Welcome to the Social netWork eNewsletter for the University of Tennessee College of Social Work.
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| Michael Blackwell Inducted into National Academies of Practice |
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Dr. Michael Blackwell, DVM, MPH, Director of Program for Pet Health Equity at University of Tennessee College of Social Work, believes that underserved communities should have access to affordable veterinary care. His innovative, multidisciplinary work in this emerging field, which blends Social Work and Veterinary Medicine, has garnered national attention. Dr. Blackwell was recently inducted into the National Academies of Practice (NAP) as a Practitioner of NAP during a gala banquet on March 9, 2019.
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| Current Events |
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Access to Veterinary Care Symposium
Sponsored by the College and Maddie's Fund the Program for Pet Health Equity event brings together stakeholders to discuss results of a national study. http://pphe.utk.edu/
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Commencement for the UT College of Social Work takes place May 11, 2019 at 1:30 PM at the Thompson Boling Arena. RSVP is not required.
Hooding for CSW Nashville takes place May 16, 2 PM at the War Memorial Auditorium. |
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Sarah Crowley Named Fulbright Scholar for
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Sarah Crowley has been named one of the University of Tennessee's Fulbright Scholars for the upcoming year. Sarah is the first Fulbright Scholar ever to have come from the College of Social Work. She is one of the college's honor students and has been identified as one of the top collegiate scholars for 2019. She received a Chancellor's Citation for Extraordianry Academic Achievement. Dave Dupper, Interim Dean at the college, stated, "We are extremely proud of Sarah and her achievements and look forward to her leadership in the field of Social Work."
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| Students Honored by College, University, State, and Nation |
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BSSW Honors Students |
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The University of Tennessee College of Social Work is proud of the stellar work that our students have done this year. They have been honored at the course level, the college level, the university level, the state level, and at the national level. During April, a number of awards were presented at the Chancellor's Banquet, the EUReCA Awards Reception and the BSSW Senior Celebration. A full listing of our winners can be accessed by clicking Learn More. |
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| Thereasa Abrams Receives Chancellor's Award for Multidisciplinary Research |
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Dr. Thereasa Abrams is an assistant professor of social work at the Nashville Campus of the College. Her research focuses on burn trauma patients and their recovery. In April she received the Success in Multidisciplinary Research Award at the Chancellor's Honors Banquet for her work in the development of an app called the Bridge, with the goal of helping burn patients in recovery.
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KnoxHMIS Receives Advocacy Award
Knoxville’s Equality Coalition for Housing Opportunities (ECHO) recently awarded KnoxHMIS their Advocacy Award. Dr. David Patterson is KnoxHMIS’ founding director and principal investigator. Program Manager Lisa Higginbotham, MSSW, accepted the award given to honor an organization that has worked effectively to enhance the welfare of the community through a commitment to promoting educational outreach and civic empowerment. KnoxHMIS is one of the projects supervised through the College of Social Work Office of Research and Public Service (SWORPS).
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Knoxville Students from the Coalition for Black Social Workers Lead Discussion on Racism
Marquita Dortch and Greyson Dulaney planned the initial Knoxville event sponsored by the Coalition of Black Social Workers. They led a group conversation entitled "Real Talk About Racism." The Coalition was started by Nashville Assistant Professor of Practice Carmen Foster and MSSW students from the Nashville campus and Online MSSW Program.
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Social Justice Innovation Initiative Offers Techniques to Address Social Justice
Carmen Foster, Coordinator of Field Education for the Online MSSW Program and Assistant Professor of Practice at the Nashville campus and Tony Murchison, Special Projects Manager at the Knoxville campus, presented on techniques to address social justice in distant education at the Social Work Distance Education Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
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| CSW Researchers Find that Online Education is as Effective as Face-to-Face Studies |
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| Sherry Cummings, Alison Milam, and Kate Chaffin
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The University of Tennessee College of Social Work is celebrating its 10th year of online Master of Social Work Education. Sherry M. Cummings, PhD, Associate Dean of the college, along with Kate Chaffin, Director of the MSSW Online and Nashville face-to-face programs, and MSSW alum Allison Milam have recently had an article published in the Journal of Social Work Education. The article, "Comparison of an Online and a Traditional MSSW Program: A 5-Year Study" compared 5 years of educational outcome data for online and face-to-face MSSW students (N=883) who graduated from University of Tennessee Knoxville College of Social Work. Dr. Cummings is excited that the lessons learned from a decade of experience will inform the practice of other programs.
One of the key findings is that based on internal research, the College of Social Work has found similar performance in terms of knowledge and skills gains from both its online and traditional programs. |
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| UT College of Social Work Releases Statement on Inclusion
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