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eVOLve Keynote Speaker Announced! Autumn Asher BlackDeer, PhD, MSW
We are pleased to introduce our distinguished keynote speaker for the UT College of Social Work’s third annual conference, eVOLve: Be the Change, Dr. Autumn Asher BlackDeer, a scholar-activist whose work is pivotal to the discourse surrounding social justice and the plight of Indigenous communities. Dr. Autumn Asher BlackDeer is a queer anti-colonial scholar-activist from the Southern Cheyenne Nation…
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McNabb Center Endows Scholarship
The McNabb Center, the largest provider of mental health services in East Tennessee, has endowed a scholarship in the University of Tennessee College of Social Work. The Helen Ross McNabb Center Endowed Scholarship is open to undergraduate and graduate students who have an interest in community mental health. It will provide tuition assistance to two…
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Statement of Support from Dean Lori Messinger
Following the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics, the College of Social Work affirms the worth and dignity of every person in our society. We support persons with a broad range of diverse identities, including but not limited to age, caste, class, color, culture, disability and ability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and…
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SWORPS Supports American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Stabilization Grants
The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has provided resources to states to distribute stabilization grants to child care providers to ensure that child care is available to support families and businesses as the economy recovers. These grants are now available for eligible child care agencies in Tennessee. The purpose of these grants is to provide…
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UTCSW Students Participate in Provider Fair
The Provider Fair is sponsored each year by the Community Advisory Board of Knox County. The Department of Children’s Services’ employees attend the fair and booths are set up from many of the local custody and non-custody providers. Many UTCSW students participated with their field placements.