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 Passage A

 Giving Matters

 "My dream is of breaking barriers, moving forward with a life that can be an example and a kind of redemption for my family." - Talisha Richardson

 Life changed in a split second for alumni Elliot and Eloise Kaplan when Eloise (M.S. W. ·11) was struck by a hit-and-run driver in February 2011. She suffered multiple injuries, spent weeks in a coma, and was hospitalized for months. Doctors weren't sure she would ever regain her speech and memory. 

Today, after countless hours of rehabilitation, Eloise's speech and memory are exceeding doctors' expectations. To honor her courage in recovery from traumatic brain injury [TBI], the couple pledged $ 200,000 to establish the Eloise and Elliot Kaplan Fellowship for TBI field Placements for graduate students in the School of Social Work. The gift highlights the school's evolving collaboration with the health sciences. 

Talisha Richardson is one of the first recipients of the Kaplan Fellowship. As a student in the master of social work program with a focus on clinical practice, her foundation-level field placement is at University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview. For 16 hours a week, with an on-site supervisor, she is a heart transplant social worker on a team of professionals working with patients who often arrive by helicopter after the trauma of a heart attack or brain-injuring stroke. 

Richardson brings personal experience of trauma to her study and work. Raised in poverty in St. Paul, she lived at one point with 10 others in a one-and-a-half bedroom house and was eventually raised by her grandmother. She spent a lot of time in medical settings, eventually losing both parents and her grandmother. Witnessing her mother's struggle, in particular, influenced her growing interest in the connection between trauma and mental health disorders. 

In addition to earning a bachelor's degree in ethnic studies, Richardson has worked in social services with people with disabilities and long-term illness. She sees herself as a bridge between different cultures and communities. 

''The fellowship means I can pursue this degree without making every decision based on finances," she says. "I desire to work in a medical setting where people are being attended to, mended and healed."