Project sheds light on practice of genocide
Monday, February 13, 2012
Letter to the editor
Re: “Holocaust education offers timeless lessons” (My View, Feb 10)
Holocaust education teaches critical lessons of tolerance, justice, and human rights, as Ashira Morris demonstrated in her recent column. These lessons merit legislative funding — and community engagement — because genocidal violence, with its roots in discrimination and intolerance, is still occurring in places such as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Posted Under: CSW General
Social Work names child welfare fellow
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
The College of Social Work recently named Pam Graham its Jeanene M. Janes Child Welfare Fellow. The fellowship is awarded to a College of Social Work faculty member who places a special emphasis on child welfare issues. Graham is the director of the College’s Bachelor of Social Work Program and Professional Development Program.
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Guardian ad Litem Program transforms lives: More volunteers are being sought
Monday, November 21, 2011
When Dewayne Knight was 15, he was angry. He had been in foster care for six years and had watched numerous case workers come and go. His grades were failing. He skipped school all the time. If someone said the wrong thing, he’d explode.
So when he found out the court had appointed him a guardian ad litem — an advocate who would look out for his interests — he was hostile. He said he didn’t want one.
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Panama City Alumna Jennifer Mayne honored with 2011 Notable ‘Nole Award
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Notable ‘Noles are chosen each fall by a committee consisting of alumni, staff and faculty in conjunction with the annual homecoming celebration. Criteria used to select the Notable ‘Noles include:
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Doctoral student awarded prestigious national fellowship
Monday, November 14, 2011
A Florida State University graduate student who is pursuing a doctoral degree in social work has been awarded a competitive fellowship to pursue research on the needs of military veterans who have suffered from a traumatic brain injury.
David Albright was one of 24 students to be selected for participation in the RAND Graduate Student Summer Associate Program from a field of more than 500 applicants. He is conducting his research at RAND’s Santa Monica, Calif., headquarters and will receive a stipend of about $14,000.
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Higher standards in College of Social Work program aim to retain students, internships
Wednesday, November 09, 2011
The College of Social Work has proposed to limit access to the undergraduate major to retain students and place them in a limited number of quality internships.
The proposal, to be phased in next fall, imposes a minimum 2.5 GPA.
It will also require 60 completed credit hours, prerequisites and an application.
Program standards have been raised over the past several years to reduce its size, but numbers continued to increase.
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Rwandan prosecutor, genocide survivor shares story with FSU students
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Agnes Muhongerwa has the heart of a survivor.
She tells the story of her life to students at Florida State University with poise, her voice steady, in spite of the tears that lie just below the surface. Her mother’s words, the words that sustained her through genocide in Rwanda, echo in her mind — “You must be strong.” So Agnes pauses, dabs a tissue to the corner of her eye and keeps talking.
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‘Now I am alone without family, but I am strong’
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Editor’s note: Agnes Muhongerwa is a visiting scholar at the Institute for Family Violence Studies in the College of Social Work at Florida State University. She is a prosecutor in Rwanda and a survivor of genocide. She tells her story below.
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Paying Homage: 2010 Field Educator of the Year
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Each year the Office of Field Education sends out invitations to student interns for nomination of the Field Educator of the Year. Interns submitting nominations are students who have an opportunity to complete an internship under a Field Educator’s supervision. The nominations are then submitted to a select Field Committee for review using a rating tool designed for this purpose. Nominations for Field Educator of the Year begin each Summer semester and conclude each Spring semester.
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Partnership Combats Domestic Violence
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
By Karen Oehme, J.D.
Director, Institute for Family Violence Studies