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UI social work student Brecka applies stamps to surveys.
UI social work student Monica heads to the mailbox with surveys.
UI student Stephanie stuffs envelopes with surveys.
Project Director Mercedes Bern-Klug’s mailbox filled with returned surveys.
Jen and Caroline, social work students and research assistants to the National Nursing Home Social Services Study” discuss study details in Bill’s Coffee Shop. The coffee shop is an important part of the history of UI School of Social Work, as it is the place where Bill Sackter worked.
Hard at work sorting through responses.
Mercedes, project director, sits in a heap of returned surveys on Monday April 17th. There were 114 surveys returned that day, making it the largest return day so far.
We feel lucky that the tornadoes that devastated parts of Iowa City last week, did not affect the National Nursing Home Social Service Study.
Peggy, a social work student at the UI is making phone calls. The purpose of the call is to verify the mailing address and ask for the name of the social service director, so that envelopes can be mailed.
Social work student, Kim, writes comments during a session to discuss what worked and what didn’t work with the latest mailing.
The team made hundreds of phone calls to verify addresses and ask for the name of the social worker. We wanted to address the envelopes to a name, rather than to “Social Services ” if possible. Once the mailings are done, the computer file with the names will be destroyed.
Social work student Tara, was the computer genius behind the survey. Tara invested many hours into formatting the survey and changing the format to accommodate new questions. Tara also did the computer lay-out for the magnet and bookmark that was mailed to all potential respondents.
All hands - even small ones - on deck! We were hoping the colorful stamps would catch the busy social worker’s attention.