Department News
November 16 Charity Sports Auction to benefit Make-A-Wish Central New York
The Sport Management Club’s 15th Annual Charity Sports Auction takes place Saturday, November 16, 2019 in the Syracuse University Carrier Dome backcourt. Doors open at 5 p.m. The Sport Management Club is a student-run organization in Falk College’s Department of Sport Management. Over the last 14 years, the Sport Management Club has raised over $460,000 for local charities...
Falk students meet with employers, alumni on first-ever Career Immersion Trip to Washington, DC
Falk College students in front of the Capitol Building on the 2019 Career Immersion Trip Falk College’s Office of Career Services brought 22 Falk students from five different majors to Washington, DC on a Career Immersion Trip October 27-30, 2019. Before departing, Falk Career Services hosted a prep session on networking fundamentals and practice, as well as an etiquette dinner, to prepare student…
Social work students explore lead poisoning of children in NYS, Syracuse, at 21st Annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Forum
On November 1, students in Syracuse University’s School of Social Work in Falk College explored one of today’s major public health threats that hits very close to home: lead poisoning of children in New York State and specifically, Syracuse. Each year an estimated 1,800 children are found to be lead-poisoned in New York State. With a focus on implications for public policy and social work practice…
Syracuse University’s Falk College Highlights Graduate Studies at November 15 Information Session
Faculty, staff, students available to talk about programs, coursework, student life Syracuse University’s Falk College will host a Graduate Information Session on Friday, November 15 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, thera…
The stories behind breast cancer
Tula GoenkaFalk College is co-sponsoring “TitBits: Breast Cancer Stories,” a documentary theater production based on stories of breast cancer—patient, survivor, caregiver, medical practitioner and advocate. The production debuts next month, Nov. 9 and 10 at the Newhouse School. Conceived, produced and directed by Tula Goenka, professor of television, radio and film, and written by alumna Nancy Kee…
Falk student research explores right to food violations for transgender youth
Professor Bellows (left) with Bea FryFrom St. Paul, Minnesota, Syracuse University senior Bea Fry ’20 is a food studies and international relations double major in Falk College and the Maxwell School with a minor in Spanish. Their interests lie at the intersection of food and social justice. “I am passionate about exploring the lived experiences of queer people of color, and especially the complic…
Helping seniors age in place: Career paths for social workers in legal settings
Wendy Goidel, Esq. Wendy K. Goidel, Esq., ’84, principal of the Goidel Law Group, founded the Geriatric Care Advocacy Center® to promote awareness about an alarming national epidemic – the shortage of geriatricians, allied health care professionals and other helping/service practitioners trained to support the aging population. “I am passionate about helping seniors to safely and successfully age…
Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars lead Remembrance Week events, activities
This year marks the 31st anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland on Dec. 21, 1988 and the 30th cohorts of Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars on the Syracuse University campus. The scholarships were founded as a tribute to—and means of remembering—the 35 students who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Those students, wh…
School of Social Work Sponsors “Theater of War”
On Oct. 17, members of the Syracuse-area professional community gathered on Syracuse University’s South Campus for a full day of veteran cultural competency training followed by “Theater of War,” an innovative public health project designed to encourage thought and discussion around the impact of war and its challenges faced by military service members, veterans, their caregivers and their familie…
Syracuse University’s Falk College Announces Master of Public Health (MPH) Degree
MPH degree prepares students to have a global impact by reducing health disparities produced by economic, social, and environmental inequalities. Syracuse University students from public health and other disciplines traveled to Nicaragua in 2018 as part of the Global Medical Brigades. Photo courtesy of Melanie Tacher ’19Syracuse University’s Falk College today announced a Master of Public Health (…