UT Social Work celebrated 185 graduates from the School of Social Work during the 2026 commencement ceremony. The event recognized BSW, MSSW and Ph.D. graduates. This year’s program featured a keynote address from Texas Longhorns head diving coach and five-time U.S. Olympic diving coach Matt Scoggin (BSW ’87). In his… read more
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Kirk von Sternberg Named NASW Social Work Pioneer
Kirk von Sternberg, professor and co-director of the Health Behavior Research and Training Institute at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, has been named a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers Foundation. The NASW Pioneers program, founded in 1994, recognizes social workers… read more
Where the Classroom Meets the Culture
Before she ever stood in front of a classroom, Diane McDaniel Rhodes (Ph.D. ’14), spent decades working inside the systems social workers navigate every day. Rhodes taught abuse prevention in schools, directed a shelter for the Center for Battered Women, worked across Austin’s network of social service agencies and eventually… read more
