Graduate Student Alison Fader-Brock Wins Ashworth Fellowship

April 29, 2009

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has awarded the 2009-2010 Kenneth H. Ashworth Fellowship to School of Social Work graduate student Alison Fader-Brock. The purpose of the Ashworth Fellowship program is to provide financial assistance to students pursuing master's and doctoral programs leading to careers in public service.

Fader-Brock, a student in the M.S.S.W. program, competed with other students statewide who were nominated by the deans and administrators of graduate programs in criminology/criminal justice, public administration, public affairs, public health, political science, social work, and urban studies/planning.

Alison Fader-Brock

At the School of Social Work, Fader-Brock serves as a Dean's Ambassador, co-chairs the Advisory Committee on Social Justice and works as a research assistant for the Inter-American Institute for Youth Justice, a unit of the Center for Social Work Research.

Upon graduation in 2010, she plans to continue working with "at-risk" youth both in direct practice as well as researching and developing creative innovations for building protective factors in these youth with a focus on creative expression and exploration of mind-body connection and self-care.

"I consider public service to be work performed to further the good of the people or their larger community. Public service seeks to even the playing field and create opportunities for all to be productive, inspired and empowered citizens," Fader-Brock said.

The Ashworth Fellowship program was established in 1997 by members of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to honor Dr. Kenneth H. Ashworth for his service as Commissioner of Higher Education in Texas from 1976-1997.

For more information, contact:
Dr. Mollie T. Marchione
Director of Constituent Relations
(512) 232-7119
mmarchione@mail.utexas.edu