Congratulations to the School of Social Work's Neal Newfield and his wife, Susan Newfield of the WVU School of Nursing. They were recently awarded a Certificate of Meritorious Service by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in recognition of their 12 years of work in organizing and facilitating the Annual Social Work Institute in Vietnam. The Institute focuses on building the intellectual infrastructure of social work in Vietnam where social work is a developing discipline. More than 1,000 people have attended the Institute and 46 agencies and universities have sent representatives to the Institute. Institutional partners in this project have included the School of Social Work, School of Nursing, the Pacific Links Foundation, and Extension Services.