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Returning veterans often face serious challenges as they reintegrate to civilian roles. This task can be even more demanding when the returning service member has suffered a traumatic injury. Supporting veterans and their families through this process is the focus of the 2017 UNC Charlotte Veterans Health Conference. The conference will emphasize biopsychosocial issues related […]

On bad days, getting out of bed feels almost impossible for Amelia Coonrod. On the good ones — the days when her back doesn’t hurt as much and her energy is up — things are a little bit easier. But cerebral palsy affects her life every day. Coonrod was born three months premature and diagnosed […]

The College of Health and Human Services has named Dr. Susan Sell the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies. Sell’s tenure follows a one-year stint as Interim Chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences. In her new position, Sell will work to increase research and student funding and promote graduate education, supporting the […]

Social work professor Lori Thomas knows that the mission of North Carolina’s urban research university involves deep engagement in the off-campus community, as well as in the classroom.

The Avon Foundation for Women has awarded UNC Charlotte a one-year grant to participate in a first of its kind national leadership institute to address on campus gender-based violence. Through the $10,000 grant from the Avon Foundation, UNC Charlotte will be among the 20 schools to participate in this comprehensive, action-oriented leadership program to develop […]

In the wake of the shooting of Keith Scott by Charlotte police and the sometimes violent protests that followed, social work professor Susan McCarter joined NPR’s “Here and Now” to provide prospective on long-simmering racial tensions in Charlotte. LISTEN

UNC Charlotte scholar’s new book seeks to integrate spirituality, religion into practice Questions like “Why am I here” and “What is the meaning of life” are essential inquiries in many people’s lives. The intimacy and importance of such topics often leads their discussion to be limited to a scarce few places and times—spirituality and religion […]

At its June 2016 meeting, the Commission of Accreditation for CSWE determined that the BSW and MSW programs of UNC Charlotte School of Social Work are reaffirmed accreditation for 8 years.

Rising second year MSW student Patrice Williams has been selected as a UNC Charlotte Graduate Life Fellow for 2016-2017 Each year the UNC Charlotte Graduate School appoints a group of continuing graduate students to serve as Graduate Life Fellows. Graduate Life Fellows (GLFs) are continuing master’s and doctoral-level students who offer guidance and promote engagement […]

The College of Health and Human Services is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Schnavia Hatcher as the inaugural Director of the School of Social Work. Hatcher arrives at UNC Charlotte from the University of Texas at Arlington, where she served as a tenured professor in the School of Social Work and Director of […]