FSU College of Social Work

FSU students selected for 2020 AHEC Scholars Program

Published: | 5:02 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Nine Florida State University students in disciplines across campus have been selected to the 2020 cohort of the Florida Area Health and Education Center (AHEC) Scholars Program. The students, who will work directly with the Big Bend Area Health Education Center, will gain firsthand experience in underserved population settings. Students were chosen from a pool […]

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FSU and Northern Arizona University partner on student resilience

Published: | 10:20 am | Posted in: Education & Society

The Student Resilience Project (SRP), originally created at Florida State University, has launched a custom version of the project at Northern Arizona University (NAU), located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The SRP is an online toolkit that offers students an engaging, interactive way to access valuable mental health information. The original SRP was developed in 2018 at […]

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FSU launches new professional certification in human trafficking prevention and intervention

Published: | 10:49 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University has launched a new online certification in human trafficking prevention and intervention to help professionals develop skills to better understand the dynamics of the various types of human trafficking. “The Professional Certification in Human Trafficking Prevention and Intervention certification offers an economical way to provide access to much-needed knowledge and skills to […]

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FSU innovations in criminal justice nationally recognized

Published: | 3:04 pm | Posted in: University News

Carrie Pettus-Davis, the executive director and founder of Florida State University’s Institute for Justice Research and Development, has received the 2019 Marguerite Q. Warren and Ted B. Palmer Differential Intervention Award, presented by the American Society of Criminology. Pettus-Davis, who joined FSU as an associate professor in 2018, received the award during the society’s annual […]

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FSU researchers receive grant to conduct re-entry program for young men

Published: | 1:11 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University has received a grant totaling nearly $1.2 million from the National Institute of Justice to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive trauma-based re-entry program for young adult men. A team of researchers including Carrie Pettus-Davis, Stephen Tripodi and Tanya Renn of the Institute for Justice Research and Development at the FSU College […]

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FSU faculty members receive NIH grant to study long-term role of character traits in heart surgery patients

Published: | 11:53 am | Posted in: University News

A team of Florida State University researchers has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the resilience of older patients after undergoing open-heart surgery. The study, a first of its kind, will provide a comprehensive analysis of long-term survival benefits of psychological strengths, such as optimism and spirituality, in older adults […]

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FSU College of Social Work honors notable graduates and scholarship recipients

Published: | 4:59 pm | Posted in: University News

The Florida State University College of Social Work celebrated its 2019 Distinguished Graduate Award recipients and social work scholarship recipients at a dinner at the FSU Alumni Association Thursday, Sept. 26. Each year, the event celebrates the contributions of students, alumni and donors to the College of Social Work, social work education and the profession. […]

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Florida State launches professional certification in trauma and resilience

Published: | 1:59 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University has launched a new online curriculum for a professional certification in trauma and resilience. The curriculum was developed by the Clearinghouse on Trauma and Resilience within the Institute for Family Violence Studies at the FSU College of Social Work in conjunction with the FSU Center for Academic and Professional Development. “This training […]

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FSU institute launches new fellowship program for master’s-level social workers

Published: | 2:56 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University’s Institute for Justice Research and Development (IJRD), housed within FSU’s College of Social Work, recently launched a Post-Master’s Fellowship designed to prepare social work professionals to work and conduct research with formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. A first of its kind, the Post-Master’s Fellowship is the only fellowship in the nation […]

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Middle school students experience college life through FSU Social Work summer camp

Published: | 5:10 pm | Posted in: University News

Relay races on Landis Green and jam sessions in the William Johnston Building are just a couple of the experiences dozens of middle school students from Tallahassee and the surrounding area participated in during a weeklong camp at Florida State University. For the eighth year in a row, the FSU College of Social Work hosted […]

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Social work faculty member awarded grant to study effect of media on Hurricane Maria trauma

Published: | 11:16 am | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

A Florida State University researcher has received a fellowship grant from the Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation to support her study on the impact of media on trauma recovery. Professor of Social Work Amy Ai, named a 2019 Fahs-Beck Fellow, will use the $20,000 grant for her project, “Traumatization and Resilience among Puerto Rican […]

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FSU center partners with ‘Save the Children’ to provide resources for those affected by Hurricane Michael

Published: | 12:19 pm | Posted in: Education & Society, University News

A Florida State University center has received an $80,000 grant from Save the Children to help those affected by Hurricane Michael. The Center for the Study and Promotion of Communities, Families and Children (CFC Center) within the FSU College of Social Work will use the grant to respond to the mental health needs of children, […]

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