Connect with Alumni
Want to network with other Alumni working in your field of interest? The Alumni Relations Office has created a program to connect you with your fellow peers. We maintain a list of domestic and international alumni who volunteer to assist students, recent graduates and career changers. Assistance may range from an informational interview regarding the state of the job market in your area and relocation information to general networking. To become a member, please email your name, contact information and field of interest to [email protected].

Dr. Penny J. Schwartz '78 is President-Elect of the CUSSW Alumni Association
Dr. Schwartz is Program Director, Resource Entitlement Advocacy Program (REAP), Department of Social Work Services, Mt. Sinai Medical Center. She worked as an in-patient social worker for 11 years, then founded the REAP program in 1989. Penny is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at Mt. Sinai. She received her DSW from Hunter College School of Social Work and her Master of Science in Social Work at Columbia University School of Social Work where she focused on clinical direct practice. Dr. Schwartz was elected as a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine and awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Brookdale Center on Aging of Hunter College. She services the following boards: NF, Inc. the GGH September Fund and the Brookdale Center on Aging Council of Advisors. She co-chairs the Citywide Medicaid Advisory Board and has served as NASW 2nd Vice President and Secretary. Penny will serve as President of the Alumni Association beginning in July 2007.

Archivist Laura Guiterman Freund Retires
Laura Guiterman Freund, CUSSW's Archivist and Historian, has retired after 42 years of service. Laura has worked tirelessly for the Office of Development and Alumni Relations as a liaison for the alumni and the School. She has overseen the operation of the office many times during her tenure and has worked with many Alumni Association committees including the Goldson Committee, the Louard Scholarship Committee and the Reed Scholarship Committee. Over the years, Laura archived and catalogued the School's historical documents and photographs. We are most grateful to Laura for her extraordinary dedication and for her many years of service.

Photography as Advocacy: OSI Exhibit at CUSSW
Photographers Andrew Lichtenstein and Steve Liss document the social, political and economic repercussions of the U.S. criminal justice system in a photography exhibition now on display at CUSSW. Read more.