News and Social Media
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STEP Accepting Applications for Second Cohort
Loyola University Chicago's School of Social Work is thrilled to announce a second award of a $45,000 grant to train social work supervisors in northern Lake County. The Supervision Training and Education Program (STEP) is a collaborative effort with Adelphi University's Social Work Practice Fellows Program. The second cohort will begin February 7, 2025.
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Susan Grossman's Legacy at Loyola: A Beacon of Social Justice Advocacy and Education
Spanning over two decades at Loyola University Chicago, the career of Susan Grossman, PhD, is distinguished by her advocacy for social justice and her exceptional influence as an educator. Grossman is a professor in the School of Social Work and associate dean in the Graduate School who is about to embark on her retirement.
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Advocacy Day Provides Hands-On Macro Social Work Experience
For the first time in six years, students at the School of Social Work (SSW) had the opportunity to attend Advocacy Day in-person in Springfield, Illinois on April 16, 2024. Advocacy Day seeks to deepen students’ and social workers’ advocacy skills and their abilities to lobby directly to elected officials.
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Knowing Women from Collectivist Cultures CEU Series
The School of Social Work is proud to announce a brand new continuing education series from Associate Professor Shweta Singh, Ph.D. titled "Knowing Women from Collectivist Cultures: Focus on South Asian Women and Girls." The series consists of four sessions spread throughout 2024, beginning on March 15.
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SSW Awarded Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County Grant
Loyola University Chicago's School of Social Work is thrilled to announce a new $45,000 grant to train social work supervisors in northern Lake County. The Supervision Training and Education Program (STEP) is a collaborative effort with Adelphi University's Social Work Practice Fellows Program. The first cohort will begin in Spring 2024.
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Michael Stokely Kelly Summer Institute 2023
Loyola University Chicago's School of Social Work invites you to attend the 2023 Michael Stokely Kelly Summer Institute on July 20-21. This year's topic of "Re-Grounding Ourselves, Leveraging Our Strengths, Leading Our Schools" will explore the many ways schools and families have adapted to a rapidly changing educational environment over the past several years.
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Online Bilingual MSW Offers Flexibility to Passionate Students
The Online Bilingual MSW Program is designed to provide flexibility and resources for students like Jelanny Ramirez Pavón to succeed. These accommodations will increase the number of bilingual service providers in the social work community.
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Q&A with Online Bilingual MSW Professor Francisco Lozornio, Ph.D.
In the fall of 2018, the School of Social Work launched a first-of-its-kind Online Bilingual MSW program with the goal of training a new generation of bilingual social workers. Professor and former Program Director Francisco Lozornio, Ph.D. answers questions about the program and what makes it so unique.
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Marcia Spira Scholarship Fund
Our beloved colleague Marcia Spira passed away on November 1, 2022. To honor her memory, we are fundraising for a scholarship in her name, which will support a social work student. -
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School of Social Work to Partner with Skokie School District 69 for School-Based Internships
Loyola University Chicago's School of Social Work is excited to announce a partnership with Skokie School District 69, which will see six part-time salaried internships available to diverse student candidates from SSW.
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Joan Greenstone Lecture 2022
The School of Social Work invites you to attend the Joan Greenstone Lecture being held on December 2, 2022. Guest lecturer Usha Tummala-Narra, PhD from Boston University will speak on the topic of "Addressing Racial Trauma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy and Clinical Supervision."
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Second Edition of Dr. Michael Dentato's Book Released
The second edition of Social Work Practice with the LGBTQ+ Community: The Intersection of History, Health, Mental Health, and Policy Factors, edited by Dr. Michael P. Dentato was published by Oxford University Press in August 2022. Dentato is an Associate Professor and the Interim Associate Dean for Research in the School of Social Work.
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How Goutham Menon Impacted Social Work Education: Ideas to Implementation
There are two words at the heart of almost everything Goutham Menon has accomplished in the last five years: affordability and accessibility. As dean of Loyola University Chicago’s School of Social Work, Menon has worked tirelessly to make a degree in social work attainable for many who previously never considered it.
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Partnerships for Social Justice: The Empowering Counseling Program
The Empowering Counseling Program (ECP) works to educate students to work in Chicago poverty communities of color in detail, and with a fine expression of the program's values and mission: "to strive to uphold solidarity with our clients in order to respond creatively to the formidable problems of poverty, racial discrimination, community violence, educational disadvantage, and social exclusion."
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Loyola Social Work students licensing exam pass rates well above national average.
The Association of Social Work Boards reports all licensing exam passing rates.
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Students are invited to apply for induction into Alpha Sigma Nu (AΣN), the national Jesuit honor society.
Loyola University Chicago considers selection for Alpha Sigma Nu to be one of the highest honors the University bestows. Membership entitles you to lifetime access to an unsurpassed network of Jesuit honor society alumni, as well as free membership in regional Alpha Sigma Nu Alumni Associations. Many members find the network invaluable in job searches and building a support network after graduation.
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Loyola Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni Present at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Meeting
Come Network with us! Join us during the SSWR 23rd Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA from January 16 - 20, 2019. Attend to our faculty, students and alumni talks. We have included a copy of all their presentations. On January 18, our school will be hosting a reception and we hope to see you there.
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Loyola Faculty at the 40th International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG) Symposium
LUC School of Social Work faculty, current students and alum travelled to South Africa on June, 2018 to take part of the international event. Poster presentations, workshops and dinners were part of the agenda. The location was quite unique, the famous Kruger National Park.
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Dr. Simon & fellow faculty presented at the Joint World Social Work, Education and Social Development Conference
The Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018(SWSD)was held in Dublin, Ireland on July 4-7, 2018 at the Royal Dublin Society (RDS. Dr. Shirley Simon and Dr. Terri Kilbane presentation topic was on Status of Group Work Education in Masters-Level Social Work Education: Survey Findings and Implications.
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Ignatian Fellows for Social Justice in the PhD program
The School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago is announcing two full-time Ignatian Fellows for Social Justice in the PhD Program. This opportunity was created to address underrepresented populations in the current PhD programs in the U.S.
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Goutham M. Menon, PhD, Appointed Dean of the School of Social Work
Goutham M. Menon, PhD, has been appointed as the dean of the School of Social Work. He will join Loyola on July 1 from the University of Nevada-Reno, where he serves as director of the School of Social Work.READ MORE -
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Loyola SSW attends inaugural CRISP Political Bootcamp
In July 2017, Loyola School of Social Work sponsored Assistant Professor Amy Krings and three leaders of the School of Social Work Student Organization (SSWSO) - Megan Ammer, LaDonna Miller, and Meagan Tomasiewicz - to attend an intensive training on political social work in Washington, DC.
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Benjamin Marton: Empowering youth to be advocates for change
Marton, who is one of this year's President's Medallion recipients, is studying for his master’s degree in social work, serves as a graduate and research assistant for two professors, is the president of the School of Social Work Student Organization, and works several days a week as an intern at Loyola Community and Family Services. -
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Active alumni presented with Damen Award
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Second $1.35 million grant will help unemployed adults
Thanks to a new $1.35 million grant, School of Social Work professor Philip Hong, PhD, can expand his research into helping low-income adults overcome the barriers that prevent them from finding and keeping full-time jobs. -
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Social Work: the 21st Century's Law Degree
"Social work education is the future of all academic teaching, even if most academicians don’t know it yet. It mixes training in social theory with mandatory hours of work in the field, putting those theories decidedly into practice -- something that most students clamor for."LEARN MORE -
SSW Alum and Adjunct Faculty Member Honored as Emerging Leader of the Year
In celebration of Social Work Month, Loyola SSW's very own Sarah Buino has been honored as the Emerging Leader of Year by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)-Illinois Chapter for her exceptional work as a clinician and leadership in promoting social justice and social change. READ MORE -
Dr. Simon, Dr. Kilbane & fellow faculty presented at the Joint World Social Work, Education and Social Development Conference
The Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development 2018(SWSD)was held in Dublin, Ireland on July, 2018. Dr. Shirley Simon and Dr. Terri Kilbane presentation topic was on Status of Group Work Education in Masters-Level Social Work Education: Survey Findings and Implications. READ MORE -
Loyola Faculty, Staff, Students and Alumni Present at the Society for Social Work and Research Annual Meeting
Join us during the SSWR 23rd Annual Conference in San Francisco, CA from January 16 - 20, 2019. Attend to our faculty, students and alumni talks. We have included a copy of the presentations. On January 18, our school will be hosting a reception and we hope to see you there. DETAILS
