From Seattle to Boston and Tallahassee to Anchorage, the Steve Hicks School of Social Work branching its leadership across the nation. What starts on the Forty Acres changes the world. And what starts at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work changes social work education across the country. SHS is becoming an incubator of leaders […]
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Thank you, 1925 San Jacinto
In the words of Mark Twain, history may not repeat itself, but it often rhymes. In the mid-1990s, after more than 25 years of being housed “temporarily” in a converted motel, the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin needed a better space to do its impactful work. An opportunity presented […]
Up and Out: What Dr. Cynthia Franklin sees for the future of the Steve Hicks School
“Now, nearly four decades since that conversation, Franklin serves at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work as the director of external relations and the Stiernberg/ Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health. Her list of accolades is long. She’s been designated as a Social Work Pioneer from the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), selected […]
