[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 48 (Thursday, March 13, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1740]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF 
                              SOCIAL WORK

  Mr. WARNOCK. Madam President, today, I pay tribute to the University 
of Georgia School of Social Work for its 60th anniversary and to Deans 
Charles A. Stewart (1964-1995), Bonnie Yegidis (1995-2003), Maurice 
Daniels (2005-2016), Anna Scheyett (2016-2021), and its current dean, 
Philip Hong (2022-present).
  For six decades, the School of Social Work has advanced the 
University of Georgia's teaching, research, and service mission. It has 
conferred more than 9,000 degrees in social work and nonprofit 
management and leadership while strengthening the University of 
Georgia's academic excellence by preparing culturally responsive 
practitioners and scholars to be leaders in addressing social problems 
and promoting social justice, locally and globally, through teaching, 
research, and service.
  Throughout its history, the University of Georgia School of Social 
Work has positively impacted the State of Georgia, our Nation, and our 
world. It established a Center for Social Justice, Human, and Civil 
Rights; an Institute for Nonprofit Organizations; and a Center on Human 
Trafficking Research and Outreach, each of which has worked to address 
practices and policies which affect equal access to resources, 
international human and civil rights, and the well-being of all 
populations. It was the first school in Georgia to offer bachelor's, 
doctorate, and part-time master's degrees in social work; first to 
offer a master's degree in nonprofit management and leadership; and 
first to offer dual degrees in social work and law, and social work and 
public health.
  Today, the University of Georgia School of Social Work continues its 
60-year legacy of building a better world for all by seeking socially 
innovative solutions to create meaningful change. Its faculty are 
actively involved in issues such as child safety and family well-being, 
civil rights and social justice, community health and well-being, 
culturally informed practice, health and behavioral health prevention 
and intervention, human trafficking and human rights, social economic 
policy and development, trauma and violence prevention, and many more. 
Its students contribute countless internship hours to institutions 
across Georgia. And alumni of its Athens and Gwinnett campuses, as well 
as its online program, are engaged in meaningful careers in service to 
the well-being of our society.
  On the 60th anniversary of the University of Georgia School of Social 
Work, I would like to congratulate and thank its faculty, staff, and 
students--both past and present--for the contributions and impact that 
it has come to represent in the State of Georgia, nationally, and 
globally.

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