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May 19, 2015

Department of Social Work at NC State: New Student Successes

New Student Successes! Sierra Stanford is a junior in the BSW program. A video she made for an assignment in her human behavior class was selected by The New Social Worker magazine’s Social Work Month Series and Talent Show. For her video, Sierra interviewed her grandmother and aunt to highlight the developmental stage of older…

May 14, 2015

Congratulations Social Work Fall 2014 & Spring 2015 Graduates!

  The Department of Social Work at NC State University would like to congratulate it’s Spring 2015 and Fall 2014 BSW and MSW Graduates! The Department would like to welcome it’s graduates to the field of social work and wishes them well with all of their career goals and other aspirations. Fall 2015 Bachelor’s of…

Apr 30, 2015

Bachelor of Social Work at NC State Field Experience: A Conversation with Professor Barbara Zelter

In early April, BSW Field Instructor Barbara Zelter, was kind enough to answer some questions about her role as a BSW field instructor: Can you speak to the value of field experience in a BSW education? As with the MSW program, field is considered the “signature pedagogy” by the Council on Social Work Education. It’s where…

Apr 29, 2015

Student Melds Business Entrepreneurship With Service

Meredith Davis, a sophomore majoring in social work, is combining business entrepreneurship and service as she works with staff from NC State's Social Entrepreneurship Initiative to establish a chapter of Nourish International on campus.

Apr 27, 2015

Department of Social Work at NC State, Student Success: Sierra Stanford

  Sierra Stanford is a junior in the Bachelors of Social Work program.  A video she made for an assignment in her human behavior class was selected by The New Social Worker magazine’s Social Work Month Series and Talent Show.  For her video, Sierra interviewed her grandmother and aunt to highlight the developmental stage of…

Apr 3, 2015

Department of Social Work: Child Welfare Collaborative

The Child Welfare Education Collaborative is a scholarship program that equips both graduate and undergraduate social work students with the skills needed to be successful within the field of Child Welfare. The Collaborative was set forth by the North Carolina State Legislature in 1999 in order to prepare college students for work within the child…

Apr 3, 2015

Department of Social Work Student Success Feature: Andrew Johnson

The Department of Social Work at NC State takes great pride in cultivating the next generation of social workers who act as agents of change within their communities through advocacy and community engagement. At their core, social workers should strive to improve their communities for all individuals while breaking barriers that prevent or challenge the…

Oct 20, 2014

NC State Social Work Students Inspire Peers in Recovery

  (Above – Luetgenau) In the 128 years since NC State University has been established, countless generations of bright minded students have worked together tirelessly in an effort to create a diverse and accepting environment for both their peers and future scholars. Among those students in the fray, are the exceptional Social Work undergraduates Christopher…

May 5, 2014

My Manchester Adventure: A Social Work Field Placement Abroad

Social work major Ana Lima shares her perspectives on studying abroad. She worked to create NC State's first field placement and class schedule for an international social work student at Manchester Metropolitan University in England,where she is spending her final semester as an undergraduate. She shares the joys and challenges, saying she wouldn't trade her experiences for anything in the world.