Dr. Mary M. Cavanaugh, Acting Dean of the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, is pleased to announce that Dr. Manny J. González is the recipient of the 2016 Hunter College Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. This award recognizes Dr. González’s distinguished service as a Hunter College and Silberman School of Social Work classroom educator across twenty years. Dr. Manny J. González, Associate Professor and Director of the MSW program at Silberman, teaches graduate courses in clinical practice, relational therapy, psychopathology, evidence-based mental health practice, comparative analysis of psychodynamic theories and education in social work.
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The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College mourns the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Robert Salmon
The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College mourns the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Dr. Robert Salmon, who passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2016.
Since the start of his career more than fifty years ago, Dr. Salmon has significantly shaped the practice of social work in his roles as teacher, scholar, practitioner, and mentor.
Policy Track Certificate Ceremony, May 18, 2016
Policy Track students are part of the Community Organizing, Planning & Development (COP & D) method who elect to deepen their policy skills and knowledge by taking additional policy courses and work on a specific policy project in their second year field placement. Interested students please contact Dr. Mimi Abramovitz.
Professor Earner participates in ‘The Dream of America’ event
Professor Earner will be presenting at the, “The Dream of America Separation & Sacrifice in the Lives of North Country Latino Immigrants,” event at the Folklife Center in the Crandall Public Library on Saturday April 9, 2016. This event takes us from the milking parlors of surrounding counties to the cinder-block homes of Coyula, Guadalajara, Mexico, and back again. This straightforward perspective asks that we consider without bias or stereotype, the work being done, and the lives and sacrifices of the workers. Hard work and separation are underlying themes of these immigrants’ lives. Click here for more information.
Silberman Partners With STRIVE New York
Ford Foundation President Darren Walker and NYC First Lady Chirlane McCray at the Connections to Care launch event.
STRIVE New York is proud to be among 14 New York City nonprofits selected to participate in Connections to Care, a $30 million public-private partnership that aims to expand access to mental health services by integrating evidence-based mental health support into social services programs serving low-income New Yorkers.
Connections to Care is a program of the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City and the federal Social Innovation Fund of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
NYS Social Work Student Legislative Action Day in Albany New York
On March 2, 2016, Professors Terry Mizrahi and Mimi Abramovitz and 60 Silberman School of Social Work Students, half specializing in Clinical Practice and half specializing in Community Organizing Planning and Development (COPD participated in NYS Social Work Student Legislative Action Day (“Lobby Day”) in Albany New York.
Silberman Mourns the Loss of Our Friend and Colleague, Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks
The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, mourns the loss of our friend and colleague, Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks who passed away on Sunday, February 21, 2016.
Since 1974, Dr. Carmen Ortiz Hendricks made significant contributions to the practice of social work in the roles of educator, administrator, and multi-cultural scholar.
Daniel Gardner, Ph.D. to Receive SWHPN Award
Daniel Gardner, Ph.D., Director of Research for Silberman Aging and Associate Professor at the Silberman School of Social Work, was selected to receive an Award of Excellence in Professional Education and Research at the upcoming Social Work Hospice and Palliative Care Network (SWHPN) General Assembly in Chicago. The Silberman School of Social Work wishes to congratulate our colleague on this recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the area of Hospice and Palliative Care.
The Charles A. Frueauff Foundation/The Children’s Village Scholarship Awardees
Congratulations to the following students for being awarded the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation/The Children’s Village scholarship.
Tatyana Krychkina (upper left)
Madelyn Villar (not pictured)
Kristen Jester (upper middle)
Julieta Ramirez (not pictured)
Stephanie Ferreira (upper right)
Katharine Gange (lower left)
Ebony Brown, and (lower middle)
Arislady Gomez (lower right)
Shadow Count 2016 – Help New York City’s homeless count. Become a decoy!
On January 25-26 (overnight), the Department of Homeless Services (DHS) will send thousands of volunteers across the city to count NYC’s unsheltered homeless people. On that same night, Shadow Count decoys will be deployed to designated locations throughout the five boroughs to report how many of them are counted. This project helps assess the accuracy of the DHS street survey and helps our city’s homeless count. Read more…