Ronald J. Krul Named Assistant Dean for Continuing Education in UB School of Social Work

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Ronald J. Krul has been named assistant dean for continuing education in the University at Buffalo School of Social Work.

Krul will be responsible for the school's continuing-education programs and workshops that serve the needs of social work professionals, agencies and thousands of other human services practitioners throughout Western New York.

He also will be responsible for The Institute for Addictions Studies and Training, a primary provider of cross-discipline training in addictions and mental health serving educators, health and mental-health professionals, criminal justice and corrections officers, and a wide range of human-services and community-based program providers.

In addition, Krul will be responsible for services provided by the school's Office of Continuing Education, including expansion of its distance-learning program, and management of a research project for the New York State Office of Mental Health in which the UB School of Social Work will provide assessment, training and consultation in the implementation of evidence-based practice for the 19-county Western Region of the OMH.

He also will be working to develop certificate programs in trauma counseling, adolescent counseling and palliative care, as well as a certificate program and an annual conference in clinical supervision.

Prior to joining the School of Social Work, Krul was the Northeast regional manager for Control Data Corp. He is the former executive director of the UB School of Management's Center for Management Development.

A resident of the City of Tonawanda, he holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the UB School of Health Related Professions.