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DDTI marks 50 years of advocating for people with disabilities

February 18, 2014 By Susan White

DDTI marks 50 years of advocating for people with disabilities

Since its founding in 1963, the School of Social Work’s Developmental Disabilities Training Institute (DDTI) has worked to ensure the well-being and inclusion of people with intellectual, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spotlight, Top News Story Tagged With: DDTI, developmental disabilities, Egan, February '14 E-Contact, training

Pathare to speak on social work interventions in India, Feb. 24

February 18, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

Pathare to speak on social work interventions in India, Feb. 24

On Monday, Feb. 24, from 12:15 – 1:30 p.m. in Room 500 at the UNC School of Social Work, Suresh Pathare, Ph.D., MSW, will speak on "Participatory social work interventions with rural communities in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, International, Spotlight Tagged With: February '14 E-Contact, India, Pathare, visiting scholars

Chancellor, Provost and Vice Chancellor visit the School of Social Work

February 17, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

Chancellor, Provost and Vice Chancellor visit the School of Social Work

On Feb. 5, Chancellor Carol Folt and Provost Jim Dean visited the School of Social Work. They had the opportunity to meet a number of faculty, and to learn more about the School and our mission, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spotlight Tagged With: February '14 E-Contact

Faculty briefs

February 12, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

Faculty briefs

Deborah Barrett gave a public talk on Feb. 12 at the Wellness Center at Meadowmont, on living with chronic pain. Trenette Clark was the keynote speaker for the Council on Social Work Education … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Research, Spotlight Tagged With: Barrett, Clark, February '14 E-Contact, Hinson, Leach, Macy, Mergner, Norris, Richmond, Smith, Weems, zimmerman

Student briefs

February 12, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

Student briefs

MSW student Ariel Reynolds is quoted in a Jan. 28 NC Health News story, Farm at Penny Lane cultivates more than plants. MSW student Brittany Hunt is quoted in a Feb. 2 Daily Tar Heel article, 87 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Bergstrom, February '14 E-Contact, Hunt, Manning, Norman, Reynolds, Wenzel

In the media

February 12, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

In the media

Emeritus faculty member Andrew Dobelstein had a commentary published in the Jan. 23 News & Observer, The War on Poverty’s fundamental flaw: not enough jobs. Teresa Ilinitch is the subject of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Spotlight Tagged With: dobelstein, February '14 E-Contact, Howard, Hunt, Macy, Manning, media mentions, Norman, Reynolds

School develops training and coaching course for foster parents and social workers

February 11, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

The Family and Children’s Resource Program at the UNC School of Social Work is offering a new training and coaching package for foster parents and social workers called “Practical Solutions: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events, Research Tagged With: Events, February '14 E-Contact, foster care, training

Bowen presents in Israel

February 11, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

Bowen presents in Israel

Kenan Distinguished Professor Gary Bowen was an invited presenter at the Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation on Trauma and the Family, at Bar-Ilan University in Tel Aviv, Israel, on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, International, Military, Research, Spotlight Tagged With: Bowen, February '14 E-Contact, military families

Drawing winners announced

February 11, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

Congratulations to the winners of the Contact Magazine basketball ticket giveaway -- Bianca Gantt, MSW '05; and Ivy Dey Johnson, MSW '06. They each won two tickets to the Feb. 15 UNC vs. Pittsburgh … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Notes Tagged With: February '14 E-Contact

Alumni briefs: Burroughs ’98, Cagle ’98, Corpus, ’01, Davis ’13, Petrilli-Parker ’05, Walker-Richmond ’12

February 11, 2014 By Michelle Rogers

Alumni briefs: Burroughs ’98, Cagle ’98, Corpus, ’01, Davis ’13, Petrilli-Parker ’05, Walker-Richmond ’12

Jessica Burroughs, MSW/MPH '98, through her volunteer advocacy work with MomsRising, is the key point person who planned a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration for children and families. She was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Notes Tagged With: Burroughs, Cagle, Class of 1998, Class of 2001, Class of 2005, Class of 2012, Class of 2013, Corpus, Davis, February '14 E-Contact, Petrilli-Parker

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