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Sherry Miller Melecki Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Social Work Sherry Melecki interacts daily with doctoral students through her job as graduate program coordinator at the Steve Hicks School. Since 2008, when she started, she has helped shepherd 94 doctoral students towards graduation. “It is exciting to see the students come… read more 

Tiffany Davis remembers dressing up as a development officer—a navy blazer and khaki pants—for Career Day in middle school. Davis’ father has had a long career in higher education development. Her her mother became a development director at an independent school when she went back to the workplace after raising… read more 

Earl Maxwell Scholars Program Many Central Texas nonprofits can’t host social work interns because they don’t have master’s level social workers on staff who can supervise students. A new $1.7 million grant from the St. David’s Foundation addresses this challenge through the creation of the Earl Maxwell Scholars Program at… read more