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In the news

September 15, 2017 By Susan White

In the news

  MSW student Yazmin Garcia Rico was interviewed and quoted in the Raleigh News & Observer article, "DACA recipients rally in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, News, Students Tagged With: Bowes, Garcia Rico, September '17 Impact

Meet our new doctoral students

August 23, 2017 By Susan White

Meet our new doctoral students

  Gerard Chung earned his bachelor of social work degree and MSW degree from the National University of Singapore. He worked for five years in Singapore as a social worker in a family center … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Research, Students, Uncategorized Tagged With: August '17 Impact, Chung, Guan, Jordan, Parisi, Phillips, Sharma

School briefs

June 19, 2017 By Susan White

School briefs

Debbie Barrett, clinical associate professor, received funding from RTI International for a feasibility study on an eight-week skills group intervention that she developed for people with chronic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, News, Spotlight Tagged With: Barrett, Bledsoe, Brigham, Carver, Flores, Fraser, Jensen, Jordan Institute for Families, June '17 Impact, Lanier, Macy, military families, Research, UNC-PrimeCare, Williams, Zerden

In the news

April 21, 2017 By Susan White

In the news

The Jordan Institute for Families and its work with foster care in North Carolina was mentioned in, "Rising number of N.C. teens age out of foster care," an article published in the Raleigh News & … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Spotlight, Students Tagged With: Anderson, April17Impact, Carlton-LaNey, foster care, Honeycutt, Jordan Institute for Families

MSW student competes in National CLARION Case Competition

April 20, 2017 By Susan White

MSW student competes in National CLARION Case Competition

MSW student Cynthia Royals recently competed in the University of Minnesota’s CLARION case competition. Royals, who is enrolled in the UNC-PrimeCare program, participated in the nationally recognized … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Other Feature Stories, Students Tagged With: April17Impact, health care, migrant, Royals, UNC-PrimeCare

Student’s agency gift raises awareness about people living in poverty

December 14, 2016 By Susan White

Student’s agency gift raises awareness about people living in poverty

When Leslie Mullinix started her field placement last year with Crisis Control Ministry (CCM) in Winston-Salem, she knew she would learn a lot about working with people and families living on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Students, Uncategorized Tagged With: December '16 E-Contact, Mullinix, poverty, Winston-Salem DE Program

Iris Carlton-LaNey appointed as Berg-Beach Distinguished Professor

December 1, 2016 By Karen Kornegay

Iris Carlton-LaNey appointed as Berg-Beach Distinguished Professor

Iris Carlton-LaNey, Ph.D., has been named as the Berg-Beach Distinguished Professor of Community Social Work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has served as a professor at the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awards, Faculty & Staff, News, Top News Story Tagged With: African American, award, Berg-Beach, Carlton-LaNey, chair, December '16 E-Contact, professorship, Research

MSW student shares message of healing at Tedx Guilford

November 11, 2016 By Susan White

MSW student shares message of healing at Tedx Guilford

Renee Minx, an MSW student in the School’s Winston-Salem Distance Education Program, was among nearly two dozen diverse leaders, innovators and thinkers selected to speak at TedxGuilford at Guilford … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Students Tagged With: Minx, November '16 E-Contact, Winston-Salem DE Program

Student scholars: Social workers can advance research, discussion on the impact of negative police encounters on Black families, communities

September 7, 2016 By Susan White

Student scholars: Social workers can advance research, discussion on the impact of negative police encounters on Black families, communities

  Studies by university researchers, mainstream media, and independent nonpartisan groups from across the country, including the Center for Policing Equity and the American Civil Liberties … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Other Feature Stories, Students Tagged With: Coleman, discrimination, Horsford, September '16 E-Contact, Sewell, Watkins

Meet our new doctoral students

August 25, 2016 By Susan White

Meet our new doctoral students

  Stefani Baca-Atlas received a BA in psychology from Arizona State University in 2010. She has training and research experience in the field of human rights and worked as a mental health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News, Research, Students, Uncategorized Tagged With: August '16 E-Contact, Baca-Atlas, Deck, Eisensmith, Klein, Lazar

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