Field Education Update: Criteria for Students, Part 2
Boston University School of Social Work Department of Field Education 264 Bay State Road Boston, Massachusetts 02215 T 617-353-3754 F 617-353-8348 sswfed@bu.edu www.bu.edu/ssw/academics/field CRITERIA FOR STUDENTS ENTERING FIELD SUMMER 2020 SEMESTER During this time of prolonged uncertainty about the Coronavirus (COVID-19), BUSSW will continue to suspend face-to-face field placements until June 1st, 2020. Toward […]
AP News: Professor Azzi-Lessing on ‘Common Good and Coronavirus’
BU School of Social Work clinical professor Lenette Azzi-Lessing speaks to Associated Press reporter Ted Anthony about individualism and interdependence. Excerpted from “Me and we: Individual rights, common good and coronavirus” (Associated Press): Individualism tends to favor groups that are in power, economically or socially. In short, doing what one wants is a lot easier when […]
Field Education Update: Criteria for Students, Part 1
To: Students, Field Instructors and Advisors Subject: BUSSW Face-to-Face Field Internships this Summer May 1, 2020 Dear MSW students, The current health crisis continues to be extremely challenging on many levels for our students, faculty & staff. Our community has found strength and demonstrated perseverance in working through this together. I write to share an update […]
Professor Ha: Championing Policy Change
Associate Professor Yoonsook Ha fills a unique niche in the U.S. — uncovering gaps in social policies that impact low-income families. Yoonsook Ha knew she had a passion for policy research early on. While an undergraduate student studying social welfare in South Korea in the 1990s, she considered pursuing a clinical social work career inspired […]
BU Today: Professor Sprague Martinez Explores the Future of VR in Social Work and Medicine
BUSSW’s Linda Sprague Martinez and Joseli Alonzo (SSW’20) talk to BU Today about how a new VR-based pilot course is teaching social work students and medical students to work together. The following is an excerpt. Read the full story by BU Today’s Rich Barlow here. Before choosing to be a doctor, Pablo Buitron de la Vega considered a […]
BUSSW Remembers Beloved Alum, Edith “Ditta” Lowy (SSW‘88)
Edith “Ditta” Lowy (SSW‘88), social worker, mother, grandmother, and devoted wife of the late BUSSW professor, Louis Lowy, an international social worker and gerontologist, passed away at the age of 94 on April 27, 2020, in Newton, Mass. Born in Vienna, Ditta met Lou in the Theresienstadt concentration camp during the Holocaust. They reunited at […]
Clinical Provider Webinar Series for BU Alumni
New webinars by BUSSW faculty offered free to BU alumni BUSSW Professional Education Program (PEP) has brought together four BUSSW clinical faculty members to lead an exclusive free webinar series for Boston University alumni. Register below for a session or to view more information. Please limit your registration to one session; spaces are limited. SESSION […]
Professor Wilkinson: Community Supersedes Learning in Virtual Classrooms
In BU Digital Learning & Innovation’s new Voices & Reflections series, BUSSW professor Geoff Wilkinson shares his experience with remote teaching amid the coronavirus crisis. Excerpted from BU Digital Learning & Innovation: As someone with online teaching experience, I was familiar with working with Zoom. For many of my students enrolled on the Charles River Campus and […]
Professor López Examines Covid-19’s Impact on Intimate Partner Violence for Latinos
BUSSW professor Luz M. López, an expert on culturally responsive social work and public health, leads a one-hour online workshop – “Covid-19 and the Impact on Intimate Partner Violence for Latinos” – on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 1:00pm EST. Developed for social workers, psychologists, counselors, graduate students, community health workers, and other mental health […]
Spiritual Practices of Resilience: Virtual Gatherings for BU Alumni
Major social crises and tragedies can foster not only anxiety and trauma reactions, but also deep spiritual and moral questions in ourselves and among our clients or agencies. Often these challenges keep us awake at night. Creating space for reflection and education at the intersection of all of this, while making meaning and developing spiritual […]