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
Dr. Tomi Gomory and his co-authors Stuart Kirk and David Cohen published their book Mad Science: Psychiatric Coercion, Diagnosis, and Drugs in April 2013 (published by Transaction Publishers). The book has added its voice to a number of critics surrounding the Diagnostic Statistic Manual (DSM) and has received quite a bit of attention, appearing in USA Today on May 13, 2013 (Section 4D). Dr.
Two faculty members of the Florida State University College of Social Work — Claire Calohan and Pam Graham — have been named Social Work Educator of the Year by their respective units of the National Association of Social Workers, Florida Chapter.
Calohan, a research associate at Florida State’s Panama City Campus, received the distinction from the Emerald Coast Unit.
A new toolkit developed by Florida State University researchers to prevent domestic violence involving law enforcement officers is now available to all criminal justice agencies in the Southeast in the first phase of a plan to make the toolkit available to agencies across the nation.
The Florida State University (FSU) College of Social Work (CSW) collaborated with FSU’s Center for Academic Retention and Enhancement (CARE), the FSU Art Education Department, the FSU Athletics Department, and the
Doctoral candidate Jane McPherson’s research examines the area where social work and human rights intersect. Upon entering the doctoral program at the FSU College of Social Work, she was awarded FSU’s Presidential Scholarship, providing her four years of support from the University. In 2013, the Graduate School honored her with the Graduate Research & Creativity Award and the Graduate Leadership Award.
