The awards ceremony was yesterday. It went off pretty much without any major hitches and yes, I actually made it through my speech....which follows below:
Social Work Awards of Excellence
I will try to be as brief as possible in my acknowledgements and I thank you all in advance for your patience
To Sona Euster, the director of the Social Work Department, and to Lisa Perlman one of the Social work Managers and my supervisor, I would like to extend a heartfelt, Thank You, for granting me what has been an incredible opportunity to work with some of the best and brightest minds in the field of Social Work.
To the entire social work staff and in particular the Recognition Committee I say thank you for selecting me for such an honor.
To my mom who flew up from South Carolina to be here today – thank you…
And lastly but by no means the least,
There is a young man who, at the age of 16 was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer; who in his own words “refuses to be a cancer patient” A young man who, when informed he might not be able to return to school after 8.5 hours of surgery, went back to finish out his senior year of high school, on time, and was named valedictorian of his graduating class and was named to who’s who of American High School Students, who is currently attending Pennoni Honor’s College at Drexel University in pursuit of a degree in Civil Engineering; who is currently a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and The National Society of Black Engineers. This young man who is present here today, has taught me more about “excellence” than any thing or any one else ever could. To you, my son, I say thank you.
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