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Ripples
The e-Newsletter of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative (GSWI)

Volume 3, Issue 7
July 19, 2005

SPECIAL ISSUE

Welcome to Ripples, an e-newsletter designed to keep interested deans and directors, faculty members, students, practitioners and others informed about the work of the Geriatric Social Work Initiative (GSWI). We welcome your feedback and encourage you to contribute any story ideas, stories, resources, news and other content to subsequent issues of the newsletter. To make a contribution or to subscribe to this e-newsletter, please contact Carrie Smith at csmith@geron.org.

 
Ten PPPs Selected
After a highly competitive selection process and rigorous peer-review, The New York Academy of Medicine's Practicum Partnership Program recently selected its first ten Practicum Partnership Programs, which are below:
Consortium: (3 schools)
1. St. Louis University
2. University of Missouri, St. Louis
3. Washington University, St. Louis

4. Fordham University School of Social Work
5. Ohio State University School of Social Work
6. University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work
7. University of Maine School of Social Work
8. University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work
9. University of Utah College of Social Work
10. Virginia Commonwealth School of Social Work

The next RFP is to be announced on the PPP's website, www.socialworkleadership.org, December 1, 2005.
Threat to Funding for Title VII Health Professions Programs
Click here to read about the threat to funding for the majority of Title VII health professions education and training programs at the Bureau of Health Professions for fiscal year 2006.
GSA Announces 2005 Hartford Pre-Dissertation Award Winners
The Gerontological of America is pleased to introduce the twenty recipients of the 2005 Hartford Doctoral Fellows Pre-Dissertation Award. With funding from the John A. Hartford Foundation, the program provides this cohort with the opportunities for successful careers in gerontological social work. Learn more.

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