Anna Gorman, BSW ’18 (also MSW from Washington University in St. Louis), was recently hired as the first full-time Survivor Advocate for Survivor Services at the UW-Madison’s University Health Services. The Survivor Services Advocacy Program …
Alumni and Friends
Amy Donna Shapiro, BS ’75, Successfully Petitions to Change Oregon’s State Song Over Racist Lyrics
School alum Amy Shapiro BS ’75, has lived in Beaverton, Oregon, since 1982. In 1990, as a Jewish music teacher, Amy was asked to teach Oregon’s state song “Oregon, My Oregon” to her children’s choir. …
Alumna and Emeritus Board Member Roberta Gassman Honored by The Hmong Institute
On Saturday in Madison, Roberta Gassman, MSSW ’72 was honored by The Hmong Institute at their “Celebrating the 45th Year of the Hmong Diaspora to Wisconsin Banquet” with their Leadership Impact Award. The award recognizes …
They Helped Him, Now He’s Helping Them
Alum Helps 14 Afghan’s Escape From Their Country In 2018, the school awarded our annual Distinguished Alumni Award to Ben Schumacker, MSW ’06. The award recognized his founding of The Memory Project, a youth arts …
Alumnus Opens School for Creative Music
Wilder Deitz, BA ’17, is a lifelong musician who first learned music on tour with his father, roots musician Ritt Deitz, and later under the mentorship of jazz great and UW-Madison faculty member Richard Davis. …
Kristi Wood, MSW ’13 Named to Board of Directors of the National Association of Social Workers
Congratulations to Kristi Wood, MSW ’13 who was selected to serve on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Social Workers representing Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana for three years. Wood is a lecturer and …
Alumnus Publishes New Book on Self Direction
Dr. Kevin J. Mahoney, PhD ’78 has a new book out covering twenty-five years of work, Self Direction: A Revolution in Human Services with co-author Valerie J. Bradley. In it, the authors discuss the growth of …
In the news: “Patrice Hutchins joins leadership team at Madison East as new assistant principal”
Patrice Hutchins (BSW ’09, MSW ’10) named as assistant principal at Madison East High School.
New Madison center focusing on ‘collective wellbeing’
Social work PhD alum Rebecca Paradiso de Sayu’s work as a co-founder of the Institute for Collective Wellbeing was featured this week in the Wisconsin State Journal.
Caroline Miller Beidler, MSW ’16 Brings Her Commitment to Recovery to Others
During her time in the MSW program, Caroline Miller Beidler was awarded the Texas Research Society on Alcoholism O’Neill Addiction Science Education Award for her research on stigma reduction and social support for recently deployed …