Social Work News
Alford Appointed Syracuse University Interim Chief Diversity Officer
Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Professor Keith A. Alford to the newly created post of interim chief diversity officer (CDO), effective July 1. Alford is an associate professor, chair of the Falk College’s School of Social Work and graduate program director. The Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion recommended that a CDO position be created to strengthen the University’s diversi…
Explore Falk Graduate Programs at November 2 Info Session
Syracuse University’s Falk College will host a Graduate Information Session on Friday, November 2 in Falk Complex, White Hall, Room 335 across from the Falk College Admissions Suite. Faculty, staff, and current students will welcome potential graduate students interested in helping professions in counseling, therapy, public policy, and advocacy; health professions such as public health, epidemiolo…
Falk College Welcomes the Class of 2022
Falk College is thrilled to welcome back returning Syracuse students and to extend a special welcome to the Class of 2022, new transfer and graduate students! We are so happy to have you in the Orange family, as well as our family here at Falk College. As you meet your professors, classmates, and roommates, you’ll soon be feeling right at home. We are here to help you along the way. If you have an…
Study explores New York State behavioral health service delivery reform
Scholarship suggests that behavioral health outcomes improve when healthcare consumers and their family members are involved in key decisions affecting the services they receive. An ethnographic study by Falk College assistant professor of social work, Matthew C. Spitzmueller, is taking an in-depth look at this premise specifically in New York State. The study’s findings have potential positive im…
Karen Kirkhart Named NSCS National Advisor Of The Year
The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS), the nation’s preeminent honors organization for first- and second-year students, named Karen Kirkhart the Laura Taddeucci Downs National Advisor of the Year. Dr. Kirkhart, a professor at the School of Social Work in Falk College and director of its baccalaureate program in social work, has been a Syracuse University chapter advisor for NSCS since…
Social work professor Keith A. Alford receives 2018 InterFaith Leadership Award
In acknowledgement of a professional and personal life devoted to social justice and social transformation in building a civil community, Keith A. Alford will receive the 2018 InterFaith Leadership Award at the “Creating a Civil Community” celebration on May 1 at the SRC Arena & Events Center. Dr. Alford is chair and associate professor in the School of Social Work, Falk College. A former chil…
Social Work presents Social Justice Awards, research resources
Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein In commemoration of National Professional Social Work Month during March, the School of Social Work in Falk College presented its annual Dan and Mary Lou Rubenstein Social Justice Award program on Monday, March 19 at 6:45 p.m. in Grant Auditorium in the Falk Complex with a keynote address by Al-amin Muhammad entitled, “Many faces, many stories: The lived experiences of…
Alejandro Garcia selected for the National Hispanic Council on Aging’s Hall of Fame
Alejandro Garcia, M.S.W., Ph.D. Alejandro Garcia, M.S.W., Ph.D., Jocelyn Falk Endowed Professor of Social Work, was recently selected to be part of the National Hispanic Council on Aging’s Hall of Fame. The NHCOA is dedicated to improving the lives of Hispanic older adults, as well as their families and caregivers, and its Hall of Fame recognizes those whose efforts promote this mission. Dr. Garci…