News related to the School of Social Work:
Options in Health Professions
On April 12, 2018, fifty-two students from the Farrington High School Health Academy participated with representatives of different UHM programs in an Options in Health Professions presentation. Professional representatives included,…
MBTSSW Dean and Faculty Present at the Western Consortium Social Work Grand Challenges
Dean Mokuau and Dr. Hong participated in the Western Consortium Social Work Grand Challenges at Portland State University in March 2018. Over 40 social work educators from nine western states…
Bishop Isao Ito visits the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work
Bishop Isao Ito, Chairman of the Univers Foundation (Japan) visited the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work.…
ʻOhana Day 2018
Congratulations to the BSWO, GSO & Nu Sigma Phi Alpha organizations for a successful ʻOhana Day at Magic Island. It was so nice to see many of our students who…
UH Center on Aging recently hosted visiting colleague, Kohei Kajiwara, PhD
UH Center on Aging recently hosted visiting colleague, Kohei Kajiwara, PhD, faculty member of Hiroshima University, Japan. During his 10-day visit, Dr. Kajiwara presented on aging in Japan and his…
Gartley Hall Naming Opportunity
For more information contact: Theresa Kreif Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health E-mail: kreif@hawaii.edu Phone: 808-956-6120 Fax: 808-956-5964 Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health Gartley Hall Naming Opportunity…
MBT SSW Professor featured in CNN.com Article
Assistant Professor Christabel Cheung shares her personal and professional research experience with CNN.com "Today, Cheung calls herself an "embodied researcher": essentially, a researcher who is also a cancer patient. "I'm…
Ito Family Foundation Scholarship Awardees AY 2017-2018
MSW students, Jasmin Chang and Paul Richard "Malu" Cassiday III were this year's recipients of the Gordon and June Ito Foundation Scholarship for Social Work. They were honored at the…
Pizza with Professionals
Kathleen Rhoads Merriam, LSW (Class of 2012) was a guest panelist at the "Pizza with Professionals" event coordinated through the Mānoa Sophomore Experience (Office of Undergraduate Education) on October 29,…
MBTSSW Professor Apointed to State’s Elderly Affairs Policy Board
Governor David Ige has appointed Dr. Colette Browne to the State's Policy Board for Elderly Affairs. Previously, Dr. Browne was a gubernatorial appointee by Governors Ariyoshi, Waihee, and Cayetano. The…