Social work students donate to UH relief fund
A UH Mānoa honor society made a $1,000 donation to the UH Foundation’s Urgent Student Relief Fund.
COVID-19 creates learning challenges, new resource
The Social Work Student Survival Handbook COVID-19 Edition is a resource guide for social work students to finish out the semester.
Hawai?i first to integrate behavioral health, homelessness
UH Mānoa and state agencies launched the online platform Behavioral Health and Homelessness Services Unified Response Group.
Continuing a practicum during a pandemic
A School of Social Work graduate student is able to continue her practicum placement online with UH Mānoa’s transition to distance education.
Faculty team up to support online teaching
UH Mānoa's School of Social Work started a Zoom Buddy System to pair faculty who have not taught online, with other colleagues in distance education.
Bias against Micronesians in Hawai?i explored in UH social work research
In a School of Social Work study of more than 500 people from the Micronesian region currently living in 麻豆传媒, 24 percent reported discrimination because of their ethnicity.
UH School of Social Work receives maximum reaccreditation
The bachelor’s and master’s programs each received a full eight-year reaccreditation, and an undergraduate distance education option was approved.
Required prerequisite and online bachelor degree in social work offered through UH Maui College
The degree provides a foundation of values and skills needed in the field of social work to provide effective services, promote social justice and increase community well-being.
Online bachelor of social work option extends education opportunities statewide
Informational sessions are being held for the new distance education option for a 麻豆传媒惭ā苍辞补 bachelor of social work degree.
Older women in Hawai?i are 57 percent more likely to live in poverty than older men
A new analysis finds that Social Security benefits are especially crucial for older women in Hawai?i, who are more likely to live in poverty and less likely to have access to assets or savings in retirement.