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Putting Down Roots: The brand-new SHS connection with RAICES
Miranda Best Campos, Steve Hicks School (SHS) MSSW candidate, still remembers what was running through her mind while she filled...
Read moreWhat Starts Here Changes Families: The Work of Rubén Parra-Cardona
Rubén Parra-Cardona is about to fly to Chile. He’s headed down as one of the rotating faculty that SHSSW sends...
Read moreSHSSW Faculty Rethinking Suicide Prevention with Young LGBTQ+ Adults
Every 40 seconds, someone dies by suicide, amounting to 800,000 lives lost every year. In the United States suicide is...
Read moreRunning with her dream: Jennifer Luna
When Jennifer Luna first began as a career services professional at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work after graduating...
Read moreMSSW student awarded Ima Hogg Scholarship
Izzy Madaelil has caught the Texas spirit. After a long and winding journey and watching her siblings come through UT...
Read moreSHSSW alum selected as 2022 Field Instructor of the Year
Sarah McCafferty, LCSW-S, believes in the importance of field instruction in not only social work students’ education, but also in...
Read moreAllan Cole Appointed Dean of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin has selected Allan Cole to serve as dean of the Steve...
Read more#SteveHicksGrad: Ana Kearney, MSSW '22
Ana Kearney has found her niche—not only through social work, but also through Latin American Studies, thanks to UT Austin’s...
Read more#SteveHicksGrad: Reese Brinkley, MSSW '22
Reese Brinkley has always known that he wanted to be in a helping profession, operating in a field that made...
Read more#SteveHicksGrad: Kaleigh Emerson, MSSW '22
Kaleigh Emerson’s story is a testament to the versatility of a social work degree. Looking to the future, she is...
Read more#SteveHicksGrad: Genevieve Garceau, BSW '22
Budding social workers may not realize that the very profession with which they hope to change the world changes them...
Read more#SteveHicksGrad: Paola Rodriguez, BSW '22
Paola Rodriguez has always been geared towards justice and helping others. She just wasn’t sure which of her many passions...
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