Working for Social Justice and Promoting Child Welfare CDs Now Available
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 SWK alumna, Kathleen Glow-Morgan, to serve as VA acting national director of social work
Kathleen Glow-Morgan, LCSW-R, social work executive at Syracuse Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC), will be the VACO acting national director of social work from May 12-24. She has a master of social work from Syracuse University’s School of Social Work and a BS in human development, also from SU. “She has been assigned to this extremely high-level position, which reflects the regard in which she is held here as well as in Washington. We are very proud of her and know she will do a great job,” notes Robert W. McLean, Lt. Col. USMC (Ret.), public affairs officer, Syracuse VAMC.
Karen Kirkhart named 2013 United Methodist Scholar Teacher
Karen E. Kirkhart, M.S.W., Ph.D., professor in the School of Social Work in the Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, has been named the 2013 United Methodist Scholar Teacher of the Year in recognition of outstanding teaching and scholarship. This award emphasizes the dual nature of a faculty member's responsibilities as a scholar and teacher. In the spring semester of the academic year, the Chancellor selects the recipient. Kirkhart will be honored on May 3 during a special ceremony at the Falk College’s faculty meeting, with vice chancellor and provost, Eric F. Spina, presenting the award.
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Social work students inducted into Phi Alpha Honor Society
On April 10, the School of Social Work held its Phi Alpha Honor Society, Zeta Gamma Chapter, induction ceremony at Hendricks’s Chapel. Twelve undergraduate and 20 graduate social work students joined Phi Alpha this academic year. Associate professor, Keith Alford, was the keynote speaker. Leondra Polk, Phi Alpha president, led the ceremonies, with assistance from Deborah Monahan, professor of social work and associate dean of research. Awards were presented by Bette Brown Thoreck, director, Baccalaureate social work program.
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Professor of Social Work Alejandro Garcia to Receive 2013 Daniel and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award
In honor of his significant contributions to the field of social work through teaching, research, policy advocacy, and service, Professor Alejandro Garcia, Ph.D., will receive the 2013 Daniel and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award March 26, 7 p.m., in the Schine Student Center, 304ABC. Sponsored by Social Workers United, the School of Social Work, CNY NASW and the Falk College, the program is free and open to the public. This annual event is one of several activities celebrating National Professional Social Work Month commemorated each March.
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Unique Opportunity for Advanced Standing MSW students
The SU School of Social Work is partnering with the Veterans Administration to support four HRSA-funded field placements annually for students committed to working with veterans and their families and participating in consortium program activities.
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