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Anton Gunn Receives Leadership Award

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Regional Award for Health Care Leadership: Anton J. Gunn

Anton J. Gunn of Atlanta, Ga., is the regional director for the Region IV Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Region IV is HHS's largest region in population and domestic geography and comprises Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

Gunn began his career as a health care reformer and community organizer. His work has included consumer advocacy on health care issues such as managed care policy, HIV/AIDS funding, hospital conversions and social justice. The first African American elected to represent S.C. District 79, Gunn served on a White House Health Care Task Force of State Legislators for Health Reform and was an active partner with Families USA, a national organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. He has been active on all levels in the fight for health care reform. In 2006, he received the honor of being named one of the Top 10 Leaders in the Rural South by the Southern Rural Development Initiative.

Gunn earned a bachelor's degree in history and a master's degree in social work from the University of South Carolina.

Alumni Spotlight, Jeanrico Luxama

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Currently, I am a medical social worker at a skilled rehabilitation facility in the Washington DC area. There are many ways the MSW program at University of South Carolina prepared me for the medical position I now hold. My experience as an intern with Clylinda Nixon and the Lexington
Medical center was useful as it helped me develop skills in discharge planning for complex patients; complete psychosocial assessment; utilization of brief counseling techniques including contribution to case management outcome measures and development of social work specific outcome indicators.

Photo by: Danita Hall

Alumni Spotlight: Dorene Boltz

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While Dorene Boltz graduated from the College of Social Work at the University of South Carolina in 2002 with a Masters of Social Work, she is still giving back to the college by serving as a guest speaker in Dr. Jo Ann Regan’s Military Social Work Class. She has also served as a field instructor for the college’s Field Education Office.During her years at the COSW, she made fond memories and found inspiration in class, particularly the classes taught by Bruce Dalton,

“I took him every semester but one, and I regret the one I missed. I liked the way he taught, using collaborative method(s) that made each student responsible for not just reading the assignment, but also for presenting it to the class,” said Dorene.

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Meet Geneva Levey-Fleming

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Geneva Levey-Fleming, PhD, LCSW, LISW-CP
Faculty and Coordinator of the Human Services Program
Trident Technical College
Charleston, South Carolina