TOM’S shoes and Food Recovery Network are well known examples of social entrepreneurship, or the use of business skills and strategies to address social problems. Social work professor Dorie Gilbert has built upon this trend for her new signature course, Social entrepreneurship: Starting a business for social change, where students… read more
Issues
Dual degree with Latin American Studies
The School of Social Work has joined with the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) to establish a dual degree program at the graduate level, the first of its kind in the United States. The dual degree will address the gap in services for U.S. Latinos and… read more
Spring 2015 Class Notes
‘82 Gary E. Bachman, MSSW ’82, is an associate professor and the director of field education in the Department of Social Work at Park University in Parkville, MO. Gary was the 2012 recipient of the J.L. Zwingle Student Voice Award, a university-wide award that recognizes a member of the faculty… read more
