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A Message from Dean Frances Brisbane
This inaugural issue of E-News welcomes us to the beginning of another school year. A year that is full of promise, with many new and continuing programs. We are beginning a sixth year of the dual degree: MSW-J.D. program with Touro Law School. Our Student Community Development (SCD) specialization in cooperation with the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, enters its tenth year. MORE..
Office of Development & External Affairs Established
The Office of Development and External Affairs was established by the Dean of the School of Social Welfare in response to recommendations made by students and Faculty who expressed strong interest in sustaining and building upon the school’s academic programs and financial resources for future generations of social workers dedicated to social change. MORE..
Center for Aging Policy Research Receives Grants
The Center for Aging Policy Research received grants from the NYS Office for the Aging and the Suffolk County Office for the Aging to undertake scientific surveys of informal care giving to elders across New York State and within Suffolk County. The purpose of the studies was to MORE...
The Social Justice Center at the School of Social Welfare
The Social Justice Center at the School of Social Welfare Social Justice is embodied in the Mission of the School of Social Welfare. The Social Justice Center carries forward this mission by promoting greater equality in income distribution and more equitable provision of health, housing, employment, education, criminal justice and social services. We do this in a five-pronged approach through MORE..
2004 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient Elsie Owens Has Passed Away
Elsie Owens, longtime health and civil rights activist and 2004 recipient of Stony Brook's "Distinguished Alumni Award for Public Service", passed away on July 23, 2005 after a long battle with heart disease. She was 77. MORE..
Elsie Owens photo
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