Social Work News
Welcome Class of 2028!
Falk College is pleased to welcome 354 first-year students, 17 transfer students, 107 residential graduate students and 147 online graduate students to the Falk family! Syracuse Welcome is a required orientation program for all students and here’s a link to the Syracuse Welcome schedule...
Falk College Welcomes New Faculty
Falk College is pleased to announce the appointment of nine new faculty members: Matthew Armstrong, William Collins, Jason DeFreitas, Sue Cornelius Edson, Brandon Hollie, Alexia Lopes, Britney Pitts, Kerianne Rubenstein, and Riley Whiting...
Falk in Paris
In the 2024 Olympics, Falk College will be represented in many unique ways by current students Dan Griffiths and Livia McQuade, Associate Professor Jamie Kim, and Falk graduates and former Syracuse University student-athletes Freddie Crittenden III, Kristen Siermachesky, and Lysianne Proulx…
Committed to Service
School of Social Work graduate student Benetta Dousuah is one of three talented and passionate Syracuse University student veterans who were recognized as 2024 Tillman Scholars, an award bestowed upon the next generation of public and private sector leaders committed to service beyond self...
Focused on Future Success
Syracuse University Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter has convened a task force charged with reimagining the human dynamics academic programs in Falk College and positioning them for future success by leveraging opportunities and expanding impact...
Providing Support and Services
In partnership with Falk College and Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University’s Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) has launched the OVMA Resiliency Program to enhance the overall well-being of veteran and military-connected students throughout their academic journey...
Inspired to Give Back
Benetta Dousuah, a School of Social Work graduate student, is well aware of the hardships experienced by Liberian families as her family escaped from Liberia during back-to-back civil wars. So she asked Social Workers United to help her with a drive to collect school supplies for Liberian children...
High Impact
Dessa Bergen-Cico, professor and graduate director in the Department of Public Health, has been selected as Falk College’s Honors Core Faculty member for a three-year term. “The core faculty are high-impact teachers and researchers,” says Honors Program Director Danielle Taana Smith...
With Deepest Gratitude
Earlier this month, Falk College honored the five faculty and two staff members who are retiring this year for their contributions and dedicated service. The honorees included Thom deLara, Dennis Deninger, Donna Fecteau, Eric Kingson, Eileen Lantier, Dianne Seeley, and Michael Veley...
Faculty of the Year Awards
Professors Dennis Deninger, Bernard Appiah, and Joey Merrin were honored with Falk College Faculty of the Year awards for their outstanding teaching, scholarship, and internal and professional service contributions in 2024...