Faculty News

Loren Andrews, adjunct faculty leads discussion on impact of AI

Rockland area school district ponders how to respond to artificial intelligence Loren Andrews is the Chair of the Rockland area school board which has been discussing the impact of AI  in area schools as reported in this article.  Loren has also been thinking about how to present issues of AI to our MSW students (he […]

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Op-Ed by Dr. Lenard Kay – Person-Centered Long Term Care

Dr. Len Kaye had an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News on person-centered long term care This is one of the current research initiatives at the Center on Aging: https://bangordailynews.com/2021/12/14/opinion/opinion-contributor/we-need-a-commitment-to-person-centered-long-term-care/

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Butler Discusses homelessness with Bangor Daily News

October 21, 2021 Sandra Butler, director of the School of Social Work at the University of Maine, discussed the issue of homelessness in Bangor with the Bangor Daily News. She says some people dislike seeing homeless people in public because they view their suffering as self-inflicted, unaware of how extrapersonal problems with  affordable housing, health […]

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Dr. Lenard Kaye’s Op Ed for Bangor Daily News

Dr. Lenard Kaye was featured in an op-ed in the Bangor Daily News yesterday regarding older adults during the pandemic: https://bangordailynews.com/2020/04/21/opinion/contributors/older-adults-are-facing-dual-public-health-emergencies/

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End Stage’ offered by the AgingME (GWEP) Social Work Field Unit 

The Palliative Players of Hospice Volunteers of Waldo County presented the improv theater production “End Stage”  on March 10, 2020 at the Buchanan Alumni House. Through unscripted role playing, the performers acted out possible end of life scenarios and conversations in families challenged by serious illness. The performances explored decisions and wishes that arise in […]

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Butler appointed to Commission

Dr. Sandy Butler was appointed by the Maine Speaker of the House to the Commission to Study Long-term Care Workforce Issues in the Summer 2019.  The Commission met five times during the fall of 2019 and submitted its report to the Joint Standing Committee on Health and Human Services in February 2020, including recommendations addressing […]

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Dr. Elizabeth Armstrong received a three-year grant through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in August 2019 to train social work students in the fields of Opioid Use Disorder and Substance Use Disorder Treatment.

The University of Maine School of Social Work’s “Professional Opioid Workforce Response” (POWR) program addresses the state’s high rate of opioid overdose and shortage of trained mental health professionals. Over three years, POWR will increase the number of social workers entering the behavioral healthcare field, with a regional focus on central and northern Maine. The […]

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