Puerto Rican Social Work Students Visit BUSSW for Week-Long Program
The Boston University School of Social Work will host a one-week cultural immersion and study program for MSW students from October 18 to 25, in collaboration with the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. This program will provide an overview of the School’s urban mission and curriculum with emphasis on social work practice with diverse […]
BUSSW Faculty, Students & Alumni Energize Summer/Fall Conferences
Across the nation in late summer and this fall, researchers, administrators and clinicians are hearing more about new findings and research from the Boston University School of Social Work. From BUSSW faculty and alumni, to current undergraduate and graduate students, all have been extremely active as national conference presenters. Highlights of the collected research presentations […]
BUSSW Welcomes 170 New Students
The Boston University School of Social Work welcomed 170 new full- and part-time students on September 2 with a full-day orientation program. These students join 191 continuing students at the School. The comprehensive orientation program featured welcoming remarks by Dean Gail Steketee; a presentation on "Urban Social Work Practice: Clinical and Macro Perspectives," by Professors Melvin […]
New Students Orientation Scheduled for September 2
New Social Work Students Orientation Tuesday, September 2 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Boston University George Sherman Union Conference Auditorium 775 Commonwealth Ave, 2nd floor For more information, please contact: Cate Solomon, MSW, Ph.D. Director of Student Services 617- 353-5607 Room 117C, School of Social Work csolomon@bu.edu BUSSW Resources Web page
PhD Students Alvin Lee and Anna Rosales Selected for CSWE Minority Fellows Program
Third-year doctoral student Alvin Lee and second-year doctoral student Anna Rosales have been selected for fellowships from the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Minority Fellows Program. They join current doctoral fellows Terry Lewis and Cesar Abarca in this important program. Begun in 1974, the objective of the Minority Fellowship Programs (MFP) is to educate ethnic minority social work […]
Doctoral Student Presents on Hoarding
BUSSW doctoral student Christiana Bratiotis presented on Understanding Compulsive Hoarding as part of the Lahey Clinic’s (Burlington, Massachusetts) Social Work Lunchtime Series on March 26. Christiana also is co-presenting How to Talk to Someone with a Hoarding Problem with Jesse Edsell-Vetter of the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership. The presentation is being made to housing site […]
Doctoral Student Presents on Compulsive Hoarding
Doctoral student Christiana Bratiotis presented “This Full House: Understanding Compulsive Hoarding” as part of The Nevada Speaker Series of The University of Nevado on February 28, 2008.
Professor Geron and Students to Discuss Mali Study-Travel Experience
Professor Scott Miyake Geron and student participants will present on their study/travel experience to Mali on Wednesday, March 5, from 1 to 2 p.m., in the School’s Student Lounge. The trip was sponsored by the School’s Marco Social Work Practice Department. The presentation will describe the trip, which took place earlier this academic year, and […]
Faculty Member, Students to Present on Youth Mentoring
Assistant Professor Renee Spencer will be a panelist for The Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County’s Seminar Series on Empowerment through Mentoring. The program is being held March 13, 2008, from 9:30 to 11 a.m., at Northeastern University. Elizabeth Mangan, a SSW student intern at the Center, will serve as moderator. This panel will provide […]
Faculty and PhD Students Presenting at SSWR Annual Conference
SSW Professors Mary Collins, Cassandra Clay, Hyeouk Chris Hahm, Ruth Paris, and Sunny Hyucksun Shin, PhD students Jieha Lee and Rolanda Ward, and MSW/MPH student Rendelle Bolton are presenting at this week’s Annual Conference of The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR). The conference is being held in Washington, DC today through Sunday. The presentations include: […]