VCU School of Social Work

VCU School of Social Work Since 1917, the VCU School of Social Work has been preparing students to bring about change through their knowledge and actions.

โญ Come join in person or via zoom to hear from a panel of clinical and SWAPPP professionals โญRSVP: vcussw.info/Pathway
08/26/2026

โญ Come join in person or via zoom to hear from a panel of clinical and SWAPPP professionals โญ

RSVP: vcussw.info/Pathway

UPDATE: Sessions are now filled. Stay tuned for future opportunities, or email swmentalhlth@vcu.edu for more information...
08/26/2026

UPDATE: Sessions are now filled. Stay tuned for future opportunities, or email [email protected] for more information.

FREE Mental Health First Aid training ๐Ÿง โœจ
Spots are limitedโ€”REGISTER NOW
Lunch included!

Sign up here: vcussw.info/FirstAidMH

Happy first day of class rams! ๐Ÿโญ Hope you all have an amazing semester! โญ
08/18/2026

Happy first day of class rams! ๐Ÿ

โญ Hope you all have an amazing semester! โญ

Join this fall for two virtual events in our clinical continuing education series, and earn 2 CEU hours per event!๐ŸŒŸ Ve...
08/13/2026

Join this fall for two virtual events in our clinical continuing education series, and earn 2 CEU hours per event!

๐ŸŒŸ Veterinary Social Work: 6-8 p.m. ET Monday, Sept. 14, with Lisa Townsend, Ph.D., of VCU School of Medicine on the MCV Campus and VCU Health.
๐Ÿ‘‰ $35. Register: https://vcussw.info/VetSW26

๐ŸŒŸ Culturally Adapting the CBITS (Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools), an Intervention for Youth Exposed: 6-8 p.m. ET Thursday Oct. 1, with Chanda Bass, D.S.W., LCSW, C-SSWS, CCTP, CATP.
๐Ÿ‘‰ $35. Register: https://vcussw.info/CBITSFA26

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Learn more about our clinical CE opportunities, including upcoming clinical supervision training sessions in February & April 2027: https://vcussw.info/FA26CE-Events

Congratulations to Matthew Morgan, Ph.D., for successfully defending his dissertation, ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค...
07/24/2026

Congratulations to Matthew Morgan, Ph.D., for successfully defending his dissertation, ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ง-๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข, July 22! ๐Ÿ‘

Congratulations to Jeff Ciak, Ph.D., for successfully defending his dissertation, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ,...
07/21/2026

Congratulations to Jeff Ciak, Ph.D., for successfully defending his dissertation, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต-๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข-๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, on July 21! ๐Ÿฅณ

Ph.D. candidate Matthew Morgan, M.S.W will defend his dissertation, ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ง-๐˜ญ...
07/17/2026

Ph.D. candidate Matthew Morgan, M.S.W will defend his dissertation, ๐˜’๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ง-๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข on Wednesday, July 22.

If you'd like to view his presentation or need more information, email [email protected].

Ph.D. candidate Jeff Ciak, M.S.W will defend his dissertation, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ...
07/16/2026

Ph.D. candidate Jeff Ciak, M.S.W will defend his dissertation, ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต-๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข-๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด on Tuesday, July 21.

If you'd like to view his presentation or need more information, email [email protected].

07/06/2026

Alexis Payne, M.S.W. student, on her presentation "Rage as a Methodology: Literature Review of How Black Women Scholars Conceptualize and Use Rage Transformatively"

๐Ÿ“ She presented this at the 29th annual Graduate Research Symposium on April 22.

๐Ÿ”—Learn more about her and other presentations at https://vcussw.info/Research26

โ€œSo this is my first conference or symposium, so I've never really had an experience like this, so that's exciting. And then I also am just really passionate about this work as a Black woman, the work really lays directly to me. โ€ฆ It's very impactful thinking about how race can lead to societal change during this period of time. I like to ask a lot of questions. I will ask anyone any question, that's kind of like one of my traits. โ€ฆ A former student actually recommended Dr. Corley, and was just talking about the kind of work that Dr. Coley does, and it kind of aligns with who I am as an individual. Right now, I'm a clinical student, but I have a really strong passion in macro, so I think that's kind of why I got into research, too, is to continue with more of a macro side of things. I think because macro and micro are so intertwined, I want to be able to, like, talk to the individual, have those skill sets that the clinical aspect provides me, and then I want to use that to, like, influence policy or work on a systemic, like, a systems level, to create some change."

06/29/2026

Cait Parker, M.S.W.โ€™26 graduate (Child Welfare Stipend Program participant), on her presentation "Factors Influencing Child Welfare Stipend Program Alumni Decisions to Leave Public Child Welfare"

๐Ÿ“ She presented this at the 29th annual Graduate Research Symposium on April 22.

๐Ÿ”—Learn more about her and other presentations at https://vcussw.info/Research26

โ€œIt feels really good. I've never done anything like this, and I think so far it's going really well. And I realized I maybe have some imposter syndrome and overcame that a little bit with some feedback I got, so it feels good. I actually started doing this research before I became a CWSP student, and yeah, I think this is just basically like helps me, more of my understanding of like child welfare workforce, which is something, myself, that Iโ€™m going into. I will be working with Charlottesville DSS in foster care. โ€ฆ Right now, I feel like, yes, that is my goal, is to be in child welfare. And then again, like, I know there's so much things in social work, it's so broad, but in general, like, I see myself working with children and families."

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