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We offer opportunities for study, research, and service in international communities to help students gain knowledge and perspective on a global scale.
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We offer opportunities for study, research, and service in international communities to help students gain knowledge and perspective on a global scale.
Social Work News
January 14, 2026
UGA honored with national Carnegie classification for community engagement
The classification submission highlighted examples ranging from expanding access to health care to growing community economic development. The Clarke Middle Health Center offers an innovative service-learning and practicum clinic site for medical, law and social work students working collectively to close gaps in health care for school district students, families and staff. Another example is the UGA Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program, in which student volunteers in financial planning, accounting and social work provide income tax assistance and financial education and resources to adults in low-income and rural communities.
December 12, 2025
Hee Yun Lee, Global Expert in Mental Health and Artificial Intelligence, Appointed as Thomas P. Holland Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Research
Professor Hee Yun Lee, who joined the UGA School of Social Work faculty as the Thomas P. Holland Distinguished Professor and Director of the Institute for Nonprofit Organizations at the UGA School of Social Work on August 1, 2025, has been appointed to serve as its next Associate Dean for Research.
December 8, 2025
Three New Faculty Receive Joint / Courtesy Appointments in the UGA School of Medicine
Three new faculty members of the UGA School of Social Work will serve as an interdisciplinary bridge to the UGA School of Medicine. Professor Hee Yun Lee will hold a joint appointment with the School of Medicine’s Department of Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences and Associate Professors Karen Johnson and Sharon Parker have been granted courtesy appointments in the School of Medicine’s Department of Interdisciplinary Biomedical Sciences.
November 17, 2025
Serving the Community: MSW/MPH Student Reaching Community Through Campus Kitchen at UGA
As Caitlin Grdinich nears the end of her final semester in the dual MPH/MSW program at the University of Georgia School of Social Work, she will also soon finish nearly half a decade of service to the Athens area with Campus Kitchen at UGA.
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