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Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson is an Invited Panelist for the “Where She Leads, We Will Follow Her”: National Women’s Summit on HIV and Health
Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson has been invited to serve on a panel for the “Where She Leads, We Will Follow Her“: National Women’s Summit on HIV and Health on September 29, 2021 3PM CST/4PM EST.
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Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson is Opening Speaker for the Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project
Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson is the invited opening Speaker for the Critical Race Theory & The 1619 Project: Fall 2021 Webinar Series – Sponsored by the Social Work Program in partnership with the History Program at Elizabeth City State University Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021 (3:30pm-5:00pmEST) Title of Presentation: The
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Our Department Chair, Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson to Receive the Early Career Faculty Service and Leadership in Social Work Education Award
Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson, Department Chair of Social Work and Gerontology Program at UNC Greensboro, will be presented the Early Career Faculty Service and Leadership in Social Work Education Award. CSWE proudly presents the Professional Awards during the Annual Program Meeting (APM) every year and recognizes outstanding educators for significant contributions to
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Dr. Meredith Powers Invited Guest Speaker at the Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health Seminar Series
Dr. Meredith Powers has been invited as a guest speaker, along with Dr. Shanondora Billiot, at The Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health Seminar Series on October 26. 2021. Their presentation is entitled, “Embracing an Ecosocial Worldview: Examples of Community Engaged Teaching, Practice, and Research for Environmental Health Equity”. Please see
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The UNCG Department of Social Work Mourns the Loss of Dr. Sandra Powers
Dr. Sandra Powers, who taught in the UNCG School of Education for more than 30 years, passed away on August 13, 2021. In 1986, as a member of the Interdepartmental Studies Gerontology Program Committee, Sandy coordinated UNCG’s first Gerontology Conference on the topic of Mental Health and Aging. She was
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Upcoming Virtual Presentation Announcement for Dr. Meredith Powers
Dr. Meredith Powers is co-presenting, virtually, with community partner, Ms. Alicia “LeeCee” Jones at the upcoming 8th Annual International Degrowth Conference (August 2021, The Hague, NL). Their presentations include, “Growing Networks for Degrowth: The Global Reciprocity Network & Partners” and “Learning to Unlearn: Poetry and Reflections for Embracing Holistic Freedom and Healing”. These
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Dr. Mathieu Despard Has a New Published Article and Was Quoted in Leader’s Edge
Mathieu Despard published an article titled Material hardship among lower-income households: The role of liquid assets and place in the Journal of Poverty. In this study of over 65,000 low-income households, Dr. Despard and his colleagues found that material hardship is greater in rural areas than in non-rural areas (such as cities and suburbs),
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B.S.W. Program Student Tyler Yates has a New Publication Alert
Tyler Yates, CPSS, CADC-I, Syringe Exchange Program Coordinator for the Guilford County Solution To The Opioid Problem (GCSTOP) Program has a recently published paper as a co-author with collaborators titled, “Treatment Experiences for Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Among Participants of Syringe Service Programs in North Carolina”. The authors of this paper are:
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Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson (Chair for Social Work and the Gerontology Program) Has Been Invited to Faciliate a Webinar
Dr. Yarneccia D. Dyson (Chair for Social Work and the Gerontology Program) has been invited to facilitate a webinar in the Doctoral Academy Virtual Winter School in the College of Humanities (CHUM) at University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa. The topic of the webinar is, “Designing phenomenological research studies”.
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JMSW Student Terrell Richardson Accepted to the Council on Social Work Education 2021-2022 Master’s Fellowship Program (MFP)
Terrell Richardson, a JMSW student was accepted to the Council on Social Work Education 2021-2022 Master’s Fellowship Program (MFP). This is a highly recognized and competitive fellowship. The purpose of the program is to reduce health disparities and improve behavioral health-care outcomes for racially and ethnically diverse populations. The fellowship
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JPSW receives HRSA Funding
We are pleased to announce that the Joint Programs in Social Work have received HRSA BHWET funding for the Integrated Behavioral Health and Racial Equity Scholars Program (PDF) in the amount of $1,920,000 to support JMSW and Joint Ph.D. students 2021-2025. Congratulations to the HRSA Team on their efforts to make this funding possible!
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Dr. Mathieu Despard Presented at the 2021 NASW-NC Virtual Clinical Social Work Institute
Associate Professor Mat Despard gave a presentation to the 2021 NASW-NC Virtual Clinical Social Work Institute on May 10 titled “Building financial resilience during the fallout of COVID-19”. Dr. Despard described a simple 3-factor model of financial security and a set of tips clinical social workers can apply in practice to