News: Social Work
Opening Doors During the Federal Government Shutdown
UCF student Jessica Manfre was named Coast Guard Spouse of the Year for her work helping provide food and essentials to families in need during the shutdown. As the wife...
Meet Our 2019 Founders’ Day Student: Felicia Bender
Felicia Bender is a social work major with an outstanding academic record and a passion for improving the care of aging populations. As a scholar in the Research and Mentoring...
Local Emergency Room Staff Will Start Assessing Patients’ Mental Health with the Goal of Suicide Prevention
Emergency room staff at AdventHealth in Kissimmee and Orlando will ask patients about feelings of hopelessness or despair as part of routine assessments over the next year and a half....
AdventHealth, UCF Collaborate on Suicide-prevention Initiative
AdventHealth is collaborating with the University of Central Florida to address a growing suicide crisis across the nation. The effort is modeled after the Zero Suicide Initiative, a national program...
Clinic for Apopka Farmworkers Gets Boost from Florida Blue Grant
Since 2016, a group of UCF volunteers has been hosting a free clinic in Apopka four times a year to provide care to uninsured farmworkers and the community. Dr. Heather...
Social Work Takes National Prize for Work at Apopka Clinic
Helping an Underserved Community For the second year in a row, UCF’s School of Social Work’s Chapter of Phi Alpha Honor Society has been selected by its national chapter to...
Suicide: A Topic We Need to Talk About
The panelists were (seated, left to right) Kim Gryglewicz, Julie Bilsky and Jim Whitworth, here with (standing, left to right) Bonnie Yegidis and Ana Leon. Experts from UCF’s School of...
Social Work Experts Discuss Importance of Mental Health Awareness, Education
A rising concern in recent years is the number of people who deal with mental illness. Nearly one in five adults in the United States lives with a mental illness,...
Alumni Spotlight: Kristen Buckley Crane ’10 ’12
Twenty. That’s the number of United States armed forces veterans who die each day by suicide. It’s that number that keeps Kristen Crane ’10 ‘12 going each day. As a...
UCF Expert Inspires Talk, Dispels Myths About Sexuality
When Tameca Harris-Jackson was a freshman at Old Dominion University in Virginia, one of her dormitory mates came bursting into her room, crying inconsolably. “She said she was pregnant,” said...
