UTEP Social Work

At this year’s Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center Border Heroes Award Ceremony, our Department Chair, Dr. Eva Moya will be awarded and recognized as this year’s Border Hero! Congratulations, Dr. Moya, what an honor. Very well deserved!

Get your early bird tickets before this Friday, July 12th.

For tickets, please visit:
https://www.las-americas.org/bh-2024

NRHA's Rural Health Fellows program is a yearlong, intensive training that develops leaders who can articulate a clear and compelling vision for rural America. NRHA is now accepting applications for 2025 Fellows. Learn more and apply soon: https://www.ruralhealth.us/programs/center-for-rural-health-innovation-and-system-redesign/rural-health-fellows-leadership-program

Their Job Is to Help You Grieve Your Pet Though still rare, social workers in animal hospitals are growing in their ranks.

MSW Class of 2018

Elevate Your Social Work Practice! Join us on June 27th at 9am CT for "Ethics & Advanced Self-Care," a workshop by Miriam L. Nisenbaum, LMSW, ACSW. Gain essential skills for professional self-care, boundary setting, and burnout prevention while maintaining compassionate, ethical care. 3 Ethics CEUs available! Register now: https://bit.ly/EthicsandSelfCare

Check out our Social Work faculty representing the profession and the department at the EPISD Health Expo, today! We love connecting with young people and introducing/educating them on the importance of social work and its impact on the lives of people! 🤙🏼

NASW Iowa and NASW Georgia are the 11th and 12th states to enact the Social Work Licensure Compact. Both states recently passed Social Work Interstate Licensing Compact Legislation. Kudos to all the social workers who advocated for this legislation, which will expand opportunities for social workers to provide services in multiple states. Learn more about the compact: https://www.socialworkers.org/compact

Check out this story in the Chronicle of Higher Education, on one of our awesome MSW students set to graduate next month! Way to go, Viviana, we are proud to have you represent UTEP and the beauty of living on the Border 🤙🏼⛏️ go Miners!

The Borderlander: One Woman’s Journey Across 2 Countries in Pursuit of Education and a Brighter Future The first-generation college graduate Viviana Mitre travels back and forth from Mexico to Texas every weekday to build a life and a career.

Attention graduating social work students! Are you a member of NASW? If so, you have the opportunity to receive a FREE honor cord for graduation. These iconic teal cords are the best way to show your social work pride on graduation day! Order yours here: http://bit.ly/naswtxcords

Not a member yet? Join NOW to avoid paying full price after graduation, and to ensure you order and receive your grad cord on time: www.socialworkers.org/nasw/join

April 19! Earn 3 cultural competency CEUs at the "Advancing Decolonization in Social Work: Principles & Practices for Change" webinar, presented by Kiva Harper, MSSW, LCSW-S and hosted by NASW-TX. Register: https://bit.ly/49odLiP

We’re here! 🤙🏼🌈

UTEP Social Work students representing and using their voices at Social Work Advocacy Day (SWAD) 2024 in Austin, Texas! Go Miners! 🤙🏼

Social Work students, it's time for self-nominations for the Andrew Marks Student Advocacy Award! This award will be provided to one BSW and one MSW student at the NASW Texas Social Work Advocacy Day (SWAD) 2024. Students are asked to self-nominate and provide a brief description of an advocacy effort they have undertaken to make a change at a local, state, or national level. BSW and MSW winners will receive a $175 gift card! Submit your nominations by Friday, March 8th at bit.ly/AndrewMarksAward_2024

Professor Emeritus Dr Mark Lusk has published an article on Authoritarian Nationalism and how Social Work can face the challenges it creates for the profession.

Authoritarian nationalism and social work - Mark Lusk, Marcin Boryczko, David Stoesz, 2024 Despite predictions that liberal democracy was ascendent as a paradigm for governance in the contemporary era, the world has witnessed an alarming rise in autho...

Social Work Month in March is a time to celebrate the great profession of . The theme for Social Work Month 2024 is ! Learn more and get content from http://socialworkmonth.org

The 2024 NASW-TX Call for Proposals for the 48th Annual NASW-TX Conference, in Irving, is now open! Submission deadline is February 14. More info: https://bit.ly/3tpNS3c

Exciting news! The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has officially opened the application period for the Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program. This program aims to support mental health experts in serving Mental Health Professional Shortage Areas, helping individuals, groups, and families with their mental health challenges. Eligible applicants can receive loan repayments of up to $16,000, depending on their profession.

For more information on program requirements and to access the application, visit the Mental Health Professionals Loan Repayment Program webpage at bit.ly/MHPLoanRepaymentProgram

deplores race-based violence and offers its support and condolences to the families and community impacted in Jacksonville, Fla. https://www.cnn.com/.../jacksonville-florida.../index.html

NASW remains committed to ending racism through public education, social justice advocacy and professional training. Learn more by visiting the Racial Equity Section of our website: https://www.socialworkers.org/racialjustice

Happy Tuesday, CHS Miners! ⛏ We're pleased to share good news today. Professor Emeritus Mark Lusk (Dept. of Social Work) and his colleagues in Europe, Melinda Madew (Germany) and Marcin Boryczko (Poland) have published a book, Decolonized Approaches to Human Rights and Social Work, with Springer Nature (Switzerland). The edited volume summarizes the challenges of international social work and human rights in a post-colonial world. Contributors from the global south and north discuss the regional issues social workers face in advancing human rights. UTEP Social Work faculty Erica Balderrama, Araceli Garcia and Eva Moya authored the chapter on decolonized approaches to human rights in the United States.

Information about the book can be found at: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-33030-8
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UTEP Social Work Alumni Network

Congratulations to NASW Texas Social Work Pioneers Shirley E. Cox, DSW, Larry Watson, PhD, LCSW, ACSW, and Mark Lusk, PhD!

NASW Social Work Pioneers® are social workers who have explored new territories and built outposts for human services on many frontiers. Read more about these Texas trailblazers: https://bit.ly/3O2HlSn

Get your CEUs on-demand now at the NASW-TX CE Institute online! Browse our many video courses on Ethics, Supervision, Cultural Competency, and more. Members save! txsocialworkceus.com

All social workers are invited to tonight's student series webinar, Dual Degrees in Social Work. Hear directly from a panel of dual-degreed social workers about their experiences and career trajectories. 6-7:30pm EST. Register at socialworkers.org/studentevents.

Check it out! Earn CEUs at your convenience at the NASW-TX CE Institute with self-study video courses presented by Texas thought leaders in Ethics, Supervision & other hot topics. Get your CEUs today at txsocialworkceus.com

NASW is committed to advancing the human rights and well-being of people who are +. The community is under attack from an unprecedented amount of anti-LGBTQIA2S+ bills in state legislatures. Our full statement: https://bit.ly/3OXiPUG

Just a reminder for graduation!
Please do not use confetti, glitter, or any similar material for photoshoots/celebrations on the UTEP campus! Including our gardens and Lhakhang areas!

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UTEP Social Work at the Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juarez

Consulado General de los Estados Unidos en Ciudad Juárez Este es un sitio del Consulado General de Estados Unidos en Ciudad Juárez.

Today we got to meet a wonderful group of people at the Consulado General de los Estados Unidos en Ciudad Juárez! Thank you for your hospitality and sharing your wisdom and expertise in our endeavors of collaboration!

Consulado General de los Estados Unidos en Ciudad Juárez Este es un sitio del Consulado General de Estados Unidos en Ciudad Juárez.