Gretchel Tyson selected for Social Work Congress

Gretchel  H. Tyson, director of community outreach and affirmative action, was nominated and selected to attend the 2005 Social Work Congress: A Coming Together of the Profession on March 17 and 18 in Washington, D.C. The meeting brings together 500 leaders in the social work profession with the goal of producing an agenda to improve the quality of care provided by social workers. The Congress is being convened by the National Association of Social Workers in partnership with the National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of Social Work. It is co sponsored by the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research and the N.Y. Academy of Medicine. The National Association of Social Workers web site is http://www.socialworkers.org.