School of Social Work – News

Social Work students convey complex ideas through mapmaking

Michael Kmack — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 21:35:10 +0000

Each of the four maps produced by Dr. Paula Gerstenblatt’s Social Work class used different techniques including collage and allegory to illustrate how student loan debt grew into a national problem.

Maine Patient Safety Academy Focuses on “Charting a Course for Safer Care”

Angie Bordeaux — Tue, 28 May 2024 16:39:31 +0000

The 10th Maine Patient Safety Academy was held in Orono, Maine on May 2, 2024. Receiving exceptional reviews by health care leaders, academics, researchers, … Read More

Dr. Jeanette Andonian, Advocates for the Elimination of the ASWB Licensing Exam

elizabeth.melusky — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 18:41:50 +0000

Dr. Jeanette Andonian, Associate Dean of the School of Social Work, was recently interviewed by the Maine Public News Service regarding supporting the elimination … Read More

President Biden releases statement in support of Social Work Month

elizabeth.melusky — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 14:18:03 +0000

March is Social Work Month! In acknowledgement of the incredible work carried out by this community President Biden released the following statement:

Portland Press Herald Opinion: L.D. 1990 will improve ranks of Maine social workers

elizabeth.melusky — Mon, 29 Jan 2024 16:59:09 +0000

Dr. Jeanette Andonian, Associate Dean and Associate Professor in the School of Social Work recently co-authored an opinion article advocating for the passage of … Read More

LILAC Team Presents at Oxford Brookes University Conference

stowns — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 20:59:28 +0000

The USM LILAC team presented their work at the Eighteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences July 2023 at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, … Read More

Art Professor Emerita, Jan Piribeck, and Professor of Social Work, Paula Gerstenblatt, Collaborate on Maine-Greenland Project.

amy.hagberg — Fri, 01 Sep 2023 18:40:19 +0000

The Maine-Greenland Project (MELG) explores connections between social and ecological systems within Maine and Greenland. Piribeck and Gerstenblatt became interested in Greenland because of the climate … Read More

Dr. Rachel Casey Appointed School of Social Work MSW Program Coordinator

elizabeth.melusky — Tue, 23 May 2023 13:30:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Rachel Casey will be the new MSW Program Coordinator and Chair of MSW Admissions. Dr. Dorothea Ivey … Read More

Dr. Paul Johnson Co-Authors New Book

elizabeth.melusky — Thu, 18 May 2023 14:48:48 +0000

Dr. Paul Johnson, Professor at the �Ӱɴ�ý School of Social Work has co-authored a new book titled “Collective Trauma and Human … Read More

BSW Student Selected for Maine Policy Scholars Program

elizabeth.melusky — Tue, 16 May 2023 14:16:33 +0000

Bachelor of Social Work junior Sloan Metts is selected for prestigious Maine Policy Scholars Program.