Social Work News
‘Same Playing Field’
The Sobczak Family Student Support Endowed Fund was created to help Falk College students who are experiencing financial hardship. “This (fund) is to help set them up to be as successful as their peers, and that way everybody is on the same playing field as much as they can be,” Dee Anna Sobczak says ...
Supporting Student Experience
Megan Myers, who has been named Falk College’s new Assistant Dean of Advancement, joined the Falk advancement team in 2018 and has a history of creating partnerships that have grown the College and created new opportunities for students and faculty ...
Serving Country and Campus
In this story from Syracuse University News, Social Work graduate student Benetta Dousuah and Exercise Science major Jack Pullano are among the current student veterans and campus leaders who reflect on their military careers and discuss the valuable lessons they learned through enlisting ...
Video: Providing A Safe Space
School of Social Work graduate student Tasha Washington says her internship last spring was another example of how the Social Work program “really cares about your success and the knowledge that you gain as you go out into the world.”...
Handling the Holidays
In this story from Syracuse University’s internal communications team, School of Social Work Professor of Practice Tracey Musarra Marchese provides practical advice to make the holidays feel a little more joyful, a little more peaceful, and a lot more authentic to your own experience...
Advocate and Friend
School of Social Work Professor Emeritus Alejandro Garcia, who passed away Nov. 17, was an exceptionally generous and engaged colleague, teacher, and scholar whose many contributions extend well beyond the University’s boundaries...
Video: ‘Passion for Helping People’
An internship with the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic at Upstate Medical University provided Social Work graduate student Andrew Carroll with a second opportunity to gain experience outside the classroom...
Podcast: A Spiritual Reawakening
In this ‘Cuse Conversations podcast, Social Work alumna Lorna Rose ’11 discusses how she cultivated an affinity for her Native culture, the pride she feels in belonging to the Cayuga Nation, and how the Syracuse University Alumni community helped her overcome depression and mental health issues...
Joining the Leadership Team
As Falk College’s Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Department of Sport Management Professor Mary E. Graham will guide all efforts related to faculty development and success—from hiring to retirement—and work closely with university offices and leadership across campus...
Global Exposure
The Alsace region is the territory in Europe where France, Germany, and Switzerland meet, and it’s also the place where the School of Social Work at Falk College has for the past 16 years played a key role in helping shape the region’s upcoming social workers...