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  1. Director of the School of Social Work Melinda Gushwa
    Announcement

    Director of the School of Social Work Melinda Gushwa Receives Funding from Boston Children’s Collaboration for Community Health

    Gushwa to serve as Principal Investigator and Project Director for grant that will support children's mental health workforce and diversity Simmons University is proud to announce that the School of Social Work has received a grant of $298,393 from Boston...

  2. Susan Rich '93MA
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Susan Rich '93MA on the "Creative Collaborative Chemistry" of Children's Book Publishing

    Little, Brown Editor Susan Rich '93MA will be presenting with illustrator Michaela Goade at the Summer Institute in Children's Literature in July 2022. What led you to Simmons? I wasn't really enjoying my political science major at McGill University in...

  3. Simmons Soccer Team in huddle on field at night game
    Campus & Community

    Eliminating the Gender Wage Gap: Simmons University Soccer Weighs in on Equal Pay for the U.S. Women's National Team

    On May 18, 2022, the U.S. Soccer Federation proclaimed that United States men's and women's soccer players will receive equal pay. Former Simmons University Soccer Coach and now Director of Athletics and Recreation Erica Schuling and current team member Mo...

  4. Kirath Miller ’21MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Kirath Miller ’21MS On Her Move From Law to Libraries

    What made you choose to pursue LIS after corporate law? I always wanted to be a librarian. When I graduated from college, the career development office was pushing new graduates toward corporate jobs. I worked as a legal assistant, and...

  5. Jordyn Hagar ’23PhD
    Student Story

    Jordyn Hagar '23PhD Aims to Turn Social Justice Values into Action

    What She's Studying Jordyn Hagar '23PhD currently teaches in the Social Work Department at Providence College after working as a child and adolescent family therapist for almost 15 years. At Simmons, Jordyn is studying how changes to systems and policies...

  6. Nursing students in the Nursing Simulation Lab
    Faculty Spotlight

    Adjunct Steve O’Neill on the Value of Transparency in Healthcare

    School of Social Work Adjunct Professor Steve O'Neill '81MSW has been part of a movement to make healthcare more transparent and to actively engage patients. He has spearheaded the use of OpenNotes for mental health practitioners at Beth Israel Deaconess...

  7. Simmons Main College building lit red for Juneteeth
    Announcement

    Celebrate Juneteenth in Boston

    Juneteenth commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States. On June 19, 1865, enslaved individuals in Texas were informed that slavery had been abolished, two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth was proclaimed...

  8. Kelsey Ford ’22MS
    Alumnae/i Feature

    By Teens, For Teens: Kelsey Ford ’22MS Asks Teens What They Want in Young Adult Literature

    Kelsey Ford '22MS is the creator of Bookish in the 'Burgh, Pittsburgh's Teen Book Festival, as well as the creator and adult advisor of the Bridges & Books Podcast and PA Reads YA, both projects created alongside teen leaders in...

  9. Beyza Erdem ’22
    Student Story

    Pre-Med Student Beyza Erdem ’22 Experiments in Gene Therapy and Focused Ultrasound

    How did you become interested in working with focused ultrasound? I was in Dr. Phillip White's physics class and he would talk about the projects he was working on using focused ultrasound. It interested me into looking into the concept...

  10. Joanna Edwards ’16MSM
    Alumnae/i Feature

    Joanna Edwards ’16MSM on Connecting her Community to Real Estate

    What led you to your Master’s of Science in Management at Simmons? For fifteen years, I was an advocate for survivors of domestic violence. I had a bachelors degree in criminal justice and psychology, but my manager told me that...