CoSW Staff
Highlights: 2025 May Graduation 
Settling for More: UK Grad Overcomes Substance Misuse, Loss to Become Prevention Specialist
Have you ever pictured a moment so vividly you could feel it — the joy or sadness that accompanied what you were wearing and who you were with? For Luke Ramey,
Dr. Julie Cerel Receives Engagement Award for Suicide Survivors, Research
A new project, spearheaded by a team of researchers in the College of Social Work (CoSW) at the University of Kentucky, aims to empower those with lived experience of suicide. The project —
Celebrating Our Students
While students around the globe are wrapping up their finals and preparing for graduation, the platform for recognizing students, and their accomplishments, has shifted. In April, the College of Social Work (CoSW) held the 2020
Incoming graduate student awarded UK’s Lyman T. Johnson Fellowship.
In an effort to contribute to the mission of enhancing diversity, the University of Kentucky established the Lyman T. Johnson Postdoctoral Fellowships to support postdoctoral fellows in graduate and professional
CoSW Goes Fully Virtual
Over the past month, college campuses around the globe have had to transform their curriculum to meet the rapidly changing nature of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The College of Social
Shyan Stivers
University of Kentucky (UKY) student, Shyan Stivers, was recently awarded a Legislative Research Commission (LRC) fellowship through the 2020-2021 Graduate Fellows Program in Frankfort, KY. Stivers, a student in the
Self-Care Lab Inks New Agreement with Researchers at University of Bucharest
In October, the CoSW announced yet another global partnership to continue its work examining the self-care and wellness practices of helping professionals around the world within their Self-Care Lab (SCL).
1LT Jamie Webb
Army First Lieutenant (1LT), and College of Social Work (CoSW) master of social work (MSW) student, Jamie Webb, has been recognized as the National Association of Social Worker’s (NASW) –
Dr. David Royse receives William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award
The eighth edition of Research Methods in Social Work has received a William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Award from the Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA). Research Methods in Social Work, authored by Dr. David
Dean Jay Miller Named Social Worker of The Year
College of Social Work (COSW) Dean Jay Miller has been named 2020 Social Worker of The Year. Dean Miller received the award during Social Work Lobby Day activities at the
March 1st Deadline for Integrated Behavioral Health Application
IBH Cognate Area of Study: The College of Social Work will award $10,000 stipends to full-time MSW students and $5,000 to part-time MSW students accepted in the Integrated Behavioral Health
Examining Military Behavioral Health with Dr. Chris Flaherty
The Military Behavioral Health Lab (MBH) is a unique lab focused on generating empirical knowledge and testing clinical interventions to address mental health and wellness issues that affect active-duty, reserve,