{"nodes":[{"node":{"nid":"114691","title":"ASU social work leader retiring after 50-plus years in the field","body":"Social work, as a profession, has existed for roughly 100 years. And Professor\u0026nbsp;James Herbert Williams has witnessed its evolution for half of its existence \u2014 first as a practitioner, then as a scholar.\u201cIt started as community ladies wanting to help people with basic needs, such as food,\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-28T12:31:05-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/28\/2026-12:31pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Professor James Herbert Williams, director of the ASU Center for Child Well-Being, is reflecting on social work\u2019s history and its future as he prepares for the next phase of his career \u2014 professor emeritus. 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Neither was the audience.In early May, eight groups of students from Arizona State University\u0027s Institutional Corrections class presented research-backed ideas to help address real challenges facing prisons.\u0026nbsp;The audience included criminology faculty and\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-22T10:01:58-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/22\/2026-10:01am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"The problems were not hypothetical. Neither was the audience. For their final, eight groups of ASU students presented research-backed ideas to help address real challenges facing prisons. The audience included criminology faculty and staff, along with the students\u0026#039; mentors from the\u00a0Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry.","teaser":"The problems were not hypothetical. 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College benefactors Mike and Cindy Watts congratulated the graduates and thanked them for their commitment to public service, which Cindy Watts called \u201cthe backbone of our communities and our nation.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n","teaser":"More than 1,000 new graduates from the\u0026nbsp;Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions joined the ASU alumni ranks thi","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/y2026-May_convocation_jackie1_HEADER.jpg?h=790af85c\u0026amp;itok=zY2WIifH","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260514-hundreds-future-leaders-cross-stage-watts-convocation","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions","contributor-contact-information-name":"Ayrel Clark-Proffitt","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus, Online","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/y2026-May_convocation_jackie1_HEADER.jpg?h=790af85c\u0026amp;itok=zY2WIifH","image_alt":"Two graduates, wearing maroon gowns, mortarboards and decorative stoles, celebrate after walking across the stage at the spring 2026 Watts College convocation. 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Yet demand for social workers continues to expand.The\u0026nbsp;U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics expects 6% employment growth in the field between 2024\u20132034 \u2014 twice the predicted average\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-13T17:06:51-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/13\/2026-5:06pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Demand for social workers continues to grow. Last month, ASU hosted a one-day conference examining the preparation, deployment and sustainability of the social work workforce. Social workers are essential in society, so taking a holistic view of these overlapping issues is critical, says School of Social Work Director Elizabeth Lightfoot.","teaser":"Annual\u0026nbsp;Council on Social Work Education surv","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/041824%20ASU%20Online%20Social%20Work%20Liz%20Lightfoot%20001%20JR%20.jpg?itok=_5L8K1OW","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20260513-asu-hosts-conference-examining-ways-bridge-social-work-workforce-supply-demand-gap","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions","contributor-contact-information-name":"Ayrel Clark-Proffitt","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/041824%20ASU%20Online%20Social%20Work%20Liz%20Lightfoot%20001%20JR%20.jpg?itok=_5L8K1OW","image_alt":"School of Social Work Director Elizabeth Lightfoot in front of window and yellow wall.","image_caption":"School of Social Work Director Elizabeth Lightfoot. 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When she returned from her\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-12T22:23:39-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/12\/2026-10:23pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Lindsey Beagley will earn her Doctor of Education in higher education leadership and innovation from the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation in May, marking her fourth degree from ASU. She previously earned bachelor\u0026#039;s degrees in psychology and Spanish, and a master\u0026#039;s degree in public administration.","teaser":"When Gilbert native Lindsey Beagley joined the Peace Corps in 2006 and moved to Honduras, she had no idea how that journey would impact her passion and career.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/20260507_VA_LindseyBeagley_-7.jpg?itok=1GttCMRC","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260512-sun-devil-community-peace-corps-inspires-asu-grad-link-generations-learning","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU Enterprise Partners","contributor-contact-information-name":"Michelle Stermole","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-7402","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/20260507_VA_LindseyBeagley_-7.jpg?itok=1GttCMRC","image_alt":"A woman wears Arizona State University doctorate regalia and holds a South Korean flag in front of the 2026 sign. 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But instead it was Amy, a reentry specialist calling from Arizona State University with an opportunity to come back and finish her degree.\u0026nbsp;Plaisival was skeptical at\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-11T17:13:17-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/11\/2026-5:13pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Sisters Kimberly Colter and Joyce Plaisival were pursuing their bachelor\u2019s degrees in nonprofit leadership and management at ASU when their mother suffered a stroke and they had to leave to care for her. Operation Comeback, an initiative that helps students complete unfinished degrees, gave them a second chance.","teaser":"The caller ID said\u0026nbsp;possible spam, and Joyce Plaisival thought twice before answering. It could have been a telemarketer.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/20260501JoycePaisavalGradProfile_059.jpg?itok=VQXUW8Eg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260511-sun-devil-community-coming-back-finish-what-they-started-operation-comeback-gives-sisters","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Media Relations and Strategic Communications","contributor-contact-information-name":"Gabriella Kemp","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Tempe campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/20260501JoycePaisavalGradProfile_059.jpg?itok=VQXUW8Eg","image_alt":"Two black women in maroon graduation regalia stand next to each other in front of an old brick building and make the ASU pitchfork gesture with their hands.","image_caption":"Operation Comeback graduates and sisters Kimberly Colter (left) and Joyce Plaisival pose for photos together at Old Main on May 1. 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Arizona State University graduate Laura Doyle, however, is stepping right into the center of the fray, and is determined to make a difference.The Irish-born student from Sacramento, California, is\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-06T16:54:18-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/06\/2026-4:54pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in public policy and public service (law and policy), Irish-born Laura Doyle from Sacramento, California, is headed to the California State Senate, where she\u2019ll begin working as a district representative.","teaser":"By Amanda Loudin","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/laura-doyle.jpg?h=851a6f29\u0026amp;itok=WwDy7825","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260506-sun-devil-community-california-grad-heading-home-career-public-service","hide_byline":"1","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"","contributor-contact-information-name":"","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/laura-doyle.jpg?h=851a6f29\u0026amp;itok=WwDy7825","image_alt":"A student in a graduation gown stands next to an engraved sign that reads Normal School 1894","image_caption":"Laura Doyle will begin working as a district representative for the California State Senate following graduation. 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The gallery will feature 365 new paintings, drawings and sculptures, all created by incarcerated artists across Arizona. Attendees will see a polished show, but it wouldn\u0026#039;t happen without months of work by two graduate students in the Center for Correctional Solutions.","teaser":"For Alexis Klemm and Madeline Boersma, \u201cink season\u201d begins in the fall.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/051925VA_Inkarcerated_035.jpg?itok=VhZwAYV9","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20260505-arts-humanities-and-education-annual-inkarcerated-art-exhibition-returns-arizona-center","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions","contributor-contact-information-name":"Ayrel Clark-Proffitt","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2026-05\/051925VA_Inkarcerated_035.jpg?itok=VhZwAYV9","image_alt":"A painter working in a gallery space as members of the public look on.","image_caption":"Attendees at the 2025 {Ink}arcerated: Creativity within Confinement art exhibition discuss works and watch a live painting by artist Jason Lacewell (left). 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But an encounter with a counselor, who encouraged her to consider college and walked her through the steps of applying to Arizona State University, changed her\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-05-01T16:44:32-07:00\u0022\u003E05\/01\/2026-4:44pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Rose Jacket is graduating with a BA in English (linguistics), a minor in American Indian Studies and a TESOL certificate. 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They are living markers of identity \u2014 reminders of generations who built lives in a narrow canyon shaped by copper\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222026-03-27T10:30:46-07:00\u0022\u003E03\/27\/2026-10:30am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"With help from ASU\u2019s Project Cities, the historical town of Miami is attempting something both ambitious and deeply personal. 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By helping students navigate campus systems and achieve academic goals, the program makes sure students with a background in foster care have the support they need to succeed.","teaser":"Cynthia Lietz has walked only one former student down the aisle of their wedding.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/2025-10-23_cynthiabreeBScali.jpg?itok=BtZjAGNW","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251124-local-national-and-global-affairs-bridging-success-helps-former-foster-youth-succeed","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions","contributor-contact-information-name":"Ayrel Clark-Proffitt","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus, California","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/2025-10-23_cynthiabreeBScali.jpg?itok=BtZjAGNW","image_alt":"Watts College Dean Cynthia Lietz, left, and Breanna Carpenter, right, a former student in Bridging Success, discuss the program in front of an ASU California Center banner. 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Election officials from around the country came to ASU this week to talk about these issues; here are five takeaways.","teaser":"Next year\u2019s midterm elections are happening at a crucial time in the adoption of AI, with concerns that the new technology could pose threats to the process but also have the benefit of easing the workload for elections officials and educating vot","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/Bill%20Gates.jpg?h=346319f7\u0026amp;itok=ZdjiNPFu","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251121-law-journalism-and-politics-5-takeaways-about-artificial-intelligence-and-elections","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mary Beth Faller","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4503","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/Bill%20Gates.jpg?h=346319f7\u0026amp;itok=ZdjiNPFu","image_alt":"A man talks into a microphone","image_caption":"Bill Gates, executive director of the Mechanics of Democracy Lab and former chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, moderated a panel on AI and elections Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. 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The award, given for outstanding scholarly contributions in the first five years after doctoral completion, is considered one of the most prestigious honors for young faculty doing criminology-related research.","teaser":"It seems premature to be thinking about his legacy, jokes Assistant Professor Kwan-Lamar Blount-Hill, but his hopes for how","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/b\/20251114-criminology-assistant-professor-honored-young-scholar-award","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions","contributor-contact-information-name":"Ayrel Clark-Proffitt","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"","contributor-contact-information-campus":"","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/PaloVerdeBlooms.jpg","image_alt":"","image_caption":"","related_story":"","news_units":"School of Criminology and Criminal Justice|Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions","interests":"","audiences":"","locations":"","u_n_sustainable_development_goals":"","field_feed_herberger":"","field_feed_nursing":"","field_feed_knowledge_enterprise":"","content_type":"feed_only_article","field_saf":""}},{"node":{"nid":"109051","title":"Next Generation Service Corps celebrates a decade of building leaders for a complex world","body":"In high school, Sami Mooney was \u201ca student council kid,\u201d always looking for a way to be involved and already thinking about public service as a career.So she was excited to join the newly launched Next Generation Service Corps as a first-year student at Arizona State University in fall 2015.\u201cIn\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-13T10:34:01-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/13\/2025-10:34am\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"Nearly 650 Sun Devils have served in the ASU Next Generation Service Corps, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this week. Many of them have gone on to careers in public service. And the program has seen exponential growth recently \u2014\u00a0this year alone, 488 ASU students are participating in the corps.","teaser":"In high school, Sami Mooney was \u201ca student council kid,\u201d always looking for a way to be involved and already thinking about public service as a career.","story_images":"","hero_image":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/group%20pitchfork.JPG?itok=GUm_8syf","path":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/20251113-sun-devil-community-next-generation-service-corps-celebrates-decade-building-leaders","hide_byline":"0","contributor-contact-information-affiliation":"ASU News","contributor-contact-information-name":"Mary Beth Faller","contributor-contact-information-e-mail":"{{ mail }}","contributor-contact-information-phone_number":"480-727-4503","contributor-contact-information-campus":"Downtown Phoenix campus","feed_image_link":"","image_url":"https:\/\/news.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/block_image_16_9_lge\/public\/2025-11\/group%20pitchfork.JPG?itok=GUm_8syf","image_alt":"A large group of students poses with an ASU banner","image_caption":"Current members of the Next Generation Service Corps are shown during their retreat. 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Her parents did not just carry luggage, but also dreams of giving their three children the opportunities they never had.As the youngest of three, Topete felt that responsibility deeply. Thanks to DACA, the\u2026","post_date":"\u003Ctime datetime=\u00222025-11-12T16:16:11-07:00\u0022\u003E11\/12\/2025-4:16pm\u003C\/time\u003E\n","clas_teaser":"This fall, transfer student and first-generation college graduate Leeza Topete will earn a bachelor\u2019s degree in criminology and criminal justice not only for herself \u2014 but for her son, her family and her parents.","teaser":"Leeza Topete\u2019s family arrived in the United States when she was just eight years old. 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