Angela Thomas
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Dr. Stacia West Shares Insights on PBS News Hour
Hari Sreenivasan of the PBS News Hour Weekend spoke with Assistant Professor Stacia West on March 28, in a roundtable titled, “Outbreak Reignites Idea of Universal Basic Income” as part of the series, “Chasing the Dream.” She is the co-PI of the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration, the first modern city-led guaranteed income experiment in the…
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Theresa Abrams and Interdisciplinary Team Develop Burn App
Thereasa Abrams, assistant professor at the College’s Nashville campus, envisioned the design of a mobile app so that patients released from burn units could receive the recovery guidance they require without the need of in-person consultation at overburdened medical facilities. She collaborated with five others from the University of Tennessee and the Firefighters Burn Center…
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Elizabeth H. Strand Receives NASW-TN 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award
NASW-TN recognized Dr. Elizabeth Strand, MSSW, LCSW, PhD, with the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award in the March issue of their newsletter, Children and Family Connections. They stated that Dr. Strand is “a true social work pioneer and perhaps our youngest lifetime achievement award winner.” The NASW-TN Awards ceremony generally takes place at the annual Social…
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Social Justice Innovation Initiative 2020 Funding Announcement
Social Justice Innovation Initiative (SJII) is a fund established in 2017 by longtime College of Social Work supporter Susan Cooper. Her vision is to stimulate a college-wide conversation surrounding social justice issues through rigorous research, public outreach, and innovative education. SJII offers a unique framework for understanding many of society’s most pressing issues and then…
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Deidre Ford Receives Fulbright Specialist Award
The US Department of State and the J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board have announced that Deidre Ford, IT Leader of the UT College of Social Work Office of Research and Public Service (SWORPS) has received a Fulbright Specialist Program award. Deidre Ford will complete a project at Tshwane Leadership Foundation in South Africa that…
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Social Work 2020 Conference Cancellation
We want to thank everyone who registered for the March 30th Conference, SW2020: Change Happens Here. So many folks signed up that we reached max capacity of 300+ and had to close the registration link. The college could not have imagined a better reception for our event. However, given the recent concerns about the rapid…
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Social Work Month 2020
Announcing Social Work Month Celebration: March 30, 2020 Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the College are invited to help the College celebrate Social Work Month with a day-long conference on Monday, March 30, 2020. (CEU’s available for those who attend ethics training.) This is a free event! Highlights: Monday, March 30, 2020, 8:00am-4:30pm Student…
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Announcing Social Work Month Celebration: March 30, 2020
Faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the College are invited to help the College celebrate Social Work Month with a day-long conference on Monday, March 30, 2020. (CEU’s available for those who attend ethics training.) This is a free event! Highlights: Monday, March 30, 2020Student Union1502 Cumberland Ave Knoxville, TN Parking available at just two blocks…
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Coalition of Black Social Workers Inaugural Conference
Inaugural Conference: “Still I Rise: Moving Forward in the Face of Adversity” February 7, 2020, 8:00am-1:30pm The Coalition of Black Social Workers (CBSW) and the College of Social Work would like to invite you to the CBSW Inaugural Conference, Friday, February 7, 2020 from 8:00am to 1:30pm. The event will be held at the College’s…
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Trip to Birmingham Civil Rights Institute
College of Social WorkSocial Justice Field TripBirmingham Civil Rights Institute January 10, 2020 Please join the Coalition of Black Social Workers Student Organization for our second annual social justice field trip! This year, we will travel to Birmingham on Friday, January 10, 2020 to visit the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. Tickets for the museum and luch…