Student News

UMaine social work graduate students pen op-ed for BDN

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 […]

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The College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture Recognizes two Social Work Students as 2021 Outstanding Graduate Students

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/

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MSW Student – Claudia Cummings in the News

Claudia Cummings, MSW Student at the University of Maine’s School of Social Work becomes the youngest member ever elected to the Penobscot Nation Indian Island Tribal Council.  Read about her trajectory to this recent accomplishment in the UMaine News: https://umaine.edu/news/blog/2020/11/03/claudia-cummings-connections-are-key-to-success/

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MSW Students go to State House

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 […]

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MSW Student wins Activism Award

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/

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MSW Students placed at Maine Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers

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

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