News Archive
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Charisma De Los Reyes, a Master of Social Work student at the San Diego Academic Center, has received the San Diego County Juvenile Justice Commission Award in child welfare services for her work on behalf of commercially sexually exploited children in the San Diego area. The commission annually recognizes individuals for their commitment to public service involving youth, families or children in the juvenile justice system.
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The USC School of Social Work will begin offering advanced standing this fall in its Master of Social Work program for exceptional first-year applicants who already have a bachelor’s degree in social work.
The competitive 35-unit program, which will have both full-time and part-time options, allows students to complete their degrees in less time than the traditional MSW program by waiving first-year foundation course requirements.
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Henry Cisneros, executive chairman of CityView and former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said America needs to build and modify homes and communities to support its growing older adult population during the 2012 Edward R. Roybal Memorial Lecture.
Sponsored by the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work and co-hosted by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, the annual event honors the institute’s namesake and original founder, Edward Roybal—a champion of health and aging services for vulnerable populations.
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The University of Southern California recently concluded an educational visit to Israel that included an exploration of the country’s advanced science and technology sector, strengthened ties to the research and teaching community, and produced high-level discussions with leaders in government, industry and cultural organizations.
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John Brekke, associate dean of research at the USC School of Social Work, has been appointed to the board of directors of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare, the first national society honoring excellence in the research and practice of social work.
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Chants of “justice” and “freedom” rang out in front of Bovard Auditorium the morning of Feb. 16 as some USC School of Social Work students, failing to provide two forms of identification after being randomly asked to do so, were put into a special holding area.
As other students, and even staff and faculty, looked on in confusion, they wondered, would they be able to participate in All School Day? Shouldn’t they be able to?
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Ron Avi Astor, the Richard M. and Ann L. Thor Professor of Urban Social Development at the USC School of Social Work and professor at the USC Rossier School of Education, was selected to become a 2012 fellow of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
The prestigious title has been given to fewer than 500 education scholars nationwide. AERA, the oldest and largest educational research association in the world, established the Fellows Program in 2007 to honor education researchers with substantial research accomplishments.
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Penelope Trickett, a professor at the USC School of Social Work, has received the 2012 Excellence in Research Award from the Society for Social Work and Research for her work measuring cortisol levels over two decades among victims of sexual abuse.
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Virtual Academic Center student Eric Hollen was tending his horse farm about 10 years ago when his tractor tipped over, pinning him. He spent five months in a hospital being treated for the dislocation of his third and fourth lumbar vertebrae, a ruptured diaphragm, a broken pelvis and a torn aorta.
Hollen said an important step in his healing process was finding a way to move past his injuries so he could get on with his life.
“I was able to shift paradigms ⎯from that of disability to ability ⎯through sport and then through academics,” he said.
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A federal agency that highlights groundbreaking health care research has featured USC School of Social Work professor Kathleen Ell’s innovative efforts to improve depression treatment among low-income Hispanics with diabetes.