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The newly formed School of Social Work Youth Studies Cooperative (YSC), co-founded in 2021 by Youth Studies (YoSt) majors Chandler Zarrinnam and Dani Gauthier, is a group of YoSt students who are committed to increasing involvement in the program through sponsoring and promoting social and professional events, strengthening relationships between students and faculty, assisting one another […]

Nora Lee (she/her) will be transferring from her position within the School of Social Work’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW) after ten years of integral support to the Centers operations. Nora managed all facility-related aspects of CASCW, and the MinnLInK lab within SSW. She provided extensive event planning for CASCW’s conferences, policy […]

Suzanne Shatila, MSSW, LGSW, will become the next Director of the MSW Program at the School of Social Work. Her appointment will begin on September 7, 2021. “I am both honored and excited to be joining the UMN School of Social Work, which has a long-standing history of developing social work practitioners and leaders committed […]

The School of Social Work is extremely saddened to share that our colleague, Cindy Pavlowski, died on Monday, July 26th.  Over the course of her 35 year career at the University of Minnesota, countless students and colleagues were guided, helped, and encouraged by Cindy in various units including General College and U of M Athletics.  […]

Johara Suleiman, a School of Social Work PhD Student, was selected as one of the 2021-2022 Minority Fellowship Program Doctoral Fellows.  The Council on Social Work Education Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) is targeted to racial/ethnic minority social work doctoral students who are preparing to provide leadership in practice, research, teaching, and policy promulgation in organizations serving […]

The School of Social Work Dr.’s Saida Abdi, Principle Investigator, and Mimi Choy-Brown, Co-Investigator have been awarded a 5-year, $1.99 million grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration starting on September 30, 2021.  The Collaborative for Resilient Kids and Families in Minnesota is a partnership between The University of Minnesota School of Social Work, […]

Felicia Faust was a Youth Studies scholar at the University of Minnesota when her life was cut tragically short at the age of 22. Felicia was a deeply beloved student, family member and friend. She was known amongst instructors and peers for her honesty, poetic words and fierce advocacy. She was committed to issues of racial […]

Dr. Amy Krentzman will be the featured presenter with SSW’s Center for Practice Transformation Free Monthly Webinar Series at noon, Friday, July 9, 2021, with her presentation “Journaling to Support Recovery from Addiction: Preliminary Results from a Pilot Study of Positive Peer Journaling.” In this presentation, Dr. Krentzman will describe her research on the use […]

Ending the 2020-21 academic year, the School of Social Work celebrates another impressive array of program graduates – all who have met the challenges of the past year with perseverance, innovation, and deep connection to community despite distance. Interim Director Joe Merighi sent grads off with the following message: “No matter what your next step […]

Two SSW Youth Studies student leaders have received the prestigious 2021 President’s Student Leadership and Service Award. These awards honor outstanding students for their invaluable leadership and service to the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities and the community.  Jalisa Sang is majoring in Family Social Science and Youth Studies, with a minor in Public […]