Public service
Cynthia Lietz, a President’s Professor of social work who has served as vice dean since 2016, has been named interim dean of the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University.
Families providing round-the-clock care to infirm veterans or military members will have volunteer respite caregivers to help them for another three years, as a federal agency renewed funding for a 20-year-old ASU program that administers the assistance.
Regents Professor Flavio Marsiglia’s “outstanding contributions to advancing the field of prevention science” throughout a long and distinguished career led to his selection as the Society for Prevention Research’s 2021 Presidential Award recipient.
More than 220 students will receive bachelor’s degrees this month from Hainan University-Arizona State University International Tourism College (HAITC) in the southern Chinese city of Haikou.
Nine tenure-track faculty members and one lecturer of the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions have received promotions to new academic ranks, effective this August, Dean Jonathan Koppell announced.
Jeff McClelland was a dedicated and accomplished executive at the time of his death in 2006. A new scholarship his family has established in his name honors his great respect for higher education and demonstrates their commitment to the criminal justice profession.
Each year the Jeffrey D. McClelland Scholarship will support a graduate student working in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions-based Center for Correctional Solutions at Arizona State University.
President Joe Biden’s proposed American Families Plan would spend $1.8 trillion on several programs, including universal preschool education and funding for child care.
An idea popped into Erin Schneiderman’s mind as the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine entered her arm during an early-morning appointment in the State Farm Stadium parking lot.
Was there some way her special event management students could be part of this process, she wondered?
The answer was yes.
The Watts College of Public Service of Community Solutions celebrated in person with nearly 450 graduates May 3 for a part-virtual, part-live spring convocation event that enabled every participant to have their name called and to cross a stage to receive official congratulations for their achievements.