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2014 Phi Alpha Inductees The Tau Epsilon Chapter of Phi Alpha Honors Society held its second induction ceremony on May 1st, 2014. Seven students were inducted into the chapter- Rhonda Bacchus, Sheryl Edelstein, Gilles Lubeth, Michell Lubeth, Kate Marks, Nathalie Ohayon, and Stephen Ronay. Nygera ...

Afifa Yusufi Out of town transplants typically come to the Schenectady JCC to register their child for preschool, workout at the fitness center or meet people. Queens transplant Afifa Yusufi came to the JCC for a different reason: to complete a field instruction requirement in the graduate social…

Wurzweiler Professor Gary L. Stein presents a 2014 Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network Career Achievement Award to Iris Cohen Fineberg, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Stony Brook University's School of Social Welfare, and President of the Association of Oncology Social Work. The…

Esteban Ramos (right) with NYS Governor Cuomo Most recently, Social Worker and 2008 Wurzweiler Master of Social Work graduate Esteban Ramos co-authored a recently published article and was featured in the first three pages of chapter 5 of the book "Everyone Leads: Building Leadership from the ...

One mile at a time, she is trying to spread the word. She is a social worker turned cyclist. Danielle Berman, an MSW graduate of Wurzweiler School of Social Work, founded Ride Away Stigma to honor her late father, who committed suicide in 1999. . "It is my mission to encourage open discussion on ...

Wurzweiler School of Social Work alumna Judy Strauss, LMSW, PhD, was recently quoted in a Reuters article "Financial 'Vicious Cycle' Traps Poor Women Caregivers", calling upon her experience studying women providing care to loved ones. " Women need to give themselves the space to give themselves ...

From March 14, 2014 edition of www.jstandard.com "Community Service" by Joanne Palmer There are times when a person’s background, training, aptitude, and passion —in fact, her entire life — make her a perfect fit for a job. And there is a time when an agency has to reevaluate, reorient, and perhaps…

Wurzweiler School of Social Work MSW student Temimah Zucker was recently interviewed as an expert for a story about Eating Disorders on NBC News. She is also featured on the Glamour.com guest blog, and will be featured in the April edition of Glamour Magazine as one of five "Recovered" women. The…

To bring in 2014 Social Work Month, JCC of Greater Coney Island hosts an Interactive Ethics seminar with Professor Emeritus Norman Linzer, PhD, at the Jewish Community Relations Council in NYC Dr. Norman Linzer (center) leads workshop As a proud Wurzeiler School of Social Work Alumna, and now ...

The Greenwich Times and other Connecticut papers in the syndicate recently published an article by Dr. Jonathan Fast, who is an expert on the subject of shame and bullying and the author of the book "Ceremonial Violence," which provides an analysis of a dozen school shootings. Below is an excerpt…