Slain Phoenix social worker remembered for ‘enormous compassion’
AZ Central.com
23, 2010 03:33 PM Friends and coworkers of Jacqui Rae Dodge remembered her for the compassion and caring she showed to her patients as a social worker for Hospice of the Valley.

Lyon remembered for passion, commitment
Wichita Business Journal (blog)
A licensed social worker, Lyon also spent time teaching classes at Wichita State University. Lyon went toe-to-toe with Sedgwick County officials in 2007 over an eminent domain dispute.

Pawlenty appoints four to Guardian Ad Litem Board
Review Messenger
A licensed independent clinical social worker in Minnesota, Sawyer earned his master of social work degree from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, bachelor of arts degree from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, and his child care worker certificate from the Menninger Foundation in Topeka.  Sawyer is appointed to an initial term that expires on January 3, 2011.

Life ‘in the system’: Long odds facing LA’s foster kids
89.3 KPCC
“Most of the foster homes I got put in, I was in bad situations,” explained Shimia, talking about the tense and dangerous conditions that she endured. “One of my fosters homes, I was about five or six but we used to get beat on like really, really bad. When she knew the social worker would come, she wouldn’t hit us…. ‘

Facing the climate change challenge
University of Texas at Austin News
“The issue is not about utilities, but social norms,” Hamburg said at a School of Social Work lecture. “How can we realign our values to make a difference in climate change and its impact? What kinds of things can we do to reduce energy and why don’t we do them?”

Good homes are hard to find
Paragould Daily Press
By Holly Morse and Janie Ginocchio It’s a scenario no social worker wants to face: A 10-year-old boy has been removed from his home because of parental abuse or neglect, and no suitable relatives are available to take him. But that’s not the only problem: there are literally no available foster homes in the state.

Rehner to take part in academy
Hattiesburg American
Dr. Tim Rehner, director of the School of Social Work at the University of Southern Mississippi, has been selected to participate in a special program sponsored by the Social Work Leadership Institute at the New York Academy of Medicine.