College of Public Service at Tennessee State University

10/08/2026

🎉 Congratulations, Dr. ZaDonna Slay!🎉

The College of Public Service is proud to celebrate your selection as a Global Faculty Fellow. We can’t wait to learn from you and see how you’ll bring global learning to life in your courses.

Dr. Slay is diving right in with her Spring 2027 study abroad course and Spring Break trip to Puerto Rico—and it’s open to all undergraduate and graduate students!

Interested in joining? Email Dr. ZaDonna Slay at [email protected] to learn about the trip, available scholarships, and other funding opportunities. 🌍✨

10/02/2026

🚨 Election Day is almost here! Monday, 10/5 is the last day to register to vote in Tennessee.

Have a voting plan? Take a few minutes to check your registration, locate your polling place, review voting options, and make sure you have the ID you need.

Visit vote.health/tsu and share the resources with your network.

🗳️ Your voice matters. Your vote matters. Let’s make sure your network is voter-ready.

09/08/2026

Congratulations to TSU Social Work Program's Dr. Cynthia George who won the 2026 Wavy Award for Song for a Cause! Be the Teeth by Dr. Cyn and the Graduates Rise was created in honor of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Great work, Dr. Cyn! Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/v-aGap43aDw?si=a0Ydl0b7zK3VVi2m

07/08/2026

Disability Pride Month is a celebration of identity, community, and the leadership of disabled people.

For social work education, it is also a call to challenge ableism, advance accessibility, and prepare future social workers to build more inclusive systems.

CSWE honors disabled students, educators, social workers, and advocates working toward a more just and accessible world.

07/03/2026

Nashville, we’re calling all youth! 📣

The NAACP Nashville Branch Youth Council is creating space for the next generation of civil rights leaders, advocates, and change makers.

Parents, adults, and youth are invited to attend our upcoming information session to learn more about getting involved.

📅 Wednesday, July 15, 2026
⏰ 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM
📍 NAACP Nashville Branch
1308 Jefferson Street, Nashville, TN 37208

This is about planting seeds, building power, strengthening civic engagement, and making sure young people know their voices matter.

For more information, contact Cheryl J. Woodard, EdS at 615-414-5495 or visit www.naacpnashville.org.

04/10/2026

Social work graduate students recently shared their analysis of a social movement project as completed in Dr. Cynthia George's foundation policy course. Check out Takajya Clayton's presentation about the prison abolition movement, and then Mary Pollard speaks about the growth of kidfluencing on social media and how social work can intervene to help protect children. Their papers and mini-zines that were completed as part of the project will be published soon in the upcoming Volume 8 of Creating Change: The Online journal of zines about social movements available through TSU Libraries.

Tennessee State University, College of Public Service, Social Work ProgramGraduate Social Work Students from Dr. Cynthia George's Social Welfare Policy cours...

04/03/2026

Join the College of Public Service and the Social Work Program for a powerful conversation centered on justice, accountability, and social change as we dive into Worse Than A Lie by Ben Crump. This is more than a book club—it’s a space to learn, reflect, and speak up. It's a chance to connect the themes of the book to professions that are related to advocacy and to promote equitable systems and change.

📍 Location: TSU Health Science Building, Room 243
📅 Date: Tuesday, April 7th, 2026
⏰ Time: Tiger Time - 12:35 PM – 2:10 PM
🎁 FREE books will be provided. The first three students who register will receive a signed copy from Attorney Crump!

This event is open to ALL majors at TSU, so bring a friend and join the conversation. 💬

Register to secure your book (or receive yours at the first session): https://tnstateu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cIpWHNqOUm5OCsS

Can’t make it? If you'd still like a book, reserve yours (PICK-UP ONLY) here: https://tnstateu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cIpWHNqOUm5OCsS

Let’s read, engage, and create change together. 💙

03/31/2026

TSU's Department of Public Administration was well-represented at the American Society for Public Administration's annual conference, held in Hollywood, CA this March! Current doctoral student Anne McIntyre-Lahner co-presented "Partnering with Providers to Develop Common Performance Measures Across a Network of Services with Wide Variation in Grant Size, Program Types, Outcomes, and Provider Capacity" in the Mark Holzer Symposium, and also co-presented a workshop on "Working Together to Build a Bridge to Renewal and Resilience in Sacramento, CA." Recent doctoral alumna Dr. Erika Leicht presented her dissertation research, "Gentrification and Voter Turnout in Urban School Board Elections." Faculty member Dr. Angela Páez moderated a session on "Connecting Theory and Practice: Local Government Perspectives in PA" and participated in the Public Administration Review (PAR) editorial board meeting. PAR is among the premier journals worldwide in the field of public administration.

03/26/2026

TSU Social Work Program had a great time today at the National Association of Social Workers NASW Tennessee Chapter Social Work Day on the Hill! TSU faculty Dr. Keith Ekhator touched our hearts with his keynote speech, and LaToya Bentley represented TSU in the BSSW policy analysis competition. Then Alan with gave us a great tour of the Capitol and helped us take some fun pics in the Senate Chamber. Which one of these students will go on to be a Senator one day?? We are counting on at least one of them! 🤞Then we went through the tunnel to Cordell Hull for visits with Legislators from the Nashville Caucus. We all left very inspired after meeting with Representative Justin Jones State Representative Justin Jones , Tennessee's only social worker legislator Representative Aftyn Behn Rep. Aftyn Behn , Senator Heidi Campbell Senator Heidi Campbell , Representative John Ray Clemmons Rep. John Ray Clemmons , and finally TSU's own Representative Harold Love, Jr. State Representative Harold M. Love, Jr. . We all had such a fun day learning about the public policy process and the history of Tennessee's democracy. Social Workers Uplift, Defend, and Transform. Happy Social Work Month!!

03/13/2026

We gathered on March 9, 2026 to honor the legacy of Dr. Hollace L. Brooks. Thank you to Bobby Brooks and Brooks painting and cleaning services and Family for supporting the Brooks Scholarship and this annual Policy Symposium. Congratulations to our 2026 Scholarship winners, Paris Lewis-Washington, BSSW Student, and Quanisha Flynn, MSW Student. Thank you to TSU Librarian James Scholz for writing a new biography about Dr. Brooks, and to BSSW & MSW Alum Daijah Washington for sharing her story with us to honor his legacy. And congratulations to our BSSW Policy Analysis winners, Doncoria Cortner, Serene Tillman, Jamie Davis, and LaToya Bentley!!