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News Items – January 11, 2011

Mikulski, un cuarto de siglo en el Senado
El Tiempo Latino
Continuó en la Universidad de Maryland con su maestría en trabajo social.  Ejerció como trabajadora social para Caridades Católicas en el Departamento de Servicios Sociales de Baltimore, ayudando a los niños en riesgo y educando a los jubilados acerca del programa de Medicare, cuando éste tenía pocos años de haberse establecido por ley en 1965.

‘Change of Plans’ starring ‘American Idol’ alum Brooke White: Squeaky clean TV
Entertainment Weekly
But eventually the social worker (played superbly by the always lovely Phylicia Rashad) persuades them to take the kids temporarily.

Study finds nearly half of school social workers feel unequipped to handle
EurekAlert (press release)
In a survey of nearly 400 school social workers at the elementary, middle and high school levels who were members of the Midwest School Social Work Council, the researchers found that while all respondents felt that cyber bullying can cause psychological harm, including suicide, about 45 percent felt they were not equipped to handle cyber bullying, even though they recognized it as a problem. Further, only about 20 percent thought their school had an effective cyberbullying policy.

Giffords Shooting Points Up Mental Health, Gun Control Gaps
Forbes
At that point, the police were called back, Cho was taken for a mental health assessment and a licensed clinical social worker recommended he be involuntarily hospitalized.

Gabe Zimmerman: Devoted to Service, Died Serving
CafeSentido.com
Zimmerman was a social worker before serving with the Congresswoman, and was engaged to be married. He is universally described as a principled public servant whose work was rooted in a deep personal kindness and commitment to the people.

Death Toll From Arizona Shooting Spree
Fox News
“He truly loved to help people,” she said Zimmerman has a degree in social work and focused on a plethora of issues like immigration and veteran’s services.

Profiles of the Arizona shooting victims
Duluth News Tribune
After graduating from the University of California-Santa Cruz with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, Zimmerman worked for Arizona’s Children, a treatment facility for troubled youth. He earned a master’s degree in social work at Arizona State University.

Gabrielle Giffords aide Gabe Zimmerman described as constituent ally
AZCentral.com
Zimmerman, a 30-year-old social worker with a master’s degree, brought compassion to his job.

Sorrow Racks Tucson After Killings
Wall Street Journal
A young social worker, engaged to be married, was killed in the attack, as was a great-grandmother who stitched aprons to sell at church craft fairs and gathered her family around a huge turkey dinner each Christmas.

Arizona Victim Gabe Zimmerman: ‘Devoted His Life To Social Work
NPR (blog)
by Mark Memmott The American flag flies at half-staff on the US Capitol in Washington Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, to honor Gabe Zimmerman.

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