Work Setting: Hospice and Homecare Kristin Kalpinski 04/09/2020 As a hospice and home care social worker I have observed the toll COVID has taken on family and friends. Due to working in a healthcare agency, …
Year: 2020
Postive Energy
Work Setting: Professional Development System Erin Nasgovitz 04/08/2020 When our group (WCWPDS) suddenly received emails of mandatory Zoom meetings, I’m sure I’m not the only staff person who felt anxious and afraid of the unknown. …
Homeless Outreach during a Pandemic
Work Setting: Community Based Non-Profit Tyler Schueffner 04/03/2020 Just thought I would share a few details of being an outreach coordinator during COVID-19 pandemic. Street and community based outreach requires you to be flexible and …
Ethical Issues Continue to Emerge in our Covid19 World
Work Setting: Fertility Work Jeanne Ferguson 04/02/2020 Families are still trying to move on in their lives, further their dreams and pursue their best hopes for their future, despite the frightening and constantly unfolding drama …
DEBORAH A. HOBBINS GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RIGHTS, AND JUSTICE
Social Welfare PhD student Emma Carpenter recently received the Deborah A. Hobbins Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice from the Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was …
Part-Time Program Student Spotlight: Jane Benzschawel
This spotlight features one of our students, Jane Benzschawel, who is a volunteer member of the Board of Directors at the YWCA in La Crosse. Job title and organization: Board of Directors, YWCA of La …
PhD Student Melody Waring Receives Teaching Assistant Award
Fifteen graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have been honored with 2019 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, including Melody Waring, a PhD student in the Social Welfare program at the School of Social Work. Waring’s dissertation …