UW-Green Bay mourns passing of Rolfe White
UW-Green Bay mourns the passing of Rolfe White, a former Associate Professor of Social Work who retired from UW-Green Bay in 1999. He passed away on June 9, 2021. A peer and long-time friend...
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UW-Green Bay’s Cheri Branham takes third in Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament
UW-Green Bay student Cheri Branham (Social Work) took third place in the Wisconsin Big Idea Tournament, presented by WiSys, on May 20. The tournament brings together teams of university students from across the state...
Suring valedictorian to study Social Work at UW-Green Bay
Valedictorian: Grace Fischer, daughter of Philip and Tricia Fischer. She’s been involved in volleyball, track, band, choir, FBLA, FFA, forensics, Hi-Q, National Honor Society, student council, math league, and the Environmental Club, and has...
Social Work student wins Spring 2021 UWGB Student Business Idea Virtual Pitch Contest
Cheri Branham (Social Work) and her project Technology Literacy Training for Older Adults has won the Spring 2021 UWGB Student Business Idea Virtual Pitch Contest. Branham pitched her idea in a 90-second video. First prize...
UW-Green Bay students create podcast highlighting members of the Latino community
See a problem. Solve the problem. See a need. Fill the need. That’s part of the Wisconsin Idea. It’s also what drove three compassionate, UW–Green Bay students to start a podcast highlighting members of...
UW-Green Bay Social Work Students Attend Anti-Racism Virtual Summit
The Social Work Professional Programs became a bronze sponsor of SW Helper’s Anti-Racism Virtual Summit held during spring break. Forty social work students and additional faculty members spent the three days during spring break...
BSW application deadline approaching
Interested in majoring in social work? Apply now. The social work major, which results in a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree, operates in a cohort model. Each fall a new group of students...
UW-Stevens Point at Wausau, the new university hub
Starting in the fall, in a collaboration with UW-Green Bay, the Wausau campus will be the host campus for a UW-Green Bay Master’s Degree in Social Work (an MSW), serving practicing social workers in...
UW-Green Bay graduate Josh Andreini featured as ‘Hometown Hero’
UW-Green Bay alumnus Josh Andreini ’17 (Master’s of Social Work) was recently featured as a Hometown Hero by WFRV-TV. “Appleton’s Josh Andreini needed a sense of purpose when he decided to join the U.S....
Faculty note: Prof. Akakpo publication
Associate Professor Akakpo (Social Work and Global Studies) and Assistant Professor and Associate Dean Adrianne Fletcher (Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Social Work) have published a jointly authored article “We Can Do...
