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. She was troubled by the racist lyrics of the 100+-year-old song. In 2016, Amy was asked to sing the song …
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 Roberta’s efforts during her service as Wisconsin’s Secretary of Workforce Development to help the many Hmong who fled Laos as …
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 organization that promotes intercultural understanding and kindness between children around the world. More than 300,000 youth in 55 countries have …
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. This summer, Wilder and musician friend Ruben Arndt opened the Wilder Deitz School for Creative Music, an innovative musicianship community …
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 faculty field liaison in the Department of Social Work at UW-Whitewater, and a foster parent trainer for the Wisconsin Child …
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 the “self direction” movement in which people with disabilities and older adults gained more autonomy over decisions related to their …
Patrice Hutchins (BSW ’09, MSW ’10) named as assistant principal at Madison East High School.
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.
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 veterans. That award represents only a small part of her work in addiction and recovery prior to, during, and after …
Edwin “Ed” Steinacker Obituary. It is with deep sadness that we remember Ed Steinacker. Ed was one of the first potential students to enquire about the UW–Madison MSW part-time program offered on the UW-Eau Claire campus. His desire was to earn a second graduate degree so that he could understand and serve his clients to …