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March 2025 Inside the Action Newsletter
In the March 2025 Newsletter: An update from Dean Dexter Voisin on the State of the School Upcoming Events In Case You Missed It Student Spotlight Alumni News In Memoriam Employment and Career Opportunities Read the March 2025 Inside the Action Newsletter.
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A day in the life: Two social work students walk us through their typical days
Social workers play a vital role in supporting those in need and addressing challenges to foster stronger, more resilient communities. In recognition of their impact and to celebrate the invaluable contributions of social workers in our communities and beyond, the National Association of Social…
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February 2025 Inside the Action Newsletter
In this month's Inside the Action Newsletter: News In Case You Missed It Upcoming Events Alumni News In Memoriam Employment and Career Opportunities Read the February 2025 Inside the Action Newsletter
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MSW student Shyanne Urban reflects on spring break in Poland
For some ӰƵ students, last week’s spring break wasn’t a pause in their studies, but an opportunity to continue their educational pursuits in new settings. Over 120 of them visited seven countries across the globe—from Poland to Taiwan to Dominican Republic—through…
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Adjunct instructor Pat Clifford publishes article on structural changes in community organizing
Pat Clifford, an adjunct instructor, contributed an article to the inaugural issue of the Community Organizing Journal.  Titled “That Deep Sense of Freedom: Transforming Community Organizing through Liberatory Feminist Practices of Leadership, Power and Time,” Clifford’s article focuses on…
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Transforming futures: $5M Mandel Foundation grant expands scholarships, boosts enrollment and supports workforce
In January 2024, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation awarded the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences a five-year, $5 million grant to support scholarships for promising master’s degree students, known as “Mandel Scholars.” “It is rare to receive such a…
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Are 66% of Cleveland’s adults ‘functionally illiterate’? Rob Fischer disagrees
ideastream: Robert Fischer, the Grace Longwell Coyle Professor in Civil Society and director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, said race is a factor that should be examined when looking at adult literacy, just as much as other factors.   Read the article
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Equity Corner: March 2025
I believe in transparency, and one of the things I share with students is the difference between implicit and explicit curriculum in social work education. As this is a data collection year-of-record for the Council on Social Work Education re-affirmation process, I am focused on implicit…
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Student Spotlight: Bernard Kwadwo Oteng
Class Year: May 2025 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Mental Health with Children and Adolescents Field Education Organization: Center on Poverty and Community Development Hometown: Kumasi, Ghana Give a brief overview of your field education experience. I went into the…
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Begun Center research team evaluates how drug overdose deaths relate to urban census tracts
A team of researchers from the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences conducted a study examining how drug overdose deaths correlate with urban census tracts. The team consisted of research associates…