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Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago carries the mission of Jane Addams and the Hull-House movement forward, adapting social work to the needs and realities of today's urban settings. As a premier institution for graduate study, the college is a recognized leader in social work research, education and service.
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| Call for Nominations: Jane Addams College of Social Work Pioneer Award |
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The College invites nominations for the Jane Addams College of Social Work Pioneer Award. The Pioneer award was established to recognize alumni who have made significant, innovative, or pioneering contributions to a community, state, or nation consistent with the mission of the College. Nominations for the Pioneer Award may come from alumni or friends of the Jane Addams College of Social Work. Please consider nominating yourself or another graduate of the Jane Addams College of Social Work for the Pioneer Award by February 8. Find out more by reading the full announcement.
College Receives Grant to
Study Pastoral Counseling
The Jane Addams College of Social Work has a received a three-year, $85,000 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to study pastoral counseling. Principal Investigator Jennifer Shepard Payne, assistant professor in the College, aims to understand counseling as pastors view it -- the pastors' perceived strengths, their struggles, and the training, if any, they feel they would need to be more effective counselors. Payne plans to interview 40 pastors from churches in two urban areas and identify "the universal nature of their lived experience of counseling in the pastoral context." Plans also include the creation of a website for clergy. Find out more here.
Students and faculty from Osaka Prefecture University in Japan have an ongoing exchange with the College and are visiting the College to learn more about social work in the U.S. and research and practices that support children, youth and families. Above and below, students from the Jane Addams College and Osaka prepare collages that illustrate similarities and differences in social work practice in the two countries.
News & Events
Former Somali Refugee Named
Patricia Counce Scholarship Recipient
Congratulations to College student Abyan Bashir, who is the recipient of this year's Patricia Counce Memorial Scholarship. The award is given by the Chicago Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. to a female African American MSW student who is active in public service. Bashir, a former refugee from Somalia, has been involved in community activism since her undergraduate years. Read more here.
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Events
| Feb. 6 | Karen Honig Memorial Lecture |
| Feb. 8 | Pioneer Award Nominations Due |
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Professor Alice Butterfield is featured in a UIC News story and YouTube video focusing on her work with the Social Work Education in Ethiopia Partnership (SWEEP). Since 2001, she and other faculty volunteers have been helping train faculty at Addis Ababa University to teach and work in the field of social work. The video includes interviews with students and the head of social work at Addis Ababa University , who visited the College in November. Click the image to read the story and view the video. |
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Associate Professor Patricia O'Brien has received the Jane Addams Award for Excellence in Social Work Education. The award was establish to recognize faculty who have demonstrated significant commitment to social work education, including teaching, advisement, curriculum development, and mentoring consistent with the mission of the College. |