School of Social Work News

Elizabeth Vestal won first place in the Learning Community on Poverty and Inequality Policy Memo paper competition. The paper was titled, "Retention and Continued Service for Transgender Members of the Armed Forces."

Professor John E. Tropman was referenced in The Harvard Crimson’s article on Harvard's President-elect Lawrence S. Bacow.

Associate Professor Joe Ryan was a panelist for the Celebrating University of Michigan Faculty Impact, Now and Future program. The panel was moderated by President Mark Schlissel and discussed how faculty leverage their research to inform social change.

Taha Rauf was selected to receive a Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.  The Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship supports outstanding doctoral students who have achieved candidacy and are actively working on dissertation research and writing. They support students working on dissertations that are unusually creative, ambitious and impactful.

The Office of Global Activities congratulates the following students for receiving this year's Global Independent Study Grant. A Global Independent Study offers students the ability to design a global social work opportunity in a foreign country while earning 1-6 elective credits. This summer these students will travel to 20 different countries.

Professor H. Luke Shaefer, Ph.D., joined Stateside Radio to discuss the issue of poverty and what the government can do to help.

Associate Professor Daphne Watkins will be a featured speaker at Michigan State University’s Making Relationships Work: A Summit on Black Male Academic Success and Inclusion.  She will be presenting her work on the YBMen Project, an educational and social support program for young black men which serves as a mechanism through which we can learn about the strategies that influence and shape young black men’s ideas and experiences with mental health.

Payton Watt, CASC student and Vice President of Michigan is My Home, was awarded the TEDx 2018 Award for Innovation for the group’s advocacy work with the Ann Arbor homeless community.  The award celebrates putting imaginative and ingenious ideas into impactful action.  Michigan is My Home empowers individuals and families experiencing homelessness through packaging programs, social advocacy and community engagement.