Social Work Fund for Innovation and Excellence

Help the School of Social Work respond to a rapidly changing world with this fund.

Innovation and excellence are critical for success in today’s global society. The Social Work Fund for Innovation and Excellence supports initiatives designed to provide new strategies for addressing a rapidly changing environment in Buffalo and around the world. Your investment allows the School of Social Work to further our life-changing programs within social work education, field work and social work research.

At UB Social Work, we’re deeply committed to helping people and societies unlock—and expand—their potential. We’re also committed to expanding our own potential, to being the best and most innovative we can be. To achieve all that, we seek your support. A generous gift from you is seed money that will grow an innovative, collaborative and effective new generation of social workers; fund breakthroughs in social work, social innovation and social-work education; and yield incalculable returns in the form of healthy, humane and sustainable societies.

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Other Social Work Funds

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Susan Nochajski PhD Grant Research Fund
6/28/24
Support social work research through this fund, named for a beloved former faculty member.
Social Work International Study Fund
6/28/24
Support the Institute for Sustainable Global Engagement through this fund.
Social Work Memorial Fund
6/28/24
Honor the memory of a loved one by giving to this fund.
Social Innovation Fund
6/28/24
Help solve today's most pressing social challenges through this fund, which supports the Social Impact Fellows program.
Students Helping Students Fund
6/28/24
This fund helps social work students through emergencies that might otherwise disrupt their progress toward earning their degree.
Buffalo Center for Social Research Fund
6/28/24
This fund supports the Buffalo Center for Social Research, which facilitates social work faculty and graduate students’ research programs.
Susan M. Nochajski PhD Essay Award Fund
6/28/24
This fund honors the memory of a prolific scholar and faculty member.
Thorn and Rose Award Fund
6/28/24
This fund supports an award for an MSW student who demonstrates academic progress transformation into a positive role model.
Hamilton-Wilson Student Assistance Fund
6/28/24
This fund helps build a community of Black students who are interested in improving health outcomes for underserved populations.
Julian Sojda Memorial Award Endowment Fund
6/28/24
A graduating MSW student who has demonstrated an extraordinary contribution to addictions practice, addicted trauma survivors, and/or people with coexisting psychiatric disorders receives support through this fund.
Social Work Graduate Scholarship Fund
6/28/24
Graduate students recieve much-needed scholarships through this fund.
Institute on Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care Fund
6/28/24
This fund provides support for trauma-related services, training and support within UB and the community.
Haseltine Clements Memorial Fund
6/28/24
This fund supports an award for a graduating MSW student with demonstrated concern for human dignity and cultural competency.
Social Work Fund for Innovation and Excellence
6/28/24
Help the School of Social Work respond to a rapidly changing world with this fund.
Kristopher L. Braselton Memorial Award
6/28/24
This fund supports an award for an outstanding graduating MSW student who plans to pursue a career in health and mental health disability.

News from the School of Social Work

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Close Family, Bold Legacy
5/10/20
For David Herer, CEL ’90, family is everything—it’s in the history of his company, the inspiration for his community involvement and the legacy he’s leaving at the UB School of Management.
Combining Forces for Good
5/10/20
Social work and management students collaborate to tackle pressing social problems.
Fond Memories of UB
5/10/20
Linda Edelman, BS ’66, PharmD, leaves a generous bequest.
Creating more seats at the table
1/23/24
Greer Hamilton and Danise Wilson have seats at the table, and are helping others to join them.
A Career Filled With Hope
5/10/20
Sara Andrew wanted to help fellow veterans reintegrate after returning home. Her attitude, determination, and generous funding from donors let her achieve that goal.
Honoring Lifelong Friendship
5/10/20
The University at Buffalo School of Management announces one of the largest cash gifts in the school’s history that will create the Kenneth W. Colwell Chair in Accounting and Law.

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