The Neysa Fanwick Memorial Scholarship will be awarded to a master’s degree candidate in social work dedicated to addressing injustices within various systems, including, but not limited to, criminal justice, foster care, healthcare, and education. These candidates will demonstrate a commitment to developing innovative solutions that foster positive change, with experience working in health and mental health settings. Applications will be evaluated based on their alignment with the fund’s mission.The 2025-2026 recipients are:
Jordan Lummus, University of Michigan
Lummus is an MSW student at the University of Michigan’s School of Social Work, where she is studying the welfare of children and families and global social work. She received her BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and worked as a court-appointed child advocate and an international English as a Second Language teacher. As a member of the University of Michigan’s Master’s International Program, she spent her first year on campus working for the Department of Health and Human Services in the community resources department. She then spent two years in the U.S. Peace Corps as a youth and families development promoter in the Amazon region of Ecuador. Since returning to the U.S., she has been working for the Women’s Center of Southeastern Michigan and the Child and Adolescent Data Lab while finishing the last year of her MSW program. Her goal is to further her education in social welfare policy, focusing on the transition to adulthood among youth who are in danger of aging out of foster care.