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BSW Student Highlight: Taylor Roberts, Student Athlete

Taylor Roberts - A Family Affair

As long as Taylor Roberts can remember, volleyball has been in her blood.  Literally.  

Though she actually began playing the sport when she was eight years old, she is thought to have taken her first steps on a volleyball court with a volleyball in her hands.  With her mother, Sheila, her father, Jason, and her sister, Ashlyn, at her side. 

For as long as she can remember, her mom was her coach, her sister was her teammate and her father was her biggest fan. 

Meet Our 2020 Doctoral Student Cohort

Although the Fall 2020 semester looks very different from previous fall semesters due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the FSU College of Social Work is proud to welcome its newest cohort of doctoral students. Each comes to FSU with a wealth of previous experience in social work and a desire to make a difference in social work research and academia. Meet our Fall 2020 Doctoral Cohort:

Interdisciplinary Summer Class Demystifies Florida’s Clemency Process, Highlights Amendment 4 and Prompts Research involving Access to Voting in County Jails

With enthusiastic support from College of Social Work Dean Jim Clark and a team of other administrators and educators across campus, Professor Mark Schlakman, Esq., offered a unique virtual course during the summer 2020 semester -- Executive Clemency in Florida, to an interdisciplinary group of 54 students including undergraduate and graduate students from the College of Social Work and College of Social Science along with students from the College of Law.

#FSUFirstDayPhoto Challenge

Celebrate your fist day (or last first day) of classes at Florida State with a first day photo. Take a picture using one of the signs below created by FSU New Student and Family Programs (@FSUNSFP) from the FSU Department of Student Support and Transitions.

Use the hashtags #WelcomeFSU and #FSUFirstDayPhoto. Tag @FSUNSFP for a change to win an “I bleed garnet and gold” t-shirt and use hashtag #FSUCSW for a chance to win a College of Social Work suncatcher/ornament.

Speech Recognition in Education: The Powers and Perils

As education researchers focused on children’s language and reading, concepts like “equity” and “disparity” are not new to us. In fact, we obsess about them. 

We analyze data to understand and monitor. We design interventions to change them. We labor (sometimes painfully) to better explain the forces that contribute to injustice in schools so that educators, parents, and policymakers can use it to improve outcomes for all students. 

Welcome New Faculty Member Tracy McDade

Moving to South Florida from New York in high school in the 1980s meant Tracy McDade witnessed first-hand the influx of Cuban refugees coming to Florida. Volunteering with various organizations in the South Florida community, McDade heard accounts from these refugees of maltreatment, poverty and injustice. This experience affirmed her desire to improve the lives of disadvantaged individuals, families and whole communities.

FSU Student Association of Social Workers: Fall 2020 Leaders

Welcome to the newest group of student leaders for the FSU Student Association of Social Workers (SASW). SASW has a lot planned for the fall 2020 semester, including an informational meeting in early September. As a registered student organization, SASW also has planned professional events including a grad school panel, along with volunteer events and social events (Netflix parties & zoom socials).