Tag: Social Work
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Social Work grad Okokon has stories to tell in Boston
A distinguished 2005 graduate of UW-Green Bay’s Social Work program, Theresa Okokon, is working professionally in suburban Boston, managing a transitional youth group home for Justice Resource Institute in Roslindale. She’s also enjoying a great run in a competitive storytelling competition operated by a nonprofit arts entity called Massmouth, Inc. The competition is “Season V:…
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Social Work students collecting donations for unaccompanied youth
A group of Social Work students is reaching out to the campus community and beyond, seeking donations to help unaccompanied youth (those with no parent, no guardian and no home) in Brown County. Under the supervision of lecturer Mark Quam, the Social Policy students are collecting hygiene items, alarm clocks, fleece blankets, pillows, bottled water,…
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Faculty note: Akakpo article
Francis Akakpo, assistant professor of Social Work, has received notice that an article he co-authored has been accepted for inclusion in the Journal of Child Sexual Abuse in 2014. The article, “Emergence of Nonsexual Crimes and Their Relationship to Sexual Crime Characteristics and the Deviant Arousal of Male Adolescent Sexual Offenders: An Exploratory Study,” was…
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Ghana and Akakpo are next up in Cultural Cuisine series
The culture and food of Ghana will be on the menu at noon Thursday, April 21, in the Phoenix Room, when guest speaker Assistant Prof. Tohoro Francis Akakpo of Social Work will talk about his native country. Cost of the Cultural Cuisine luncheon is only $13 for faculty and staff, and $14 for community members…
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UW-Green Bay to present infant bereavement conference March 21
UW-Green Bay Continuing Professional Education will present “Loss of an Infant: An Understanding of Perinatal Grief and Bereavement,” from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday, March 21 at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center, 2040 Airport Drive, Green Bay. This all-day workshop will explore the history of engagement with perinatal grief and bereavement, and will include a…
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Social Work earns eight-year renewal of accreditation
Congratulations are in order for the UW-Green Bay Bachelor’s in Social Work program, chairperson Jolanda Sallmann and program faculty. The Commission on Accreditation for the Council on Social Work Education voted Friday to reaccredit the baccalaureate program for eight years. The Commission is responsible for developing accreditation standards that define competent preparation, and ensuring that social work…
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You voted, the community wins: UW-Green Bay earns Campus Kitchens grant
The votes are in and UW-Green Bay is officially a Campus Kitchens Project winner! Spearheaded by the Feeding the Hungry and Reducing Waste student organization, in conjunction with the Social Work program, the UW-Green Bay bid earned enough online votes for a $5,000 Campus Kitchens grant. The money will be used to facilitate a system…
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Reminder: Your votes needed for Campus Kitchen Project contest
Here’s a quick and friendly reminder to vote early and often (once a day, anyway) for UW-Green Bay to advance to the next stage of the Campus Kitchen Project competition. As we told you here before, representatives from the UW-Green Bay Social Work program are working with the Feeding the Hungry and Reducing Waste student…
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Your vote counts: UW-Green Bay seeking $5,000 Campus Kitchens prize
Representatives from the UW-Green Bay Social Work program are working with the Feeding the Hungry and Reducing Waste student organization to bring a branch of the Campus Kitchens Project to UW-Green Bay — and they need your help. The Campus Kitchens Project partners with high schools, colleges and universities to share on-campus kitchen space, recover…
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To learn, research and innovate: Faculty members awarded 2014-15 sabbaticals
A dozen UW-Green Bay faculty members will use 2014-15 sabbaticals to conduct research, enrich themselves academically and eventually return to the classroom with additional knowledge and insight. Associate and full professors from nine departments across campus will take semester-long or full-year sabbaticals to pursue a variety of projects and initiatives, said Julia Wallace, UW-Green Bay…