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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What keeps our alums returning to Burn Camp? Dana Dillard (MSW '00) is a school social worker with the Cobb County school district in metro Atlanta. Dillard went to Burn Camp in 2000 as an MSW student, and she has been back as a volunteer every year since. Read more...Learn more about taking the service-learning course: "Social Work with Burn-Injured Children.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, a granddaughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, sits with June Gary Hopps, the School's Parham Professor of Family and Children Studies, as social work students give reports on FDR’s three election wins. Ms. Roosevelt participated in the School's fifth annual Policy Day on Oct. 30. Read more . . .
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. . .
Our international programs sent social work students and faculty to Ghana, Northern Ireland, and Argentina this summer. In Maymester 2008, Dr. Nancy Willliams will again offer the course "Culturally Competent Social Work" in Xalapa, Mexico. To learn more contact Dr. Williams at nwilliam@uga.edu
The West African Study Abroad Program completed their seventh consecutive trip to Ghana this summer. Under the leadership of Dr. Cheryl Dozier, the program continues to expose students from many disciplines and faculty to new and exciting experiences in this developing nation. This program is currently preparing for the 2008 study abroad program visit in Ghana during maymester. For more information please contact Dr. Tony B. Lowe at tblowe@uga.edu and view the website at: http://www.uga.edu/westafrican.
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...
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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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Kolomer named UGA Service-Learning Fellow read more...
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Stacey Kolomer was selected to be one the 2008-2009 UGA Service-Learning Fellows. The Service-Learning Fellows Program is a year-long faculty development program... |
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Hatcher receives fellowship; participates in research institute read more...
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Schnavia Smith Hatcher, an assistant professor in the School of Social Work, has been awarded one of four postdoctoral fellowships funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and organized by Morehouse School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. |
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BSW student wins Rotary award read more...
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Alicia Bellezza, who was recently named the outstanding BSW student of the year, has also won the Rotaract Student Service Award by the UGA Rotaract Club. |
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Two Temporary Assistant Professor Positions Available read more...
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The UGA, School of Social Work is seeking to hire two, 12-month Temporary Assistant Professors for the continuation and expansion of the Child Welfare Title IV-E Education Program. |
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