CSW General

One of the College of Social Work’s unique qualities is that it is home to two well-respected scholarly journals.  Both journals were founded and are currently edited by faculty members from the FSU College of Social Work. The Journal of Poetry Therapy is edited by Dean Nick Mazza and Research on Social Work Practice is edited by Professor Bruce Thyer.  Both faculty members’ talents have contributed to creating these resources, which continue to enrich research and practice in social work and related disciplines.

CSW Associate Professor, Dr. Jean Munn has co-authored a chapter for the medical text, Primary Care Geriatrics, along with Dr. Ken Brummel-Smith and Debra Danforth of the FSU COM. The focus of the chapter, interdisciplinary collaboration on medical teams, has led to the development of a course available to students in medicine, nursing, and social work to be offered summer 2013. The course will model an interdisciplinary team format, posing case studies and comprising equal team membership for each discipline.

When I was at the Wakulla County School Board District Office for a district wellness meeting, one of the topics brought to the table was a new event, “Ability in the Park.”  The event was created to show the community that students with disabilities also had “abilities” and strengths that could be showcased or revealed in order to remove some of the stigma associated with those who have different methods of learning and different obstacles. I began thinking of the students within my own school who are disabled either physically, intellectually, or have communication difficulties

On January 31st I turned twenty years old, and on that same day I left the comfort of Tallahassee for the experience of Colquitt, Georgia. Colquitt, Georgia, is a small town in the southwestern part of Georgia, and it has quite the story to tell. A lot of people assume that for a community to be lively and exciting it must be in a large city, or other urban area. Colquitt, Georgia disproves that assumption with simply its murals alone. This town was full of history, rich storytelling potential to tap into, and the passion necessary to form a healthy, creative community.

You can make Seminoles safer. The College of Social Work will be participating in the Great Give, FSU’s online giving campaign taking place April 18-19, 2013. This 36-hour campaign allows those who care deeply about FSU to contribute gifts to support unique projects throughout the University.

This year, the College of Social Work is seeking to raise funds for its own special project, the FSU Toolkit on Healthy Relationships, which focuses on violence prevention education and is made up of three components that will be available online and free to the public:

Florida has the highest percentage of aging persons in the United States. As a part of the FSU College of Social Work’s Health and Aging Initiative, the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education awarded a grant to Amy L.

The Florida State University College of Social Work is combining its expertise in providing professional social work skills with community resources in a first of a kind initiative using student-developed entrepreneurial business models to aid social services organizations and the Tallahassee community in identifying comprehensive solutions to local homelessness.

Rain or shine the College of Social Work was going to hold its first ever 5k run/walk and barbeque, Sunday, April 14, 2013. The race started and finished in front of the “Unconquered” statue at Doak Campbell Stadium proceeding 3.1 miles around the FSU campus, highlighting many of the most notable landmarks on campus. Despite the overcast skies and wet weather, a majority of the 110 runners and walkers registered for the race were at the starting line wearing the bright coral race tanks.

The College of Social Work and other colleges and organizations across FSU’s campus participated in the Great Give, a 36-hour online giving campaign, April 18-19, 2013. The campaign allowed each group to raise money and support unique projects throughout the University.

The College raised funds to develop the FSU Healthy Relationships Online Toolkit, which focuses on violence prevention education and set its fundraising target at $20,000. During the 36-hour campaign the College received 77 gifts and made 16% of the funds needed to complete the launch of the site. 

The Social Work Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity Awards (SWURCAA), an initiative created by Dean Nick Mazza and developed with Pam Graham (Director of BSW Program) and the FSU Office of Undergraduate Research has provided four undergraduate social work students with the opportunity to work directly with faculty members on some of their current research projects and have been awarded a $1,000 stipend for their efforts during the spring semester.  These competitive awards (based on rigorous criteria) afford selected BSW students the opportunity to experience the discipline