Center Continues Services for Children, Families and Teachers Online
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
The FSU Multidisciplinary Center (MDC) housed at the FSU College of Social Work has provided a range of empirically-based psychological services to a wide-ranging client population with complex academic, medical, emotional, or behavioral problems for more than thirty-five years. Services include diagnostic evaluations, therapeutic interventions for children, along with teacher and family consultation.
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FSU Researcher Addresses Congress on Social Work and the Future of Policing
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
FSU College of Social Work Associate Professor Carrie Pettus-Davis addressed congressional leaders as part of a panel on social work and policing. On June 30, 2020, four experts convened to discuss social work's role in the future of policing. Moderated by Charles E.
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Social Work Interns Assist with Brevard United Way COVID-19 Response
Tuesday, July 07, 2020
When Alexis Smith and Julia Kendall heard about an opportunity for a supported summer internship in their home county of Brevard, they both jumped at the chance. “I was so excited to be able to serve my home county during this difficult time in any way that I could, as well as gain experience in this wonderful field,” said Julia, a double major in social work and psychology.
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FSU Multidisciplinary Team Receives NIH Grant to Study Medication Adherence in Child Organ Transplants
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
A team from Florida State University has received more than $400,000 from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how closely children who receive a heart, liver or kidney transplant adhere to medication regimens post-surgery.
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Institute Provides Tools for Resilience and Support during Pandemic
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Director for the Institute for Family Violence Studies (IFVS), Karen Oehme admits that the social distancing and other results of the COVID-19 pandemic have posed a challenge to the institute, which highly emphasizes teamwork. Collaboration has continued, but the context has changed to one of the virtual connections and the resurgence of phone calls and conferences. She and her team are grateful that federal work-study students, graduate assistants and interns are still allowed to work on institute projects from afar.
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Two Social Work Students Receive Academic Leadership Awards
Tuesday, June 02, 2020
FSU College of Social Work students Rose Antoine and Bushra Rashid both received a 2020 Academic Leadership Award for contributions made in and out of the classroom.
Faculty, staff and student winners of Academic Leadership Awards were honored digitally due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A Message from the College of Social Work in Response to Recent Events
Monday, June 01, 2020
The community at the FSU College of Social Work is alarmed and saddened by the escalating violence careening across our country, triggered by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. We join FSU President Thrasher’s
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Faculty Member Leads NASW-FL to Offer Webinars to Connect with Students
Monday, June 01, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic gained a foothold in the US and colleges and universities were moving online, Carol Campbell Edwards, an assistant teaching professor at the FSU College of Social Work, was inspired to develop a Spring 2020 webinar series that would promote virtual engagement for social work students who were suddenly disconnected and isolated.
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Doctoral Graduate Joins Southern Illinois University Faculty
Friday, May 29, 2020
Recent graduate R. Lane Forsman was able to successfully defend his dissertation on February 28th before the U.S. had seen the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite all the current uncertainties surrounding the pandemic, Lane is excited to join the faculty of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (SIUE).
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Social Work Faculty Receive Grants to Examine the Impact of COVID-19
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
The FSU Office of Research Development organized its eleventh Collaborative Collison event to bring faculty from various departments across the university to work together on projects that specifically target the current COVID-19 pandemic.