Approximately sixty-five percent of individuals released from incarceration in the United States confront challenges of substance use disorders (SUDs) and the risk of drug overdose is much higher for formerly incarcerated individuals than the general …
Year: 2022
They Met at the School 45 Years Ago and Have Made Plans to Support Future Social Work Students
Alan Goldberg, MSSW ’77 and Kay Udey, BSW 77, MSSW ‘82 Alan and Kay were in the same field unit in the mid 1970’s. They were focusing on aging and have found memories of their …
Mary Ellen Kondrat, MSSW, (’72) PhD
I had the fun (and adventure) of going through the MSW program with my then husband Ron (he died in 1998 from multiple myeloma). After graduation in January 1972, I took a position on an …
Zach Lillo, BSW ’18, Has Personal and Professional Commitment to Working with People with Intellectual and Other Disabilities
Growing up with a brother with autism, Zach Lillo explains, “it has been a passion of mine to work in disability services for as along as I can remember.” During his BSW program he chose …
Dan Nevers, MSSW
It seems like 50 years would be an adequate amount of time to examine a life, but actually, it is not. At one point, well before now, I realized that the School of Social Work …
William Charles Goehring, MSSW
I began my journey toward an MSSW in the fall of ‘69, however drawing a low draft lottery number; I decided to take a job with Milwaukee County as a Caseworker in May of ’70, …
Barbara Lee Hufschmidt, BA
I was attending summer school in 1970 and was taking an introduction to social work class as a requirement for the school of education. Professor Lee Masters was teaching the class that met every day …
Lisa Imhoff, MSW ’05, Named One of Wisconsin’s Most Influential Asian American Leaders
Lisa Imhoff, MSW ’05, was named one of Wisconsin’s Most Influential Asian American Leaders by Madison 365. Lisa is the Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s School of Pharmacy. She …
Wendy Lynn Norberg (Walterbach), MSSW
My time at the School of Social Work seemed to fly by. I thoroughly enjoyed my field work experiences as well as many of the courses that were focused on working with people, others not …
Nancy Erdman Coffey, MSW
Thinking back to my experience in the MSW program brings a kaleidoscope of thoughts and feelings about my life and the culture of our country at that time. I married in September of 1971, the …