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We are proud to announce the release of the latest volume of Creating Change: The Online Journal of zines about social movements!!! 2024's issue features two student papers and seven mini-zines, all analyzing social movements and created by students in Dr. Cynthia George's foundation policy course in TSU's master's in social work program. This year topics covered include the movement to protect dignity of risk for people with disabilities, the natural hair movement, the feminist movement, Justin Jones and the Civil Rights Movement, Black Lives Matter, and I Can't Breathe. Check Volume VI out here:

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements | Vol 6 | Iss 1

It is with great sadness that the College of Public Service remembers Dr. Jay Hedgpeth, former professor in the Social Work program. Dr. Hedgpeth was widely admired by his students and colleagues for his passion for social justice, his commitment to empowering underserved communities, and his caring mentorship. Many of his former students have gone on to successful careers in social work, public service, and nonprofit leadership. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and former students during this difficult time. He leaves behind a lasting legacy as an educator, scholar, and champion for social justice. Rest in peace Dr. Jay.

Melton named to AI board, continues TSU’s role as tech leader | Tennessee State University Newsroom EVENTS, FACULTY, FEATURED, Featured, Marketing, NEWS, RANKINGS, RESEARCH, Uncategorized Melton named to AI board, continues TSU’s role as tech leader May 22, 2024 Kelli Sharpe NASHVILLE, Tenn. (TSU News Service) –  Tennessee State University is pleased to announce that Dr. Robbie Melton is a m...

Join the Men's Health Conference Series Part 1: The Impact of Mental Wellness on Black Men.
Meharry Medical College, SS Kresge Learning Resource Center
Saturday May 25, 2024, 8:30-1 pm
Admission is free and lunch is provided. Reserve your spot here:
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TSU Social Work Program congratulates the Class of 2024!

Men's Health Conference Series: The Impact of Mental Wellness

Please join in on a day of insightful discussions, expert panels, and workshops focused on the well-being of men. Discover practical tips, resources, and strategies to improve and maintain a healthy mind. This in-person event aims to create a supportive space for men of all ages to learn, share, and grow. Mark your calendar and be part of this important conversation on mental health tailored for men. This event is sponsored by the Brentwood (TN) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. in conjunction with the Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center.

Refreshments will be provided.
Saturday, May 25, 2024 from 8:30 am until 1:00 pm.
Meharry Medical College
SS Kresge Learning Resource Center
2001 Albion St.
Nashville, TN 37208

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TSU's Social Work program celebrates our students through the 2024 Awards Ceremony held April 17, 2024 in the Avon Williams Campus atrium. Seven students were inducted into the Phi Alpha Social Work Honor Society. Six students were recognized for receiving the Dr. Hollace L. Brooks Policy Analysis Award and one for receiving the Dr. Hollace L. Brooks Scholarship. We celebrated six graduates earning their Bachelor's degree in Social Work and sixteen earning their Master's degree in Social Work. Thank you to our Keynote Speaker Dr. Wonjen Bagley and our special guest speaker Diana Sanchez-Vega, Founder and CEO of Sanchez-Vega Communications, and to our event host Graduate Research Assistant and MSW graduate Nyahota Kaitibi. A very special thanks to all of the Faculty & Staff that supported these students to achieve these goals. We are so proud of our students!
CONGRATULATIONS to TSU Social Work Program's Class of 2024!!!

The TSU Social Work Program celebrated Social Work Day on the Hill 2024 by welcoming social workers from across the state through the National Association of Social Workers, Tennessee Chapter. More than 300 people joined us on Avon Williams Campus to learn about public policy. Images show the crowd in the auditorium during the Policy Makers Panel and then in the Atrium during lunch break. TSU students also toured the Tennessee State Capitol and visited with legislators, including Representative Justin Jones as shown in the image. TSU students also met with other legislators from Nashville's districts including Senator Heidi Campbell, Representative John Ray Clemmons, and from Memphis Representative Mark White.

TSU College of Public Service, Department of Social Work and Urban Studies releases Issue 2 of its Social Work Program Newsletter.

TSU’s Social Work Program hosts their annual Dr. Hollace L. Brooks Policy Symposium. Dr. Hollace Brooks Scholarship winners will be announced, the Brooks family will join us, Alumni Cathlyn Smith will speak, and teams of undergraduate and graduate students will compete in our annual policy analysis presentation competition, with winners going on to represent TSU in the statewide competition held during the National Association of Social Workers Day on the Hill. We invite TSU faculty, staff, students, and Alumni to join us in the 3rd floor Atrium on Avon Williams Campus, Monday, March 11, 2024 from 1 to 4 pm. Lunch will be served compliments of the Brooks Family. Please RSVP to reserve your seat: https://tnstateu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8zXpzA5OozLAvXw

The College of Public Service and TSU Center on Aging Research and Education Services is proud to host our annual Black History Month Panel. The panel, "Cultivating Change: Providing a Supportive Environment for Aging Black Nashvillians" will be held on February 27th at 5:00pm at the TSU Health Science Building Auditorium. The panel will begin promptly at 5:30pm and is preceded by hors d'oeuvres and networking with TSU faculty, students, alumni, and community members. Attendance via Zoom is also available. Register Today! We hope to see you there for this important discussion.

Cultivating Change: Creating a Supportive Environment for Aging Black Nashvillians Join us for Cultivating Change: Creating a Supportive Environment for Aging Black Nashvillians! This in-person or via-zoom event will be held at 3500 John A Merritt Blvd, Nashville, TN 37209, USA. We invite you to be a part of this important conversation as we explore ways to create a more inclusive...

Check out this link to see Chris Rippy, a graduate social work student at TSU and the County Commissioner for District 3 in Warren County, TN share his story while being interviewed on BLTV Channel 6's Soul of Warren County podcast about his experiences serving as a county official in rural Tennessee and being a social worker.

Soul of Warren County Chris Rippy

In October this year, Dr. Meg Streams received the NASPAA Leslie A. Whittington Teaching Award 2023 which recognizes a faculty member for excellence in teaching public policy, public affairs, or public administration over an extended time period (generally ten years or more). This award goes to a faculty that demonstrates outstanding contributions and sustained excellence through course content, course presentation, quality of advising impact, teaching innovation, and mentoring of students, among others. More information on this award is available on the NASPAA website.

The chair of the Leslie A. Whittington Teaching Award committee, Cathy Liu - Georgia State University (in the second photo), shared that the committee received a large number of applications and that all the nomination packets were very strong.

Congratulations on this well-deserved and outstanding achievement, Dr. Streams!


NASPAA website: https://www.naspaa.org/membership/naspaa-awards

TSU Homecoming 2023 Events

Join us for a film screening and reflection on Cory Booker's campaign for Mayor, followed by a panel about the 2023 Nashville's Mayoral election. Get the chance to network with transportation professionals!

Wed Oct 11, 2023, 5-7 pm central
TSU Main Campus
Floyd Payne Campus Center, The Forum Room 210

Food and refreshments will be served.

Sponsored by TSU College of Public Service
and
Young Professionals in Transportation - YPT Nashville

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TSU is an AA/EEO employer.
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Please join us in Zoom for the TSU CARES Annual Speaker Series featuring Representative Harold Love, Jr. who who will speak about the legacy of the Center for Aging Research and Education Services (CARES) at TSU. Tuesday Sept 26, 2023, 2:30-3:30 pm in Zoom Room: 893 4852 9020 https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89348529020
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Dr. Glover hopes the State takes action in rectifying underfunding of $2.1 billion to TSU

On the heels of USDA and the U.S. Dept. of ED joint letters to 16 governors regarding the drastic underfunding of their respective land-grant HBCUs, TSU President Glenda Glover has been highly sought after to give her perspective on this issue. TSU is reportedly owed the most of all the institutions, at $2.1 billion plus. Read President Glover’s interview with Inside Higher Ed here:

States underfunded Black land grants by $13B over 30 years The secretaries of agriculture and education have issued letters to 16 governors, urging them to rectify the inequities in funding.

Congratulations to TSU social work instructor Dr. Keith Ekhator for his election as President-Elect of the National Association of Social Workers - Tennessee Chapter! Dr. Ekhator is a 2010 alumnus of the BSSW program and has been a TSU instructor since 2014.

You are invited to join us to learn about online TSU graduate programs for public sector and nonprofit careers. This event is for anyone interested in graduate studies relevant to public service. State of TN employees are highly encouraged to attend; we will be discussing how the state fee waiver may be used to pay for classes in our programs.

Choose any of three online sessions:
Oct 3rd, 4th, or 5th, 2023
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Central Time

Degrees and graduate certificates offered by the TSU Department of Public Administration are 100% online.
Applications for Spring 2024 are being taken – come ask questions and learn about how a graduate degree can enhance your professional skills for public service (MPA, certificates, PhD) or human resources management/strategic leadership across sectors (MPS). No GRE required for masters or certificate applications.
Learn more: https://www.tnstate.edu/cpsua/degrees/

Join us – we look forward to seeing you!

TSU-23-179(A)-15h-13000
Tennessee State University is an AA/EEO Employer.

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Take a look at our inaugural Social Work Newsletter, and see some of the activities we are up to this academic year!

A reminder from Tennessee State University to be safe in this excess heat.

CPS' Dr. Ken Chilton (Public Administration) was featured in a WPLN story on recent developments in the use of rent-setting algorithms

Should algorithms set rent prices? An antitrust trial with national implications is underway in Nashville. A national antitrust case centered on a controversial algorithm began in federal court in Nashville this week. Plaintiffs argue that the algorithm, created by s

The Department of Public Administration congratulates Dr. Angela Paez on her recent election to the Executive Board of the Society for International and Comparative Administration (SICA), a section of the American Society for Public Administration. This organization "seeks to bring together members of the American Society for Public Administration committed to introducing an international and comparative perspective into public administration practice and academic endeavors. SICA provides a forum for practitioners, instructors and researchers to share experiences and to reflect on challenges facing the field worldwide."

www.sica-aspa.org SICA seeks to bring together members of the American Society for Public Administration committed to introducing an international and comparative perspective into public administration practice and academic endeavors. SICA provides a forum for practitioners, instructors and researchers to share exp...

Volume V of the Creating Change Journal is now available!! Check out work by TSU Social Work faculty Dr. Cynthia George and TSU Graduate Social Work students James Ker, Kristen Jenkins, Marian, Evans, and MORE!! Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements is an online open access journal of student-created zines about social movements published in Digital Scholarship @ Tennessee State University in collaborative partnership with the Department of Social Work and Urban Studies and the Tennessee State University Library.

Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements | Department of Social Work and Urban Studies | Tennessee State University Creating Change: The Online Journal of Zines about Social Movements is an online open access journal of student-created zines about social movements published in Digital Scholarship @ Tennessee State University in collaborative partnership with the Department of Social Work and Urban Studies and the...

Congratulations to Urban Studies student Morgan Gill and her team!!! The TSU Honda Campus All Star Challenge team earned a spot in the top eight teams at the National Tournament held in California, taking home $12,000 in grant money from American Honda. This tournament brought together 32 HBCUs from around the country.

To read more, visit
https://tnstatenewsroom.com/archives/31535

Check out the TSU team at national quarter finals here: https://vimeo.com/819685204

HCASC 2023 QuarterFinals This is "HCASC 2023 QuarterFinals" by HCASC on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Congratulations to TSU scholars inducted into Alpha Alpha Alpha (Tri-Alpha), a new national honor society at TSU for first-generation college students. Inductees for 2023 included Social Work students Ciarra Butler and Rebecca Chandler, as well as Social Work Faculty Dr. Cynthia George who also serves as the Faculty Adviser for Tri-Alpha.

TSU Social Work Program had a great time at the 2023 Social Work Day on the Hill! Thank you to NASW-TN for hosting a virtual Day on the Hill event in the morning where we joined more than 600 social workers from across the state to discuss the importance of social workers engaging in public policy practice. TSU Adjunct faculty member Dr. Keith Ekhator did a great job as a Policy Maker Panelist! Congratulations to BSW students Edwina Tilmon, Stacia Bowman, and Genesis Kennedy who represented TSU by presenting their policy analysis project titled "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Social Work Education.” And Congratulations to TSU Faculty Dr. Cynthia George who was honored by NASW-TN’s Middle-Branch as Social Work Educator of the Year!! TSU students, faculty, and Alumni then headed to the state Capitol to meet with Legislators in person. We met with Representative Harold Love, Senator Heidi Campbell, and Representative Justin Jones. NASW-TN Lobbyist Dr. Stewart Clifton also came by to visit with us. Students also observed the Education Administration Committee hearing and toured the Capitol.

CPS CONGRATULATES our undergraduate social work student Asia Graham who was chosen to be the 2023 recipient of the James & Elaine Reese Legacy Scholarship awarded by the Coalition of Black Social Workers.

THANK YOU to our Alumni Speaker Chandra Champion and our Guest Judge Tangela Babb of Lipstick After Dark Girls mentoring (https://www.facebook.com/lipstickafterdarkllc) for helping to make the 2023 Dr. Hollace L. Brooks Policy Symposium a great event!! And CONGRATULATIONS to our Policy Analysis Contest winners, undergraduate social work students Edwina Tilmon, Stacia Bowman, and Genesis Kennedy!! And to our Hollace Brooks Scholarship winner Deseree Hill! Thank you to the Brooks Family for helping us to continue to embody the social work ethic through the legacy of Dr. Hollace Brooks!

2023 Dr. Hollace L. Brooks Policy Symposium This video presents the 2023 Dr. Hollace L. Brooks Policy Symposium, an annual event of the TSU Social Work Program.

CPS Faculty Dr. Ken Chilton has been invited by the National Association of Realtors to address concerns about institutional investors in the housing market. He is presenting in Washington DC on March 16, 2023.

Speakers Check out the speakers lineup for the NAR 2023 Policy Forum on March 16, 2023.