2024-2025 Margo Award Winners Announced

The Margo Awards are named for Margaret Schutz Gordon, Professor Emeritus, who served with distinction as Professor and Director of Practicum Education at the KU School of Social Welfare from 1970 to 1983.

Exceptional Performance in BSW Practicum 
Simranpreet Kandola, Child Abuse Prevention Association (CAPA)

Exceptional Performance in MSW Foundation Practicum 
Miguel Rivera Jr., Lawrence Community Shelter 

Exceptional Performance in MSW Clinical Practicum
Vera Petrovic, Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center

Excellence in BSW Practicum Instruction
Vicki Peoples, Seaman Public Schools – Logan Elementary

Excellence in Clinical Practicum Instruction
April Lemon, Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas – 
Pittsburg Clinic

Congratulations to this year’s winners, nominees and graduates!