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Social Work Students in Transformative SWK ‘Bootcamp’
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…
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The UNCG Department of Social Work and Gerontology Program mourns the loss of Inaugural Department Chair- Professor Virginia Stephens
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.
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Life Saver: GCSTOP
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 life with an emergency injection…
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Next of Kin
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 called “kinship care” that is…
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Dr. Bob Wineburg Featured in UNCG Magazine
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 –…
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Social Work Professor Discusses Lessons from US, UK Pandemic Responses
“While uninterrupted attachment to the labor force is a good thing, higher levels of job loss in the US may have benefited economic efficiency as workers had more incentive to consider better job opportunities whereas continuously receiving a paycheck while furloughed may have discouraged seeking more productive job matches.”
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Associate Professor Despard signs U.S. Supreme Court Amicus Brief
Social Work Associate Professor Dr. Mathieu Despard was one of 11 people associated with a university or policy institute who signed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting the appeal of President Joe Biden’s Administration to lift an injunction issued by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Dr. Adams Talks About the Impact of the Pandemic on Friendships
The more frequently we interact with people, the closer we feel to them. People on the wrong side of the digital divide–those who don’t have access to electronic communication or don’t know how to use it–are more deprived. Dr. Rebecca Adams, Professor and Gerontology Undergraduate Coordinator
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The Argument for Cancelling Student Debt Vs. Affordable Loan Repayments
This (income-driven repayment) system ensures that borrowers pay a fair share of their earnings with little friction and ample grace with respect to changes in income. It’s what IDR ought to look like in the U.S., which is theoretically possible, given that two major federal agencies–the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Department of Education are…
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Six Steps to Sustaining Lifelong Friendships
Rebecca Adams is a professor in the Department of Social Work, and also the Undergraduate Gerontology Program Coordinator. My friendship with Rosemary Blieszner, the subject of one of Beck’s wonderful interviews, illustrates the invisible hand of social structure really well.
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AG Stein Meets with GCSTOP Team
NC Attorney General Josh Stein was at the Guilford County Detention Center to discuss the treatment program at the facility.
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Drug Overdose Deaths are on the Rise in Guilford County Due to Contaminated Drugs
GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) – Drug overdose deaths are on the rise in Guilford County. Overdose deaths have increased more than 100% in the county in the last five years, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
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GCSTOP Director on Current Challenges with the Opioid Epidemic
‘Their lives are worth just as much as anybody else’s’; overdoses soar in Piedmont Triad GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s been called an epidemic within the pandemic. There were more than 1,300 drug overdoses in Guilford County in 2021, according to new data from Guilford County Emergency Services. A record 160 people died of…
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The Department of Social Work and Gerontology Program Acknowledges World AIDS Day
The Department of Social Work and Gerontology Program acknowledges World AIDS Day, observed each year on December 1st, and the many lives that were lost after a courageous battle with this disease. For more information about this observance as well as ways in which you can become involved, please read more on the CDC website. If…
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Guilford County Group Sounds the Alarm on Dangerous Opioid
Leaders with Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem are warning that the drug, 100 times more potent than fentanyl, could be in the community. “Folks in the community had told us they felt like they had seen some Carfentanil, some large quantities of it,” said Melissa Floyd Pickard, the Executive Director of GCSTOP, a program through the…
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JMSW Graduate Is the New Guilford County Assistant Manager
Victor Isler, the current DSS Director in Forsyth County, has been selected as the new Assistant County Manager for Guilford County. He is a graduate of the UNC Greensboro and NC A&T JMSW Program and will be responsible for the “Successful People” efforts for Guilford. See the announcement here.
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African American Families and Kinship Care Lab Fall 2021 Updates
Thanks for your support of the African American Families and Kinship Care Lab and the families that we serve in our communities. Your support is essential in helping to better the lives of children and families. Three exciting pieces of news: An article in The Guardian highlights a new study that estimates that more than 140,000 children under the age of…