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Continuing Education

Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service is committed to providing high-quality continuing education to further the lifelong learning of licensed social workers. Classes are taught by experienced, qualified professionals.

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Fordham’s Career Center offers individual career planning, guidance, and workshops for enrolled students and alumni. Learn tips on networking, interviewing, and, resume building.

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Fordham GSS News

Fordham B.A.S.W. Students Create First Undergraduate Social Work Club

Fordham B.A.S.W. Students Create First Undergraduate Social Work Club

Fordham University prides itself on campus community. Some might even call it a Ramily.  The Graduate School of Social Service is no exception—at the master’s and bachelor’s level. However, our Bachelor of Arts in Social Work (B.A.S.W.) students face a unique dilemma.  At Fordham, the first two years of the undergraduate experience are dedicated to […]

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Two New Clinical Faculty Members Join Fordham GSS

Two New Clinical Faculty Members Join Fordham GSS

In some more exciting news for the 2024-2025 Graduate School of Social Service faculty roster, GSS has added two new full-time clinical faculty members to help educate the future of social work. Clinical faculty are crucial to a social work program’s success. Their diverse wealth of experience in clinical settings brings frontline information about clinical […]

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Four GSS Faculty Members Promoted Ahead of 2024-2025 Academic Year

Four GSS Faculty Members Promoted Ahead of 2024-2025 Academic Year

Congratulations to the Graduate School of Social Service faculty members who were promoted and tenured this year: Sameena Azhar: Tenured and Promoted to Associate Professor Lauri Goldkind: Promoted to Professor Elizabeth Matthews: Tenured and Promoted to Associate Professor Rahbel Rahman-Tahir: Tenured and Promoted to Associate Professor These promotions were honored on September 17 at the […]

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Alumna Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey, GSS ’11, Named Chair of New York State Bar Association Health Law Section

Alumna Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey, GSS ’11, Named Chair of New York State Bar Association Health Law Section

This summer, Mary Beth Quaranta Morrissey, Ph.D., MPH, JD, FCRH ’79, LAW ’82, GSS ’11, assumed the position of chair of the New York State Bar Association’s Health Law Section. She will head the section—comprising over 900 members—and will bring a sharpened focus to issues of inequity in maternal health. “We’re behind the rest of […]

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PIPELINE Cohort Ready to Impact Integrated Health in NYC

PIPELINE Cohort Ready to Impact Integrated Health in NYC

Our newest cohort of PIPELINE for Youth Health Fellowship Program fellows met virtually on September 9th to learn more about their impact this year as integrated behavioral health interns.  The fellowship is a grant-funded initiative between Fordham GSS and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Behavioral Health Workforce, Education, and Training (BHWET) program. Its […]

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The Societal Importance of Caregivers

The Societal Importance of Caregivers

According to the World Health Organization, one in six people will be 60 or older by 2030. And while our aging population provides society with abundant wisdom, experience, and value—as we age, many older adults may need to lean on others for care.  However, we’re learning that the supply of caregivers is not meeting the […]

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“This Is My Opportunity to Do What I Really Want to Do”: Why this MSW Student Switched Careers

“This Is My Opportunity to Do What I Really Want to Do”: Why this MSW Student Switched Careers

Heading into her first day of class this semester, Natalia Arai felt a bit intimidated. As someone who’d successfully worked in the cosmetics industry for 12 years—eight of them for Fenty Beauty, the billion-dollar company created by Rihanna—this feeling was unusual. She was used to high-pressure situations and putting herself out there to succeed. But […]

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Want Results? Tell a Story: Professor Collaborates with Students on Research-Backed Film

Want Results? Tell a Story: Professor Collaborates with Students on Research-Backed Film

Emily is a first-generation Latina teen struggling to approach her family members about her mental health. She’s overwhelmed by the responsibilities that come with two younger siblings, college applications, and the continuous straddling of her two distinct worlds as a bicultural person.  She wants to bring this up to her parents, but she’s not naive […]

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“This Support is a Reminder that my Efforts and Aspirations are Valued”: Latino Social Work Coalition Scholarship Recipient Honored

“This Support is a Reminder that my Efforts and Aspirations are Valued”: Latino Social Work Coalition Scholarship Recipient Honored

Fordham GSS is proud to announce that M.S.W. student Eileen Castillo, GSS ’25, has been named a 2024-2025 Latino Social Work Coalition CORE SCHOLARS Scholarship recipient. The scholarship program “caters specifically to 2nd or 3rd year MSW bilingual and Latino/x/e Students facing significant financial constraints in the vibrant landscape of New York City,” according to […]

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An Unintended Benefit of the Child Tax Credit

An Unintended Benefit of the Child Tax Credit

Fordham GSS Professor and Associate Dean Elaine Congress, D.S.W., recently published a New York Times Letter to the Editor asserting an unintended benefit of a child tax credit: escape from abusers. Congress wrote that a child tax credit could give women in abusive relationships the financial means to leave their dangerous situation — providing a better life […]

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