Graduate School of Social Work

Announcements

Waging Peace's Darfur Children's Drawings Exhibit

Opening reception
and lecture
Monday, March 9, 2009
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Gargan Hall, Bapst Library

The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, The Center for Human Rights and International Justice, and the Center for the Arts and Social Responsibility are sponsoring Waging Peace's traveling exhibition of drawings created by refugee children from Darfur.

Arts & Identity Conference

The Graduate School of Social Work is co-sponsoring the Arts & Identity Conference to be held Saturday, January 17, 2009 from 9:00 - 12:00 pm at the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists in Roxbury. See Art & Identity conference brochure.

Field Placement Dates

See Calendar for upcoming Field Placement News and Supervisor Orientation Dates
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PLEASE NOTE: NEW GSSW WEB SITE ADDRESS

http://www.bc.edu/socialwork
Please change your Graduate School of Social Work bookmark to reflect our new web address!
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News & Events

$3.5 million Grant to empower the elderly and people with disabilities

Boston College has been awarded a $3.5 million grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies to assist GSSW faculty Kevin Mahoney in the establishment of a technical assistance center for consumer direction. more »

Professor Berzin receives award for best article in "Social Service Review"

GSSW Assistant Professor Stephanie Berzin, Chair of the CYF concentration, has been selected to receive the prestigious 2009 Frank R. Breul Memorial Prize. The prize is awarded annually to the best article published in Social Service Review.

Read article here: http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ssr/2008/82/2
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Cash & Counseling program receives $4.75 million Grant

Cash & Counseling, a health care choice program for the elderly and people with disabilities, headed by GSSW professor Kevin Mahoney, has been awarded a $4.75 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The grant will provide funding for research and the establishment of a technical assistance center for C&C as it continues to expand its national profile. See BC Chronicle for full story.
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Professor Lubben appointed Director of Institute on Aging

Professor James Lubben, the Louise McMahon Ahearn Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work has been appointed Director of the new Institute on Aging at Boston College.
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Spotlight

International Field Placement Visits

Penny Alexander, GSSW Director of International Programs, (top, second from left) shares her photos from this year's site visits to Field Placements in various African countries. She met with students, their supervisors and agency representatives involved in our global practice program.
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GSSW Alum Appointed to Chair
at Fordham University
Brenda G. McGowan MSW'66, has been appointed to the James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Services. The appointment of Dr. McGowan acknowledges her leadership and groundbreaking scholarship in and continued service to the field of child welfare.

GSSW Alum Featured in Boston College Magazine
Dorothee Stangle’s, MSW '08, field placement experience in a South African village was highlighted in the most recent issue of Boston College Magazine article Five Points of Impact.