University of Maryland School of Social Work

Congrats to Dr. Jay Unick on being named a USM Board of Regents Faculty Award winner for excellence in scholarship and research! 🎉 Read more about his achievement ow.ly/y5Hp50Z2j3M.

🇺🇸 Today we pause to honor and remember those who gave their lives in service to our country. This #MemorialDay, we remember, we reflect, and we recommit to building a more just and peaceful world.

“Teacher Talk” is a new online, self-paced training from the Prevention of Adolescent Risks Initiative that helps teachers, coaches, and other youth-serving adults recognize, prevent, and respond to sexual violence using research-informed strategies, ow.ly/ATlf50YZG7a.

Congratulations to the Class of 2026! 🎓💙 Your hard work, resilience, and commitment to justice, healing, and community have brought you to this moment, and the world needs the compassion and courage you’re ready to bring to the field.

Our newest social work graduates are ready to show up when their communities call. 💙 From career changers to first-generation college students, the #UMSSW Class of 2026 brings courage, compassion, and a commitment to justice into the field, ow.ly/FRXY50Z2iKx.

Doctoral students from #UMSSW and #UMSON gathered for an “Advanced Qualitative Methods Café,” sharing grounded theory, phenomenology, CBPR, and more in a cross-school, collaborative setting. Explore similar events via UMB ETA and read the story: ow.ly/EUrx50YZF1m.

#UMSSW @embodiedPhD is leading the “Right Care, Right Time” study to make sure every young patient gets timely referrals to mental health, financial, and housing support as a routine part of oncology care. Read more: ow.ly/GEa250YZFXw.

#UMSSW faculty are reimagining how we teach social work. LEAPS seed grants are supporting new courses on transnational Latine social work practice and “using AI to teach AI,” equipping students to navigate real-world challenges in health & human services, ow.ly/Gzb250YZAz9.

We had a wonderful time celebrating our #UMSSW community at a special retirement party for Geoffrey Greif and Michele Beaulieu, honoring their years of dedication, mentorship, and service to our students, colleagues, and the field of social work.

Celebrate with us! 🎓 We can’t wait to honor the #UMSSW Class of 2026 at our graduation ceremony Today at 11 a.m. at Towson University’s SECU Arena. Can’t make it in person? You’ll be able to watch the ceremony online via livestream, ow.ly/ke3F50YZAkI.

#UMSSW is proud to celebrate our 2026 Graduation Award recipients, whose excellence, leadership, and service are shaping the future of social work. Join us in applauding these outstanding students and faculty, and learn more about this year’s awardees: ow.ly/ln9I50YVJw0.

🎓 Congratulations to our #UMSSW Class of 2026! This moment reflects your hard work, growth, and commitment to making a difference—and we couldn’t be prouder. We’re grateful to the families, friends, faculty, and staff who supported you every step of the way.

#UMSSW & @MarylandNursing recently came together for the Advanced Qualitative Methods Café, a café-style poster session where students shared innovative qualitative projects, sparked rich discussion, and learned from one another’s work across disciplines, ow.ly/gbzZ50YVML8.

As we gear up for #Convocation2026, hear from graduating MSW student April, an active member of @BHWell_Lab. She supported suicide prevention grants focused on medical residents & high-risk men. Watch: ow.ly/zkv350YZ2yU Support the work: bit.ly/42x4vIc

Honored to see #UMSSW B’more for Healthy Babies Upton/Druid Heights, based at the Center for Restorative Change and led by Stacey Stephens, highlighted for its work bolstering Black fatherhood in Baltimore. Read more in Johns Hopkins Public Health: ow.ly/2o2S50YVN38.

UMSSW is celebrating the retirement of Dr. Geoffrey Greif and Michele Beaulieu, honoring their many years of extraordinary service to our students, colleagues, and community, ow.ly/RSZY50YVH2M. #UMSSW #socialwork

Happy Mother’s Day to all the incredible moms, mother figures, grandmothers, aunties, caregivers, and community nurturers in the #UMSSW family and beyond. 💐

📉 The impact of COVID-19 has intensified the substance use and opioid crisis, causing a rise in overdoses. This webinar explores how trauma-informed care can make a difference. Register Here 👇 ow.ly/BrG350YUAW9

May is #MentalHealthAwareness Month, but at #UMSSW, behavioral health research, community interventions, and training (like Narcan use and suicide prevention) are at the core of what we do, ow.ly/z9q350YWFwG.

Celebrating #UMSSW’s Alexis Guethler on the publication of two book chapters that advance best practices in adult learning, case-based instruction, and ethical AI in course design, ow.ly/OqBa50YSA0f! 🎉📚