News

CSWE is pleased to announce the election results of the CSWE Board of Directors and National Nominating Committee. View the results here.

Explore the 2017 Annual Program Meeting (APM) Preliminary Program for a sneak peek of APM. 

In collaboration with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), the Cohen Veterans Network (CVN), a private foundation dedicated to improving mental health care of veterans, is generously sponsoring the creation of a comprehensive military social work curricular guide for social work programs and educators. 

A thought-provoking panel discussion, in collaboration with CSWE’s Public Policy Initiative, took place during CSWE's Spring Governance Meeting on March 23, 2017. A full-length video of the session, titled “Enduring Principles, New Environment: The Path Ahead for Social Work Advocacy,” is now available on CSWE's YouTube here. 

Darla Spence Coffey, MSW, PhD, president and CEO of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), has been elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) Social Work Academy, the NAP’s most honored membership group.

The CSWE Center for Diversity and Social & Economic Justice presents “How should social work education respond to the changing political landscape?” March 21, 2017 at 12:00 pm. Register here. 

The Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE’s) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) is pleased to announce the third Now is the Time: MFP-Youth Master’s Student Cohort. The fellowship for advanced social work master’s students is funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

$1 million grant will train social workers to improve health-care system.

Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award
Larry E. Davis, dean of the School of Social Work, Donald M. Henderson Chair, and founding director of the Center on Race and Social Problems, University of Pittsburgh
 
Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education Award
Faye Mishna, dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Chair in Child and Family, University of Toronto