On Monday, Bradley hosted a celebration of life for Nancy Amos, a well-known and respected professor within the social work department who died this July.
In addition to being a professor at Bradley, Amos practiced as a social worker for more than 30 years, with a focus on child welfare, gerontology, healthcare and social work administration.
But Amos was far more than her work.
“She touched the lives of hundreds, probably thousands of students in the community doing the good work social workers do,” Jackie Hogan, chair of the department of sociology, criminology and social work, said.
Amos was often regarded as the backbone of the social work department, with many students and colleagues calling her a model professor.
“[Amos] was a part of our department for 30 years,” Hogan added. “She was the beating heart of the social work program – she helped create the program.”
The late professor’s light shone in her personal life, too.
“Nancy was a really kind soul,” senior social work major Azariah Evans said. “She embodied the values of social work. Her stories taught us life values that we could never find anywhere else.”
Evans isn’t the only one who noticed.
“She was always bringing people together, adding energy and kindness wherever she went,” Liz Crawford, a social work professor, added.
And on Monday, Amos brought people together one last time – to bond over her memory and share in each other’s company.
