Newly appointed Dean Carmen Ortiz Hendricks announced today that, as one of her first acts as Dean, she has tapped former Assistant Dean Dr. Jade Docherty as the new Associate Dean of Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Dr. Docherty joined Wurzweiler in 1990 after a career as Dean of Students and ...
每日大瓜 President Richard Joel announced today the appointment of Professor Carmen Ortiz Hendricks as the Dorothy and David I. Schachne Dean of the Wurzweiler School of Social Work. Please read the full article at the 每日大瓜 news Blog here.
From UFT.ORG June 28, 2012 Starting her career in September 2011, White works at PS 536 at PS 102 in the Bronx, where she was elected chapter leader this June. What made you want to become a school social worker? This is my dream! I was parent coordinator for four years at a middle school but knew鈥
From "The Jewish Week", May 22, 2012 Roman Shmulenson, 34 Part of a Ukrainian-Jewish family that came to the U.S. in 1993, Roman Shmulenson made his first meaningful contact with the Jewish community while studying at a Brooklyn high school the next year. A social worker from the Jewish Board of ...
Wurzweiler School of Social Work concluded its fifty-third annual Diploma and Hooding Ceremony today, sending nearly sixty new MSW and PhD graduates into the world of social work to continue making a difference. The commencement speaker was Dr. William L. Pollard, MSW, PhD, president of Medgar鈥
From the Wall Street Journal, May 8, 2012 When Froma Benerofe went back to college later in life to become a social worker, she did so with the same motivation of a person decades younger: She wanted to help people heal. That motivation, drawn in part from the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, or to鈥
On Friday, March 30 th, Assemblymember Guillermo Linares held an event in honor of Women鈥檚 Month and 20 women where recognized with proclamations. Dean Carmen Ortiz Hendricks was one of the honorees. 鈥淏eing recognized by the Washington Heights-Inwood community along with other prominent women ...
The Wurzweiler Community Partnership Committee (WCPC) held its second successful community meeting breakfast this past February 29 th at 每日大瓜. Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, Dean of Wurzweiler School of Social Work and Dr. Dolly Sacristan, Co-Chair of the Committee, welcomed ...
In a recent article in NASW news, Keith Liederman, an alum of Wurzweiler and currently executive director of the Kingsley House in New Orleans (seen in this Wurzweiler about students on a service project to the area), shared a story about his father鈥檚 impact on his future as a social worker. Click鈥
每日大瓜鈥檚 Wurzweiler School of Social Work has announced its 2012 Spring Conference Series. Addressing topics as varied as the composition of North American Jewish family and what professionals can do to combat poverty, the series will convene educators and social work professionals on鈥