News
Wed, 04/16/2025
Social Work Career Spotlight: Hospice Care
Senna Hargett, KU BSW 2023, combines nursing skills with social work education in her work at Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care.
Fri, 04/11/2025
Social Work Career Spotlight: Founder and Bridge Builder for Housing Solutions
Felicity Anderson, BSW 2023, uses case management experience to launch her own social service company.
Tue, 04/01/2025
Social Work Career Spotlight: Social Work Case Manager
Carlie Sauntry, a BSW and MSW graduate, supports clients at the University of Kansas Health System Addiction Clinic as a case manager.
Tue, 03/25/2025
Social Work Career Spotlight: Crisis Services Specialist
Brett Barney, KU BSW 2021, works to help individuals with disabilities settle in homes and develop life skills. Learn more about their career path.
Tue, 01/21/2025
PhD Spotlight: Kortney Carr
Dr. Kortney Carr will tell you that her journey to social work is a surprising one. She got her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Central Missouri and didn’t see social work as her initial path. But Dr. Carr cites the wellness of Black men, trauma and hope as her scholarly interests.
Mon, 12/16/2024
Alumni Spotlight: Latrese Kabuya
Making hard topics digestible is at the core of Kabuya’s social work journey. Her leap of faith took her from a place where mental health was taboo to a career where she helps families in need.
Thu, 12/12/2024
Alumni Spotlight: Jennifer Ananda
Ananda is a first-generation college student, majoring in film and English as an undergraduate student at KU, where she participated in feminist activism and volunteered at a local domestic violence shelter.
Thu, 06/20/2024
Alumni spotlight: Kelly G. Loeb
School of Social Welfare alumni Kelly G. Loeb's career was inspired by her late grandmother, who had Alzheimer's.
Fri, 05/17/2024
Alumni Spotlight: Isaac Sanders
Isaac Sanders, MSW 2018, shares how a macro specialization informs their social work career.
Tue, 04/30/2024
Alumni Spotlight: Robbin Cole
Robbin Cole got her master’s degree from the KU School of Social Welfare in 1987, but she will tell you that she was chosen for this career path.
Sun, 04/14/2024
Alumni Spotlight: Chris Beal
“Sitting in on a lot of conferences over the years and getting to know a lot of different people with their struggles,” Beal said. “That's probably where the inspiration came from.”
Thu, 11/16/2023
Integrated Health Scholars Program prepares graduates to serve Kansas and Missouri
In the nine years since its inception, the Integrated Health Scholars Program (IHSP) has prepared 246 graduates to provide integrated health care with underserved communities across the state of Kansas and into western Missouri.
Wed, 11/15/2023
Alumni Spotlight: Jennifer Adhimaa
Jennifer Adhima graduated with a Master of Social Work (MSW) with a macro specialization in 2020. Today, she works as the chief program officer for the Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative.
Wed, 11/08/2023
Alumni Spotlight: Brandy Williams
Brandy Williams graduated with a Master of Social Work (MSW) with a macro specialization in 2019. Today, she works as the education director for the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA) in Kansas City.
Fri, 11/03/2023
Alumni Spotlight: Brandy Williams
Brandy Williams graduated with a Master of Social Work (MSW) with a macro specialization in 2019. Today, she works as the education director for the Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (MOCSA) in Kansas City.
Wed, 10/18/2023
Alumni Spotlight: Ashley Williamson
Ashley Williamson graduated from KU’s Master of Social Work (MSW) with a specialization in social work macro practice program in 2017. Today, she works for an urban agricultural organization called The Giving Grove.
Mon, 10/02/2023
Alumni Spotlight: Sheria Howard
Sheria Howard was a case worker for five years until the death of Michael Brown in 2014. She saw how the local government was handling the situation and wanted to bring change through policy.
Mon, 10/02/2023
Alumni Spotlight: Kelly Harrington
Kelly Harrington graduated with a Master of Social Work (MSW) with a macro specialization in 2016. Since then, Harrington has worked in program management and evaluation in areas including economic development and health.
Mon, 10/02/2023
Alumni Spotlight: Leslie Butsch
Leslie Butsch started her career as a direct social worker. In roles as a case manager and advocate within the foster care system and in a domestic violence shelter, Butsch said she began to see the gaps in the systems her clients interacted with.
Wed, 10/19/2022
Alumna focuses social work career on giving voice to the voiceless
Throughout her career, and even in retirement, Cynthia Schendel has been an advocate for the field of social welfare and for those it touches. She established the Cynthia A. Schendel Scholarship in Clinical Social Work in 2020.