“I was scared to open up about my past, but as soon as I did, she said, ‘You’ll be a great asset to our Spartan Recovery Program.’ I felt wanted here at UNCG … If you have a whole community of people believing in you, you can do anything.”
These Congregational Social Work Educational Initiative (CSWEI) interns are participants in a unique collaboration between UNCG, NC A&T, and Cone Health’s Congregational Nurse Program, funded by the Cone Health Foundation. Pearson’s background includes both nursing and social work. A “double alumna,” she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and her master’s degree in social work at UNCG.
Professor Virginia Stephens was the first Director of the UNCG Social Work program, and an architect of The Joint Master of Social Work Program of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and UNCG. Ginny served as the Chair of the Social Work Department from 1976- 1979 and from 1984 – 1990.
Chase Holleman had been pursuing the man for weeks with phone calls and texts. “We’re just here to talk and help however we can,” he said. “Dave” (a pseudonym) needed help. Just a few weeks earlier, in the spring of 2018, he had overdosed on opioids. Paramedics had saved Dave’s… Continue reading…
When Dr. Tyreasa Washington was a practicing social worker, she dealt with many children who didn’t live with their parents. Sometimes they had been placed by the state into traditional foster care. Sometimes they were living with a relative or perhaps a godparent who had a family connection, an arrangement… Continue reading…
Bob Wineburg’s “yarn lecture” is one his students never forget. It’s a visual representation of systems theory as it relates to social work. To demonstrate the concept, the Jefferson Pilot Excellence Professor of Social Work walks his students through the final days of his mom’s life, and the different systems that were at play – the family dynamics, the health care providers involved, and the policies that impacted decision-making.
