New website offers information about North Carolina assisted living residences School of Social Work Professor Sheryl Zimmerman has co-created a valu

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New website offers information about North Carolina assisted living residences

School of Social Work Professor Sheryl Zimmerman has co-created a valuable resource for consumers to research assisted living residences in the state. The Assisted Living Comparison Experts website lets you search by ZIP code, radius in miles, price, residence options, dementia and other care needs, staffing, activities, pets, services and more. Read more

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Doctoral student searches for strengths in at-risk children

Charity Watkins could have easily taken a different path in life. Born in a city that has long struggled with poverty, Watkins was raised by a single mother who worked hard but never made a lot of money. Today, she is a doctoral student with a mission: to help at-risk children be successful. Read story

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Donations sought for the Teresa Ilinitch Memorial Scholarship

After clinical instructor and field adviser Teresa Ilinitch died unexpectedly on Feb. 3, her family established a scholarship fund in her memory at the School of Social Work. So far, the School and family have raised just over $10,000 in gifts and pledges toward the goal of $25,000. Read story

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Student briefs

Shining Students

Student briefs

Outstanding in the Field: Student Madeline Serpa, task supervisor Kevin Turner, and field instructor Angela Pittman, Buncombe County Health and Human Services

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Upcoming Events and Workshops

Renowned dancers from Taiwan to speak on mindfulness, March 31

Career Day set for April 7

March 19 - Clinical Lecture Series in Winston-Salem - Critical Time Intervention, presented by Bebe Smith, MSW, LCSW. 10:00 a.m., Northwest AHEC.
March 24 - Clinical Lecture Series in Chapel Hill - Ethics of self-determination in aging adults, with Tanya Richmond, LCSW.
March 25 - Macro Networking Night, 5:30 p.m., lobby.
April 3 - Scholarship reception, 5:30 p.m., 5th floor.
April 21 Clinical Lecture Series in Chapel Hill, Treating chronic pain and substance use disorders, with David Marks, M.D. Noon, auditorium.

For Prospective Students
April 11, May 2 MSW Program Information Session, 2 p.m., Room 300.

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