News Archive
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A $25,000 grant from USC’s research and innovation fund will enable Kelly Turner, a research assistant professor with the USC School of Social Work, to test a new way of preparing students to work with veterans and other military clients.
Turner’s proposal was selected by the James H. Zumberge Research and Innovation Fund, which offers individual awards to newer research faculty to help launch their careers and support research in areas with limited funding opportunities.
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MSW student David Curry is all too familiar with the struggles veterans face once their service ends and they must return to civilian life.
Curry, a U.S. Marine with two tours of duty in Iraq behind him, worked as an outreach liaison for veterans at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, Calif., assisting them with the transition to college life. So when his social welfare class was given the assignment to advocate on behalf of a piece of state or federal legislation for a semester-long project, the choice was clear.
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Erick Guerrero, assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, has been selected by the National Network for Social Work Managers to receive the Mark Moses Distinguished Fellowship Award for his work to find evidence-based solutions for social work managers.
Guerrero is one of two recipients of the award, which has honored exemplary practitioners and academics working in the field of social work management every year since 2008.
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Homeless persons are among the most marginalized in the United States, suffering alarming morbidity and mortality rates. Homelessness afflicts the young and the old, individuals and families, and intersects with issues of serious mental illness, substance use and a host of other health risks—all of which pose serious challenges to providing adequate service. These concerns are especially acute in Southern California.
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In the fall of 2010, the USC School of Social Work opened the “doors” of its new Virtual Academic Center and began offering a web-based master’s degree in social work (Online MSW) for the first time. The school celebrated on May 11 the graduation of its first Online MSW class of 130 students from 26 states, many of whom donned cap and gown to participate in graduation ceremonies alongside the school’s other 478 on-campus graduates.
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Gretchen Heidemann, a doctoral student at the USC School of Social Work, has received a fellowship to further her research on how women can successfully transition from incarceration back into society.
As one of six scholars selected for the 2012 Haynes Lindley Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Award, Heidemann will receive $20,000 to support her study on factors that help or hinder formerly incarcerated women as they return to local communities.
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Each year, the USC School of Social Work Dean’s Recognition Ceremony honors those faculty and graduating students who have made significant achievements in their academic careers and contributions to the USC and at-large communities. This year’s event recognized scholarship winners, new and past student leadership, Dean's Scholars and Dean's Honorable Mentions, and inductees into the Phi Alpha Honor Society Omicron Epsilon Chapter. Below are those who received awards at the ceremony.
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When MSW student Ingrid Estrada saw the panic on the woman’s face when she thought she had missed her chance at qualifying for a computer, Estrada knew the project had struck a chord.
This woman, a resident of the Jordan Downs public housing complex in the Watts neighborhood of South Los Angeles, had rushed into the community center, still dripping from the pouring rain outside, to take a survey that would eventually put a free computer in her home. Near tears, she explained how she needed the computer for her children’s education and to look for jobs.
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By day, Briseida Gonzalez is a graduate student at the USC School of Social Work. But by night, she’s the newest elected member of the Lynwood Unified School District Board of Education.
And she has some big ideas. The first-generation college graduate is determined to help the students of the Los Angeles suburb where she grew up.
“Often our [Lynwood] families face challenges navigating the school system,” she said. “They’re not familiar with resources such as early education programs or education services for children with special needs.”
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Michael Hurlburt, an assistant professor at the USC School of Social Work, has been named Public Citizen of the Year by the San Diego and Imperial counties region of the National Association of Social Workers-California Chapter for his dedication to preventing the neglect and maltreatment of children.
The award recognizes outstanding members of the community whose accomplishments exemplify the values and mission of professional social work.