Tag: Social Work
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Oneida leader Danforth ’88 to deliver commencement address
A graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay who serves as chairwoman of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin will deliver the commencement address at the University’s 45th mid-year graduation ceremony this Saturday, Dec. 13. Cristina (Tina) Danforth will be the featured speaker at the ceremony that begins at 11:30 a.m. at the Weidner…
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Feeding the need: UW-Green Bay’s Campus Kitchens project featured by Fox 11
Fox 11’s Making a Difference segment profiled UW-Green Bay’s Campus Kitchens Project in a Wednesday (Nov. 26) story, introducing viewers to the organization that’s reducing food waste while feeding the hungry in our community. Reporter/anchor Michelle Melby tagged along as Campus Kitchens students prepared a recent meal at the NEW Community Shelter, speaking with them…
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Social Work program gets re-upped on nearly $700,000 federal grant
The UW-Green Bay Social Work Professional Programs has been awarded a $682,515 federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Grant funds are used to support training and provide stipends for social work students in child welfare careers, helping both undergraduate and graduate-level students here. UW Green Bay…
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Teacher of the Year: Social worker found inspiration at UW-Green Bay
Andrea Pasqualucci, a school social worker at Valley View Elementary School in Ashwaubenon, was selected this fall as Wisconsin’s Special Services Teacher of the Year for working behind the scenes to improve student learning. A 1990 graduate of UW-Green Bay’s bachelor’s degree program in Social Work, she credits her early educational training as having a…
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Baer obituary shares news of student scholarship
Former UW-Green Bay Prof. of Social Work Betty L. Baer died Sept. 10 after a lengthy illness. The obituary stated that, “In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to a scholarship recently established in Betty’s name by a former student. To contribute to the Dr. Betty Baer Endowed Scholarship, visit www.uwgb.edu/foundation or send contributions…
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Passing of influential Social Work professor, Betty Baer
A primary architect of UW-Green Bay’s undergraduate and graduate programs in Social Work — and a respected and influential state and national leader in both curriculum and practice — has passed away. Prof. Betty L. Baer died Wednesday (Sept. 10) at her Green Bay-area home after a lengthy illness. She was 87. Former chair of…
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Social Work’s Betty Baer, 1927-2014
A primary architect of UW-Green Bay’s undergraduate and graduate programs in Social Work — and a respected and influential state and national leader in both curriculum and practice — has passed away. Prof. Betty L. Baer died Wednesday (Sept. 10) at her Green Bay-area home after a lengthy illness. She was 87. A full obituary…
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BSW grad earns state teaching honor
Congratulations to Andrea Pasqualucci, a school social worker at Valley View Elementary School in Ashwaubenon, who on Thursday, Sept. 4, was named Wisconsin’s Special Services Teacher of the Year for the 2014-15 school year. She is a 1990 graduate of UW-Green Bay’s bachelor’s degree program in Social Work. Pasqualucci has developed a number of programs…
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On Monday, Teaching Scholars will share what they learned about learning
The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) invites the campus community to share in the accomplishments of the 2013-14 Teaching Scholars in a program from 3 to 5 p.m. Monday (Sept. 8) in Phoenix Room A of the University Union. The following faculty members will be sharing their project results: • David…
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LGBT event draws human service professionals to one-day workshop
More than one hundred participants representing Northeast Wisconsin long-term care agencies, advocacy, and human service organizations attended a showing of the critically acclaimed documentary “Gen Silent” in the Phoenix Rooms at UW-Green Bay last Friday. The film presentation was a central element of a free training session, “Aging in the LGBT Community and Addressing Resident…