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Student Services and recruitment updates

July 29, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

The Student Services office will be joined by two temporary part-time clinical faculty members for the 2010-11 academic year. Sharon Thomas, the director of recruitment, admissions and financial aid, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: admissions, April '10 E-Contact, August '10 E-Contact, Class of 2009, information session, July '10 E-Contact, June '10 E-Contact, May '10 E-Contact, Prieto, recruitment, Thomas, Zerden

Orange County honors late professor Florence Soltys

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

School of Social Work faculty member and nationally-known aging advocate Florence Soltys was honored by Orange County on May 27, when county commissioners renamed the adult day health program building … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spotlight Tagged With: aging, June '10 E-Contact, Soltys

Program introduces high school students to the School of Social Work

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

by Chris Nealy and Sharon H. Thomas Project Uplift grants nominated high school students from around the country the opportunity to visit and learn about the university while visiting various … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Class of 2011, Coleman, June '10 E-Contact, Key, Nealy, Project Uplift, recruitment, Thomas

Robinson is executive director of new program

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

PACE of Guilford and Rockingham Counties, a newly-established organization, hired Ursula Robinson, MSW '91, LCSW, as its first executive director. Robinson joined PACE on March 1. PACE stands for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Notes Tagged With: aging, Class of 1991, elderly, health care, June '10 E-Contact, Robinson

Chapman receives $50,000 grant for Latino youth project

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

Mimi Chapman was awarded a $50,000 grant through UNC's North Carolina Translational & Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS), the academic home of the NIH Clinical and Translational Science … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Chapman, education, June '10 E-Contact, Latino, mental health, North Carolina, youth

Student Laura Ziemer wins award for project in Mexico

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

MSW student Laura Ziemer won the 2010 Ron Hyatt Public Service Award. The Hyatt Rotary Public Service Awards are sponsored by the Chapel Hill Rotary Club and administered by UNC's Carolina Center for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: depression, Grady, international social work, June '10 E-Contact, mental health care, Mexico, public service, Ziemer, zimmerman

Johnson receives national award for work preventing child abuse

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

Kathy Johnson was honored with the Outstanding Service Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC).  It was presented June 25 in New Orleans at the organization's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Awards, Spotlight Tagged With: APSAC, child abuse, Haiti, international social work, Johnson, June '10 E-Contact

Sullivans welcome baby Eli

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

Kristen and Mark Sullivan (both MSW '02), of Durham, are proud to announce that Eli Obie Sullivan arrived on June 16. Eli weighed 7 lbs, 11 oz. Mark is president-elect of the School of Social Work's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Notes Tagged With: babies, Class of 2002, June '10 E-Contact, Sullivan

Mergner adds autism training coordinator role

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

Sherry Mergner has accepted a 30% position as the autism training coordinator at UNC's Department of Allied Health Sciences, as of July 1. She will continue in her current role as AHEC (Area Health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Spotlight Tagged With: AHEC, autism, developmental disabilities, June '10 E-Contact, Mergner, special needs children

Murphy starts counseling service in Pittsboro

June 28, 2010 By Michelle Rogers

Diann Murphy, MSW '04,a clinical social worker specializing in mental health disorders, has started New Beginnings Counseling Services in Pittsboro. Murphy is available to conduct mental health … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Class Notes Tagged With: Class of 2004, June '10 E-Contact, Murphy, Pittsboro

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