The School of Social Work in Falk College, an approved provider of continuing education for LMSWs and LCSWs in New York State, will offer “A Social Work Perspective: What’s Correct in Corrections?” on Thursday, June 18, 8:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Currently there are 7 million people involved in the correctional system in the US. Corrections encompasses the punishment, treatment, and supervision of persons who have been convicted of crimes, which commonly include imprisonment, parole and probation. However, the system affects more than the convicted individual, it affects families, neighborhoods, communities and our nation as a whole. Included will be an…
The Syracuse Sports Corporation, along with the graduate students in the Sport Venue & Event Management Program at Syracuse University’s Falk College, will host the 2015 Syracuse Sport Summit on Thursday, April 30 beginning at 9 a.m. (check-in at 8 a.m.) at Drumlins Country Club, 800 Nottingham Road. The event aims to spark discussion about the integration of disabled citizens, particularly wounded military veterans, into the community through the use of adaptive sports. The Summit will utilize three breakout sessions in order to facilitate discussion amongst an anticipated 200 attendees that will include experts and professionals from the adaptive sports…
Strategies to overcome stress and trauma, and transition support programs for the well-being of veterans and military families in Ukraine were two of many areas discussed during Falk College’s March 31 Research Colloquium sponsored by the College Research Center. Yuliya Chorna, a Fulbright Scholar and 2009 MSW graduate of the School of Social Work, and her colleague, Iuliia Pylypas, met with a standing room-only audience that included students, faculty, and staff. Chorna and Pylypas are the executive director and program developer, respectively, of the International HIV/AIDS and TB Institute in Kyiv, Ukraine, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) focused on public health…
Best for Babies, written by professor emerita of child and family studies, Alice Sterling Honig, was recently named a Silver Award Winner by the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA). Her areas of research and scholarship include child development, parenting, cross-cultural study of children and families, language and cognitive development, quality care-giving with infants and toddlers, observation and measurement techniques with children, pro-social and moral development, models and exemplary intervention programs for enriching children’s lives; teaching kids to conserve environments and ‘go green’; the importance of play for young children; assessments for enhancing teacher effectiveness; promoting emergent literacy and bilingualism in…
By: Allison Milch ’18 is majoring in nutrition and dietetics. She is a blogger for What the Health Magazine and is a member of the Nutrition Education and Promotion Association (NEPA). She shares her perspectives below on the many benefits of blogging about health and nutrition “Walking into my high school reunion brunch during Thanksgiving break, I didn’t expect bombardment of questions and compliments regarding the writing I was working on at school. “Hey, I’ve been reading the blog articles you’ve been posting!” my old classmates uttered. “Allison, I cited one of your articles for a paper I wrote,” said…
The Syracuse Sports Corporation, along with the graduate students in the Sport Venue and Event Management master’s program at Syracuse University’s Falk College, will host the 2015 Syracuse Sport Summit on Thursday, April 30 at Drumlins Country Club, 800 Nottingham Road The event aims to spark discussion about the integration of disabled citizens, particularly wounded military veterans, into the community through the use of adaptive sports. The students in Dr. Gina Pauline’s SPM 665—Advanced Sport Event Management have spent the Spring 2015 semester to plan this event, which will determine the feasibility of Syracuse hosting an adaptive sports competition in…
Faculty members from Falk College’s Department of Child and Family Studies and School of Social Work will be honored for excellence in teaching, research and service with 2015 Falk College Faculty of the Year Awards. The honorees, who are nominated by their peers for outstanding performance and contributions to students, the Falk College, Syracuse University and beyond, will be recognized during the Falk College’s Convocation for the Class of 2015 on May 9, with awards presented in April. The name of each recipient, the award received, and excerpts from the letters of nomination are noted below. Dr. Keith A. Alford,…
The Alan B. Mirken NYC Social Work Immersion Trip took place April 1-3. The annual “Roots of American Social Work” immersion program included students and faculty in Falk College’s School of Social Work. The group visited numerous sites of social work significance, including Mount Sinai Hospital, Goddard Riverside Community Center(which began as one of the first Settlement Houses in NYC),The LGBTQ Center, and the Lower Eastside Tenement Museum, which helps students to learn how U.S. social welfare developed. This unique and innovative three-day educational opportunity brings students face-to-face with sites of significance to the history of social work, giving them…
FST 402 recognized with 2015 Chancellor’s Award for Public Engagement and Service In recognition of teaching excellence, Evan Weissman, Ph.D., assistant professor of food studies, was honored with the 2015 Teaching Recognition Award as part of the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorship Program. Professor Weissman joined Falk College’s Department of Public Health, Food Studies and Nutrition in 2012 and was instrumental in working as part of the collaborative team that successfully launched a bachelor of science in food studies in 2014 as well as a minor in it the previous year. He took the lead on developing five…
On April 10, the School of Social Work held its Phi Alpha Honor Society, Zeta Gamma Chapter, induction ceremony at Hendricks Chapel. Thirteen undergraduate and 11 graduate social work students joined Phi Alpha this academic year. Dr. Karen Kirkhart, professor of social work, was the keynote speaker. Breanna Turner, Phi Alpha, Zeta Gamma Chapter president led the ceremonies. Awards were presented by Bette Brown Thoreck, director, Baccalaureate social work program. The concept of a National Social Work Honor Society came from a group of undergraduates at Michigan State University. In November, 1960, a National honor Society Committee was formed and…
