Danielle Ferrier, (SSW ’99) MBA, LICSW, a BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) alum, and current chief executive officer of Heading Home, one of Massachusetts’ leading providers of emergency shelter, transitional, and permanent housing for children and adults currently or formerly experiencing homelessness, will be the featured speaker at this year’s BUSSW commencement ceremony for the Class of 2026. Ferrier’s social work leadership skills and experience in the human services sector stretches more than 25 years across […]
Boston University School of Social (BUSSW) names two transformational leaders to its Dean’s Advisory Board: Jackie Jenkins-Scott (MSW ‘73) and Raymond Han (CAS ‘98). Jackie Jenkins-Scott Jenkins-Scott, president of JJS Advising, is a nationally recognized leader with more than 40 years of experience in senior and executive positions in public health, higher education, and corporate and […]
Highlighted in the BU Alumni & Friends blog, Ricardo Neal (SSW ‘99), founder of We Will All Rise, recently established the Williams-Neal Fund for Community Change, named in honor of his family to provide field education stipends for BUSSW students facing financial hardship. Reflecting on his own time in the program, Neal recalls how […]
Join BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) and BU School of Theology (STH) during Alumni Weekend 2025 for a conversation on migration. BUSSW Professor Luz López, director of the MSW/MPH dual degree program and faculty affiliate of the BU Center for Forced Displacement, will address issues at the border of Rio Grande Valley Texas and […]
