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WKYC: Dan Flannery, the Semi J. and Ruth W. Begun Professor and director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention, Research and Education, weighed in on an Akron grand jury’s move to issue a "no bill" decision, noting they felt the police officers' use of deadly force against Jayland Walker was…

Associate Professor Megan R. Holmes has been promoted to full professor effective July 1, 2023. Dr. Holmes earned her MSW and PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles and joined the Mandel School faculty as an assistant professor in 2012. She was promoted to associate professor with…

On April 17 and 18, Professor Agnieszka Naumiuk from the University of Warsaw visited the Mandel School and Cleveland. A Fulbright Scholar, she is researching the life of Jane Addams and how the issues acknowledged by Addams are part of social work practice today. While in Cleveland, she was the…

Associate Professor Kathleen J. Farkas will retire effective June 30, 2023. She has devoted 35 years of exceptional scholarship, teaching and service to the Mandel School, ÃÛÌÒAPP and the academy. Dr. Farkas has made significant scholarly contributions to the areas of…

The Mandel School is small and mighty—we made it to the top because of you! This year, in support of student scholarships, we set a very ambitious goal of $60,000 for our annual Day of Giving on Tuesday, April 4. With your partnership, we surpassed it to raise nearly $66,000—thank you! In…

Nancy Rolock, the Henry L. Zucker Professor in Social Work Practice, was appointed to the board of directors for nonprofit Kinnect. Kinnect is an Ohio-based nonprofit dedicated to ensuring permanent families for all children in the shortest time possible and connecting those families with…

Class Year: August 2023 Degree Program: MSSA Online Concentration: Community Practice for Social Change Hometown: Timonium, Maryland Field Education Organization: FosterHope Sacramento in Sacramento, California Before beginning at ÃÛÌÒAPP, what were you…

Class Year: May 2023 Degree Program: Master of Social Work Concentration: Child and Adolescent Mental Health with a Trauma Focus Anna Marie Giubileo always had the desire to work with people. As an undergraduate psychology major at ÃÛÌÒAPP, she realized she wanted…

Class Year: May 2023 Degree Program: MSW Online Concentration: Mental Health with Adults Hometown: Shelby, North Carolina Field Education Organization: Alternative Paths in Medina, Ohio Before beginning at ÃÛÌÒAPP, what were you doing? I was employed as a…

We are eager to build upon Dean Dexter Voisin’s vision to substantially prepare our students with the unique skill set required to address human and social welfare issues affecting our communities today. With your gift, you are supporting Dean Voisin’s progress in his tenure to advance leadership…