Events
Distinguished Speakers Lecture: Delano Lewis, Former Ambassador to South Africa
"Caring for People is a Global Responsibility"
APRIL 26, 2012
9:00–11:00 a.m.
Heights Room, Corcoran Commons
Breakfast Buffet
RSVP by April 13, 2012, to Serena Heartz at heartz@bc.edu or 617-552-0866
Delano Lewis, former Ambassador to South Africa, will be the featured speaker at the GSSW Distinguished Speakers Lecture. Mr. Lewis will discuss how we are all connected and interconnected globally and will speak about opportunities to serve in the U.S. and around the world. more »
Mary Mason Appreciation Breakfast for Field Supervisors
MARCH 27, 2012
9:30 a.m.–Noon
Heights Room, Corcoran Commons
2 CEUs
RSVP by March 20, 2012, to Anne Marie Dolan at swfield@bc.edu
Field interns and their supervisors are invited to attend the annual Mary Mason Field Appreciation Breakfast. Named in honor of Mary A. Mason, the first Director of Field Education at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, the Breakfast is an opportunity for interns to thank supervisors for their significant contribution to the students' education. more »
News
New Faculty Appointment in Children, Youth & Families Concentration
FEBRUARY 10, 2010
The GSSW is pleased to announce that Jessica M. Black will be joining the Health/Mental Health faculty concentration this Fall. Jessica is a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research at Stanford University School of Medicine. She earned an MA and PhD in Education from Stanford University. Jessica's dissertation work focused on academic self-concept, subjective task value, and beliefs about intelligence in dual-language and English-only elementary school students. She is currently the Project Manager for a longitudinal study of kindergartners with high-risk for developing reading disabilities.
