News: Social Enterprise Administration
CSSW Alumni Join the Ranks of COVID-19 Contact Tracers in NYC
Social work training proves to be the ideal background for working at the community level to prevent the transmission of…
Demand “Growing Exponentially” for Bilingual MSWs, Says 2012 Graduate
A 2012 alumnus of the School of Social Work, Russell Chertok, and his Long Island-based business, Visiting Counselors of New…
2017 Graduate Kainen Bell Receives Fulbright Grant for Research on Brazil’s Social Sector
Kainen Bell, a 2017 graduate of the Columbia School of Social Work’s Advanced Standing Program, has received a Fulbright grant…
What’s a Columbia School of Social Work Graduate Doing at Google?
The use of technology in social work practice is steadily growing, as is the use of technology in the social…
SWM-015: How the Business World Can Benefit from a Human-Centered Approach, with Mark Rodgers
In this podcast we talk to Mark Rodgers about his career path combining training in Rogerian psychotherapy with running his own marketing agency. Rodgers was a participant in one of this year’s clinical grand rounds.
SWM-010: Translating Neuroscience into Policy and Practice for At-Risk Children, with Dr. Jack Shonkoff
Dr. Jack Shonkoff, the 2014 Lucille N. Austin Lecturer, has a long connection with the social work profession. In this podcast, he talks about how social work practice may change with at-risk children as a result of new findings on the brain’s early development.
Columbia and CSWE Partner in Building Capacity to Address Financial Stability of Social Work Clients
The Workplace Center at the Columbia School of Social Work, in partnership with the Council on Social Work Education, has been awarded funding to integrate career development and employment, financial literacy, and self-sufficiency competencies into the curricula for CSWE-accredited programs.
SWM-008: Social Work as Social Enterprise, with Alumnus Matt Omelagah
In this podcast, alumnus Matt Omelagah has some choice words of advice for students who are interested in pursuing a social work degree in social enterprise administration.
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: Social Change Agent Alexis Miesen (MS’04)
In the first of an occasional series featuring members of the Columbia School of Social Work community who have served as agents of social change, Alexis Meisen tells the story of how the ice cream shop she co-founded in Brooklyn ended up opening a branch in Rwanda. Watch video.
Social Enterprise Administration Program Announces New Leadership
The preeminent Social Enterprise Administration (SEA) program created and sustained by Professor Sheila (“Shelley”) Akabas will continue under the acting directorship of Professor Steven Schinke. Lecturer Monique Jethwani-Keyser will serve as convener for the program.