Thomas Holland, a professor in the University of Georgia’s School of Social Work, has been chosen to represent the United States as a Fulbright professor during fall semester of the 2008-2009 academic year. Holland will teach and conduct research in the Czech Republic as part of the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program.
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School of Social Work alumna Delene Porter (BSW ’02, MSW ’03) talks with Judge Steve Jones, chairman of the anti-poverty group OneAthens prior to a public meeting in the Classic Center. Porter was recently named the director of the OneAthens Community Foundation, which has as its goal raising $5 million in its first five years.
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In addition to the Thomas M. "Jim" Parham Professorship of Family and Children Studies and the Pauline M. Berger Memorial Professorship in Family and Child Welfare, the School of Social Work will complete by year’s end the fundraising for the Donald L. Hollowell Professorship of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies, which will honor the legacy of one of our nation’s greatest lawyers and advocates for social justice. Read more. . .
The UGA of Social work has been given $200,000 for two graduate assistantships in family and child welfare to honor the memory of Pauline M. Berger, a former faculty member, and to enhance the existing named professorship in her honor. Read more
Elizabeth Vonk (left) and Rene Searles McClatchey found that children who attended weekend camps combining camp activities with therapy were less likely to have post traumatic stress disorder than other children who had lost parents after a long illness. (Photo by Peter Frey) Read more
Kimberly S. Clay, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work, has been selected to participate in the prestigious Institute on Aging and Social Work, a year-long intensive program at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota providing advanced training in aging research to Social Work Faculty nationwide. Read more...
SAVE THE DATE - 2008 ALL CLASS REUNION! The School of Social Work is hosting our second ALL CLASS REUNION on Friday and Saturday, November 7-8, 2008 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Keep checking back often for more information.
SAVE THE DATE - 2008 ALL CLASS REUNION! The School of Social Work is hosting our second ALL CLASS REUNION on Friday and Saturday, November 7-8, 2008 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Keep checking back often for more information.
SAVE THE DATE - 2008 ALL CLASS REUNION! The School of Social Work is hosting our second ALL CLASS REUNION on Friday and Saturday, November 7-8, 2008 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Keep checking back often for more information.
Social Work students and faculty joined eight other faculty and students from such diverse disciplines as Forestry, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ecology and the School of Public and International Affairs in a month-long service-learning project in the Ukerewe district of Tanzania under the auspices of the African Studies Institute. Read more...
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The School of Social Work at the University of Georgia offers five degrees including the BSW, MSW, MSW/JD, PhD, and Master of Arts in Nonprofit Management. Graduate students may earn specialized certificates in Marriage and Family Therapy, in Gerontology, and in Nonprofit Management. Our global programs include study abroad in Ghana, Northern Ireland, and Mexico. We have funded research achievements and study opportunities in gerontology, child welfare, health,
substance abuse, civil rights, and juvenile justice. Our faculty
members are productive and award-winning, and we are proud to highlight
some of their recent accomplishments. Other points of pride include: our service-learning projects such as Burn Camp and RecoveryAthens.org;
our endowed professorships in Family and Children Studies and in Family
and Child Welfare; our work toward establishing the Donald L. Hollowell
Professorship of Social Justice and Civil Rights Studies; and the Foot Soldier Project for Civil Rights Studies and Research.
UGA School of Social Work—Advocates for Positive Social Change
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MSW Program Orientation read more...
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The orientation for all incoming full-time will be held on Monday, August 11th, from 10:00am - 4:00 pm. Sign-up will begin at 9:30am. This meeting will begin in Edge Hall (located in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music). |
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Service-learning Pilot Project in Tanzania read more...
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Social Work students and faculty participate in a month-long service-learning project in the Ukerewe district of Tanzania under the auspices of the African Studies Institute. |
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Job Openings read more...
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The University of Georgia School of Social Work invites applicants for the position of Director of Field Education. |
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The University of Georgia School of Social Work invites applications for the position of Academic Professional Associate available for appointment August 15, 2008. |
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The School of Social Work is seeking applicants for the position of Associate Dean at the Rank of Associate or Full Professor. |
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ALL CLASS REUNION! |
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Nov. 07, 2008 6:00 PM
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SAVE THE DATE!
The School of Social Work is hosting our second ALL CLASS REUNION on Friday and Saturday, November 7-8, 2008 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education. Keep checking back often for more information. |
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