Selma Icon among Inductees for Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame
Patricia Swift Blalock, who integrated Selma’s public library in the 1960s, will be posthumously inducted into the Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame Friday, Sept. 22.
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Albright Named to Governor’s Council on Opioid Overdoses, Addiction
Gov. Kay Ivey has appointed Dr. David L. Albright, associate professor and Hill Crest Foundation Endowed Chair in Mental Health in The University of Alabama School of Social Work, to serve on the Alabama Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council.
UA Grad Opens Southwest Alabama’s First Juvenile Mental Health Clinic
When Charlie Morris graduated from Robertsdale High School in Baldwin County in 2005, he would have never guessed that one day he would return home to open the region’s first clinic focusing exclusively on juveniles with mental health issues.
UA to Hold Commencement Exercise Aug. 5
The University of Alabama will hold its summer commencement exercise Aug. 5 at Coleman Coliseum on the UA campus.
UA Doctoral Student Earns Social Work Research Fellowship
A University of Alabama doctoral student has received a $17,900 fellowship award to help fund dissertation research of HIV health and health care payer types.
UA Social Work Students Launch Internship with Local District Attorney
Katrena Dale would immediately feel the sting of the news she had to deliver.
UA School of Social Work Creates Continuing Education Program
The University of Alabama is now a hub for social work licensure preparation and continuing education.
UA Social Work Professor Weaves Innovation Into Classes, Scholarship
On a cold winter day, 7-year-old Kevin Corcoran laid across an air vent on the floor of his parents’ home.
Advocacy on ‘The Hill’: UA Social Work Students Push for Legislation
Social work students at The University of Alabama learned firsthand how dizzying, difficult and demanding policy advocacy is on Capitol Hill during the first University of Alabama School of Social Work Policy and Advocacy Washington D.C. Fly-In.
James’ Advocacy, Appreciation for Differences Rooted in Alabama
Frannie James was a white suburban teenager from Orange County, California when she moved to rural Alabama.