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Featured News from KU Social Welfare
The Toni Johnson Scholars Program supports undergraduate and graduate students in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Selected students receive financial support, mentoring, and professional networking and development opportunities.
KU in the News
Student Stories: KU Social Work
Get to know more about MSW student Travis Channell as he shares his thoughts ahead of graduation.
Research Stories: KU Social Work
Researchers in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare have received a $1.8 million federal grant to evaluate FosterAdopt Connect, a program that supports adoptive parents and children to prevent disruptions or dissolutions of adoptions among families in Kansas and Missouri.
Alumni Stories: KU Social Work
Eric Rosen still channels his social work education and background as he leads the Kansas Supreme Court.
Community Engagement Stories: KU Social Work
At the School of Social Welfare, Community Care Days offer a welcome pause from the pressures of academics. The series gives students, faculty and staff a chance to recharge and connect with one another through scheduled events.
Giving Stories: KU Social Work
Donations from One Day One KU will provide funds to students through scholarships, the Student Emergency Fund, and the Practicum Student Support Fund.
Faculty & Staff Stories: KU Social Work
Berringer, an assistant professor at the KU School of Social Welfare, dedicates her research to exploring the relationships, paradoxes, and tensions inherent to the LGBTQ movement in the United States was sparked in her childhood, going to elementary school in Greenwich Village in New York City. She was interested in the gay liberation movement as it happened around her and, later, in the social movement’s intersections with social work.
School of Social Welfare News
Toni Johnson Center introduces new scholars for 2026-2027
The Toni Johnson Scholars Program supports undergraduate and graduate students in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare. Selected students receive financial support, mentoring, and professional networking and development opportunities.
KU social work degree programs earn Council on Social Work Education reaccreditation
The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) and Master of Social Work (MSW) programs are fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) for another eight years, through the 2033-2034 academic year.
Alumni Spotlight: Karen Gutierrez
Gutierrez, a recent graduate of the University of Kansas Master of Social Work program, now serves the community she sought to help as a therapist at Genesis Family Health.
Social Welfare researchers will evaluate program aimed at supporting adoptive families
Researchers in the University of Kansas School of Social Welfare have received a $1.8 million federal grant to evaluate FosterAdopt Connect, a program that supports adoptive parents and children to prevent disruptions or dissolutions of adoptions among families in Kansas and Missouri.