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- MSW student Nick Yankey presents at APHA in Boston
2013 MSW and MPH candidate, Nick Yankey, presented "Developing and implementing a process, context, and outcome evaluation of a statewide community health worker alliance" on the evaluation activities being conducted for the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance. Staff member Katherine Mitchell and faculty member Edie Kieffer were co-authors on this presentation.
The American Public Health Association annual meeting was held in Boston, MA on November 2-6.
- November 11, 2013
- MSW Alumni Edward Egnatios joins W.K. Kellogg Foundation in Detroit
- November 7, 2013
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- Raquel Castaneda-Lopez Elected to Detroit City CouncilRaquel Castaneda-Lopez (MSW/2007) is elected to the Detroit City Council, District 6.
- November 6, 2013
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- SSW Alumni Sharon Yaecker-Roesser (2008) Featured on Ellen
Sharon Yaecker-Roesser (MSW/2008) was featured on the Ellen Show. Sharon is the prinicipal of a new school, Detroit Achievement Academy. Ellen gave them $50,000.
- November 5, 2013
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- SSW Alumni Nori Drach Published in Smart Girl's Guide
The November Issue of Smart Girl's Guide includes an article by Nori Drach (MSW/2012) on Jane Addams and the Bogg School of Detroit (pp. 54-55).
- November 4, 2013
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- MSW Candidate Amanda Pratt wins 2013 NASW-Michigan Chapter Public Awareness of Social Justice Issue Award
2013 MSW candidate, Amanda Pratt, received the 2013 NASW-Michigan Chapter Public Awareness of Social Justice Issue Award. She wrote an editorial for her hometown newspaper, regarding the need for drug and alcohol prevention in schools.
- November 1, 2013
Sue Ann Savas conducted evaluation training for the Washtenaw Alliance for Children and YouthClinical 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
Lorraine M. Gutiérrez, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor Appointed to Advance Macro Practice CommissionLorraine M. Gutiérrez, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor has been appointed to The Special Commission to Advance Macro Practice in Social Work, convened by the Association for Community Organization and Social Administration.
- October 28, 2013
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- SSW Alum Amanda Stein Offered Position at Internet Startup
2011 SSW alumni, Amanda Stein, was recently offered the branch editor position at the internet startup The Rooner Post.
- October 26, 2013
- SSW MSW Graduate Warde Manuel Interviewed by the Free Press
Warde Manuel, AD at University of Connecticut is a U-M MSW graduate and was recently interviewed by the Free Press.
- October 26, 2013