Associate Professor for the School of Social Work Awarded More Than $57,000 for Graduate Scholarships
Marcia Shobe, associate professor for the School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas, has been awarded over $57,000 in graduate student scholarships from the Health Resources and Services Administration for the 2011-12 academic year.
Since joining the faculty at the University of Arkansas in 2007, Shobe has obtained more than $400,000 in graduate scholarship funds for social work students. The Health Resources and Services Administration scholarships help offset graduate tuition and other costs of attendance for the university's students pursuing a Master in Social Work.
Eligibility for the Health Resources and Services Administration scholarship is based on full-time matriculation status, disadvantaged background, and/or demonstrated financial need. The goal of the scholarship program is to provide financial support for low-income, racially and ethnically diverse social work graduate students who, following graduation, will help offset health and mental health disparities in the state of Arkansas through social work professional practice.
Contacts
Yvette Murphy-Erby, Director for the School of Social Work
School of Social Work
479-575-5039,
ymurphy@uark.edu
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