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Library Spotlight! Symposium: Prison State

This Symposium will explore the regional and pervasive impact of prison incarceration and the current debate around prison abolition. Specifically, we would like to engage in the conversation of...

Posted: September 19, 2022, 12:46 PM

Winter Session 2023

Registration begins 10/17!

Take your social work elective this winter and get your Culture requirement!  SOWK 374- Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees will be offered ONLINE this winter session.  This course...

Posted: September 15, 2022, 12:26 PM

USG Student Engagement Awards

The Student Egagement Awards at the Universities at Shady Grove took place on Friday, April 29th.  Social Work student, Emma Earnest, was nominated by faculty and staff as a result of her...

Posted: May 2, 2022, 1:08 PM

Phi Alpha Honor Society 2022 Induction

Congratulations to the 2022 Phi Alpha Honor Society Inductees and honorary member, Dr. Marcela Mellinger!  The following students were inducted April 11, 2022:  Jasmin Alvarado Cruz...

Posted: April 12, 2022, 1:44 PM

Women and Work Empowerment Panel

USG Student Council and UMBC SWSA at Shady Grove hosted a Women and Work Empowerment Panel to wrap up women's month and social work month!   Two alumni joined the panel, along with alumni from...

Posted: March 31, 2022, 9:58 AM

Spring 2022 Newsletter

Click to read what's going on in the Social Work Program! 

Posted: February 2, 2022, 2:47 PM

Marcela Mellinger on Hrabowski Innovation Grant

Preventing Gender-Based Harm at UMBC: Designing and Teaching a Multidisciplinary Course (Implementation and Research Grant) — A multidisciplinary team led by Jodi Kelber-Kaye (Honors College) will...

Posted: September 22, 2021, 9:52 AM

New Hrabowski Fund for Innovation Awarded to Kerri Evans

The Educational Journey of Immigrant Children: An Interdisciplinary Course Using Gamification and Role-Play (Implementation and Research Grant) — A multidisciplinary team led by Kerri Evans...

Posted: September 20, 2021, 12:07 PM

Winter Class Schedule Live

The Winter Session schedule of classes is now available!  The Social Work Program will be offering SOWK 374: Social Work with Immigrants and Refugees This course provides an introduction to...

Posted: September 15, 2021, 10:16 AM