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How to Graduate with Your MSW Degree On Time

How to Graduate with Your MSW Degree On Time

With 2024 graduation just weeks away, Master of Social Work (MSW) students just starting the program get a hint of what’s to come for them! But just because you’re in the Generalist Phase of your MSW program doesn’t mean you shouldn’t plan for the big day. It’s never too early to set yourself up to […]

MSW Students Make Connections at 2024 Career Fair

MSW Students Make Connections at 2024 Career Fair

With over 30 employers in attendance, the 2024 MSW Career and Networking fair was a huge success for our Master of Social Work Students. Students brought their polished resumes and best attitudes to the Westchester campus, where they mingled with employers seeking fresh graduates for social work positions. “At first, I was pretty nervous, but […]

The Body Tells the Story: Fordham M.S.W. Student Using Degree to Support Narrative Healing

The Body Tells the Story: Fordham M.S.W. Student Using Degree to Support Narrative Healing

Fordham M.S.W. student Lisa Weinert believes Western culture doesn’t appreciate the body enough. In a rise-and-grind world, we treat our bodies as things to tolerate—hunched over a desk, moving from project to project, only noticing when something goes wrong, forcing a doctor visit. Our sophisticated organism is reduced to a mere vessel for task completion. […]

2024 Fordham GSS Lincoln Center Open House – Success!

2024 Fordham GSS Lincoln Center Open House – Success!

Thank you so much to everyone who came to our 2024 Lincoln Center Accepted Students Reception and Open House! After rescheduling due to sever weather a few weeks ago, we had a great night meeting you all and showing you around campus! At this event, new and prospective students explored the campus, heard from faculty, […]

Goldkind Organizes Fordham’s Inaugural Public Interest Technology Gathering

Goldkind Organizes Fordham’s Inaugural Public Interest Technology Gathering

Fordham Graduate School of Social Service Professor Lauri Goldkind, Ph.D., continues to lead the Public Interest Technology (PIT) effort at Fordham. Goldkind, who was awarded a 16-month, $178,000 grant from the 2023 PIT-UN Network Challenge for her project “Building Inclusive Public Interest Technology Learning Competencies,” has now organized Fordham’s first Public Interest Technology Gathering. She […]

Fordham MSW/MPH Student Presents at NYAM Student Conference

Fordham MSW/MPH Student Presents at NYAM Student Conference

Fordham MSW/MPH student Rachel Gentile, GSS ’24, presented this month at the New York Academy of Medicine’s (NYAM) 15th Annual Student Social Work Night alongside students from nine other New York social work programs. Gentile’s presentation was titled “Disparities in Healthy Food Access and Low-Income Neighborhoods in New York City: Implications for Behavioral and Physical […]

This MSW Alumni Is Mentoring Students as a Bronx School Social Worker

This MSW Alumni Is Mentoring Students as a Bronx School Social Worker

Ian Staley is a 2023 graduate of Fordham GSS’s Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) program. He attended Fordham’s Westchester campus as a part-time student and was a PIPELINE for Youth Health fellow in the 2022-2023 academic year. Ian now works for NYC Public Schools as a school social worker in the Bronx, and he was […]

Moments from the 2024 Westchester Open House

Moments from the 2024 Westchester Open House

Fordham GSS thanks everyone who visited our Westchester open house for making the day so special! New and prospective students explored the campus, heard from faculty, and learned from our panel of student ambassadors. Lunch was served, and we raffled off some GSS swag! View some of our favorite pictures from the day:

Our Aging Population Needs Social Workers

Our Aging Population Needs Social Workers

Although the media is dominated by topics surrounding Gen Z and the upcoming Gen Alpha, America’s population is getting older. According to a 2020 report by the Administration on Aging, 1 in 6 people (55.7 million) in the US is 65 or older. This is projected to increase to 80.8 million by 2040. However, resources […]

Poverty’s Impact on Women and Girls—and What we can Do About It

Poverty’s Impact on Women and Girls—and What we can Do About It

On Friday, March 15, from 4–6 p.m. ET, the Graduate School of Social Service’s Institute for Women and Girls held a virtual conference between international stakeholders to discuss our actions to address worldwide problematic issues like food insecurity, mental health, and climate change.  The event, titled “Small Actions, Huge Solutions: Reducing Poverty for women and […]