¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Honors College student combines sport, social work to improve communities
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Presidential Fellow Katie Dunn works with Carlyn Kimiecik’s lab to leverage sport and play
Family Science and Social Work News
Sellers receives Delp Outstanding Faculty Award for student impact and leadership in EHS
Sherrill Sellers, professor of family science and social work and associate dean for undergraduate education, innovation, and technology, has been awarded the Richard T. Delp Outstanding Faculty Aw...
Faculty-student team launches youth development initiative through sport and play
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Assistant Professor Carlyn Kimiecik partnered with undergraduate students Katie Dunn and Sophie Dull to launch Recess for Champions, a sport-based positive youth development initia...
EHS students honored with 2025 President’s Distinguished Service Award
Three students from the College of Education, Health, and Society — Mónnica Gay-Feliciano, Jessica Miller, and Debra Olabode — have been named recipients of ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Unive...
EHS students and faculty visit Statehouse to discuss education, health, and community needs
On March 26th, a group of 14 EHS students, faculty, and staff joined ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ's Office of ASPIRE and Government Relations Network at the Ohio Statehouse for their annual Alternativ...
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ student Anna Williams named Dayton VA Social Work Student of the Year
Anna Williams, a Master of Social Work (MSW) student in ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s Department of Family Science and Social Work, has been named the Dayton VA Social Work Student of the Year. Will...
Elise Radina elected to NCFR Board of Directors
M. Elise Radina, associate provost for faculty affairs and professor in the Department of Family Science and Social Work at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, has been elected as a member-at-large to the National C...
Reconnect and celebrate: Family science and social work alumni event
Join fellow ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ alumni and friends for Impact and Inspire: ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Family Science and Social Work on Tuesday, April 22, from 4–6 p.m. at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s Voice of America Lear...
Social Innovation Weekend 2025 takes on issue of loneliness and isolation
Students spend weekend seeking solutions to aspects of societal issue
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ faculty awarded grant for Head Start needs assessment
Faculty from ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s College of Education, Health, and Society have received a $15,712 award from the Butler County Educational Service Center to assess the needs of Butler Cou...
Social Innovation Weekend receives USASBE co-curricular events award
Award is one of two ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ received from the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ honors faculty and staff at Years of Service Recognition Ceremony
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ celebrated the dedication of its faculty and staff during the 15-25-30 Years of Service Recognition Ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 3 p.m. at ASC Pavilion. The event recognized th...
Katie Dunn named finalist for 2025 Truman Scholarship
Katie Dunn, a junior social work major at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, has been named a finalist for the prestigious 2025 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. A Presidential Fellow and Honors College student from Ill...
WKRC-Local 12 highlights Anthony James’ research on absenteeism solutions
Anthony James, professor and department chair of family science and social work at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, was featured in a two-part segment on WKRC-Local12’s town hall addressing chronic abse...
Kimiecik and Dunn recognized for student-athlete well-being research
Carlyn Kimiecik, assistant professor in the Family Science and Social Work Department, and social work student Katharine Dunn presented their literature review findings at the National Association ...
EHS graduate students earn top honors at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ 2024 Graduate Research Forum
Graduate students Tyaira Smith and Jason Abram were among the top honorees at the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ 2024 Graduate Research Forum, held on Nov. 1. Tyaira Smith, a fourth-year doctoral student in educ...
Graduate Research Forum 2024: Top presenter awards
Winners of the oral and poster presentations from the 16th annual forum announced
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ alumna explores virtual reality’s impact on pediatric orthopedic care
Mackenzie Cannon ’19, a Family Science graduate and certified child life specialist, recently published an article in Everything Matters detailing her work with Nationwide Children...
Kimiecik team explores narrative pedagogy at Lilly Conference
At the 43rd Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, held Nov. 21-23 at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s Armstrong Center, father-daughter duo Jay Kimiecik (KNH) and Carlyn Kimiecik (FSW) present...
Chronic absenteeism under the spotlight: Anthony James on 'The Academic Minute'
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified challenges in K-12 education, including the growing issue of chronic absenteeism. Anthony James, professor and interim chair of family science and social work at...
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ students, faculty represented at behavioral health workforce event
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s College of Education, Health, and Society was well represented at the Higher Education Learning Circle: Building the Behavioral Health Workforce event on Friday at VOA....
Anthony James discusses chronic absenteeism on NPR's Cincinnati Edition
Anthony James, Ph.D., Professor and Interim Department Chair of Family Science and Social Work at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, was featured on NPR’s Cincinnati Edition to discuss the rise in chronic...
The Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) credential, has received national acclaim with new endorsements from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Office of Head Start (OH...
Kayleigh Gregory presents maternal health care research at national conference
Kayleigh Gregory, an assistant professor in the Department of Family Science and Social Work at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, recently presented her research on quality maternal health care at the Postpartum S...
Join #MoveIn¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ on August 22: Support the Class of 2028 with 2,028 Gifts!
On August 22, ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ invites you to participate in #MoveIn¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, a special day dedicated to welcoming the Class of 2028 and shaping their ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Experience. The goal is to honor the new cl...
Ohio’s approach can also be a model for states having problems with attendance, writes James in The Conversation
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ alum: Hospice social worker by day and artisan by night
Emily Cross, a social work alum of ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, is making waves in the art world with her unique ceramic creations at Little Jack's Ceramics. In a recent interview with Erinn Sweet of the Urba...
Discovery Center Support Key to Success for Non-Traditional MSW Student
"The support I received from my supervisor at The Discovery Center was pivotal to my success in earning a Master's in Social Work. Working full-time while earning a graduate degree was difficult at...
EHS faculty members honored with Richard T. Delp Outstanding Faculty Award
Professors Kevin Bush (EDP/FSW) and Jeffrey Wanko (TCE) have been awarded EHS's Richard T. Delp Outstanding Faculty Award. In 1992, Richard and Emily Delp Smucker established the Richard T. Delp Ou...
Professor Leah Wasburn-Moses Updates and Publishes Ohio Foster Care Youth Guide
The Ohio Child Welfare Training Program has released an updated version of its youth guide, originally developed by Professor Leah Wasburn-Moses and EHS Social Work alum Bethany Strauss ’...
EHS Dean's Advisory Councils' Awards
This year’s graduate and undergraduate dean’s advisory councils developed an EHS Awards program. The 2024 inaugural winners are: 2024 Outstanding Graduate Research Award Recipie...
Eight EHS faculty members recognized for making an impact on the Class of 2024
Student Life asked the class of 2024 who made an impact on their college journey, and here are the EHS faculty members they named: Adam Beissel, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Sports Lead...
Shawnieka Pope wins top honor as NASW Ohio's 2023 Social Worker of the Year
Assistant Clinical Professor, Shawnieka Pope, was announced as the Social Worker of the Year by the NASW Ohio Chapter. The statewide award recognizes Pope's exceptional contributions to the social ...
FSW faculty named Social Workers of the Year
In a celebration of excellence, Amy Roberts and Shawnieka Pope have been named the "Social Worker of the Year" for 2023 in Regions 6 and 7, respectively, by the Ohio Chapter of the National Associa...
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ is proud to announce its successful receipt of a $1.55 million grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education for the establishment of the Southern Ohio Behavioral Health Initi...
We are thrilled to announce the outstanding achievement of Mikhalia Fogel, a graduate from our Urban Cohort and Family Science and Social Work program. Mikhalia has been selected as a 2023 Emerging...
Matt Moore named chair of ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s Family Science and Social Work department
Expertise combining sport and social work expands the horizons of a growing field