The second cohort of Harriet & Sandra Rosenbaum Scholars entered the school this past fall. These awards provide a year of full tuition and fees, plus a stipend for several full-time MSW students each year and provides two years of support for several part-time MSW students. The purpose of this scholarship is to aid newly accepted …
Several of our outstanding PhD students received awards and scholarships from the school earlier this spring. These awards recognize distinction in teaching and research papers, provide dissertation assistance, and support excellence in scholarship while meeting students’ financial need. Learn more about our PhD awards.
Congratulation to our BSW students selected into the Phi Alpha Honor Society for Social Work this past year. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites students who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.
Mary Ann Test (UW-Madison School of Social Work) helped create ACT. This is the first comprehensive national study of ACT fidelity and implementation. When Mary Ann Test, PhD, a long-time professor at the UW-Madison School of Social Work, and colleagues from the Mendota Mental Health Institute gathered sometime in the late 1970s for a regular …
Assistant Professor Pajarita Chalres was recently named a co-lead on a national initiative to address the need for smart decarceration policies. The Promote Smart Decarceration Grand Challenge focuses on reducing the number of people in jails and prisions; remedying racial and behavioral health disparieties among people incarcerated; and maximizing community well-being. The American Academy of …