Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel
School of Applied Social Sciences
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Mandel School honors 2025 Alumni Award winners during Homecoming and Reunion Weekend
As members of the ӰƵ community celebrated Homecoming and Reunion Weekend 2025, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences took time for a more personalized celebration: recognizing exemplary alumni. More than 60 Mandel School alumni…
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April 29, 2024
Class Year: May 2024 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Children, Youth and Families Field Education Organizations: Asian Services In Action (ASIA) in Cleveland, Ohio + Crossroads Health in Mentor, Ohio Hometown: Tangshan, China Give a brief overview of your field education…
April 26, 2024
Kate Guditz and Carlie Shelton, master’s students at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, were selected to receive the 2024 Marie Haug Award. The Marie Haug Award is presented annually to a graduate student(s) who has shown exemplary performance in their…
April 25, 2024
WEWS: Daniel Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention and Research, attributed part of the rise of children carrying around toy guns to protection. “These kids don't feel safe,” Flannery said, also noting that children and young adults alike have become desensitized to guns…
April 23, 2024
Members of the ӰƵ community are invited to learn about the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’s Community Practice for Social Change Path of Study in the innovative Master of Social Work program. An informative session will be held via…
April 18, 2024
Signal Cleveland: David Crampton, associate professor, discussed the strides Cuyahoga County’s Department of Children and Family Services is making to find foster care placements, lessening the need to shelter kids in a county administration building.
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April 17, 2024
Alumna Wilma Peebles-Wilkins (SAS '71) was a recent guest on an episode of the Mandel School's Change Leaders podcast. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1945, Wilma Peebles-Wilkins graduated from North Carolina State University in 1967 with a bachelor's degree in sociology and a minor in social…
April 15, 2024
Class Year: May 2024 Degree Program: On-Campus MSW/MNO: Social Work + Nonprofit Management Concentration: Health Field Education Organization: Windsor Laurelwood in Willoughby, Ohio Hometown: Aurora, Ohio Before beginning at ӰƵ, what were you…
April 15, 2024
Join the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences for a guest lecture by Yvonne Pointer, a nationally and internationally known anti-violence advocate. Part of the Mandel School's Classroom Without Walls initiative, the lecture will focus on overcoming tragic/horrific loss…
April 15, 2024
Join representatives from the Master of Nonprofit Organizations program and Certificate of Nonprofit Management program for two online informational sessions Tuesday, April 18, at the Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences, located at 11235 Bellflower Road. Led by Program Director Robert…
April 11, 2024
Signal Cleveland: Robert Fischer, associate professor and co-director of the Center on Poverty and Community Development, discussed how lead-safe compliance trends among registered rentals in Cleveland are well ahead of those in peer cities but still below the level required to reach full…