The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) provides leadership and assistance to social work educational programs and professionals in order to advocate for the integration of gerontological content in undergraduate and graduate social work education; to promote the teaching of gerontology to all social workers; and to develop short and long-term perspectives in relevant curricular developments.
The Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGE-SW) and The John A. Hartford Foundation are sponsoring the "This is Social Work & Aging" YouTubeTM Contest to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the John A. Hartford Foundation’s Geriatric Social Work Initiative (GSWI).
The Contest officially opens on Monday, June 16, 2008 and submissions must be received by 11:59:59 PM (ET) on Sunday, October 5, 2008.
For complete details, see http://www.gswi.org/YouTube_Student_Contest.htm
It is time for the AGE-SW election of new board members. We have one position open for a Board Member At Large and three individuals are running for this position. We also have one position for Student Representative to the board and we have two students running for this position. A short bio of each nominee (including an explanation of interest in being on the AGE-SW board) is included in the document with the ballot. Please read these bios, make your selections and return your ballots to Anissa Rogers, Election Chair by June 18th. You may e-mail rogers@up.edu or fax (503/943-7802) your ballot to Anissa. Or, to ensure anonymity, you may also mail your ballot to Anissa.
Please click here for the ballot and bios in MS Word format.The Association of Baccalaureate Social Work Program Directors (BPD) and the Association for Gerontology Education in Social Work (AGESW) are seeking nominations for the Mit Joyner Gerontology Leadership Award. This award was created in 2005 to honor Mildred (Mit) C. Joyner for her leadership and vision of gerontology in baccalaureate social work.
Please click here for full details, including eligibility requirements and nomination form. Nomination deadline: August 15, 2008.
The 2007-2008 AGESW membership term began September 1, 2007. Click here to go to our Membership page where you can download a PDF of our 2007-2008 application form.
Effective Friday, September 14, 2007, AGESW changed it's web site address from http://www.agesocialwork.org to http://www.agesw.org . For a period of time, both addresses will work, but you should change your bookmarks to reflect the new URL.
Also, AGESW has changed hosting services for the web site - which will offer better reliability and new features.