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Over the last academic year, the school has partnered with five field agencies in an innovative pilot program to turn them into something more than just field placement providers. These organizations have signed on to be "teaching institutions," a new paradigm in field education that aligns student learning, agency development and university research. The idea is to foster closer relationships with the school's existing field agencies and build new, more fruitful ones with others to establish a standardized internship program partly modeled after those medical students complete in hospitals. Read more
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| Gen. David Petraeus greets Master of Social Work student veteran David Barr, a former Army captain who served in Iraq, during a visit to the USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families. The retired four-star general met with USC School of Social Work faculty and students to learn how the school is addressing the need to better serve veterans returning from war. Read more
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Using innovative technology, PhD students and faculty have been sharing research and feedback as part of an interuniversity colloquium. "That's what scholarship is all about, breaking down barriers and creating scientific collaborations. Having doctoral students and faculty from the three schools together in the same environment is fantastic," said PhD program director Mich�lle Mor Barak. Read more
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| | Marleen Wong, clinical professor and associate dean of field education at the USC School of Social Work, received the George D. Nickel Award for Outstanding Professional Services by a Social Worker from the California Social Welfare Archives for her work with traumatized children. Victim advocate Ruth Slaughter and Menlo College President James Kelly were also honored. Read more |
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