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Professor Lynette M. Renner, the PhD program and graduate studies director of the School of Social Work, was named a 2023 recipient of the Vickie R. Courtney Award for Outstanding Service to University Senate Governance. The award recognizes those…

Ms. Betsy Snyder has been welcomed to the College, as a new grant coordinator. She will be working with the School of Social Work, and the Department of Family Social Science. Betsy has a wealth of experience in human services work and grant funding.  Most recently, she served as an executive director of Southeast Seniors, […]

School of Social Work Assistant Professor, Dr. Mimi Choy-Brown, has been selected for the CEHD New Career Excellence Award. All awardees are to be recognized at the Spring Assembly on April 27. Dr. Choy-Brown received her Ph.D. from New York University’s Silver School of Social Work. Her research interests are in the arenas of community […]

Emily Gus (she/her) has joined the School of Social Work’s Center for Practice Transformation (CPT) as a research coordinator. Emily earned her MPH (in community health promotion) from the University of Minnesota. Before joining the CPT team, Emily partnered with communities — to address health disparities around sexual and reproductive health issues through education and […]

CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Mimi Choy-Brown, Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work, for helping to secure a $200,000 grant from the College of Education and Human Development | University of Minnesota. Lindsey Weiler (University of Minnesota Dept. of Family Social Science), Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel (Psychiatry), Mimi Choy-Brown (SSW), and Katie Rydberg (SPH), in partnership with […]

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, School of Social Work student Bilan Arab has recently been recognized as “Student of the Year” by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). The Minnesota chapter of NASW, in recognition of Bilan, writes: Bilan “is an outstanding student representative with an infectious enthusiastic spirt. (She) is passionate about making […]

Amy Dorman, MPP, is a second-year PhD student in the School of Social Work. She’s one of two graduate recipients of the 2023 Women’s Philanthropic Leadership Circle award, and will be honored at the College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, Celebration of Scholars Luncheon on April 12, 2023. Amy’s research centers on […]

Congratulations to School of Social Work graduate student, Sooky (Sookyoung) Park, proud recipient of the Colonial Dames of America scholarship: Spring 2023. Sooky’s research interests include: acculturation, youth aging out of care, and adolescent mental health. Way to go, Sooky — we are *UMN Proud!*

Congratulations to School of Social Work faculty member, Stacy Remke, on being accepted into the National Academies of Practice, a prestigious body for interprofessional practice in healthcare. Stacy’s nominator was Dr. Brian Sick at the Academic Health Center. The annual conference, banquet and induction ceremony will be held in late March.

Ashley Aguy, a child welfare specialist at the School of Social Work, has devoted her career to addressing racial disparities in care that impact families of color. Ashley, who earned her MSW at the School, has just been appointed to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Child Safety and Permanency Division’s African American Child Well-Being […]