Betty Shirley Golf Tourney to Benefit UA’s CrossingPoints
The Betty Shirley Annual Golf Tournament benefiting CrossingPoints is set for Sept. 25 at Ol’ Colony Golf Course in Tuscaloosa.
UA’s Spears Named Winner of Public Health Award
Dr. Ellen Spears, assistant professor in New College and the department of American studies at The University of Alabama, has been chosen as the recipient of 2014 Arthur J. Viseltear Prize for Outstanding Contributions in the History of Public Health for her recent book, published in April by the University of North Carolina Press.
UA Social Work Graduate Student Wins SOGIE Award
Sarah Young, doctoral student in The University of Alabama School of Social Work, has been named a winner of the 2014 CSWE Council on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression Scholarship Award.
Chinese Professor to Study Master of Social Work Program Structure at UA
Dr. Wanhong Gao has returned to The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work to serve as a visiting scholar in an ongoing collaborative to help shape master’s level social work instruction in China.
UA Social Work Graduate Student Wins National Leadership Award
Ning Tang, a doctoral student in The University of Alabama’s School of Social Work, has been named the winner of the 2014 Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education in Social Work Student Award for Leadership and Services for her efforts to enhance mutual understanding and cooperation between Chinese and American social workers.
UA Social Work Students Help Launch Internship Program at Walter Reed
Five undergraduate students from The University of Alabama School of Social Work’s honors program will participate this fall in the first structured undergraduate internship program at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
UA’s Annual Social Work Conference Set for Aug. 28-29
The University of Alabama School of Social Work will host its 13th Annual Fall Social Work Conference Aug. 28-29.
UA to Hold Summer Commencement Exercise Aug. 2
The University of Alabama will hold its summer commencement ceremony Aug. 2 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
UA to Host Summits to Aid Transitions of Military Veterans
The University of Alabama recently received a $25,000 grant from the National Institute of Child and Human Development to coordinate national summit meetings during “Service Member to Civilian: A National Summit on Improving Transitions,” a UA-hosted event to be held April 16-17 in Tuscaloosa.
UA Doctoral Student Selected for Gerontological Social Work Award
Quentin Maynard, a doctoral student at The University of Alabama School of Social Work, has been selected for the fifth cohort of the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work Pre-Dissertation Initiative.