Events
Forum on Housing for Vulnerable Young Adults
JUNE 11, 2013
9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Murray Room, Yawkey Center
RSVP required by May 28, 2013, to agingouttaskforce@gmail.com.
The Forum on Housing for Vulnerable Young Adults will bring together representatives of agencies with successful housing programs for vulnerable populations from across Massachusetts to discuss who they serve, what type of housing and services are provided, where housing is located, when and how it was established, and why their program is working.
The forum is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Department of Child & Family Services (DCF) Care and the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. More about the Forum on Housing for Vulnerable Young Adults »
Commencement 2013
MAY 20, 2013
9:15 a.m. — Academic Procession
10:00 a.m. — University Commencement (main ceremony)
12:30–2:30 p.m.— Graduate School of Social Work Diploma Ceremony
The 137th Commencement of Boston College will be held on Monday, May 20, 2013. The University Commencement, which is attended by all graduates, is held in Alumni Stadium (rain or shine) and will begin with the Academic Procession at 9:15 a.m. and end after approximately two hours. More about Commencement 2013 »
News
"Outstanding Scholar in Adoption" Awarded to Professor Ruth McRoy
OCTOBER 2, 2010
Professor Ruth McRoy, the Donahue/DiFelice Endowed Professor at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, has been chosen to receive the SJU "Outstanding Scholar in Adoption Award." This award recognizes scholars with substantial contribution to the field of adoption and whose research and publications have substantially advanced our understanding of issues affecting the adoption community. Those who receive this award may be professional researchers, academics, or others who make meaningful contributions to the literature and knowledge in this discipline.
Professor McRoy has been an academician, researcher, practitioner, trainer, and lecturer in the field for over 30 years. McRoy's work has focused on topics such as open adoption, adoptive family recruitment, racial identity development, family preservation, adolescent pregnancy, African American families, kinship care, and dis-proportionality in child welfare.
The "Outstanding Scholar in Adoption Award" will be presented at the sixth biennial adoption conference at St. John's University, October 14-16th, 2010. The conference theme, "The Ethics of Adoption in the 21st Century," will highlight emerging changes in the practice of adoption since the start of the new century.
