Columbia School of Social Work: 2025 Lucille N. Austin Lecture feat. Dean Dexter Voisin

Add to Calendar: Add to Calendar 2025-03-03 18:00:00 2025-03-03 19:00:00 Columbia School of Social Work: 2025 Lucille N. Austin Lecture feat. Dean Dexter Voisin Event Description Social work schools are facing a multitude of challenges in a rapidly changing environment, including changes with respect to social justice initiatives, curricular offerings, practicum placements, research funding and educational support. Ultimately, these changes can impact our profession's vulnerable clients, the communities we serve and the values-driven institutions we support. In this lecture titled, Social Work Deans Confront Today's Most Pressing Challenges: For Social Workers, their Clients and Institutions, five Columbia School of Social Work (CSSW) alumni who are current and former deans of leading schools of social work across the nation will engage with Dean Melissa Begg and one another to discuss how best to move forward and navigate these challenges, as well as how their schools will meet the needs of faculty and students. Panelists include: Allan Cole ('97 MS, PhD), Dean and Bert Kruger Smith Centennial Professor in Social Work, Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas - Austin Debra McPhee ('89 MS, PhD), Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham University Dorian Traube ('01 MS, '06 PhD), Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School and Professor, Brown School, Washington University Dexter Voisin ('99 PhD), Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciences, Case Western Reserve University Luis Zayas ('75 MS, PhD), Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley This is an in-person event open to affiliates of Columbia University. A reception will follow.  CE's are pending for social workers. About the Lucille N. Austin Lecture The Lucille N. Austin Lecture was established to honor the contributions of Lucille N. Austin, an esteemed member of the Columbia School of Social Work's faculty for more than 30 years. The program has been made possible, in part, by a generous contribution in memory of Jane R. Heimerdinger and a grant by the Kenworthy-Swift Foundation. Columbia Club of New York 30 West 44th Street New York, NY Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences America/New_York public