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- Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group Announces First Place-Based Evaluation Fellowship
The Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group (CC-PEG) received a grant from the New York Community Trust to improve the macro social work profesion. The awarded Place-Based Evaluation (PBE) Fellowship project was developed to better understand the needs and challenges related to building internal evaluation capacity within non-profit organizations. The project will place three (3) PBE Fellows into community-based non-profit organizations in southeast Michigan for 20 hours per week for a period of eight (8) months.
The aims of the PBE Fellowship are to: (1) provide recent MSW graduates with the skills and experience necessary to work as professional evaluators in the field of social work; (2) provide communtiy-based non-profit organizations with quality evaluation services at a reduced cost; and (3) build and test the internal capacity for evaluation at each organization.
CC-PEG is happy to announce the selection of the PBE Fellows and non-profit organizations they will be placed in:
- Phylicia Allen, MSW, will be placed at Detroit Parent Network
- Ashley Eason, MSW, will be placed at Detroit Police Athletic League
- Lauren Emerson, MSW, will be placed at SOS Community Services in Ypsilanti
For more information on the PBE Fellowship project, contact [email protected].
- February 5, 2014
Sue Ann Savas Presents at APPAM National ConferenceAssistant Clinical Professor Sue Ann Savas presented on a panel titled "Innovative Approaches to Child Support Enforcement: Evidence from Field Research" at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 35th Annual Fall Research Conference on November 9, 2013. Sue Ann Savas and Jeremy Gaertner, MSW presented on the Re-tooling Michigan's Child Support Enforcement Program project in conjuction with representatives from Washington and Iowa who received the same grant from the Office of Child Support Enforcement (DHHS).
The APPAM Fall Research Conference was held in Washington, DC from November 7-9, 2013.
- November 11, 2013
- Sue Ann Savas conducted evaluation training for the Washtenaw Alliance for Children and Youth
Clinical Assistant Professor Sue Ann Savas conducted a training for 30 community members representing approximately 10 organizations on utilizing logic models for program development through the Washtenaw Alliance for Children and Youth on October 30, 2013. Participants learned about the benefits of using logicl models in design, evaluation, and grant getting and how to develop a program logic model for a new or existing program.
- October 31, 2013
- Assistant Professor Desmond Patton Appointed to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs
Assistant Professor Desmond Patton has been appointed to the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs for a three-year term starting in September 2013.
- September 6, 2013
- Associate Professor Sean Joe weights in on the gun debate in a Washington Post story, Gun deaths shaped by race in America.
- March 25, 2013
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Associate Professor Leslie Hollingsworth and Michelle Woods were recently honored at the 41 Annual Salute to African American Women Awards Ceremony, which celebrates the positive impact of African-American women at the University of Michigan.- March 19, 2013
Brad Zebrack's poster, "Trajectories of Distress and Psychosocial Support Service Use Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients" awarded Best Research Poster at American Psychosocial Oncology Society annual meetingBrad Zebrack's poster, "Trajectories of Distress and Psychosocial Support Service Use Among Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Patients" was awarded Best Research Poster at the American Psychosocial Oncology Society annual meeting.
- March 5, 2013
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- SSW recognized by Planet Blue for 35% reduction in energy and resource usage
SSW was recognized by Planet Blue for encouraging sustainable actions, designing and developing communal spaces, optimizing our building, and "creating a culture of sustainable behavior that is lasting."
- February 13, 2013
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Assistant Professor Kristin Seefeldt was part of a panel discussion on poverty and the U.S. safety net at the Center for American Progress.- February 8, 2013
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- Social Work and Research Annual Conference
At the Society for Social Work and Research annual conference:
Kathleen Faller presents the Opening Plenary Session, "Social Justice and Child Sexual Abuse: What Are the Stakes and Who Are the Stakeholders?"
Luke Shaefer receives the 2013 Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award
Kerri Nicoll receives the 2013 Doctoral Fellows Award
Leah James receives the 2013 Outstanding Social Work Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention Award- January 18, 2013