Class of 2023 Special Honors and Awards

Robert Moore Award for Excellence in Scholarship

The Robert Moore Award is a $1,000 award that is presented to a doctoral student whose defended dissertation meets high standards of scholarship. 

Yangjin Park

Council on Social Work Education Partners in Advancing Education for International Social Work Award

Regina Wu

NYU Student of the Year, New York State Society for Clinical Social Work, Rockland Chapter

Ashley Cohen

Undergraduate Founder’s Day Awards

The University honors undergraduate students with superior academic records by designating them Founder’s Day Scholars. The award recipients have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.5.

Erika Jeanette Favela
Kasey Jimenez
Rochelle Lin
Kai Nagashima
Ezekiel Park
Tara Rae Tallman
Lora Tzolova
Selin Ceren Uzman

International Student Leadership Award

Aysha Aliyar

Outstanding Dissertation Award, Social Sciences

Yangjin Park

Dr. Patricia M. Carey Changemaker Award

Regina Wu

Pi Pi Chapter Graduating Students

Phi Alpha Honor Society invites into membership those who have achieved excellence in scholarship and demonstrated their dedication to humanitarian goals. Now in its thirteenth year, the Pi Pi Chapter of Phi Alpha is the largest student organization at the Silver School of Social Work. In addition to maintaining exceptionally high standards of academic achievement, each member of the Pi Pi chapter volunteers time to charitable organizations in the community.

* Undergraduate
+ Officers

MSW Orientation Leaders welcome new students to Silver and help them adjust to life as a MSW student. Orientation leaders are assigned a group of new students that they lead and support with a specific focus on MSW Student Orientation and the first six weeks of the spring semester.

Ruthba Ahmed
Arlynn Baer
Adrianna Burgos Torres
Tatyahna Costello *
Daisy Gonzalez Perez *
Gabe Lopez
Stephanie Lopez
Samantha Luxmikanthan *
Lauren Peressini
Eric Pratt *
Angelica Rivera *
Alyssa Torres
Yuying Wang *
Bethany Wright
Ruiqi Zhu *

* Student Group Leader

Silver Peer Leaders were the first to welcome new Silver undergraduate students to the community over the summer, during orientation, and beyond. They served as role models, advocates, and mentors for incoming first year students.

Christine Liu
Sharon Tham
Ariel Zhao

Silver Champions is an ambassador program that connects prospective and newly admitted students with current MSW students or MSW alumni. Champions are volunteers who draw upon their experiences to highlight the opportunities and benefits of an NYU education. They have the necessary skills to help newly admitted and prospective students throughout the application process and serve as mentors.

Fariza R. Alendy
Arlynn Baer
Rachel M. Baumgold
Aneesha Behl*
Zoe Brunn
Fauzia J. Choudhury
Alexandra E. Dickinson
Katherine Grace Dow
Annagrace Rose Galleno
Emma Greenberg
Katelyn S. Johnson
Nicole Koch
Julia Mae Lipuma
Gabriel Lopez
Elizabeth T. Maxwell
Christina H. Monaco
Cameron Payne
Monica Rachel Sass
Erica V. Tsai
Oxana D. Turgiss
Yuying Wang*
Bethany Leigh Wright
Anisha Subha Zaman
Naima Zen

* Student Group Leader