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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 is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Foster Care and the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work.

This forum will bring together representatives of agencies with successful housing programs for vulnerable populations from across the Commonwealth to discuss who they serve, what type of housing and services are provided, where their housing is located, when and how it was established, and why their program is working.  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

Leader in Mental Health Services Joins GSSW

Marylou Sudders, Professor at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
Marylou Sudders

AUGUST 16, 2012

Recent President and CEO of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (MSPCC), Marylou Sudders, will join the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work this fall as a full-time associate professor of Macro Practice in the Health & Mental Health concentration.

Prior to her leadership position at MSPCC, Professor Sudders was Commissioner of Mental Health for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1996 through 2003. In recent years, she served as a mental health expert for the United States Department of Justice and was a national panel member for the Behavioral Health Disparities Curriculum Infusion Project, sponsored by the United States Office of Minority Health.

Read an essay by Marylou Sudders in Boston College Social Work magazine about the challenges and opportunities faced by social workers in the mental health field »

Read an article co-written by Marylou Sudders in NPR's WBUR CommonHealth about children's mental health care being treated unequally in Massachusetts »