News : social work

Bemidji State University launches blended social work program in August, 2013

3/27/2013 5:13 PM EST - Bemidji State University

Coursework can be completed almost entirely online; three on-campus Saturday sessions per semester required
Bemidji State University will offer a bachelor’s degree program in social work that can be completed almost entirely online, beginning in August.

The blended-delivery program, called the Social Work Integrated Model, or SWIM, is intended for students who have completed or are within six credits of...

Nursing and social work students learning to work together at UT Arlington

9/21/2012 4:21 PM EST - University of Texas at Arlington

The University of Texas at Arlington’s College of Nursing and School of Social Work will use nearly $900,000 during the next three years to fund research to improve connections between nurses and social workers before they meet in the health care workplace.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration recently awarded an $862,532 Advanced Nursing...

KappAhl supports the Mayflower's work for vulnerable children's condition

7/5/2012 2:00 AM EST - KappAhl

For several years, KappAhl has donated clothes and money to the Mayflower's work to improve children’s condition and tackle child poverty in Sweden. The value is about a quarter of a Swedish million kronor and recently KappAhl gave an additional amount of clothes
– Now in summertime, we want to donate clothes and money to the Mayflower’s Galtarö, a summer camp for children who for various reasons, need to get...

UT Arlington names first director for its new Center for African American Studie...

6/6/2012 2:54 PM EST - University of Texas at Arlington

Hatcher to start July 1
ARLINGTON, Texas – The University of Texas at Arlington has named Schnavia Smith Hatcher, a University of Georgia associate professor of social work, as director of the new UT Arlington Center for African American Studies. Her first day will be July 1.

Hatcher moves to Texas after seven years with the University of Georgia School of Social Work. She joined Georgia in 2005 and previously...

New Boston College Program Brings Social Entrepreneurship to Social Work

9/14/2011 12:19 PM EST - Boston College

Social Innovation Lab a first to blend entrepreneurship with social work practice
CHESTNUT HILL, MA (9/14/2011) – In an effort to transform the traditional yet outdated model of social work, Boston College has launched the nation’s first program to train social workers in the entrepreneurial practices of social innovation.

The Social Innovation Lab, developed in BC’s Graduate School of Social Work, blends...

BOSTON COLLEGE PROGRAM BRINGS SOCIAL INNOVATION TO SOCIAL WORK

9/13/2011 4:31 PM EST - Boston College