School of Social Work

March 14, 2022 Kessie Silas, Jamie Kane, Andy Bradley and Alli O’Neil, social work graduate students at the University of Maine, wrote an op-ed for the Bangor Daily News arguing that the state of Maine has the power to decrease the number of deaths from overdoses by expanding the Good Samaritan Law, which prevents a […]

Melissa Macphee received the College’s Master’s Student Graduate Research Excellence Award.  Read her story:  https://nsfa.umaine.edu/blog/2021/04/16/melissa-macphee-masters-student-graduate-research-excellence-award/ Abby Frutchey received the College’s Jean A. and David A. Webb Outstanding Professional Master’s Degree Student Award.  Read her story:  https://nsfa.umaine.edu/blog/2021/04/16/frutchey-webb-award/

Moschkau has received several scholarships from the Hutchinson Center and as you probably know, is involved in some incredible initiatives within UMaine and beyond.  Please read her story:  new profile of MSW student Michelle Moschkau

Karineh Dumont, participated in the Autism Walk on April 20, 2021 as a part of her senior year field placement at Downeast Horizons.  She is pictured holding a poster in the photo in this article. https://www.ellsworthamerican.com/

Truly inspring story published in the December 26, 2020 issue of Bangor Daily News https://bangordailynews.com/2020/12/26/act-out/mainer-shows-the-internet-that-hikers-come-in-all-shapes-and-sizes/

Several MSW Students go to Augusta to attend Social Work Day at the State House Each year hundreds of social work practitioners and students come to the State House in Augusta for Social Work Day.  For the past few years, this day has been organized by Representative Lori Gramlich.  BSW and MSW from the UMaine […]

Moriah Geer, MSW Student, wins the Sharon Barker Student Activism Award, Spring 2019:  http://umaine.edu/news/blog/2019/0305/winners-of-sharon-barker-student-activism-award-maryann-hartman-essay-contested-announced/

Hilary Thibodeau, MSW Student, had an op-ed published in the Bangor Daily News on February 11th.  The article can be read at:  https://bangordailynews.com/2020/02/11/opinion/contributors/how-drug-decriminalization-can-help-solve-maines-opioid-epidemic/

MSW Students Michelle Moschkau, Melissa MacPhee, and Leslie Hanscome have been doing their field placements at the Maine Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.  The Interim Director, Lynn Stanley, describes how their work has increased the organization’s capacity in the monthly newsletter on page 3.  Read more:  https://files.constantcontact.com/ead1e69a601/07870579-f476-4524-af52-40b665a9848e.pdf