We are proud of our alumni and the positive impact they are making in their communities. Submit your recent news here. In memoriam John Henry Lindell, MSSW ’57 (1930-2021) ’81 Arlene Robinson, BSW ‘81, has retired. ’82 Gary Bachman, MSSW ‘82, is a professor of social work at Park University in Parkville, Missouri. Gary […]
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Fall 2020 Class Notes
We are proud of our alumni and the positive impact they are making in their communities. Submit your recent news here. ‘73 Adolfo Reyes, MSSW ‘73, is working on a contract-basis serving hospice and home health clientele in the Rio Grande Valley. He turned 74 this year. ‘78 Chris Finch, BSW ‘78, has spent his […]
Spring 2020 Class Notes
We are proud of our alumni and the positive impact they are making in their communities. Submit your recent news here. ’68 Mary Ellen Branan, MSSW ’68, received her PhD in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Houston in 1991. She has published a poetry collection, Weavings (Blue Light Press, 2011), which won […]
Supporting doctoral students
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 in, so full of ideas […]
Why I Give: Tiffany Davis, MSSW ’95
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 her children. “I always say […]
A win-win
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 the Steve Hicks School of […]
Why Your Support Matters: Jonathan Spinks, BSW ’21
As an at-risk youth growing up in Northeast Washington, D.C., Jonathan Spinks never imagined he’d be where he is today. “College wasn’t always seen as the track I’d follow, so money wasn’t set aside for me,” Spinks said. “But I was tired of my lifestyle and I was tired of hearing people tell me I […]
Fall 2019 Class Notes
We are proud of our alumni and the positive impact they are making in their communities. Submit your recent news here. ‘73 Adolfo Reyes, MSSW ‘73, continues to be active in social work by serving clients from hospice and home health agencies in the Rio Grande Valley. ‘74 Ellen Rubenstein Fisher, MSSW ‘74, and her […]
2019 Alum of the Year
Ramón Gómez, MSSW ‘01, 2019 Charles I. Wright Distinguished Alum Current position: Director of student and community affairs, Steve Hicks School of Social Work A memory from field: I vividly remember meeting my practice professor, Keva Miller, at orientation. When they were doing the faculty introductions, she stood up, said her name, answered a few questions […]
Your gifts at work
Gifts to the Steve Hicks School of Social Work produce powerful, lasting returns. They help create knowledge, advance research, strengthen communities, and enrich student experiences. Most importantly, they help educate social workers who will go on to make a positive impact in the lives of countless individuals, families and communities. These are three examples of […]
