Humanities, Arts + Social Sciences

The Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences held an event at the home of Visiting Committee member and alumna Susan LaPine (MNO ’97) on Aug. 10 to publicize an innovation in its nonprofit management programming—a new Professional Certificate in Nonprofit Fundraising—and to…

Class Year: August 2023 Degree Program: Master of Social Work During the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences’ diploma ceremony May 19, graduating student Sydney Evans was called to the Maltz Performing Arts Center stage not once but four times. Chosen by her…

Serena Wheeler’s first encounter with the communication sciences field was through her brother, who has autism and works with a speech-language pathologist. But despite this early, personal connection to the field, Wheeler didn’t initially consider it as a career. Instead, she came to Case Western…

WEWS: Bobbi Beale, co-director of the Center for Innovative Practices at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, said children and teens are notoriously influenced by their peers, and when they’re in…

Before starting classes at Case Western Reserve University’s Jack Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Allysia White had her sights set on a particular experience: study abroad. “I love to travel so study abroad wasn’t a question of if I was going, it was more of a question…

Class Year: May 2024 Degree Program: MSW On-Campus Concentration: Adult Mental Health Name of Summer Job/Organization: Open Sky Wilderness Therapy and Restorative Solutions, both in Colorado When considering how he’d spend his summer, Seth Rose found two opportunities related to his…

WEWS: Dan Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, discussed the recent surge of gun violence in the City of Cleveland, noting that it can all be traced to the amount of guns available. “If you get into a dispute and you think somebody else has a gun…

Signal Cleveland: Southeast Human Service Center is a behavioral health treatment clinic in Fargo, North Dakota. In the early 2000s, the staff was seeing more clients with both severe mental health and substance abuse issues. Many were dying.  In 2006, they reached out to a center within Case…

The Sound of Ideas: Megan Holmes, associate professor and founding director of the Center on Trauma and Adversity, discussed the effort to transform the City of Cleveland’s 22 recreation centers into places that provide mental health support to youth dealing with trauma.  Her interview begins at…

cleveland.com: Dan Flannery, director of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education, explained how data indicates gun violence—including mass shootings—will continue, and how more will need to be done to stop them. “We do have the capacity to make a difference if we have the…