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A thought-provoking panel discussion, in collaboration with CSWE’s Public Policy Initiative, took place during CSWE's Spring Governance Meeting on March 23, 2017. A full-length video of the session, titled “Enduring Principles, New Environment: The Path Ahead for Social Work Advocacy,” is now available on CSWE's YouTube here. 

Darla Spence Coffey, MSW, PhD, president and CEO of the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), has been elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the National Academies of Practice (NAP) Social Work Academy, the NAP’s most honored membership group.

The CSWE Center for Diversity and Social & Economic Justice presents “How should social work education respond to the changing political landscape?” March 21, 2017 at 12:00 pm. Register here. 

The Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE’s) Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) is pleased to announce the third Now is the Time: MFP-Youth Master’s Student Cohort. The fellowship for advanced social work master’s students is funded by a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).

$1 million grant will train social workers to improve health-care system.

Significant Lifetime Achievement in Social Work Education Award
Larry E. Davis, dean of the School of Social Work, Donald M. Henderson Chair, and founding director of the Center on Race and Social Problems, University of Pittsburgh
 
Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education Award
Faye Mishna, dean of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Chair in Child and Family, University of Toronto
 

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is pleased to announce the organization has been accepted as an institutional member of the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC).

Director Maureen Fura and Sacramento’s KVIE Public Television are the recipients of the CSWE Audience Choice Award for their respective documentaries Dark Side of the Full Moon and A New State of Mind: Ending the Stigma of Mental Illness, featured at the CSWE 2015 Film Festival.

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) is pleased to announce the creation of two innovative initiatives that will advance equity and social justice through social work policy practice. These projects are generously funded through the Fund for Social Policy Education and Practice (FSPEP), which is supported by the Lois and Samuel Silberman Grant Fund of The New York Community Trust.