The former director of the Department of Youth Services and one of the leaders of Alabama’s trailblazing Children’s Health Insurance Program are among the 2016 inductees to the Alabama Social Work Hall of Fame. James Dupree Jr., who retired in 1998 as executive director of Alabama Department of Youth Services; Gayle Lees Sandlin, former director…
The Girl Scouts of North-Central Alabama honored UA social work alumnae Madeleine Hill and Lillie Leatherwood at the 2017 Women of Distinction Awards Luncheon in March for being exemplary role models for today’s girls and positively impacting their communities. Hill and Leatherwood were honored as one of 12 Women of Distinction. Hill, a community activist and founder…
UA social work alumnus William D. Suclupe (’11, ’14 MSW), a decorated Iraq War veteran, has been awarded the UA Campus Veterans Association’s 2017 Colonel David Hillman Pryce Award. Suclupe was honored for his outstanding service to the veteran and military community at the University. Established by CVA in 2013, the award is presented annually to…
UA’s Division of Student Life profiled alumna Shayla Smith, a field coordinator in the School of Social Work, in its most recent edition of “Office Hours,” which is part of the division’s online publication: “Student Life Our Stories.” As a field coordinator, Smith’s major responsibilities include placing students in field placements and facilitating their internships.…
A year ago, Kevin Corcoran became captivated by a newspaper article about a group of young students who wrote their own books about the University of Alabama’s mascot. Corcoran, a professor in the UA School of Social Work, read a profile in The Tuscaloosa News about how second- and third-grade students from the Capitol School…
Wenjie Chai has spent a considerable amount of time caring for her children and her elders in the countryside of the Anhui Province of China. It’s common for those who live in rural areas to travel significant distances to work in metro areas, where jobs are abundant and pay is higher. Children and the elderly,…
Alumna’s cultural enrichment program helps American and international students understand each other’s cultures. Growing up in Hebei, China, Fan Yang (’13 MSW), was surrounded by family, had no trouble making friends and embraced her Chinese heritage. “I spent the first 18 years of my life there,” she said. As an international student at The University…
