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M.S.W. April 08, 2026

LEAD Event Brings Students to MA State House for a Day of Learning

On Friday, March 13, 2026, six Smith College SSW students joined hundreds of other social…

Five MSW students standing next to a poster that reads Student Members Receive Full Benefits at a Discount of 75% NASW National Association of Social Workers

Alumni March 20, 2026

Change Agent Award: Pushing Boundaries, Creating Change - Lisa Moore

Lisa Lynelle Moore, M.S.W. ’98 is the 2025 recipient of the Change Agent Award, which ho…

Lisa Moore speaking during her acceptance speech at the 2025 Alumni Awards. Behind a large painting of flowers

M.S.W. March 10, 2026

“Looking for the Helpers”: The Path of Lucy Haney ’26

As a child watching the beloved PBS kids’ show Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Lucy Haney ’26 took to heart the advice of its wise host: In scary times, “look for the helpers.” She and her fellow SSW students, she believes, “have come to the helper school.”

School March 06, 2026

March People News - SSW Publications and Mentions

Entries are chronological based on submission date. Send us your news here Terr…

Student and Fidelis Nabukenya (r) at Uganda Narratives Conference with art behind- organized by Hugo Kamya

Faculty February 09, 2026

Faculty and Ph.D. Grad Present at Society for Social Work Research Conference 2026

The Society for Social Work Research (SSWR) annual conference brings together a dive…

Five people including Brandyn-Dior McKinley and Marsha Pruett stand in a row with arms around each other with tan wall and large projector screen behind

Alumni February 03, 2026

A Lifelong Mission to Decolonize Social Work: Day-Garrett Awardee JD Fuller

JD Fuller, M.S.W. ’99 has been deeply dedicated to social work from an early age. A psyc…

JD Fuller sitting on cement steps with hands clasped on knee

Conference February 02, 2026

Double Smith College Alum Announced as 2026 Plenary Speaker

Danna Bodenheimer (she/her) will give the plenary address during the 2026 Deepening Clinic…

Danna Bodenheimer wearing blue shirt. White background

Conference February 02, 2026

Announcing 2026 Deepening Clinical Practice Keynote

Smith College Professor and School for Social Work Adjunct Professor Nnamdi Pole (he/him)…

M.S.W. January 08, 2026

Lafayette Slaydon ’26: Building Community Through Clinical Social Work

Lafayette Slaydon chose the School for Social Work for a lot of reasons, after a search th…

Lafayette Slaydon looks through the window of an exterior door.

School December 17, 2025

Laughter & Heart: Dean Yoshioka's Legacy at SSW

The nation was a vastly different place in 2014, the summer when Marianne Yoshioka f…

Marianne Yoshioka stands with two graduates with arms around each other