Photo of Marva Carroll, MSW ’06: Marva’s strong sense of community and family fostered by her upbringing in the deep South made for a great fit with Buffalo, New York and the diversity of the UB campus. Upon receiving her MSW degree, she moved to Arizona, working to affect change and improve the welfare of Native American peoples.
Photo of Kelly Jackson, PhD ’07: In earning her PhD in Social Welfare at UB, Kelly made strong contributions to social work scholarship though her teaching and social research on race and culture. She is now as an assistant professor in Arizona, continuing to make her impact on education among diverse populations, including American Indian and Hispanic cultures.
Photo of Robert Chapman, MSW ’03: With a full-time job in clinical practice, Robert was able to continue work while a student in the School of Social Work’s flexible part-time MSW program. In his evaluation of the program’s impact on his work as an addictions counselor, he credits the school with helping him polish the skills needed to affect change in his clients’ lives.
Photo of June Van Every-Huber, MSW ’02: June is the first and only school social worker in her district, working at a Native American elementary school in western New York. Involved in counseling, academic intervention, mental health issues, crisis intervention, and conflict resolution, she credits UB’s accelerated MSW program for her strong foundation.
Photo of David Crowther, JD/MSW ’05: Combining his interests in law and social work, David completed the school’s JD/MSW program to be an agent of social change. He found that the school’s dual-degree program taught him to celebrate diversity and see commonalities, and that it helped develop communication that enables a deeper understanding with his law clients.
Photo of Sara Meerse, JD/MSW ’96: Originally leaning toward social work but then attracted to issues in law concerning child welfare, Sara engaged the JD/MSW program on her way to becoming a public interest lawyer. Impressed by the social work faculty, she was influenced not only by their scholarship but by their real-world experience as well.
 
Photo of Marva Carroll, MSW ’06: Our graduates are living proof that we make a difference in people’s lives. The School of Social Work is fully accredited by the CSWE and offers full-time and part-time regular and advanced standing MSW programs, interdisciplinary programs (JD/MSW, BA/MSW, and MBA/MSW), post-MSW options (PhD and post-graduate certificate programs), and non-degree options (non-matriculated study and continuing education).
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From its exciting beginnings in the 1930s as one of the very first schools of social work to its present day operations among the finest schools in the country, the UB School of Social Work has a long history of educating social work professionals and impacting countless lives. The UB School of Social Work History Project is our effort to document this important history. We are in the process of gathering information and materials for a publication to be written in 2007, and we invite all past and present members of the School - and the extended UB School of Social Work community - to help us tell our story.

 

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From the 1930's through the new millenium: view reflections of seven decades of social work education touching the lives of many.

The UB School of Social Work, “Excellence in Masters and Doctoral Education”

The link below will allow you to view video clips of interviews conducted for the History Project. These interview snippets were selected to present portions of interviewees’ outstanding memories of experiences as a student, faculty, or staff member at the School of Social Work.

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At the School of Social Work Alumni Day, April 20, 2006, a short video was presented to showcase our project. It was so well received by our audience that we have made it available to you on this website. To see and hear excerpts from early interviews, please view our video (approximately 11 minutes, requires Windows Media Player) by clicking the link below.

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