Mental health and social work: Challenging the biomedical approach
Assistant Professor Shannon Hughes is leading a drug-free mental health care study to evaluate a new approach to mood-related distress.
Tag: "School of Social Work"
Social work research to investigate mindfulness for adoptive and fostering families
Social work researcher Dr. Rebecca Orsi is working to develop an intervention for families adopting children who have experienced trauma.
Internships for social work students offer valuable career insight
CSU's School of Social Work offers students a wide range of internships to explore their interests and prepare for career success.
First-generation alumna funds scholarship to help other social work students
Melissa Pappas established a scholarship for first-generation social work students to honor her immigrant parents’ values of hard work and higher education.
Social Work for social justice: School of Social Work unveils new curriculum
In fall 2018 Colorado State University's School of Social Work will launch a new curriculum focused more definitively on economic, environmental, and social justice, for preparing versatile leaders in professional and ethical generalist social work practice.
Impacting child welfare caseworker retention as a Ph.D. student
Colorado State University School of Social Work Ph.D. student's educational journey, combined with a career devoted to the public good, led her to research retention of caseworkers in public child welfare while pursuing her degree from the school’s doctoral program.
First-generation social work student thankful for her parents’ sacrifices and support
Tiffany Huaman was born in New York City and always thought she would go back there for college. She ended up choosing Colorado State University for its affordability, but she says she soon found that it was one of the best decisions she ever made.
Social Work student honored with Jackson Distinguished First Generation Scholarship
“I am a proud first-generation student,” Eboni Stevenson said, reflecting on her time at Colorado State University. “Getting to CSU was not an easy task, as I had a very limited understanding of college. I knew I wanted to go to a university, but I had no clue how to get there.”
Social work professor endows scholarship for doctoral students
Vicky Buchan, professor emerita in the CSU School of Social Work, has created a scholarship specifically to assist students who are pursuing a Ph.D.
New director joins Social Work’s Human-Animal Bond in Colorado
Helen Holmquist-Johnson has been named director of the Human-Animal Bond in Colorado program in Colorado State University's School of Social Work.