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• Nominations are now being accepted for the 2008 Drum Major for Peace Award. Application available as MS Word or PDF.
  
  
• Call for nominations for the College of Social Work Hall of Fame 2008. Details.
  
  
• Immersion Courses in Mexico for Professional Practice with U.S. Latinos , At La Universidad Latina de America, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico June 7 – July 19, 2008. Application deadline March 1, 2008.
  Details.
  
• The Ultimate Home Visit 2008. To Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. For human service professionals working with Latino immigrants. Intensive, immersed learning in Mexican culture, education, health, justice and social services for professionals seeking to improve service provision to immigrant families from Latin America. June 7 – June 21, 2008. Application and Payment Deadline: April 1, 2008.
  
  
• Ginny Sprang PI and her co-PI’s Jim Clark, Carlton Craig, Michelle Tindall and Bob Walker, received a 1.6 million dollar SAMSHA grant. The Child and Adolescent Trauma Institute grant—this complements our new Center on the Study of Violence Against Children that was approved last week by the Board of Trustees. Full Story.
  
  
• The 5th annual Irma Sarett Rosenstein Lecture on Early Childhood Interventions "Multidisciplinary Assessments of Complex Child Welfare Cases" Presented by Dr. Kathleen Faller will be held on Tuesday, October 2, 2007 in the W.T. Young Library Auditorium from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
  
  
• The Center for the Study of Violence Against Children received approval from the UK Board of Trustees on September 11, 2007. Story here.
  
  
• Katherina Nikzad, a University of Kentucky doctoral candidate has
  been selected as a 2007 Hartford Doctoral Fellow. Details.
  
  
  
• The 2007 Annual Report is now available (pdf).
  
  

• Applications for the MSW program for Fall 2008 are due April 4, 2008. Application Information.
  
  
• News Update on the GRE for Graduate Admission: As of this date (4-14-06), the Graduate School has given the College permission to waive the GRE requirement for all MSW program applicants with GPA's of 3.0 or higher for the next two years.  There is no need to schedule a Graduate Record Exam (GRE) unless a student is intending to compete for a university-wide fellowship or scholarship. 
  
  
• Ph.D. Graduates Honored:
  Two recent doctoral graduates, Dr. Valerie Bryan and Dr. Karen Badger, recently received notification that their dissertations have been selected  for the 18th National Symposium on Doctoral Research in Social Work.  A total of five dissertations from across the US were chosen.  This is the second time in the last three years that UK College of Social Work Ph.D. graduates have distinguished themselves by being included in this select group.
  
  
• The Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), organized under the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking grant reviewers. Details
  
  
• College of Social Work Annual Reports. Here (pdf)
  
  
• The University of Kentucky College of Social Work has been named the recipient of the Joan Stoeckinger Award for Exemplary Service from the National Conference for Community and Justice. Here is a quote from the letter received: "This award is given to individuals and institutions who have distinguished themselves in their direct actions with the NCCJ. The College has increased the capacity and excellence of NCCJ by developing and implementing many programmatic and public policy strategies over the years. The outstanding efforts of over twenty undergraduate and master's level students has provided extraordinary results for NCCJ. This service has set the standards for subsequent honorees to meet. It is institutions like the UK College of Social Work who furthers our mission of fighting bias, bigotry and racism while promoting respect and understanding among all races, cultures and religions."
  
  
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• Dorothy A. Miller Memorial Scholarship. Details.
  
  
• Nonresident Tuition Scholarships Now Available. Details.
  
  
• ResCare Scholars program at the UK College of Social Work. Details.
  
  
• Eidetik, Incorporated is offering a Cooperative Education Scholarship. Details.

 

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