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Ph.D. Alum Hempe appointed NASW-WI President
Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Cornelia “Corky” Hempe, a recent Ph.D. alumna, has been appointed as the new president of the Wisconsin Chapter of NASW. Dr. Hempe's social work background includes work as a clinician, administrator, and educator. Currently, she holds teaching positions with the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Department of Social Work and the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work.

 

Dr. Hempe was also the first chair of the Social Workers Section of the Examining Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors, and an original member of the Examining Board, where she served for a decade.  She has been an active member of NASW WI including service as a South Central Branch representative, NASW WI Treasurer and service on both the Continuing Education and Legislative/Social Policy Committees.
SSRC Scholar of the Month: Katherine Magnuson
Monday, October 22, 2012

Dr. Katherine Magnuson, Associate Professor, is the October Scholar of the Month at the Self-Sufficiency Research Clearinghouse (SSRC), a portal for research on low-income and TANF families.  The SSRC aims to improve policy and practice in areas such as employment, education, training, and family self-sufficiency by improving access to field-tested, evidence-informed and evidence-based program strategies.

 

Readers have the opportunity to submit questions to Dr. Magnuson, to be answered in an upcoming webinar.

 

Read the full article by the SSRC

 
NAMI Walk 2012
Friday, October 19, 2012

We are so proud of the 60 students from Social Work and Occupational Therapy that joined together as a team for the 2012 NAMI Walk on October 7. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, organizes walks to raise money and awareness about our country's need for a world-class treatment and recovery system for people with mental illness.

 

The Social Work-Occupational Therapy team raised over $2,600, and won the best t-shirt award.The t-shirt, designed by Tanis Rusin, a first-year master's student in Occupational Therapy, will go on to contend in the national competition!

 

Many thanks go out to organizers Peggy Sleeper, Jan Greenberg, and Dorothy Edwards, as well.
New faculty Q&A: Joe Glass
Monday, October 15, 2012

Joe Glass knows his way around the Big Ten Conference. After attending Michigan State University as an undergraduate and receiving his Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan, Glass is in his first year as an assistant professor in the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Social Work.

 

Glass worked in the information technology industry before opting to pursue a career in social work. He obtained his Ph.D. from Washington University in St. Louis earlier this year. His research focuses on addictions....

 

Read the full article from the College of Letters and Science News & Notes 
New faculty Q&A: Marah A. Curtis
Monday, October 01, 2012

Marah Curtis was working as a child and family therapist in a residential treatment facility in New York City when she felt compelled to return to school to pursue a Ph.D. She wanted to focus on the larger policies that played such a large role in the lives of her clients.

 

So, Curtis went back to school – she received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2005 – and began the path that led her to joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Madison as an assistant professor of social work.

 

Curtis, who was hired using funding from the Madison Initiative for Undergraduates, comes to UW-Madison after seven years at Boston University, where she was an associate professor.

 

Read the full article from the College of Letters and Science News & Notes
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