelica Fillingane - 2018
  • Luke Morris - 2017
  • Kristen Torres - 2016
  • Chelsey Bennett - 2015
  • Lisa-Marie Cannon - 2014

  • ​​​​​​​John J. Luther - 2013

Annual Mississippi Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers Student Merit Award

  • Hannah Rose Turner - 2020
  • Sarah Harrell - 2017
  • Kimberly Williams - 2016
  • Emily Smith - 2014
  • Lisa Blanton - 2013

Distinguished Lecturer for College of Arts & Sciences

Laurie Lawson

Laurie Smith Lawson, PhD, LCSW

  •  Chair of  Sociology and Social Work
  •  Program Director of Social Work
  •  Executive Director of Clinton Community Christian Corporation

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Mississippi College will shift to remote operations on Tuesday, January 21. All classes will transition to remote instruction on Tuesday with normal in-person operations expected to resume on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Learn More