Ph.D. students, Megan Gandy and Lisa Gray receive the Robin McKinney Dissertation Honor Fund
Congratulations to this year’s recipients of the Virginia Commonwealth University Robin McKinney Dissertation Honor Fund, Megan Gandy and Lisa Gray
Alumna receives recognition from the American Board of Family Medicine
Congratulations to Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work alumna Nancy A. Powell, M.D. Powell received a certificate of recognition by the American Board of Family Medicine for Setting the Standard in Family Medicine. Powell, owner of River’s Way Healthcare of Virginia, is a board-certified Primary Care physician who obtained her Master of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth […]
M.S.W. student, Emily Goins to receive the Helen Pinkus award
Congratulations to Emily Goins, this year’s recipient of the Helen Pinkus award. The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work and the Virginia Society for Clinical Social Work jointly make this award to a student who embodies the work of Helen Pinkus. Helen was a highly respected practitioner, thought leader and educator in social work. The school […]
New faculty member continues work on a NIH grant
Karen G. Chartier, Ph.D., joined the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work in August 2013. With her, she brought a wealth of research experience as well as a National Institutes of Health’s training grant, a 5-year K01 career development grant by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in 2012 for Ethnicity and […]
New scholarship established: Fostering Success Scholarship Fund
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work alumnae Marcia P. Harrigan, Ph.D. and Anne Kisor, Ph.D., have recently established a new scholarship to support social work students. The Fostering Success Scholarship Fund is being developed to financially assist students who have demonstrated an understanding of the foster care system and shown a commitment to pursuing a […]
Earth Day 2014 at VCU strives to help define sustainability
“Farm to table” is the most direct journey that food can take to your table, straight from a farmer’s hand to yours (hopefully with just a handshake in between). Food education and sustainable eating habits are just as important as water conservation, electricity reduction and recycling in any sustainability portfolio. That’s why Cameron Carter, instructor of […]
Ph.D. student, Andrew Schoeneman to receive Hans Falck scholarship
Congratulations to this year’s Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work Hans Falck scholarship award recipient, Andrew Schoeneman. This award is given annually to a School of Social Work Ph.D. student in support of their dissertation research. This award is named for Hans Falck, Ph.D., one of the school’s emeritus faculty who is well known […]
Preview day 2014
On Saturday, April 5, 2014, the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work participated in the university wide Preview day. Preview day is an event for students accepted to VCU to visit campus and preview what their college experience could be like. This year, the School of Social Work included a hands on social work […]
Furthering addiction research
Cristina Bares, Ph.D., Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work, was recently awarded a National Institute on Drug Abuse Diversity Supplement. The project, Developmental Trajectories in the Comorbidity between Smoking and Depressive Symptoms, will develop and test comprehensive models of risk that include genetic factors in addition to dynamic behavioral and social […]
School alumna tapped to help Child Protective Services unit
The executive director of a Richmond-area nonprofit has agreed to help try to right the city’s troubled Child Protective Services unit in the Department of Social Services, city officials announced today. Jeanine Harper, executive director of Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now), will work for the agency as an “executive-on-loan,” according to officials. Read […]