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5th Annual Behavioral Health Conference Presenters
June 20, 2019
Dr. Keith Platt (left) and Dr. Christine Spadola (right) both presented at the United Way 5th Annual Behavioral Health Conference.
FAU Excellence in eLearning Award Winner
June 20, 2019
Congratulations to Brandy Macaluso, who was just awarded the 2019 FAU Excellence in eLearning Award for Adjunct Faculty!
I Never Knew I Could Have a Major Impact
May 20, 2019
Tarcel King graduated with her Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree in Fall 2018 from the FAU Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work and has recently been accepted into the Master of Social Work (MSW) program here...
FAU GRADUATES FIRST DOCTOR OF SOCIAL WORK CLASS
May 06, 2019
Florida Atlantic University’s first class of Doctor of Social Work (DSW) graduates from the Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work within the College for Design and Social Inquiry recently earned their degrees.
Change Agent of the Year Faculty Award
April 22, 2019
During their April 17 awards ceremony, the FAU Weppner Center for LEAD & Service-Learning named Instructor Robin Rubin, Instructor in the FAU Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, the Change Agent of the Year.
FAU Graduate Research Day + AFTA Scholarship Recipient
April 19, 2019
MSW student Haidee Cano represented the Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work well at the FAU Graduate Research Day and won first place in Community Engaged Research.
OVERWHELMED CLIENTS; UNREALISTIC AGENCY EXPECTATIONS
April 16, 2019
Contracted private agencies provide approximately 33 percent of foster care placement services and 59 percent of family preservation services. State child welfare agencies are increasingly turning to them for a range of services....
Students Visit Tallahassee for Legislative Education and Advocacy Day
April 05, 2019
On April 3rd, 2019, 67 undergraduate and graduate students and two faculty members – Associate Professor LeaAnne DeRigne, Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Danielle Groton, Ph.D. – from the Sandler School of Social Work...
FAU HOSTS 2019 VIOLENCE SUMMIT
March 20, 2019
Florida Atlantic University’s Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work within the College for Design and Social Inquiry in partnership with FAU’s Brain Institute, FAU’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice,...
Reflections on the New Zealand Mosque Shootings
March 18, 2019
On behalf of the Phyllis and Harvey Sandler School of Social Work, we extend our deepest condolences to the victims and their families, and our sympathy, support, and love for the Muslim community in New Zealand and around...