Our Alumni and Students

Our alumni and students share their stories of why they joined the social work field — and how they are making a positive impact through their work.

All Profiles

“One benefit of my UB program is my ability to allow work and school to complement each other.”
8/9/22
Jennifer Elliott, MSW/PhD student
“It was very seamless for me to transition after graduating from UB to finding employment in Canada.”
6/9/23
Olivia Fabiani, MSW ’14
“The trauma-informed aspect of the program is what drew me here in the first place.”
6/9/23
Siobhan Fitzgerald-Matson, MSW ’18
“The DSW is practice-focused.”
9/10/20
Michelle Fortunado-Kewin, DSW ’22
“The knowledge I’ve gained and the experiences I’ve had in the MSW program have changed me completely.”
1/30/23
Adam Fryer, MSW ’23 (Online cohort)
"The UBSSW has an awesome research program—the orientation of the research, the coursework and the professors are incredible resources for graduate students."
2/20/23
Dieuveut Gaity, PhD ’18
"Interning at the Mobile Safety-Net Team, gave me a valuable viewpoint of what poverty looks like at the community level."
9/7/18
Rachel Gaydosh, MSW '15
"I wanted to continue to grow and participate in as many ‘in the field’ applied research and practice activities as possible. UBSSW offers a variety of opportunities to do that.”
9/7/18
Laura Greyber, PhD '14, MSW '07
"Figure out who you want to serve most in this life and do everything you can to make yourself as equipped to serve them as possible."
9/10/21
Gavin Griffin, MSW '21
"I had a good support system at UB that helped me a lot."
6/17/22
Alphonsina Habiyambere, MSW ’22
"The program has really helped prepare me to adapt, be effective and be happy in the wide range of possibilities that may present themselves."
1/5/23
Steven Halady, MSW ’15
“I would not be where I am if it were not for the continued encouragement and support of UBSSW faculty and staff.”
12/21/22
Travis Hales, PhD ’18, MSW ’14
"I have become so interested in solution-focused practice..."
9/7/18
Emily Hammer, MSW '18
“The best part of my experience at UB has been the learning opportunities, fieldwork, and being challenged academically.”
10/8/21
Sheila Harewood, MSW ’23 (Online cohort)
“I ended up loving the tech changes in education, and I learned so many new ways to offer specialized treatment options.”
8/9/22
Catherine Heimback-Murdie, DSW ’22, MSW ’03
"Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine I would be doing therapy via telephone, Zoom or other virtual platforms. It is not easy but it is doable and it feels successful."
12/7/21
Dawn C. Hill, BA/MSW '03
"I’m especially interested in how people recover from trauma."
7/20/20
Paige Iovine-Wong, MPH/MSW '20
“I am passionate about financial literacy; my internship, at the Coalition for Economic Justice, is more macro. That helps work towards my goal of doing bigger-picture advocacy.”
11/2/21
Gloria James, MSW '22
"I knew earning an education in social work would provide me with a perspective that goes beyond examining demographic factors..."
2/3/20
Eric Johnson, MSW '14
"Opportunity here is good."
2/21/23
Ali Kadhum, MSW '14

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