“Social Workers Deserve To Live a Life Where They Are Financially And Professionally Fulfilled,” Taylor (Gilbert) Wilson, MSW ‘18

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Financing their education, social work alum Taylor Wilson and her husband, a medical student, had incurred substantial student loan debt. A novice to the financial management and planning world, Taylor’s initial goal was to begin making progress at reducing that debt. Reading extensively, taking coursework and listening to experts, Taylor explained, “I wished there was …

Dr. LB Klein Named Finalist for Prestigious New Investigator Award

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Assistant Professor LB Klein was recently named a finalist for The Linda Saltzman New Investigator Award, which honors an “outstanding new investigator working in the field of the prevention of intimate partner violence, domestic violence, sexual violence, or dating violence” by the CDC Foundation.  Dr. Klein is an intervention researcher and prevention scientist whose interdisciplinary …

In the News: Carissa Hodgson’s Work with Parents with Cancer Featured

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Long Term Lecturer Carissa Hodgson was recently featured on two national media outlets talking about navigating cancer as a parent: ABC’s Good Morning America: Parenting through cancer NPR’s Morning Edition: What it’s like to navigate cancer while parenting As she told NPR, “Just because there’s a cancer diagnosis doesn’t mean there’s a magic wand that …

In the News: Black Oxygen: Trust Black Women with Yolanda Shelton-Morris

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Yolanda is an alum (MSW ’16) and wonderful lecturer for the school. Check out this podcast where she “discusses the challenges of being a Black woman in predominantly white spaces, the importance of legacy and recognition, and her commitment to education and social work.” Read the full article at Black Oxygen: Trust Black Women

Incoming Student Named Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student

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This year’s Outstanding Undergraduate Returning Adult Student Award winners, Chikara Crooks and Ivanna Ceballos, share a powerful common thread: each is working to become the kind of support and inspiration they once needed themselves. Crooks and Ceballos took nontraditional pathways to earning their degrees — overcoming financial, social and health challenges. In May, both will receive their …

Alum Kelly Aschbrenner, PhD ’07, Receives Major Mental Health Grant

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Adults with serious mental illness (SMI) including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder experience a 15-30 year reduced life expectancy primarily due to modifiable cardiovascular risk factors that can be effectively addressed with behavioral lifestyle interventions. Lifestyle interventions have reduced obesity-related cardiovascular risk in upwards of 50% of adults with SMI in effectiveness studies …

Part-Time MSW Program Student Spotlight: Brittany Sherman

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The Part-Time MSW Program allows students who are not able to pursue full-time study to work towards a master’s degree on a structured, time-extended basis with classes delivered in a hybrid manner. Some courses are designed as blended courses with a mix of online learning and in-person sessions, while others are taught as online courses. …

BSW Student Cece Babat Receives Grant to Sustain and Extend Reading Program

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Current senior and graduating BSW student Cece Babat’s work helped sustain a parent-child reading program at the Brown County Jail. Now, with the help of a grant from the Public Humanities Exchange Program, her Change Agent Project will provide space for young people to explore the impact of various systems of oppression in their lives. …

Head Start and Outcomes for Children and Families: How Head Start Serves the Big Ten States

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Did you know that roughly one-third of children and families receiving Head Start services live in the Big Ten states? Associate Professor Alejandra Ros Pilarz contributes to a new brief on the benefits of Head Start and how it serves children and families in Big Ten states. Read the full article. 

Robert (Bob) Mohelnitzky, MSSW ’70 Receives Wisconsin Alumni Association’a Tucson, AZ Alumni of the Year Award

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Tucson, AZ has a robust UW–Madison Alumni Chapter. Many area alums attended this year’s Founder’s Day Event at which Bob Mohelnitzky was honored for his contributions in Madison, WI and Tucson, AZ. Bob was the Executive Director of the Dane County Mental Health Center (now Journey Mental Health) for 22 years in the 1970s – …