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From internship to full-time in New Zealand
WHO: Madison Bridges, MSSW ’19 WHAT AND WHERE: Hired as counselor at Counselling and Health Services, Victoria University of Wellington,...
Read moreFrom internship to full-time in the VA
WHO: Chelsea DeSimone, MSSW ’19 WHAT AND WHERE: Case manager, Housing and Urban Development, Veteran Affairs’ Supportive Housing. HOW: DeSimone...
Read moreFrom internship to full-time in Austin
WHO: Natalie Burtzos, MSSW ’19 WHAT AND WHERE: Hired as CARES Team Social Work Supervisor at Main Street Renewal, a...
Read moreFrom internship to full-time counselor
Who: Kendra Rice, MSSW ’19 What and Where: Hired as behavioral health counselor at Insight Behavioral Health Centers in Round...
Read moreMost influential social work scholars
Luis H. Zayas, Cynthia Franklin, and Catherine Cubbin cited among the 100 most influential contemporary social work faculty
Read more#SteveHicksGrad: Danielle Redhead, BSW '19
Danielle Redhead, BSW '19, has been selected by her peers as commencement speaker.
Read more#SteveHicks Grad: Kylie Youmans, MSSW '19
Kylie Youmans, MSSW '19, has been selected by her peers as commencement speaker.
Read morePeople with chronic illness need universal health care now
Like more than 1 million Americans, I live with a chronic illness, a neurologic disorder called Parkinson’s disease. Diagnosed at...
Read moreA living wage is a start. But we need to respect retail work too
The retail and hospitality industry make up over 20 percent of the workforce in the U.S., according to the Bureau...
Read moreDon't cut rental subsidies that lift families out of poverty
The federal government is moving to cut rental subsidies for families relying on federal housing assistance despite the inadequate supply...
Read moreSocial work student empowers former foster youth at UT
January 16, 2000, is a day Travis Hand will never forget. It’s the day he and his siblings were removed...
Read moreSenate Bills to save victims of intimate partner violence
In 2017, 136 women in Texas were killed by a male intimate partner. Of the Texas women who reached out...
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