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Dear Wurzweiler Alumni, As the semester reaches the halfway point, I know you remember how tired you felt at this time in your studies. We work so hard, the papers get written, and we wonder if we will ever remember anything we have learned. I hope that by this time in your career, you do recall ...

by Reena Gelberger-Carmen, LCSW (MSW ’07) When I first arrived at Wurzweiler in the summer of 2005, I knew only two things for certain: that I wanted a career where I could help people and that I wanted to be able to complete my field placements in my hometown of Toronto. I figured that a degree in…

In New Book, Wurzweiler Professor Jonathan Fast Explores Hidden Roots of Bullying As the American public grapples with a growing awareness of the problem of bullying, both within schools and outside of them, and heated debate about where to lay the blame for school shootings becomes a regular ...

Richard Caputo, PhD, a Professor of Social Policy and Research at Wurzweiler School of Social Work, was recently informed that Dr. Leslie E Tower has recognized and honored him as her mentor through the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Council on the Role and Status of Women in Social Work…

Dear Wurzweiler Alumni, Welcome to our new Alumni Newsletter! We have much to celebrate in this first issue and in the following ones to come. As we move into our 60 th year of existence, we have conferred thousands of master’s degrees and hundreds of doctoral degrees. We are proud of the immense…

by Daniel Pollack In New Jersey, you can be a foster parent before you're able to buy a cigarette. The minimum age to buy cigarettes -- 19; the minimum age to be a foster parent -- 18. In Alabama, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, and New Jersey, you can be a foster parent before being ...

WELCOME TO COMMUNITY: Connecting Wurzweiler Alumni and Friends Pictured L to R - Sheila Yossem (Director of Admissions), Dr. Lynn Levy (Professor), Virginia Kurlander (Assistant to the Dean), Dr. Daniel Pollack (Professor), and Marc Raco (Office Manager) We are delighted to present this first ...

Alumni Spotlight - How Are You Changing the World? "My Work/My Passion!" by Irene Borins Ash (MSW '87 - Toronto, Canada) I graduated from Wurzweiler School of Social Work in 1987. My work was always with seniors and their families. Over the years I began to question why some seniors aged with a ...

An article, written by Wurzweiler professor Daniel Pollack, JD and recently published in an issue of Policy & Practice, deals with the important issue of Sexual assault of minors in rural areas. From Professor Pollack: "I've been involved in nearly seventy-five expert witness cases around the…