Immersive Learning: FSU College of Social Work to Launch AI-powered Tool to Enhance Child Welfare Education
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Child welfare professionals and Florida State University College of Social Work students often face challenges in developing the necessary skills for effective observation and interviewing in real-world settings.
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Faculty Member Named Jeanene M. Janes Professor in Child Welfare
Monday, February 17, 2025
The College of Social Work recently named Dr. Lisa Schelbe its Jeanene M. Janes Professor in Child Welfare. The professorship is awarded to a faculty member whose scholarly and educational pursuits demonstrate dedication and focus on child welfare issues.
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FSU Social Work Welcomes Undergraduate Exchange Student from Sweden
Monday, February 17, 2025
The College of Social Work has had a special international partnership with Jönköping University in Sweden since 2012, offering an exchange opportunity for both universities’ undergraduate students. Students participating in the exchange can take a full-time course load for a full semester at their host university.
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FSU College of Social Work Becomes Trauma-Aware Certified
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
In 2022 Dr. Jim Clark, FSU’s provost and executive vice president of Academic Affairs and former dean of the College of Social Work, embarked on a journey for Florida State University to become a trauma-aware community. The initiative is built upon Provost Clark’s vision to promote a university-wide commitment to fostering resilience, skill-building and trauma awareness.
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Doctoral Student Receives Award to Attend Society for Social Work and Research Conference
Wednesday, February 05, 2025
Ngondwe Ponsiano, or Pons as he also likes to be called, a doctoral student at the FSU College of Social Work, received a 2025 Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) Doctoral Student Travel Award to help him attend the society’s January conference in Seattle, Washington.
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FSU Center Receives Grant to Support Innovative Substance Use Disorder Program for Justice-Involved Individuals
Tuesday, February 04, 2025
The Stoops Center for Communities, Families, and Children (Stoops CFC Center) in the FSU College of Social Work received a $670,000 grant from Elevance Health Foundation to launch a new program designed to help individuals who are involved in the justice system break the cycle of substance use and build healthier lives.
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FSU Social Work Participants Make a Great Showing at the 2025 SSWR Conference
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
FSU College of Social Work (FSU CSW) participated in the 2025 Society for Social Work and Research Conference in Seattle, Washington. From January 15-19, faculty and doctoral students and affiliates from the Florida Institute for Child Welfare presented more than 40 presentations and sessions at the conference (listed below with FSU CSW participants).
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Faculty Awarded 2025 FSU MLK Distinguished Service Award
Monday, January 27, 2025
Keithen Mathis, MSW associate dean for Culture and Community Engagement and teaching professor at the College of Social Work, was awarded the 2025 FSU Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Distinguished Service Award.
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Alumni Supports Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Before and After a Natural Disaster
Friday, January 17, 2025
Right after graduating with his Master of Social Work degree in 2015, Jerry Kivett-Kimbro moved to North Carolina and made his home in Asheville. After working two years at a rape crisis center supporting survivors of sexual violence, he transitioned back into the area he was most passionate about – supporting people experiencing homelessness.
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FSU Partnership Supports Early Childhood Development in Leon County Schools
Thursday, December 12, 2024
The Stoops Center for Communities, Families, and Children (Stoops Center) at the FSU College of Social Work (FSU CSW) and the Anne Spencer Daves College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (Anne’s College) teamed up to make an important impact on early childhood education in Leon County through a collaborative initiative funded by the Ch