Stevara Clark wins VCU Presidential Award for Community Multicultural Enrichment
Stevara Clark has a go-to coffee mug with a message that can be as much of a pick-me-up for her as the caffeine-fueled drink inside. It’s easy to understand the need for both when you consider all Clark has on her plate. Officially, she’s the VCU School of Social Work’s online M.S.W. coordinator and assistant […]
Social work recognizes 26 students with annual awards
Twenty-six VCU School of Social Work students were honored for the 2019-20 academic year with the school’s top annual awards. Students normally are honored at a Legacy Leadership Awards Mixer event in mid-April, but the event had to be canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Six students – Heather Ashbeck, Angela Couch, and Trista Monroe of […]
Social work faculty Kyeongmo Kim, Nicole Corley earn national SSWR honors
Two VCU School of Social Work professors were among 37 winners of national awards at the 2020 Society for Social Work and Research conference in Washington, D.C., this month. Kyeongmo Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor, was part of a three-person research team whose work received an Excellence in Research Award-Honorable Mention; and Nicole A. Corley, Ph.D., […]
Alumni honoree working hard to make a difference in her research, personal life
You can forgive Trenette Clark Goings if the last five years have been a blur. Life has been so hectic the past couple, in fact, that it’s been impossible even to pin her down to receive an honor. But that’s all about to change. On Jan. 17, 2020, she will receive VCU School of Social […]
2017 Student Success Awards
Each year the VCU School of Social Work recognizes outstanding students who have contributed leadership and service to the school and/or university, and who have otherwise distinguished themselves through commitment and dedication to a particular area of social work.
VCU faculty and student receive an 2016 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Scholarship Award honorable mention
Faculty and student collaborate on paper, Queering the Social Work Classroom: Strategies for Increasing Inclusion of LGBTQ People.
Huy Ho receives William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship
Huy Ho, a clinical concentration M.S.W. student, recognized early on that there is a growing need to support individuals transitioning into older age and their evolving needs. Huy plans to continue exploring ways to improve the lives of senior citizens. This scholarship promotes and encourages social work practice specialization in the area of aging and […]
Social work students celebrated at Black History in the Making event
In 1983, Daryl Dance, Ph.D., distinguished scholar of African American and Caribbean literature at Virginia Commonwealth University, established Black History in the Making. Black history in the Making is an event centered around the achievements of African American students around cultural competency, academic rigor and community service. To date, more than 550 students have been recognized by […]
Leaving a legacy
Gaye Shinall Jones knew how to draw connections and bring people together. In many ways, she was an exemplar of social work. She saw a need, worked to fill the void and brought people together to sustain positive change. No one knew this better than her family. “From the first day she started the social […]
Inaugural fellowship takes students to D.C.
Hands-on experience is essential to social work education. It reinforces the material taught in the classroom and provides opportunities for students to apply and practice what they have learned. The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work recognizes the importance of experience in education and is dedicated to not only providing opportunities for student experience but increasing […]