Expand Peru: Casa de Bebes: A Comprehensive Evaluation of a Childcare Program in Rural Peru
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Lindsay Greene, BSW student
Peru: May 13-July 25, 2014
The summer of 2014, as a result of the Social Work Undergraduate Research and Creativity Award, Florida States’s Global Scholars program, and support from the College of Social Work, I was fortunate to be able to travel to Huancayo, Peru for two months to both volunteer at and conduct research on a government child care program which targets impoverished areas of Peru.
Posted Under: CSW General, International Programs
BSW Student experiences international exchange on Australia’s Gold Coast
Thursday, September 25, 2014
“Ever since I can remember, whenever I would think about college I would think about studying abroad,” BSW student Breanna Kim reflected. “It’s something I always wanted to do.” Breanna started her spring semester of 2014 at Griffith University in South Port, Australia rather than on FSU’s main campus in Tallahassee. Spending her first few days in a youth hostel, she then landed a room in a shared house with two Australian girls and one New Zealander in Arundle, a suburb of South Port.
Posted Under: CSW General, International Programs
Social work doctoral candidate and FSU MeasureUP awarded grant to combat sexual violence
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Through her work with the FSU MeasureUp program, social work doctoral candidate Annelise Mennicke along with Principle Investigator (PI) Rick Howell and fellow co-PI Kori Pruett received a $5,000 Avon Campus Grant to Activate Bystanders to Reduce Sexual Assault, Dating Abuse and Stalking from the Avon Foundation for Women through its Speak Out Against Domestic
Posted Under: Alumni & Friends, CSW General
Social work welcomes new faculty member: Dr. Philip Osteen
Monday, August 25, 2014
The College of Social Work welcomes a new valued faculty member to its social work family. Dr. Osteen prior to joining the College was an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work. Learn more about Dr. Osteen’s research and experience by reading the interview below.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
Social work welcomes new faculty member: Dr. Shamra Boel-Studt
Monday, August 25, 2014
The College of Social Work welcomes a bright, new faculty member to its social work family Dr. Shamra Boel-Studt. Dr. Boel-Studt prior to joining the College was finishing her doctoral dissertation in social work at University of Iowa. Learn more about Dr. Boel-Studt’s research and experience by reading the interview below.
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Faculty member presents findings of Medicare Part D study
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Dr. Amy L. Ai will have the unique opportunity to be one of three representatives of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) to present at the GSA’s Chinese Congress and Exposition on Gerontology and Health Industry, September 12-14 in Suzhou, China. Dr.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research
Introducing: the Florida Institute for Child Welfare
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
In June 2014, Governor Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 1666 that aims to strengthen laws and improve resources to protect children from abuse or neglect. An important component of this legislation created the Florida Institute for Child Welfare at the FSU College of Social Work.
Posted Under: Alumni & Friends, CSW General
Longtime director of the Multidisciplinary Center retires
Thursday, July 31, 2014
At the end of July, Dr. Beverly Atkeson will retire from her position as the director of the College of Social Work’s Louise R. Goldhagen Evaluation and Consulting Center (The Multidisciplinary Center or MDC). Dr. Atkeson joined the MDC in 1983 as a psychologist after serving as an assistant professor at the University of Georgia. She became the director of the MDC in 1996.
Posted Under: Alumni & Friends, CSW General, Faculty & Research
Faculty member continues leadership role in international social work
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Starting this July, Dr.
Posted Under: CSW General, Faculty & Research, International Programs
The Voices of African Descent Bisexual Women: Experiences Related to Identity and Disclosure in Social Support Networks and Health Care Settings in the United States and United Kingdom
Tuesday, July 01, 2014
Kristin M. Brown, MSW, MPA
Ph.D. Candidate
United Kingdom: Summer 2010, Spring 2014